I think it started off like his other seductions of young girls did, but he became obsessed with Amy, and he may have even thought that he loved her. But, if Nash really loved her, he would have maintained his distance, and did what was best for her rather than pursuing her. He didn't care at all the position that he put Amy in, taking her virginity and preying on her, and how it caused fractures in her relationship with her parents, or how people in the community treated her because of what he did. What makes it even creepier is that he had children his own, and a daughter the same age as Amy. Somehow I don't think he would have appreciated it if someone seduced and took advantage of his daughter. Not to mention his jealousy over Amy's interest in boys her own age. It seems like he pretty much ignored his wife (why she stood by him, I don't know). His suicide threat I think was a combination of desperation on his part and manipulation to keep her by him. And he had no remorse for what he did - his attempt to get a note passed to Amy via prison proved that.
What about Amy's so-called "friends"? They acted as if they were concerned about her and were upset that she didn't trust them to talk to them about what was going on with Coach Nash and then they turned on her at the end after she came forward. I hated the way that Amy was treated, and the fact that the principal was willing to look the other way for so long because of Nash's position as the school's football coach. Nash as the adult, was the one who committed the crime yet he never got the animosity that Amy, who was the victim, did. It's ironic that it was his obsession that lead to his arrest, because he just couldn't let it go.
Having said that, this is a pretty decent Lifetime TV flick and Gary Cole is a fantastic actor.
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