Monica Shelly (Classic Gerosha)

Monica Shelly is a character in the Ferris Access Channel and Dozerfleet Studios original miniseries Blood Over Water. She is a friend and ally to Aaron. Little else is known about her. She was portrayed by actress Cassie Tyler.

Character bio
Some time before the series, Monica started a family and got a job working in a science lab on a university campus. From there, she befriended Aaron. That comfortable existence was soon threatened, when Aaron arrives out of nowhere.

He begs her to look at a sample of water. Before she knows it, two thugs from Sleet Mountain abduct her - and intend to have her executed. Due to Chris' moral conflict, she survives the ordeal. She and Aaron presumably work together to expose Clyde Spendelworth.

Personality
Monica is a dutiful, kind, but very timid woman who is very much in love with life and with her family. It is left unknown just what kind of relationship she and Aaron have with each other, though they rarely express any gesture toward each other beyond platonic. She has her doubts about doing anything that could get her in serious trouble. Her fears at first appear to be justified when Chris comes after her. However, she finds herself relatively free of harassment after Chris switches sides.

Trivia

 * Originally, Cassie was going to play the role of Jessie Morcin in Kozerlen. When that idea was canceled, she was recast at the last minute for Part 4 as Aaron (Zach Foster's) friend "Monica."


 * In part 4, she complains that she "has a family," and that it would be very wrong to kill her off. Kyle dismisses these concerns.
 * However, she is never shown in the miniseries itself as spending any time with a family.


 * Her last name was never listed in the end credits of the initial limited edition DVD remaster, nor in the miniseries proper. She was only ever referred to as merely "Monica."
 * In the approved-for-cable version, the end credits identified her for the first time ever as Monica Shelly.


 * For many years, Cassie hid her name from the end credits, often having "Tyler" censored in end credits to "Tilne."


 * While the reason for her name being Monica was never given, her surname of Shelly is a reference to Mary Shelly.


 * This version of Monica, in addition to "having a family" that is never seen or named onscreen, is living at a rental house in town with an unspecified address. Her comic remake counterpart's home address, however, is explicitly stated to be 430 Spring St.
 * The real Cassie Tyler was staying in the Puterbaugh / Henderson Hall complex in the fall of 2009.