So I can't take full credit for this theory, my husband said it and when he did it kind of clicked for me. I think he's onto something.
Cora does not want to go home. Why? She has a seemingly great life with her family, just minor some family dynamic issues. Does Cora's memory know something she doesn't know about Mason?
The wallpaper. I think it was episode 1 when Cora and Mason were getting intimate and she had a flash back to the wallpaper as he touched her. She pulled away and stopped him with fear. It was like she was remembering that Mason was bad.
Mason does not want Cora to talk to detectives or dig any deeper into her past. This seems logical because we know detectives aren't the
