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Previous Thread

[Kimlegaspi]

Oh I LOVE the WANTED poster! That's so true and it makes me miss Kalinda even more. Thank you for starting the new thread!

Actually I found Kalinda less out of character in the last episodes but she's definitely not her old self yet. Comments like "I have difficulty being away from him" still seem very out of character to me. Not the fact itself, I can easily imagine Kalinda having difficulty being away from somebody (Leela anyway). Only the fact that she's talking about Nick. Maybe we will learn today what the real reason might be. It can't be the sex (because it didn't sound great), it can't be his charm (because there is none), it can't be his helpless inner boy (because we haven't really seen her reacting to it), it can't be their years of happiness (because there weren't any), and it can't be the usual "circle of domestic violence" (because we haven't seen parts of that on screen) .

[PetiteFleur]

pics from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s event, Nov. 10
Archie Panjabi Photos - Zimbio

[Kiki17]

TFTNT

OMG that art is awesome Love it!

[Miss Femina]

TFTNT! And that banner... just on point!

So, where was I?!

didn't we already have this conversation?I'm not saying she would have had an answer but she could at least have tried it. Now she's pursuing it by asking Eli if he's under investigation?? Who is this and what have they done with the real Kalinda?

I agree, going to Eli wasn't Kalinda's best moment. Again, she should have pressure Lana more. Much more!

I just mean if Kalinda is under surveillance, since she has been everywhere with Nick recently, shouldn't Lana have recognized him from the pictures at least?

Not if it was from before he showed up. Around the IRS/Bishop thing.

However, Kalinda is a hot mess-- "I have difficulty being away from him" Wha? Really?

Where was her difficultyduring all these years?!?!??!?

But she doesn't even care for the bastard, so why exactly can she stay away? The Kings have no idea either, thank god this story is going to end.

From what we've seen, I think she cares for him. She doesn't love him, but she cares. Which doesn't explain why she can't stay away from him.

Nick is on his way out but I don't think they'll be able to undo (even if they tried) the damage they did to Kalinda as a character.

Please don't say that!

This one is just gorgeous!!!!!!!!

Damn she wears that dress like no one could!

And her hair! Wow it's so big, so long!

In the HQ closeup you can see she has tiny bits of snow in her hair. Awww...

And other things... But then again, it might be my perv mind!

pics from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s event, Nov. 10 Archie Panjabi Photos - Zimbio

Thank you!

My favorites

This one.... just

[Gelfling]

Just have to bitch again about the lack of Kalinda. No Nick so no Kalinda? Is that it?

Bitching done. Now. Didn't she look awesome?! and although she had three scenes... BIG Kudos to her for not helping with the "Lesbian defense" that Eli is trying against Maddie. (Really dude? Really??) and for giving Cary and Alicia their winning strategy.

pics from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s event, Nov. 10

I love the pic inside way more than the red carpet pics (too much direct light from the flash or something, they look like they were way too close) but she's as always.

Comments like "I have difficulty being away from him" still seem very out of character to me.

and again if Nick had been written differently, I wouldn't even mind that line. But it's like Diane saying "Oooh that Mitt Romney is so hot" or something just

it can't be his helpless inner boy (because we haven't really seen her reacting to it)

We did. But it seemed more like a knee jerk reaction. Like she is used to taking care of him. She didn't seem to be enjoying it on a personal level.

and it can't be the usual "circle of domestic violence" (because we haven't seen parts of that on screen) .

And that would be so far from Kalinda. She's a survivor. Whatever she had to survive, it feels like she had to start early.

Not if it was from before he showed up. Around the IRS/Bishop thing.

Then they should have made it more obvious. I doubt even Kalinda can, from her outfit and talking to Eli, determine when the pic was taken. Let alone us.
And now I realize that's not what we were talking about but didn't Nick say there were hundreds of them? Why would the Feds stop the surveillance suddenly, especially if they were close to an arrest?

Please don't say that!

awww
Just from a personal point of view, they made it damn hard to find Kalinda. I'm having a big ole writers block because of it. First they blocked my A/K writing and now Kalinda...

And other things... But then again, it might be my perv mind!

gotta love your pervy mind

[~Rista~]

I'm pretty sure this is a new picture.



There should be an article accompanying it in O Magazine's December issue. Source Oprah.com

[Kiki17]

Dammm

Archie's new publicist is working hard!!

[AnewFriend]

Luv the new photo!! Archie with paper-cut snowflakes.

Been rather busy, so not much time to comment. I think the new title of the thread is super, rather sad and ironic that it's true.

Where the hell is our KALINDA?

But, I do have to say that I get this subtle sense that Archie seems to be seriously moving away from TGW? I don't know how they can really bring back Kalinda to square 1 again next season. I'm really ok with this, and rather have her have full featured episodes, rather than bits of her like this past Sunday.

Maybe something like 10 Kalinda-centric episodes next year, and not be around while Archie does real work elsewhere. The BBC tv mini-series hasn't even aired yet, and that could be huge! A regular series? I think that would give Archie fans a big smile and something new for her to get into w/out the limitations or character writing miss steps that happened in TGW.

[Gelfling]

Archie's new publicist is working hard!!

I think it might be CBS this time.

Thanks for the pic, Rista. I love the article too but um... Archie... those candles are for suckers
Hey she likes Paris and macarons from La Durée so she has good tastes for other things

(trying not to be bitter about the French women comment )

Maybe something like 10 Kalinda-centric episodes next year, and not be around while Archie does real work elsewhere.

I doubt it. That would be ideal but they wouldn't know how to even write one Kalinda centric episode in a season soooo...

