The dismissal and cover-up of rape and sexual harassment by people in positions of power, including many of the main characters of the show, is a major theme throughout the series. As they do with many sensitive topics, the characters often discuss these issues in a joking and insensitive manner, but it is not presented as something the audience is supposed to agree with. A recurring plotline (introduced in season 1, but starts featuring heavily in the plot in season 2) involves several characters becoming aware of a decades-long scheme to bury rape and sexual assault cases brought against the company's cruise line division. These activities included blackmailing, bribing, and intimidating victims into not reporting their assault or dropping charges against the company. This situation is made public in season 2 and is frequently discussed as a problem the company is trying to "solve" (i.e., make it go away again). One character involved in the scandal – who dies offscreen without ever being physically introduced – is referred to with a nickname based on the word "molester;" it is also vaguely implied that he was a pedophile. S1E3: a father mistakes his daughter for his wife and puts her hand on his crotch She is very upset. S2E9: several characters are called to testify about their knowledge of the company's cover-up of the sexual assault cases. Towards the beginning of the episode, the characters are seen watching (and mocking) a news report which reveals additional disturbing details about the scandal, specifically the company's policy of labeling cases where the victim was a sex worker or worked in a foreign port as "no real person involved." Later, a female character is sent to persuade a woman not to testify about her assault; she does this by convincing the woman that speaking up is not worth the public scrutiny, as well as offering her money and promising that she will personally deal with those responsible for the assault from inside the company. She successfully coerces the woman into staying silent, and the people responsible ultimately face little retribution. In season 3, it is implied that a character is in a sexual relationship with his much younger assistant (he is 80 and she is likely in her 20s or 30s). A main character frequently jokes about child sexual abuse, the jokes often featuring himself as a victim. It is never stated explicitly, but a popular fan theory is that this character is in fact a survivor of child sexual assault/abuse.