9.16 Turn, Turn, Turn | 11.19 Unleashed
MK’s commentary because I just need to talk about it: I know the circumstances for Haley were different, and I think Nick has a big enough heart that he would have still reacted the way he did in Unleashed, but it’s just interesting to me, another sign of Nick’s growth in the series regarding his like, naivety and ignorance when it comes to certain things--and I say that with a huge amount of love to his character and watching how he grows out of “not getting it.”
He admits himself in Unleashed that the most he knows is LOL, LMAO, how to wink, for text, and in the way he describes old-school bullying as getting lunch money stolen or tripped in the hallway. He probably isn’t online a lot. But after Haley and seeing that downward spiral, seeing what happened to the victim in Unleashed, I think the magnitude hits him of what he didn’t quite understand the weight of before. He tells Haley to just blow it off as if it’s easy but...it’s not. It wouldn’t stop if she did that or not. We watch him even break at the end of Haley’s life, feeling that he could have done something to stop it and I bet he can’t help but think of it again in Unleashed and it’s why he pushes to make sure the people responsible are brought to justice.
