Could Frank have driven her to commit adultery?
Serpico: I have a hard time with that because I see Frank as rigid and difficult, but you have to read between the lines with him. Denise started making changes with her appearance and Frank was somewhat taken aback, but went along with it. She started initiating sex, and while Frank was taken aback, he went along with it. Denise wanted to go back to work, and while he’s a very traditional man, he went along with it. If you go back and look, Frank has been remarkably flexible with her for a man supposedly so inflexible. I suppose a case could be made that because Frank is such a black-and-white person, Denise felt somewhat stifled. But I think what’s led Denise to have the affair is within Denise. TVGuide.com: Why would Denise’s closest friends give her the cold shoulder at a time she needs them most? Serpico: I think there’s an unspoken code in the military that if your husband is away putting his life on the line for the country, that’s just a place you don’t go. And I think her frie
