Yeah, I was really expecting Elizabeth to GO IN on Tuan, so that chat was a little surprising. However, given her conversation at the end with Phillip, I think she's just going soft in general. She's had some genuinely sweet moments with both Phillip and Paige this season that would have seemed out of character for her a couple seasons ago, imo.
Overall, this was the first season that didn't feel like an obvious improvement over the previous season to me, but it also didn't feel like a step back and seemed like a lot of set up for the final season.