That's right. It makes it feel like an abusive relationship where the abusers keep apologizing with gifts, flowers, and chocolates and promising to change to get their partner's acceptance. Only for them to turn round and keep on abusing them, while the promise flies out of the window, once they gain control.

The team around Pi is behaving in this manner. Finding a hook and using it to bait the crowd into thinking they are back for good. Whereas, everything is self-centered.