[CAluvdubya]

I didn't see the show and don't know how Fowler's wife treated the other family but her posture in the final meeting was so telling.

She looked positively beaten down by her husband. Her head was hanging down and her shoulders were all slumped. She really looked like a battered wife.

[6SJ7]

She really looked like a battered wife.

Interesting. I had the same reaction. She may not be physically abused, but I can imagine Fowler capable of psychological abuse, which is just as evil. At his core, Fowler is full of self hate.