[Kimlegaspi]

it can't be his helpless inner boy (because we haven't really seen her reacting to it)

We did. But it seemed more like a knee jerk reaction. Like she is used to taking care of him. She didn't seem to be enjoying it on a personal level.

Yes, you are right, I correct myself. We did see that. Nick acts constantly like a little boy, a mean little boy. When somebody behaves like that you have two options: behaving like a child too, or behaving like a mother. Maybe Leela and Nick were like rebellious children, maybe they were partners in crime, maybe they experienced things that bound them together, but now Leela has grown up and he’s still the child. That’s the only way it makes sense to me - at least a little bit, and it’s still out of character.

and it can't be the usual "circle of domestic violence" (because we haven't seen parts of that on screen) .

And that would be so far from Kalinda. She's a survivor. Whatever she had to survive, it feels like she had to start early.

Yes, I agree. Kalinda is a survivor. I’ve never doubted that Kalinda was traumatized, but she’s a strong person and she learned how to survive. The way she’s using her survival mechanisms tells us that it must have happened a lot earlier than her marriage, probably childhood or youth or both. This crazy marriage can’t be the reason why Kalinda is how she is now. It can only be the result of earlier wounds. Ending up in a destructive relationship can happen to everyone of us, but ending up in a relationship with a guy like Nick (and staying in it and having "difficulty being away from him") can only be the result of something that has happened earlier in a person’s life.
That’s a contradiction I don’t understand. Kalinda looks like someone who learned how to survive early and that’s why I don’t understand how she could end up in a relationship like this. Maybe he triggered something in her that invalidated her defense strategies? But how? What could the trigger be? I still don’t get it.

[schwarmereione]

Originally Posted by Kimlegaspi Yes, I agree. Kalinda is a survivor. I’ve never doubted that Kalinda was traumatized, but she’s a strong person and she learned how to survive. The way she’s using her survival mechanisms tells us that it must have happened a lot earlier than her marriage, probably childhood or youth or both. This crazy marriage can’t be the reason why Kalinda is how she is now. It can only be the result of earlier wounds. Ending up in a destructive relationship can happen to everyone of us, but ending up in a relationship with a guy like Nick (and staying in it and having "difficulty being away from him") can only be the result of something that has happened earlier in a person’s life. That’s a contradiction I don’t understand. Kalinda looks like someone who learned how to survive early and that’s why I don’t understand how she could end up in a relationship like this. Maybe he triggered something in her that invalidated her defense strategies? But how? What could the trigger be? I still don’t get it.

I also think there is trauma that predates Nick at the level of childhood or family. But perhaps she met Nick soon afterwards while she was still vulnerable and that's why she became trapped. Her defences started developing during her marriage and then became more full grown after her escape.

I can see a scenario where after a wholescale rejection by her family (for whatever reason) she took up with Nick and perhaps they did love each other, it's just that it was sick, possessve and controlling. Perhaps she also felt she deserved to be treated that way because of what happened earlier.

[Kimlegaspi]

I can see a scenario where after a wholescale rejection by her family (for whatever reason) she took up with Nick and perhaps they did love each other, it's just that it was sick, possessve and controlling. Perhaps she also felt she deserved to be treated that way because of what happened earlier.

It's probably how the story will turn out but it doesn't make sense to me. Kalinda's behavior is so perfected, so practiced, so natural to her that she can't be like this since she has left Nick. Leela must have been like this too, or at least a lot like this. So why should somebody like Kalinda/Leela deal with someone like Nick? Maybe Nick was a relict from Leela's youth (gang member or whatever) and therefore was her tender spot over the last twenty years?

[schwarmereione]

I take your point, but I don't see a problem where perhaps Kalinda met and married Nick very young and still in a state of shock, then changed a lot while she was with him in order to be able to leave (perhaps in a way that she wasn't able to express outwardly during their relationship.) And she has been away from him for five years. We also didn't know her for two of those years. And it may actually be more than five years away from him, if he was in jail for two and then she left at the end of his sentence, she'd been out from his control for seven years.

[Gelfling]

When somebody behaves like that you have two options: behaving like a child too, or behaving like a mother.

Maybe Leela and Nick were like rebellious children, maybe they were partners in crime, maybe they experienced things that bound them together, but now Leela has grown up and he’s still the child

That's a good theory. When we were trying to make sense of him after the premiere, I was having a discussion with my friend and she said "I can see them starting off together where they had nobody else to rely on but each other, like a foster home or something like that." and I think your explanation fits that too. That's why she left. She changed and moved on. He did not and keep throwing adolescent tantrums.

The way she’s using her survival mechanisms tells us that it must have happened a lot earlier than her marriage, probably childhood or youth or both. This crazy marriage can’t be the reason why Kalinda is how she is now. It can only be the result of earlier wounds.

I doubt Nick was ever a "good clean cut guy" or even tried to pretend he was so when she married him, she knew what she was getting and she didn't care.

Kalinda looks like someone who learned how to survive early and that’s why I don’t understand how she could end up in a relationship like this. Maybe he triggered something in her that invalidated her defense strategies?

I really wish Lily was here to expose her theories about Kalinda's background because I'm no specialist but we discussed the possibility of her having a self destructive streak in her earlier life and Nick would fit that very well.

Perhaps she also felt she deserved to be treated that way because of what happened earlier.

That would come way too close to a victim mentality though. I don't see that with Kalinda. Maybe Leela though. Maybe that's why she said she changed. I believe whatever changed, it happened long before she became Kalinda.
Maybe he was part of what started it too.