Jennie

Jennie
First Appearance Last Appearance Jennie Bares All Crazy Border Crossing!!
Character information
Age	37
Date of Birth	April 21st, 1986
MySpace	JennieTheBear
Forum Posts	JennieTheBear
Portrayed by	Melanie Merkosky
List of Jennie's blogs Videos with Jennie

Jennie is a young woman Sarah befriends at the Lullaby Project encampment. She previously attended UC Berkeley as an anthropology major. She later finished her field study in Oaxaca, Mexico. Not ready to go back to school, she volunteered with the Lullaby Project.

Background

Leaving the Lullaby Project

She and Sarah helped the Lullaby Project by helping set up a portable medical facility and handing out Lullaby care packages to the local women. Jennie began questioning the Lullaby Project when she made a trip to a local village to do prep work with some of the women, when a woman she was trying to help told her the Lullaby Project was a "curse" and that it had caused many miscarriages in her family.

Afterward, Jennie decided to look into what the project was up to and found many discrepancies in the files. When she talked to a very unconcerned Carl about it, he told her to just forget what she had seen. Jennie decided to flee the Lullaby Project when Carl found she had posted the video showing his indifference toward the undocumented miscarriages. Desperate for help, she reached out to Daniel and Jonas's online cybercrackers for advice. Once she felt that she could trust Daniel and Jonas, Jennie led them all to Mexico where they rescued a very resistant Sarah.

After the rescue, the group split up: Daniel and Sarah returned to California while Jonas, Emma, and Jennie remained in Mexico to try and stop the Lullaby Project. It was here when they received a message that Dr. Hart wanted to meet them. Unfortunately, this was simply another trap by the Order to kidnap Emma.

Jennie had decided to travel back to California with Jonas to meet Daniel and Sarah. She initially expressed that she may not be the type to fight the Order, but after some encouraging words by Daniel, she figured she was somehow "Attracted to Danger" (or Jonas), and stayed with the TAAG. Ultimately, she did come along to recent attempts to save Emma, but did not seem used to the danger and adrenaline of such situations.

Life with TAAG

Since rescuing Emma, the gang took Gina with them to hide. While tensions began to run high as a result of uneven distribution of the sexes, Jennie and Jonas began to fight about Emma being able to make her own choices. Jennie posted a video in which she did admit to having a crush on Jonas, but that it has nothing to do with why she was arguing with him. She stated that she simply wanted Emma to make her own decisions and contact her parents if she wanted to. When Emma did make the choice to leave, Jonas immediately blamed Jennie, yelling at her and demanding answers, but this was cleared up when Gina admitted that she was the one who gave Emma the money to leave. When Jennie volunteered to go to the store with Daniel, Sarah became angry and they got into a fight about it in the store. Although the fight was over within moments, Jennie was able to reassert that she was not interested in Daniel. The next evening, while Daniel stayed sober and Sarah and Gina played beer pong, Jennie and Jonas were able to talk and apologize for their role in the tense atmosphere. After talking for a short while, Jennie and Jonas kissed and turned off the camera. The next day, however they both insisted that they had only made out. Shortly thereafter, they all had to relocate after noticing William Porter's Shadow following them in one of their videos.

After relocating to the rented house, Jennie has Gina talk about her decision to find Bree's mom. Jennie says in the video that the whole team should talk about it first and sets up a chat to do so.

The Hunt is On

After the chat, the team decided to split up; Sarah and Daniel planned to stay at the rented house, while Gina, Jennie, and Jonas would find Bree's mom. While Jonas is tried to wake Jennie up for their trip, a Shadow lurked in the closet. After Jonas left the room for a moment, the Shadow emerged and chased Jennie outside. Jennie screamed for Jonas, who ran after them, only to find that the Shadow had been hit by a car and was dead.

After being shaken up by the Shadow, the whole gang decide to spend a day At the Beach, where they could spend time together and have fun. Afterwards, Jennie helps Jonas figure out a way to get to Bree's Mom, and determine that the easiest route is through Sarah's relationship with Carl, the extent of which is revealed shortly after by Sarah.

Jennie has doubts.

After Carl arrives at the house in Order to hook up with Sarah, Jennie begins to have doubts that what she is doing actually counts. However, she decides to stick with the group, and help Jonas and Daniel track down Bree's Mom. However, the search ends badly, as Gina ends up being abducted by Elizabeth, though she is returned a few hours later. After the incident, Jennie begins spending time with Gina, and accompanies her to the park where she and Bree played as a child. However, Gina decides to go alone to her meeting with Elizabeth.

Jennie is next seen when a mysterious voicemail message is left inside the house. After the code is cracked and Elizabeth reveals what she knows about Bree's killer, her Elder, Jennie and the others go to Catalina Island where they have various encounters with Lucy, eventually linking her to a package that Bree's Elder had purchased at Alcombe Antiques.

Jonas sends a message asking anyone if they recognized the seal of Bree's Elder. While recording the message, Jennie interrupts, urging him to join her in some leisurely activity. After Jonas promises to join her when he is done, Jennie tells him that she's not going to wait forever. Once the information that is received points them to London, Jennie expresses her concern about Jonas going, though Jonas ends up going anyway. Upon his return, Jennie confronts him about his encounter with a girl named Charlie while over in the UK, which Jonas attempts to downplay. Jennie implies that she is upset, but, oddly, her demeanor says otherwise.

Personality

Sarah explained that while Jennie volunteered with several known members of the Order, she beleives that the "Hymn of One crap is ridiculous." Despite this, she told Sarah that "We eat their food and sleep in their tents. So when in Rome, be a gladiator!" We also learn that she is a fan of making obscure references. As Jennie began to get the hang of blogging, she made a new video in which she appears alone and unaided by Sarah, where she talked casually to the audience about random facts and also expressed her concern for Sarah and her new found faith.

Etymology

Jennie is a variant of the name "Jenny" which is both a common nickname for the names of Jennifer and Jane.<ref>Jennie. at BehindTheName.com</ref>

Jane comes from the English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Johannes (or "John"), which is derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name is popular for its New Testament characters -- the first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ, The second was the apostle John.<ref>Jane. at BehindTheName.com</ref>

Jennifer is a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (the old form of "Guinevere"). Guinevere is composed of the elements meaning "fair, white, and smooth". In Arthurian legend she is the beautiful wife of King Arthur.<ref>Jennifer. at BehindTheName.com</ref>

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