Helen Hatcher (For the People)

Helen Hatcher (Lisa Waltz) is the main villainess from For the People's first season finale, "This is What I Wanted to Say" (airdate May 22, 2018). She is the principal of Whitley, a private school where Nancy Martin served as the head of the PTA.
Nancy Martin was Jay Simmons' client in a case against her; ecstasy was found in her car and she was accused of being a drug dealer. According to Kate Littlejohn, who was representing the Gallaghers (whose son was a student), Hatcher had confirmed that there were rumors from various parents that Nancy was selling drugs, but after meeting with the Gallaghers and hearing Dana Gallagher's elitist rant against Nancy and her son, William (who earned a scholarship to attend Whitley), Kate realized that Jay was right in his earlier point that the drugs were planted and Nancy was set up. It was believed that Dana framed Nancy out of revenge for losing the PTA position to her, but it turned out that the true villainous culprit was Hatcher.
The Gallaghers and other parents were not happy with the changes that Nancy was making, which included a limit on money spent for kids attending the school prom. Hatcher was in agreement with the parents' elitist complaints and schemed to get Nancy ousted, and at some point before the episode's events, the evil Hatcher infiltrated Nancy's car (which was unlocked) and planted the ecstasy inside. When Kate and Jay talked to Hatcher in her office, the villainess repeated her earlier statement about the rumors about Nancy, while also stating that Nancy didn't reflect the school's culture. However, Hatcher let slip that it was ecstasy in the car, with Jay revealing to Kate after leaving the office that the type of drug wasn't in the indictment, which ended up revealing Hatcher as the villainess. As Kate revealed to Jay later in the episode, Hatcher was arrested (off-screen) and indicted for framing Nancy.
== Trivia ==
* Lisa Waltz also appeared on Castle as the evil Laurie Horn.
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