Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill was a really cute show where Jack (aka Jacqueline, played by Amanda Peet) and Jill (David Jillefsky, played by Ivan Sergei--recently on "Charmed") had a meet-cute (she discovers her fiance slept with a bridesmaid on the day of the wedding--moves in with friend--he's the hunky neighbor--nuff said), resisted getting together and yet finally did. It lasted for two season, also starred Jamie Pressly (now on "My Name is Earl", Simon Rex and Justin Kirk ("Weeds"--I knew I knew him from somewhere!).
Like most shows where it is based somewhat on sexual tension between two characters, it struggled a bit after Jack and Jill became a couple, but it was still pretty good. It was cancelled at the end of its second season (which was only 13 episodes, and aired mid-season). Here's what happened for those who can't quite remember, courtesy of www.tv.com:

Jack and Jill scramble to keep their wedding on track after the hurricane destroys their Bahamas plan, but the couple is in a bad place, something that is especially concerning Jill. Jack talks things over with Jill's mom, and Jill talks things over with Elisa. Eventually, Jill asks Jack to forget the long-term wedding arrangements, and to just get married the next day at the Justice of the Peace.

Meanwhile, Mikey and Elisa plan a party for their 'unattached' single friends, but they are shocked to learn just how depleted that group of friends has become, as most of their friends are now paired up! And Jack & Jill's sudden wedding plans force them to change the party into a wedding party anyway.

An overheard comment from Barto about how Audrey should face her fears vis-a-vis her stalker incident prompts Audrey to move back to her place. But after Elisa stays over at her apartment the first night, Barto feels so guilty that he goes over to stay with Audrey until she feels safe again.

They guys help Jill and the girls help Jack, and they all (plus Barto's date Emily) head down to City Hall. But the cattle call at City Hall is decidedly unromantic, so Jill calls it off. The results if that Mikey & Elisa's party is a total dud, and the two get hammered, and start to reveal some repressed feelings for each other. The next day, neither remembers what happened the night before, but circumstantial evidence implies that Mikey's and Elisa's repressed feelings for each other may have been consummated.

The day after the aborted wedding, Jack goes to the doctor to treat her cold and discovers that she is pregnant! That night, Audrey reveals that she still has feelings for Barto and that she wants to try again. Barto protests that he's with Emily, but Audrey just asks him to think about it. Finally, Jack comes home after visiting the doctor. Jill sits her down and says what he's been trying to say all along: that he's worried that their relationship has moved to fast, and that it needs a stronger foundation before marriage, so he wants to call the wedding (but not their relationship) off. Jack meekly agrees, but neglects to tell him about her pregnancy...

So what would have happened? Obviously the pregnancy would not have remained a secret for much longer, but other than that I have NO idea. While there are a lot of websites that mention "Jack and Jill", that's all they do, just mention it. There seems to be little interest in the show, or what might have happened, and certainly did not garner the outrage like "Everwood" did (incidently both shows were written by Rita Mimoun!).

Should your upcoming wedding go off without a hitch(assuming you don't find your fiance in any compromising situations like poor Jack) consider placing wedding cameras on the tables to capture all of those silly moments the photographer might miss. Many of today's couples are getting revved up for the big day in backyards, bowling alleys, and on beaches. Most of these standout ideas can take place at home or in a restaurant, and each of them is sure to please everyone from Grandma to your grad school roomie.


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Reaching waaaay back and pulling out..."Homefront"

I won't lie...I have always been fascinated by the 1940s. Despite the war, it has always seemed (and made to be seen) as one of America's most romantic periods in history. So it was no surprise to me that I became completely hooked on "Homefront" which first aired on ABC in 1991. It centered around three families, and a few others that interacted with them. There was the Sloans, the wealthy family who seemed to own everything in town, but most notably the factory which employed nearly everyone. Their son, Michael, is killed in the war and they are none to thrilled when an Italian-Jewish woman shows up and declares herself Michael's wife (pregnant nonetheless).

There is also the Metcalfs, who were really the center of the show. Anne was the widowed mother, her eldest Hank had just returned from the war, her daughter Linda was able to work in the Sloans' factory while the men were away, and her youngest son Jeff wanted to be a ballplayer but was sidelined with an injury.

The third family was the Davises, the african-americans who were employed in domesticity by the Sloans.

All of the families interacted on a regular basis, and the show never ran short of drama. While Jeff and his former brother's girlfriend, Ginger were the couple everyone routed for, I was always intrigued by Anne Metcalf's story line. She fell for union reveler Al, who was Jewish, and ended up pregnant.

Despite having great actors and story lines, it never had enough ratings to keep it going. So, while the show had an "ending" (the producers knew that most likely there wouldn't be a continuation, they did hold out a little hope and left somethings unresolved) there is some speculation as to what would have happened for season 3.

"If ABC renews Homefront, the series will include Cleveland's 1948 World Series victory" (John Kiesewetter "Homefront Role Easy for Chandler to Play" Cincinnati Enquirer Mar. 29, 1993).

"If ABC had granted Homefront a third season, [Tammy] Lauren ("Ginger") said, the plot would have found the wealthy Sloan family buying the town's television station, with Jeff and Ginger becoming TV stars in the vein of George Burns and Gracie Allen" (Rob Owen "Tammy Lauren Plays an Innocent...Again" Times-Dispatch July 31, 1993).

Sam Behrens (Phil Havel) told Soap Opera Digest that "he was very disappointed about Homefront not being picked up because he had been signed on as a regular cast member for the third season" and that he "had a great storyline" (Melinda Salsburey Homefront egroup Aug. 28, 2000).

"During a Prodigy chat after the end of the second season, the creators said that they were going to have Caroline's [first] husband from England come to River Run (apparently she was a bigamist)" (Alen Homefront egroup Apr. 10, 1999).

According to Lynn Marie Latham, "If there had been a third season, Anne and Al would never have left in the first place. But Hank would not have come back no matter what" (Homefront egroup Apr. 19, 2003).


Would Caroline turn out not to have divorced Charlie after all?: "Did we ever see Caroline's divorce decree? I don't think so. I think we just saw her en route to Reno. Did anybody else in town know about the 2-year rule? Maybe not. Maybe - just maybe - Caroline knew her first husband was alive and she was bigamously married to Charlie, so she didn't have to get divorced. She just had to pretend she had and if anybody from the I.N.S. showed up at her doorstep, she was still 'legally' married to Charlie" (Bethany Rutledge Homefront egroup Mar. 31, 2003).


Thanks to the Ultimate Homefront Episode guide for posting and collecting the season three speculations and teasers!!!

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Dark Angel returns...in re-runs anyway

Dark Angel has recently started to run again on the SCI-FI channel, Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 12 am.

I was able to watch the majority of the 2nd season when it aired on SiTV a few months ago, and was surprised at how little I remembered from Season 2, which makes me think I didn't watch it for some reason (mostly likely it aired against another, more important show and I continually forgot to tape it). It's quite a bit different from Season 1, and explores much more of the show's mythology. It definitely would have been nice to have another season to watch.

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