I knew there was a reason I gave up on you numerous times since 2000, but seriously, this is just getting extreme. It was bad enough that after spending the first 30 years of the series obsessed with Viki Buchanan (sorry...Viki Lord Gordon Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson Banks) and her Dissociative Identity Disorder (which, in the end, was turned from a trite plot device into possibly the most brilliant and honest representations of DID and child abuse in television history), suddenly we find out, HUZZAH! DID IS GENETIC!!
Yes, Viki's own daughter (apparently part of a set of twins that Viki only remembers having one of...) Jessica Buchanan (sorry, Jessica Laurence...I'm having a hard time keeping up with this show's retcons) was revealed to suffer from multiple personalities as well. Reason: her rebound husband died. Yes, to get back at her ex-, she married his half-brother. And said half-brother died. Yes, logical and quality storytelling at its finest on ABC!
Like mother, like daughter, Jess' first personality "Tess" is a wild child party girl like Viki's alter "Niki". After causing all sorts of ridiculous havoc that in the end really amounts to nothing that means anything down the road, we find out that Jess has yet another personality: Bess. A cold icy figure similar to her mother's "Jean Randolph" personality.
Best bit: Jessica, Tessica, and Bessica are all going to be making a comeback in the new year! More contrived storylines about mental disorders that won't be treated are in store! Expect the stress of all this nonsense to knock Jessica back to Age 8 and she'll burn down Llanfair again. Let's hope one of the Ford kids are babysitting and die in the fire.
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