The Discipline, Issue #2 sees Melissa, the posh, bored, and frustrated Manhattan housewife, being drawn further and further into the Discipline. She is brought to an S&M club, where she is drugged, stripped naked, and thrown out to fend for herself in the night, on the streets. This is reminiscent of the first issue, where Orlando leaves her to fend for herself with a "stalker." When Melissa starts to back out of the situation, Orlando tells her that if she does, he will seduce her estranged sister. When Melissa tries to warn the sister, they get in a fistfight.
Issue #3 sees Melissa fully engaged in and inducted into the Discipline. More beast than human, she decides to take a break from New York and slip into a country motel with her female lover, who happens to be a stalker. In Issue #1 and Issue #2, Orlando purposely puts her in danger, but in this issue, she comes across danger organically, in the guise of a supposed friend.
I haven't read The Discipline in a couple of months, but I remember one word from my previous review: "visceral." Full of graphic violence and sex, The Discipline has a unique dreamlike/nightmarish quality. Who hasn't dreamed of being naked in a common situation? I don't know everyone else's dreams, but I've had dreams where I've committed violence, and I'm not a violent person. See, dreams are a mishmash of your thoughts and perceptions of the previous days. If you watch all four Die Hard movies (I think there are only four) on a Netflix binge, there's a good chance you'll see guns and violence in your dreams. The Discipline is a bizarre reflection of reality, a dark one. 
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