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Nick to the rescue

posted 13 years ago by lamont-hard
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Even though Nick came through for Mac at the end by killing the corrupt cop, then getting them together at the end, I would bet Mac does not leave Nick alone with Michell Phieffer ever again...... When all was said and done, i thought she was a bit easy for nick to get close to scoring with her, i guess her background of being with a married man and dating a life guard gave him plenty of confidence. I was wondering where she got the money to start that restaurant from. was it mentioned in the film and i missed it.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 11 years ago

I can't remember if it was ever mentioned specifically how Jo-Ann got the money for the restaurant, but it seemed to be a family owned restaurant--her brother owned and ran it with her.

Just assumed the parents had had it before they took over. But could be wrong.

[–] manram24 11 years ago

I don't think Mac would have to worry anyway, Nick seemed relieved or happy that Mac ended up with Jo Ann at the end. It was good to see Nick help Mac in the end, he put his career aside and helped save a friend's life.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 9 years ago

Yes, it was the parent's restaurant first.

And yes, Mac need not worry about Nick and Jo Ann in the future. Nick was having the affair with her and such, but ultimately he was just using her to get to Mac.

He was exploiting her to see what she knew about Mac. He thought she knew something because he was such a regular in her restaurant. He point blank says that if Mac is spending that kind of time in her restaurant, and he's dealing drugs, she MUST have been something. We saw how that was Nick's whole method of getting to Mac.

He also said he only pursued Jo Ann and slept with her because he figured if she'd sleep with HIM, then she wasn't sleeping with Mac (he took her for a one-man at a time woman).

It was yet another way he was testing what Jo Ann might know about Mac, i.e. no pillow talk with Mac to draw on, then she might now know much.

It was SO calculated on Nick's part!

So, once it was clear Mac wasn't guilty, the whole fiasco at the marina ended, then Nick was through with Jo Ann, probably. Even if he wanted more (and who wouldn't want Jo Ann the way she looked in that film!), he knew he'd burned his bridges with her and that she was into Mac, anyway.