character bios - confused about nicki's past

[JJ77]

I was checking out the character bios on HBO's website and a few things caught my attention.

Nicki's bio says : "when she hit her early 20's, Nicki moved to suburban salt lake city to help Bill and Barb Henrickson with childcare and soon became Bill's 2nd wife."

Put like that, it sounds much like the margene babysitter story. lol
Also we can take this to mean she was married to JJ for at least 5 years if they were sealed when she was 15 , right?

Here's where it got confusing for me though -

JJ's bio says : "when nicki finally convinced Roman to unseal them, she left Juniper Creek and her daughter behind. JJ took their daughter and has raised her on another compound in kansas"

Did Nicki leave JC prior to when she went to barb and bill's house? Or does this mean that when she left JC to go help out barb and bill (and then become wife 2) she had JUST left JJ and Caralyn behind at JC ?

Either someone screwed up here, or I have gotten the wrong impression from the show

I didnt think JJ and Nicki lived at JC to start with.
More importantly though, I didnt think she litterally left one husband and INSTANTLY married the next. If she had wouldnt Bill have known about JJ and caralyn before it was "revealed" last season?

[BigLoveRocks!]

Yeah it definitely is confusing. Sounds like JJ was told to take Caralyn and leave JC.

[withay]

Feb 27, 2010 2:47:03 GMT -5 BigLoveRocks! said:

Yeah it definitely is confusing. Sounds like JJ was told to take Caralyn and leave JC.

It has been mentioned on Margene's Blog that Nicki was married before but she also said that Nicki would not discuss it. Given how involved all of Juniper Creek is with each other, I do not see how Nicki's child could be a secret from Bill. Since Bill kept his family away from JC until the first season, I can see how Nicki could have kept this information from Barb and Margene with Bill's agreement. As far as how long there was between the marriages, and the details of her leaving CaraLynn...I think we have to go by what they are telling us now.

[JJ77]

I dont really read margene's blog on the regular - sos didnt know Nicki's previous marriage had been mentioned there.
Regardless though, on the show when wanda outed Nicki "It happened to you too Nicki" (last season) and told about nicki being seaed to JJ ,etc. Bill went after Nicki when she stormed off and he was al " why didnt you tell me?" (or somethign liek that) and nicki flustered said "everything she said is a lie". Based on the show - it didnt seem to me that anyone (Bill included) knew about Nicki being married or having a child prior to it's coming out towards the end of last season.

So none of the "bio" stuff makes sense to me.

[BigLoveRocks!]

I think the writers are "re-writing" history a little here and there to suit the current storylines.

[aliensummer]

I agree with BigLoveRocks. I think that realistically Bill would've known, if for no other reason than because Lois would've told him when he married her, but I don't think that's how the show is actually dealing with the situation.

[albertaleon]

I don't know how Nicki's past could have been a secret. Adaleen would have had to know, and, Adaleen talks a lot. I do remember it being stated on one of the episodes that Nicki did everything she could to go off and be with Bill. I think Barb and Bill believed that Nicki would eventually leave. I think Nicki went to Bill with the intention of marrying him. I think that Nicki believed that Barb was going to die and that Nicki would be first wife. I think that Nicki has always believed that Bill is the true prophet. How the decision was made between Barb and Bill to change their way of life and their children's way of life by becoming polygamist and living the principal I don't know. I got the impression that Bill did not want anything to do with Juniper Creek and did not believe in any of their teachings. All of the backstories of how the characters got to where they are now would be interesting to know. Also, I have never really been able to get a handle on how Barb, Nicki, and Margene feel about each other and their life together. I know that Barb and Nicki bonded during Barb's illness. I would still like to know how Bill and Barb came to the decision to begin a new life as polygamist with Nicki. I would also like the wives to tell how their true feelings about each other.

[rissmeek]

I didn't think Margie talked about Nikki being married before until CaraLynn showed up.

[withay]

Mar 1, 2010 17:08:27 GMT -5 rissmeek said:

I didn't think Margie talked about Nikki being married before until CaraLynn showed up.

She did not talk about the marriage on the show but she wrote about it on her blog several years ago. All she said was that Nicki had been married before but that she refused to talk about it and Margene knew no details.