Ana climbs onto Christian's lap and they have sex
13. He shows her his fancy new product-placed Audi sports car. She pleads, “Can I drive? Let me drive. Let me drive it.” He ignores her and drives it himself.
14. He takes her to a beautiful lakeside mansion, and she says she feels as though she's been there before. He reminds her that she saw it when they were out on the sailboat in the previous movie, so he bought it for her.
Christian is so impressed with Ana's transformation that he allows her to drive the car
15. He's hired an architect, Gia, who meets them at the house. She is beautiful and clearly has her eyes on Christian. Will she be the foil/complication that this limp film so desperately needs? No, she will not. This is the only time we see her, although characters will refer back to how wonderful her breasts are on multiple occasions.
16. Gia wants to tear down the entire mansion and replace it with an ultra-modern “smart home” featuring self-cleaning windows. Ana hates this idea and hates the way Gia looks at Christian, so she tells her, “You may call me Mrs. Grey. Or you can get back into your shit-colored car and drive back to Seattle.” It's genuinely head-spinning how quickly Ana has changed her mind on the whole surname question and gone from Nice Girl Next Door to Nasty Entitled Rich Person. But at least she doesn't call Gia “riff-raff.”
17. That puts him a full four months ahead of Saudi Arabia, which has announced that it is rescinding its ban on women drivers in June. Delighted at her newfound right, Ana enthuses, “I'm a race-car driver!” Attentive viewers may notice the echo of the last movie, in which Christian let her take the wheel of the sailboat and she gushed, “I can't believe I'm doing this! I'm the captain!”
18. A mysterious SUV starts tailing them-is it Jack?-leading to what ic car chase committed to celluloid since the retirement of the Model T. After losing the SUV, they pull into a parking lot. Read more