Even though I've assumed Rio has always been the other parent for Nicky, I couldn't help but feel super emotional at Jac's confirmation and here is my two cents as to why...
Studio heads don't take risks and will often do what is tried and true and that meant playing it safe, and not offending anyone by never really confirming or denying certain relationships or their backgrounds. It isn't the same but I remember the days of swanqueen and supercorp
So I think Jac and Kathryn has talked in depth about her character's relationship with Rio and Nicky and both of them approached the story line with the assumption that Rio is the father
HOWEVER, Jac has to toe this very delicate line of appeasing the studio execs by not outright saying it because there will be too many questions and notes that it'll never fly, so she doesn't say it. actually shes adds in the script for Agatha to say Nicky is 'made from scratch', so you can possibly assume Agatha is the only parent. Throughout the show, they've insinuated as much as they can without outright stating that they're a family. Get as much past the studio and hopefully the audience can read between the lines.
But NOW? with the massive success of the show and knowing that studio execs probably won't have much to say since confirming it won't affect future storylines (assuming Nicky is really dead), Jac says it and confirms it. out loud.
It was all intentional. Casting a kid that looks like Aubrey, having Agatha give birth near a river (rio), having Nicky say "my 'mother' needs me home", showing how unphased Nicky was upon seeing Rio, Rio asking Nicky to kiss Agatha twice before leaving and Rio being offended with Agatha walking the road with another woman's kid. It was all intentional
It's so unexpected and I assume why Kathryn looked so emotional. Because they've had to quietly navigate this tricky line of telling the story they want to tell but also pacifying the people above. Jac did it!Not only are these two characters queer but she's also saying that they love each other so much they have a kid together. The how isn't important, it just is.
And that is such a power move
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