Nah, you're seeing more than what's there. You're confusing Kat's admiration for something else because Nowhere have I seen where either woman (and Kat IS a young woman) shows any kind of sexual tension toward one another. I see a mother who fiercely loves her daughter but is smart enough to let her child find her way, while you see a daughter who, despite seeing her mom make bad choices and some indescretion, still considers her mother as a role model. They Are close, just not sexually, despite what others might want to make of it.