Gotta give you credit, Aberdeen...you may have caught on to something (though I doubt many of the ladies would admit it - even to themselves).

I love how some are obsessed with this 'thunderbolt' thing. Yes, Michael & Appolonia were struck big time when they first ran into each other. But it's not as though they ran off together that night. They married after a respectful meeting with her family, with her father's permission and a respectable courtship. I don't think there was anything selfish about it. He saw her, wanted to meet her, got to know her, loved her, married her.

I do not think this storyline would have work had Appolonia been described as a homely or plain girl, or had a dog of an actress been cast in the part.

Apple