(09-21-2018, 07:59 AM)irukandji Wrote:(09-21-2018, 06:51 AM)eric Wrote: I'm curious, eric. What is your impression of Kelly?With years of practice she was a scary enemy. She gave up her son because she realized being around her would be dangerous for him and he wouldn't reconize danger-couldn't see a woge. Until he changed Nick would have resented the constant moving about and thought his mom was looney(see Josh and his dad). I can understand her desire for revenge. From my view I see a very focused person who had to make hard decisions; she did not like losing her son but couldn't see another way to protect him, even when he was an adult.
But you did not get that impression from the flashback because in the flashback, Kelly voices doubt about the decision to place Nick with Marie. It's Marie who counters by basically saying, "it's the best we've got". That flashback gave you the impression that it was Marie who was in control.
When Kelly finally decides to grace Nick with her presence, the series does a couple of things that are really interesting in my opinion. First, when Nick confronts her about her "death", it's Kelly who makes a character observation about herself. She tells Nick it was the only way *she* could protect him.
That's a very different Kelly from the one in the flashback.
Kelly was also portrayed as being verbally charismatic as well as tough. As such, the scoobies and Renard went along with her when she kidnapped Diana.
What the series did not do with regard to Kelly is to show us what Nick felt about his mother's deception, nor did it give us any hint as to what Marie thought of Kelly permanently dumping her son. Nick seemed simply enamored with Kelly, instead of using his cop instincts to reveal the true purpose of her visit, which involved the coins. As such, Kelly is painted as somewhat of a heroine and naturally, her subsequent death is a total tragedy.
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