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Posted by Intrigue on 11/8/2009, 9:53 am, in reply to "Re: NYDN Chrishell Stause Interview"
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Are Jake & Amanda really one of AMC's hottest couples? I realize it's CH saying this bit & not CS but it seems to be a shared sentiment- one I've never bought into. I really adore RPG, but his character was contorted implausibly to fit the storyline. Jake had finished what was originally nothing more than an immature & unsatisfying relationship btw him & Amanda & had moved on to being lovestruck over Taylor. Then, out of the blue, purely for plot convenience, he's willing to move to the ends of the earth, risk his medical license, to be with Amanda (pregnant at the time with another man's child) and save her from the oh-so-evil David Hayward (whose huge crime is wanting to be a part of his child's life). While Jake and Amanda are admittedly a physically attractive couple (same could be said for David & Amanda) their union has always been 2 dimensionally plot convenient for me, none of the star-crossed lovers vibe I get with Zach & Kendall, David & Krystal, Angie & Jesse.
As for Amanda's character, 'sweet' Amanda was willing to help a grief-stricken JR fall off the wagon in exchange for cash, and allowed a man who has already lost two of his children to believe his infant son died. I find it hard to have any sympathy for such a character, manipulative as he may be David has shown far more compassion toward Amanda and even Jake re their feelings for Trevor, than either of them ever gave him.
If the thought of sex with David was so icky and gross to Amanda, surely she would have waited another month. It doesn't speak very highly of Amanda's moral compass that she would find waiting another month for AI more intolerable than cheating on her husband with a man she professes to despise. Amanda has a long history of doing whatever suits her own agenda and then crying victim.
On a more positive note- yay, Greenlee's coming back 
