As the World Turns
Character: Julia Larrabee Jackson
Creator: Irna Phillips
Dates: August 6th, 2004 to March 2nd, 2005
Genre: Soap Opera / Drama
Media
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The Character
In 2004, in a town near Oakdale, ILL, nurse Julia Larrabee was drawn by a handsome man who had no memory of who he was. The man’s name was Jack (from the inscription on his wedding ring) and he was convinced that the dark haired Julia was his wife. Convinced by the doctor to go along with the charade, Julia was forced to reveal the truth when Jack mistakenly mistook her son, JJ, for his. Soon after, Jack was released, but with nowhere to go, Feeling sorry for him, Julia let him stay with her and J.J and promised to help him find out who he was. Staying with Julia, Jack quickly fell in love with this very sweet woman and her son and the feeling was mutual. Unfortunately, the search for Jack’s identity led nowhere. While bonding with Julia and JJ, Jack would periodically get flashes of a vivacious blonde but had no idea what those flashes meant. Meanwhile, Julia had to deal with the arrival of someone from her past—her abusive ex-husband, Les. Les had recently been released from prison and he threatened to take JJ away. Having an instinctive need to protect his new family, Jack talked Julia into marrying him. Although she hesitated since they both had no idea what was in his past, and she was convinced he would leave her and JJ when he regained his memory. However, Jack convinced her that he would never leave them. In the meantime, JJ found a message in a bottle in the river and brought it home.
Though Julia told him to through the filthy bottle out, JJ kept it but had no way to get the message out (without breaking the bottle). Finally, soon after marrying Jack, Julia found the bottle and took out the message with a picture. It was a picture of none other than Jack with a beautiful blonde and two children. Included was a note from the little boy named Parker asking Jack to come back home. Not wanting to lose Jack, Julia kept quiet and married Jack. The next day, Julia made a trip to Oakdale (where the note was postmarked) and inquired about the people in the photograph. She learned that that was the Snyder family, which was reeling from the apparent death of the father, Jack, died in a drowning. Wanting more information, Julia went to the Snyder home while the babysitter was there poked around the house while the sitter was preoccupied. There she found a police badge with Jack’s name on it and pocketed it. Julia then returned home.
Terrified of losing Jack, if his family found them, Julia insisted that they had to move to Louisville immediately and lied that she had a job offer there. After driving all night, Jack and his new family stopped at a hotel. That night, Jack found his police badge in Julia’s possessions. The next morning he confronted Julia and she lied that she’d only found out the day before when she left the hospital. Buying her explanation that the hospital gave her the rest of Jack’s effects, Jack went out and came face to face with the blonde in the picture—Jack’s wife Carly! However, Jack had no memory of Carly at all. Although Carly tried to jog his memory by showing him a family picture and telling him about their past, he still could not remember anything. Not feeling anything for this woman in front of him, Jack only wanted to return to Julia and was shocked when Carly told him that Julia had known who he was, that she’d been to their house in Oakdale. Not knowing who to believe, but not liking Carly’s confrontational attitude toward Julia, Jack took Julia aside and demanded the truth. Caught, Julia tearfully confessed that she’d learned of Jack’s identity much earlier but kept quiet since she’d fallen in love with him. Touched, Jack forgave Julia. Although Julia wanted to go ahead and move far away, Jack convinced her that he had to find out who he was. So, Jack went back to Oakdale and brought Julia and JJ with him. This development didn’t sit too well with Carly and she had several run-ins with Julia, whom Carly accused of exploiting Jack’s vulnerable state to keep him close. Carly’s antagonism toward Julia only ended up alienating herself from Jack. Knowing that Jack considered Julia his real wife, Carly went to court and had Jack declared incompetent and had him placed in her custody.
However, though Jack was now at home, he was colder than ever to Carly. However, he was starting to bond with his children and the Snyder family. Weeks later, in Montana with Carly, Jack’s memory came flooding back. As she feared, Jack decided to return to Carly but informed Julia that he wanted to stay a part of JJ’s life.
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