I was so afraid that because she initiated it that they were going to handwave that it wasn't rape when it so clearly was.

I would have liked him if all of his scenes I wasn't cringing away and feeling terrified for Tara. And the comedy just seemed like they were trying to make light of his actions.

Right, this seems like the type of thing that they would give a 5 minute storyline to and then pretend it never happened.