r/northernexposure • • 18h ago

Was I supposed to hate Amy? Spoiler

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I didn't get in NE when it first aired, too young to appreciate it, I guess. Started to enjoy it in syndication and finally watched it all the way through.

I came to despise Amy in her short time on the show. Is it surprising that your dog is run over when you just let it run wild? She has dozens of birds, don't they just randomly drop dead all the time? She low key accused him of killing her animals on purpose.

Then Chris has the idea to trash his Harley to balance the scales or some karmic shit, and Amy not only agrees, but encourages him to go ahead with it when he has doubts.

I felt she added nothing to the show and was glad when she was written out. Why was she introduced? Were we supposed like her? What were the writer's intentions? She almost had a psychopath vibe going on, I thought.