So Nicholas has made his move on Maggie, and I'm wondering: What does he have in mind? It seems evident that what attracts him to her is not any depraved aspect of Maggie that we haven't seen before. She always comes across as a thoroughly nice girl in her scenes with him. Is it her niceness that appeals to him? Or is it the thought of defiling that niceness and dragging it into the mud? I don't get any impression that it's the latter. On the other hand, Nicholas is excellent at hiding his true self, so I don't know.
And really, he chose a bad time to make his move. lori54 pointed out that he has too much on his plate, and there's no arguing with that. He has just realized that he has made a stupid, completely avoidable blunder when he let Angelique attack Adam. This is no time for him to be allowing himself to be distracted by a pretty face: he needs to have his mind strictly on business. But maybe in the stress of the moment, he feels the need of a something to take his mind off.
Once again, I've got to say: Joel Crothers doesn't do much for me.