Well, she doesn't have a whole lot of choice, does she? If the show's got a weakness apart from Too Much Soap, it's that I can't think of a single male character who isn't incompetent, untrustworthy or a murderer (that's not intended as an exclusive or) with the possible exception of Delroy Brown, and no doubt if we learn any more about him it will involve feet of clay. Nick was just the most badly written; I'm sure it's fun to play a character without a single redeeming feature, but I find them implausible and uninteresting to watch.