Where did the estrangement between Nikki and Helen materialise from?
They were confidantes. Helen felt terribly betrayed by Nikki over the Femi issue. Before she knew where she was – she was facing a potential riot in her first few days as Governing Governor. Helen felt that Nikki should have known that she would have Femi’s best interests at heart. On the other hand, Nikki was terribly torn between her loyalties to her fellow prisoner & her feelings for Helen. The whole situation again demonstrated the insurmountable barrier imposed between Helen & Nikki by their different roles within the prison. Don’t you believe that the relationship between Helen and Nikki in series 3 has had a negative effect on the public’s view of lesbianism as it has shown such a major love story to be vulnerable to the first eligible male, and both characters to be inconstant. But you know – surely – that when we first met Helen she was in a relationship with a decent, hard-working, rather handsome man. Isn’t it positive that she abandoned what many, many people would think is
