Michelle, Dante’s Cove

Michelle (Erin Cummings – S2, Jill Bennett – S3)

On Dante’s Cove, an LGBT-focused supernatural soap opera, Michelle was introduced in the Season 2 premiere as novice witch Van’s girlfriend. She disapproved of magic use and gave Van an ultimatum to leave Dante’s Cove with her. When Van cast a spell to make her forget the magic, the spell backfired, wiping out Michelle’s memory of Van completely.

After forgetting Van, Michelle tried to date Brit, but their relationship was strained because Michelle started getting flashbacks of Van and seeing Brit as Van. This lead to Michelle confronting Van, who lied about their connection and denied any knowledge of her as a person. Michelle became more and more unstable leading to an episode where she picked up an unnamed man from a bar and went home to have sex with him.

Later, Michelle asked for Van’s help again, and confronted her with a photograph of the two of them. Van denied knowing her and Michelle ended up drowning herself in the ocean. In the Season 2 finale, Van used a spell to go back in time and save Michelle.

Between Seasons 2 and 3, the resurrected Michelle had become possessed by a mysterious shadow force and and over the course of the season it was revealed that Michelle, under possession, had killed Van off-screen. Later in Season 3, Michelle, still possessed by the shadow force, seduced the witch Diana and Brit. In the final episodes, Diana took the shadow force from Michelle and killed her.

Appearances:

• 10 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Van 💀(Nadine Heimann, lesbian, main cast, 9 episodes)
• Brit (Michelle Wolff, lesbian, main cast, 7 episodes)
• Diana Childs 💀 (Thea Gill, lesbian, main cast, 10 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Unknown (one night stand)

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.