Nelson Rowe

"Whoever grabbed her up, knows who I am to her. He knows me. I don't know if you're anywhere near, or if I'm anywhere nearer to you. I am coming for you."

- Nelly Rowe about his daughter, Jody. Nelson "Nelly" Rowe is the protagonist on Sky Atlantic's Save Me. Nelly seems to be a very social, and overall friendly person, when hanging out at the pub with his friends. However, Nelly's whole world is turned upside down, when he is arrested and falsely accused of abducting his thirteen year old daughter, Jody whom he doesn't know that well, and was three years of age the last time he saw her. Jody's mother, Claire, who hooked up fourteen years ago, is convinced of his guilt. Nelly sets out on a journey of redemption to find Jody and to out who is pretending to be him to clear his name.

Throughout the trailer, you can see Nelly's personality change drastically. At the start of the trailer he is seen as a man who likes to have fun with his buds, drink at the pub, and women. However, near the end of the trailer, Nelly is shown to be driven mad over the fact that he was falsely arrested, and is dedicated to find the man who really took his daughter.

Personality
"He’s an amalgamation of characters I’ve come across. Back in the day, I was in this youth theatre group based at the Lyric in Hammersmith. After rehearsal, we’d go to the boozer across the road and there was always this one black guy in an almost exclusively white pub. You used to see that quite a lot in certain areas of London. Nelly’s like that. A throwback."

- Lennie James on who Nelly's personality was inspired off of. Nelly is shown to be the life and soul of the town's local pub, and quite a womanizer. He enjoys a good drink, and is determined to find out who abducted his daughter, Jody. This personality trait seems to ends up taking over him, by the looks of the end of the trailer, his prime suspect being Melon, who was one of his friends at the his town's local pub.

Appearance
"It’s important in TV to have a signature garment, like Columbo’s mac or Del Boy’s cap. Sadly in this, mine is a yellow puffa. Oh well."

- Lennie James, on his signature yellow coat.

Physical appearance
Nelly has dark skin, dark brown eyes, a shaved bald head, and a little bit of a beard on his face. He also has a piercing on his left ear, which he wears a gold hoop earring on.

Fashion style
Nelly seems to have quite a casual fashion style most of the time. But the thing that sets him apart is his signature puffy, yellow coat.