What Nick has to do.....

[Babe]

I've thought it over carefully and come to the conclusion that Nick and Lulu just aren't going to be a twosome.
In light of that, I've been trying to think of a strong type actress (not overbearing) would we like to take over the reins of Nicks love during Season 2.

Here are a few I've thought of and I'd like ideas from you before I present them to the director/s and writer/s. ;D ;D

Debra Messing (Of Will and Grace)

Sandra Bullock (she's vivacious and sexy)

Jennifer Ehle (OF Pride and Prejudice)

Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele)

Kim Delaney (was on NYPD Blue)

Terri Hatcher (Lois Lane in Superman series)

Katherine Hicks (Star Trek IV & 7th Heaven)

These might not suit everyone, but they are what I could think of off the top of my head.  The list is wide open for discussion.  Someone might even think Nick needs the guidance of a slightly older woman.  Shall we proceed?

[justdreaming]

In the grand world of things, since some of those choices are  outside the realm of possiblities, I'll choose a few in that same realm:

Christy Brinkley

Stephanie Seymour

Carrie Moss

Cate Blanchett

Jodie Foster

Gwyneth Paltrow

Marisa Tomei

Clair Danes

[annie]

My 2  cents...

I like Kim Delaney and Terry Hatcher too and I like the idea of someone slightly older.  I think Kim & Terry are the same age as NF.

If Lulu hadn't turned into such a wimp, WM would have been good for the love interest.  She's very pretty, and if they take the time to make her look "put together" she looks the part.  I wish they'd write her as a capable women.  Did you see the way she was sitting in the Incline in the first and last scene?  Where is her poise?

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

I don't know many actresses to suggest....

[Jennifer]

Well, I don't have a suggestion about the actresses mentioned. They are all pretty, and their ages are not an issue. Wendy Moniz is the right actress, IMO and Lulu is the woman for Nick in this fictional drama.  I am all for a temporary love interest, while giving Lulu a chance to  realize that she made a mistake about her marriage, but in the end I want Nick and Lulu to end up together. It will not be easy, as nothing is easy for Nick but it will make it more dramatic with all these hurdles that come his way. I wouldn't want a perfect woman for Nick, be it a rich, pretty professional. The writers are obviously writing Lulu as a complex, confused,  and highly emotional character to contrast Nick's personality. They are slowly introducing Lulu's family gradually and I hope they explore them further.  I see the writers redeeming Lulu's character next season. Again, I don't see it happening in a flash as this is a one hour show and it takes time for a character to be redeemed.  I say, GO Nick and Lulu!

[Babe]

I wouldn't really object to Lulu on the condition the writers give her more backbone.  Two highly emotional people don't make for a hot romantic couple, IMO

I'm with annie on this.  Everything about Lulu projects her insecurity.  Her clothes, hair and demeanor all say here is an unsure person.

The last series I was addicted to (now cancelled after 4 seasons) had a very strong male lead and I miss that in Nick.  I so want it to happen,  even just a little.

I was excited when Nick decided to invite other lawyers in the firm to join him, with their clients and start a firm of their own.  Now that took guts.  I want to see more of that.

[jezbel]

I'm afraid I'm hooked on Nick and Lulu, Babe.  The others just won't do for me.  I like her insecurity and lack of decisiveness in this series...The writers have given us some clues about why she is that way.  She is pretty complex in her own right and not a little mixed up.  In fact I think she is probably more psychologically fragile than our Nick which puts him in a strong position in relation to her since he too has large issues.   A strong, well adjusted, dominant woman  would not be the right type for him in my opinion.  (Anyway I'm used to Lulu and change is hard!)

[annie]

Nick is strong, I think.  He just doesn't handle "personal" stuff well at all. (understement...) I think he is intelligent, and can think on his feet.  If I were in a crisis, I would like him as a friend (as Lulu obviously does.)

IMO we will see stronger Nick next season.  He has a lot to come back from and if he didn't think his life was in the toilet with Mandy possibly dead, and didn't come to the realization of his father's sacrafices for him, he wouldn't have puddled up at the end.

:flush: = Life in toilet  ;D

I'd like to see him concentrate on his dad and their professional & personal future with Lulu taking 2nd place for a while.  Now that she has made a decision, maybe she'll "seem" stronger.  

[Jennifer]

jezbel, you are absolutely right. I, too, am hooked on Nick and Lulu. They somehow have a thing in common in a sense that both have excess baggage.  Lulu is insecure, as I said complex, and perhaps more troubled than Nick. I would like to see both of them grow and help each other out to overcome their difficulties. There is just so much storyline possibilities for their romance. I do realize it won't be easy, but I still want them to be connected somehow until Lulu dumps Brian for good.

[[e-mail]]

I agree there should be a lot more to the Nick and Burton business and LuLu should be consigned to the background for awhile. There seem to me to be a lot of issues Nick has to resolve about himself before he can get into a serious relationship with a woman with any chance of having it work, and Burton is key to that. Besides, even though, as I've said elsewhere, Nick is probably going to get a pass on the Mandy thing because A) Mandy killed two guys, both sleazes, and is (probably) dead herself, solving two murders without costing the Pittsburgh criminal justice system more time and money, and B) the show simply won't work if Nick's in the slammer himself, Caldwell and Lichtman (sp.?) are still going to make all sorts of problems for the clan Fallin. Nick is simply going to be too busy to bother with a (to me) ditz like LuLu.
I can also see Burton advising Nick that playing around with someone else's wife can be hazardous to one's health and emotional well-being even if he doesn't tell Nick about his mother's misadventures (just yet).

[jezbel]

a ditz like Lulu

Oh Linda, you are harsh!  Nick loves her.  His heart has been broken.  Rehabilitation of the relationship should be the first order of business in season 2 (IMHO)    

[[e-mail]]

Okay, you're entitiled to your opinion, and I respect it . I don't like LuLu for that precise reason--she broke our Nicky's heart ! I haven't seen the whole season through--I always seem to catch up with these things at the last minute--so I'll readily grant there's more to the Nick and Lulu thing than I know. Telling a guy you just skipped off to Atlantic City and married somebody else does seem a tad emphatic. I can see if the marriage collapsed Nick would still want Lulu, unless, of course, things get complicated still further by somebody else coming along, and "complicated" seems to be the name of the game for this show. I've seen less entangled plates of spaghetti!

[Babe]

You are so right Linda, complicated is the name of this show.  I've never seen a show that gave the star so many problems that needed solving.

I too liked Lulu "until she did our boy wrong"  She was the best female the writers gave us through the whole season.

I missed too many episodes and it bugs me.  I need to study all of Season 1, if I want to discuss different things.  As it stands now, I have to go look up the names of the other characters all the time.

[jezbel]

And where are you looking up these names, Babe?

I guess, Linda, if Nick still loves her even though I can see her faults, I like her too.  Of course, no one is good enough for our Nick.

[[e-mail]]

You got that one right, pal!

[LaraB]

Me three (the Nick-Lulu thing, that is!).  ;D  

Be that as it may, YES, Lulu needs to get a backbone. . .well, get hers back.  I want more of the Lulu that we saw in that first epi she was in--darn, can't think of the name right now--and subsequent epis.  She wasn't pushed around easily (from my memory).  Heck, she even slapped a woman (ILP).  THAT'S the Lulu we need.  If she is to be the main love interest for Nick (which, again, I certainly don't mind) then she can't always be leaning on him.  Give her some independence, some fire, some attitude (the good kind).  Do you hear me DH?  Lulu doesn't need to be a wimp forever!

Lara