Jack Manning (One Life to Live)
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 Andrew Trischitta as Jack Manning | |||||||||
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| Duration | 2001–2013 | ||||||||
| First appearance | October 11, 2001 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | August 19, 2013 | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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 Carmen LoPorto as Jack Manning | |||||||||
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Jack Manning is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live. He is the only son of supercouple Todd Manning and Blair Cramer.
Casting
The role of Jack Manning was depicted by baby child actors Ryan and Riley Cramer, who were alternately in the roles from October 11, 2001, through 2003. Jack was then played as in early childhood by Christian Thomas Ashdale from 2003 through 2004, Jack Boscoe from January 2005 through October 2006, and by Thomas Christian Justusson from December 2006 through August 2007. Carmen LoPorto stepped into the role in preadolescence, portraying Jack regularly in a recurring capacity from September 3, 2007, through January 3, 2011, revising the character's birth year to 1997.[1]
In February 2011, the character was
Storylines
2001–11
In 2001, a pregnant
2011–13
Jack first appears as a self-absorbed
The bullying drives Shane to attempt suicide by throwing himself off the roof of Llanview High School. Jack is soon confronted by Blair and Starr upon learning of the incident from Shane's mom, Gigi Morasco (Farah Fath), but he again feigns innocence of his actions.
In summer 2011, Jack creates a fictitious MyFace account as a girl to taunt Shane. When "she" invites Shane to a party, Gigi makes Shane leave and poses as him to gain information from Jack and "kick his butt". She goes to the place where Shane was slated to go. Jack and two of his stooges lock her in a room, thinking that was Shane. On the day of her wedding, Gigi is stuck in a basement with an old back-up power generator that is leaking carbon monoxide. Jack goes to the courthouse with legal stepmother Téa Delgado (Florencia Lozano) and is shocked to see Shane there. Shane and Jack have it out. Shane, his father Rex Balsom (John-Paul Lavoisier), and his adoptive grandmother Roxy Balsom (Ilene Kristen) realize Gigi is late to her wedding because of Jack. Jack pretends not to know what they are talking about.
After looking at the messages on Téa's laptop, Rex searches for Gigi and finds her unconscious in the basement of an abandoned former home of Jack's friend. Rex takes Gigi to the hospital and calls Roxy to tell her and Shane to be with him. Shane threatens to kill Jack if his mother was injured. While at the hospital, the doctor tells Rex they are too late. Téa takes Jack to see Todd (St. John) in jail, where she overhears him admit his culpability in Gigi's apparent death and tells him he could be tried as an adult. As police officers
), Todd bribes Jack's friend to take the fall, angering Blair. In hopes of keeping him out of trouble, Todd appoints Jack as The Sun newspaper's executive assistant. While working, Jack is later attacked by someone with Todd's original face.August 1, 2011, at the apex of a
Concurrently, Shane confronts Jack at the cemetery near Victor, Jr.'s grave, accusing him of being Gigi's real murderer and shoots at him. Shane intentionally misses, instead knocking Jack unconscious with the gun and taking him to the hospital. Jack soon meets
Just before the New Year, Jack and Téa are surprised to discover Gigi is still alive and that the woman who died with Gigi's face was her jealous sister
With Starr and Todd having crossed over to
Jack is still at odds with Todd upon his reappearance in April 2013, soon rejoicing at the revelation that adoptive father Victor, Jr. is alive. Jack strongly rebuffs Todd's attempts at a relationship but is devastated when Victor leaves town soon after his reappearance. Curmudgeonly moody to family members save for Victor's immediate family, Jack reveals to his paternal aunt Viki (Erika Slezak) his conflicted feelings for both "fathers" and fear of following in the troubled legacy of Lord men.[9]
While having coffee at the coffee shop one day before summer school, he is approached by a woman who lures him to her apartment by taking his laptop. Once there, they have sex twice, and Jack loses his virginity in the process. The woman introduces herself as Kate (Alice Callahan). Jack rushes off to school, saying he has to be somewhere. Upon arriving at school, he is shocked to find Kate is his teacher.[10] After an awkward day at class, she asks him to stay back. Jack uncomfortably considers transferring classes, but they begin kissing, continuing their affair.[11]
References
- SoapCentral. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ Kroll, Dan J. (22 March 2011). "Andrew Trischitta now on contract". SoapCentral. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ Hal Boedeker (25 January 2013). "'All My Children,' 'One Live to Live' reborn via Hulu". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Jolie Lash (25 January 2013). "One Life To Live, All My Children – New Episodes On The Way This Spring Via Hulu, iTunes". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 33. October 10, 2001. American Broadcasting Company.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 40. September 3, 2007. American Broadcasting Company.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 43. February 22, 2011. American Broadcasting Company.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 45. May 2013. Prospect Park.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 45. June 2013. Prospect Park.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 45. July 2013. Prospect Park.
