Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151026220246/@comment-26235944-20151123070601

When Nick hugged Adalind... Adalind displayed a quizzical look on her face, which is left to the audience as to what that was about. My take on that was...she didn't quite know how to react to it. Adalind is not used to guys doing things for her just to be nice. This is a new thing for her. She is used to guys wanting something from her. Adalind doesn't have any brothers, and we haven't seen her with any male friends...have we ever seen a man give her a friendly, consoling hug before? This could be a first. Here's a guy who is being good to her, supporting her, telling her to go buy some new clothes on his credit card...and all he wants is to help her. Now, she may have some 'romantic' feelings for Nick and want him to reciprocate. She could've been harboring a crush on Nick for a long time, and not even admitted it to herself. Some of the things we see her doing could certainly be interpreted as her 'playing him'...showing concern for his welfare, coming out of the bathroom without her pants on, acting helpless while saying that she hates being dependent...we don't know if she's doing these things 'innocently' or if they are intentional, to get Nick to love her and want her as a woman. We learned in this episode that Adalind's father left when she was only four. So she didn't even have a father or a father-figure in her life growing up. I'm thinking we were told this for two reasons... I'm still struggling with this 'new' Adalind. It's hard to forget all the dastardly things she's done...and accept that all of that was simply because she was a hexenbiest. They could easily make her switch back to the 'old' Adalind at any time, so I'm doing a wait-and-see on the whole thing.
 * The writers want us to have sympathy for Adalind.
 * They want us to know that this situation with Nick is a new thing for her, having a man act like a family member towards her without wanting something in return.