Michelle Sovana is the second daughter of Detective Alvin Olinsky, born out of an affair. She is portrayed by Madison McLaughlin.
History[]
She was conceived from an affair while her father was on an undercover assignment. She had no knowledge of her father growing up and she was a troubled youth. At some point, she ended up in Juvie.
Season 2[]
She first appears in Born Into Bad News, where she contacts Alvin to tell him that he is her father. She reveals that her mother was the one who told her and she needs his help. Her words leave him shocked at the idea of having a second child.
Season 3[]
As of Life is Fluid, she continues calling Alvin who with help from Trudy Platt is able to pull strings and get Michelle released. Outside the Juvenile Hall, Michelle meets her father for the first time, it is an awkward meeting for both but she tells him she appreciates his acts and asks for money, to which he gives her $40. She then promises to keep in touch with him and leaves with a friend.
During Natural Born Storyteller, Michelle once more meets her father for money. When Alvin tries to help her with starting over, she rejects his attempts to be fatherly and walks off in a huff. At the end, she approaches Alvin to tell him that she was robbed and sarcastically offers him a chance to be her father in the moment but then rejects this. Not wanting to play mind games with her, Alvin gives her money, and she nearly storms off but stops and cries. Seeing this, Alvin tells her that he is trying and she has to acknowledge that. He then tells her if she allows him in, then they can have a better start. After thinking, Michelle then agrees to this.
In Actual Physical Violence , Michelle is sent to the training center run by her father's friend/co-worker Antonio Dawson. It was here that Antonio learned of Alvin's big secret but agreed to train her. Likewise, Alvin informs the rest of his family about Michelle and they are quite shocked to hear this, before Alvin's wife kicks him out.
In Debts of the Past, Alvin arrived at the center where he finds Michelle training. Michelle greets her father happily and then goes off while leaving her mouth-guard, which contains her saliva and Alvin uses it to get a DNA test. She visits her father at his precinct, where he jokingly believed she needed money but she denies this and gives him cookies. She is excited to hear that he likes peanut butter cookies just like her. Michelle soon tells Alvin that Antonio has her on a new training regiment extra he come to see her train again because she enjoys seeing him taking an interest in her life and Alvin tells her he will stop by. She kisses him on the cheek and leaves happily.
In You Never Know Who's Who, Alvin finds Michelle training and she tells him that Antonio had informed her about his recent case, hugging her father after hearing how he was injured. Alvin then tells Michelle that he's okay and is going to take her out to dinner as a way to forget the case and she accepts the offer. The DNA results later come back in, though it's never confirmed she is his biological daughter or not because he threw the results away to help the lost girl.
In A Dead Kid, a Notebook and a Lot of Maybes, Alvin later signed some papers to acknowledge himself as the legal guardian of Michelle. This is met with outrage by his wife who promptly kicks him out and he and Michelle go to live with Adam.
Following a brief appearance in Forget My Name, where she is shown living with Alvin in the apartment of Adam. Michelle comments on Kim and Adam not living together despite being engaged, as Kim states she doesn't need advice from a teenager.
In If We Were Normal, Alvin mentions to an abducted girl named Ruby that he has two daughters Lexi and Michelle. He describes his relationship with them, as close as they want him to be.
She does not appear again in future episodes but she is acknowledged as Alvin having two daughters; and it is unknown what exactly happens to her thereafter.
Season 4[]
Alvin indirectly mentioned her in Favor, Affection, Malice or Ill-Will, when he states that he has two daughters; consisting of Lexi and Michelle.
Appearances[]
| Season 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call It Macaroni | Get My Cigarettes | The Weigh Station | Chicken, Dynamite, Chainsaw | An Honest Woman |
| Prison Ball | They'll Have to Go Through Me | Assignment of the Year | Called in Dead | Shouldn't Have Been Alone |
| We Don't Work Together Anymore | Disco Bob | A Little Devil Complex | Erin's Mom | What Do You Do |
| What Puts You On That Ledge | Say Her Real Name | Get Back to Even | The Three Gs | The Number of Rats |
| There's My Girl | Push the Pain Away | Born Into Bad News | ||
| Season 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Is Fluid | Natural Born Storyteller | Actual Physical Violence | Debts of the Past | Climbing Into Bed |
| You Never Know Who's Who | A Dead Kid, a Notebook and a Lot of Maybes | Forget My Name | Never Forget I Love You | Now I'm God |
| Knocked the Family Right Out | Looking Out For Stateville | Hit Me | The Song of Gregory Williams Yates | A Night Owl |
| The Cases That Need to Be Solved | Forty-Caliber Bread Crumb | Kasual with a K | If We Were Normal | In a Duffel Bag |
| Justice | She's Got Us | Start Digging | ||
Notes[]
- She never interacted with her sister and stepmother but they were aware of her.
- It is unknown if she was aware of her sister's death.
- After her father's death, Michelle was entitled to some of his pension.
- Where Michelle is living and her activities as of now are unknown.