One Life To Live Discussion Group -- Any one interested in seeing Jess act like a teenager?

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Topic: Any one interested in seeing Jess act like a teenager?

Topic Posted by: kitten
Date Posted: Fri Feb 26 3:06:15 2010
Additional Comments: Sounds like it could be fun. A lot of history could be brought up, she could totally shake up all the relationships she had, and it seems like something the actress who plays Jessica could have a great time with.

Posted by: Wanda Wolek
Date posted: Sun Feb 28 11:59:19 2010
Message:

I wasn't looking forward to it until I read a spoiler

that Jessica kisses Cristian. All of a sudden, I thought - Oh, this could be fun. I'd love to see how Cris reacts, but even more than that, I want to see how Layla - the forgotten girl - reacts.

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That's what I'm talking about. Watching Jess react to everyone that she knows, as a teen, before all her victimization, could bring interesting SL to every character Jess knows./kitten

Posted by: sea
Date posted: Fri Feb 26 17:46:27 2010
Message:

I'm really not! First of all, I doubt if this crew of writers has as good a memory as many of us. Jess probably wouldn't remember Will, so I doubt if she would remember her first pregnancy or the miscarriage. It's funny, most of the people she would remember from that stage of her life are now being played by different actors. No wonder she is confused.

What will this do to Layla? Is her having the "flu" just code for not being around for weeks?

I don't want this storyline to go on and on. Whom was Jessica dreaming of the other day? She said a name that I didn't get.

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Will who????? OMG, sea, you mentioned ''he-who-must-not-be-named''. The ruination of Jessica Buchanan began with Will Rappaport. If the writers choose to forget him, I will be cheering. Wanda Wolek

Sooooooo sorry! I must have forgotten the copious amounts of vitriol associated with that name! I must disagree that this storyline might be fun--Drew Barrymore might make it work, but Jessica going back to high school where everyone knows her name is just, to me, stupid. eom/sea

Posted by: allison13
Date posted: Fri Feb 26 12:01:11 2010
Message:

No way am I looking forwar to yet another stupid rewrite of the show's history.We all saw Erin Torpey play teenage Jessica with a level of grace and maturity rare on tv for one so young.Bree Williamson plays "adult"Jess as a wide-eyed perpetual victim who can't seem to think for herself.I don't blame the actress.I blame the RonC and his crew for shoddy,repitious writing.I'ts time to mature this character with a brain,a backbone and one personality.

Posted by: Gallagher
Date posted: Fri Feb 26 11:55:19 2010
Message:
Actually, Jess is acting like a woman who knows she's not a teenager, but is trapped in the future. There's several layers here - should be interesting to see how it plays out. I'm all for resetting Jessica, and I actually hope she doesn't get her memory of the last 13 years back. It's not like with Marty - she has something to work from.

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That's what I'm talking about, Gallagher. Not more victimization of Jess, but she's a girl living in the furture, who is seeing DVD's and HD tv, and the proliferation of cell phones and the internet for the first time, as well as asking every character that she knows, 'what the hell happened with you'./kitten

Posted by: danrik1
Date posted: Fri Feb 26 11:10:29 2010
Message:
Not at all. I am sick and tired of Jessica being the perpetual victim. Can we ever have her just be Jess instead of some altar personality or an amnesiac? I had to FF the scenes with her and Brody yesterday. Found them boring.

Posted by: Herb Callison
Date posted: Fri Feb 26 8:39:30 2010
Message:

If they play it like Peggy Sue Got Married it could be fun. Are they going to go so far as to have Jessica go back to high school?

Also how old was Jess when her first baby died after Dorian hit her with her car? Has that happened in Jessica's mind yet?