


The only victim here is Mel, who was in the middle of it all, with a more broken heart But what we saw was the opposite, she must have involved Hope on purpose, since she would expect such behavior from her and the city would interfere in the situation, forcing him to commit himself in some way to her and we saw that she practically threatened Mel in the end, making her want to leave the city. If the baby is Jack's, as an independent woman that I think she is and if she had a little pride of her own, she would tell him that if he didn't love her, she wouldn't to tie him to a forced relationship, that she would continue with pregnancy, who would only expect support from him that would be expected from a correct man and that he participate in the child's life. If this baby she expects is not from Jack, I will find a dirty move to have him at any cost, until a DNA test is done. Did he not have a glimmer of guilt that he was just using him for easy sex? He's a jerk it's sad that it took this crisis to open her eyes.Ĭharmaine is not such a victim, Jack was wrong not to have ended their relationship any longer and to have settled in having someone without commitment, especially after meeting Mel and falling in love with her, but Charmaine also fell silent and consented to it when she truly fell in love with him and didn't stop and talk with him about their situation, she also settled down and hoped that one day his feelings would change too, but that day never came and with the arrival of Mel the situation only got worse. Did she not get a glimmer after so much time that he wasn't into her. She'll need to take time off to have the baby and then pay for child care. He strung her along for how many years and now she's a hairdresser who is knocked up. From what I've read, this is not the way Jack and Mel's story goes in the books, and it's an obvious way to drag out the will they/won't they past one season. If she has the baby, and leaves with it, that's sad too. If Charmaine loses the baby, that's incredibly sad since she clearly wants the baby so much. Unless it's not his baby, the storyline is a mess. I really think making Charmaine pregnant with Jack's baby really knocked the storyline off course and was a big mistake. I'm worried about what the combination of the bed rest and the crying scene could possibly mean. I've watched that trailer more than I should have, for sure. I hope the show redeems her a little bit and gives her the opportunity to move on and find her own happiness. Yeah she's the third wheel but third wheels don't automatically have to be villains. She didn't do anything wrong until the last episode, where she not-so-subtly tells Mel to leave town and uses her baby as ammunition. She was mostly nice to Mel and polite to Hope, despite Hope being really over the top nasty to her (for reasons we discover later). Really though, Charmaine was 90% sweet in the first season. I can deal with will-they-or-won't-they for a few episodes but when it drags on and on it gets really annoying. I am with you though, I really really hope this moment doesn't come in episode 9 or 10.

I'm guessing that's the scene where she finally accepts the situation and they agree to be co-parents but not a couple. We do see a scene in the trailer where Charmaine is crying and she and Jack look wistfully out at the river. I am going to be annoyed if it's 10 episodes of her dragging this out. Honestly, Mel got on my nerves in that trailer. That isn't doing anyone any favors, and Charmaine deserves someone who wants to be with her. He shouldn't choose her just because she is going to have his baby. I'm sure it will be better than I am worrying about though. I also noticed that Charmaine looks to be on bed rest in the preview, and I don't like that road either. I think that Mel drags it out saying she doesn't want to come between them, while he is basically begging her to be with him. Though I do need to see what comes after the “I need something more than just ‘hi, Jack’ “ in the trailer. I think he is ‘being honorable’ to his baby and attending appointments, etc. So, with Mel leaving and obviously coming back in Season 2, I don’t know if he is necessarily choosing Charmaine. And told Mel that the baby wouldn’t change anything between Mel and him (so no Charmaine attention). Therefore, he broke up with Charmaine before going any further with Mel because he is ‘honorable.’ I believe in Season 1 he told Charmaine that he would support the baby (because he is honorable). It seems that the show is going the book route where Jack considers himself “honorable” (the book’s description).
