I disagree. They're certainly friends but I don't think Harper's motives were as pure as that. This is someone who views virtually everything through a lens of personal career advancement at any cost, who constantly uses friends to whatever end she needs. She will do anything to avoid sitting with her thoughts. Sure she helped a friend in need, but she also maintained a relationship with a potential client, made herself invaluable, and maintained ACCESS to a wealthy heiress. A relationship she maintained until it was time to sacrifice Yasmin months later. I'd imagine in her mind she thinks Yasmin can just get another job, or settle down. But she's done similar shyt to people who aren't inheriting money.
Motives I don't think are always pure. You can have pure friendships, with less pure motives or actions within that friendship or relationship dynamic. If I am aware enough to know the benefit of an action, is it impure? Not to me. but I agree with what you are saying, she knew. but also, she played that as close as possible, she didn't talk about it with anyone. She didn't threaten blackmail. She didn't as far as we know seek special treatments from Yasmin. She just backed her friend up and cleaned up the mess.
but like you said, what the show excels in, is just showing these people as human as possible. It doesn't stack the deck for one character to be good, and another bad. That fight at the end was painful. I don't see a right and wrong, I see two complicated people.
also, the show is probably softly nodding to class/socioeconomic tension, in how we perceive things. Harper has the lower status chip on her shoulder, it colors her worldview, I relate to that some level too. Yasmin has the elites worldview, and values things like friendship and loyalty, because the rest is (or was) all taken care of. Her world is secure. People like Harper are out of blood, because they see how cold the world is.
Eric & Yaz deeply
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