What happened to Jennifer?

 From the swooning over Daniel and being jealous of Nicole, to the hideous hair and clothing choices. I know people grieve in their own ways, but really? How many people lose the love of their life and immediately start looking for a replacement? If Jack had not been cremated, I believe his body wouldn’t even be cold yet. What are these writers thinking?

why would the writers decide to put Jen back in her job at the hospital?  That tells me they intended to reunite Daniel and Jennifer right off the bat.  She needed to be as far away from Daniel and Daniel from her as they could possibly put them.  Now, it’s too darn late.  With Nicole rubbing her "affair" with Daniel in Jen’s face, and then having Jen overhearing E.J.’s revenge plan to take down Nicole by proving her, Daniel and Rafe conspired in switching the DNA test, it’s putting Jennifer with Daniel back on the table way too soon after Jack’s death.  The writers have completely overlooked that not only were Jack and Jen an original super couple, but Jack was, and Jennifer is still, an experienced journalist.  She should have gone back to journalism classes and possibly have used her investigative skills to take down Nicole and her lies.  Instead, she decides to do it at the hospital, right under Daniel’s nose, which now puts her own job in jeopardy as well.  E.J. made it very clear he knew from the start Nicole’s baby was his.  Now he is preparing to ruin all of their lives.  Maybe this will teach Jen a lesson not to listen in on conversations she only cares about because she heard Daniel’s name and E.J.’s plans for him.  Another Snoop Sister hot on the trail.  She should have shown her respect for Jack’s journalistic talents as well as her own and gone about this in an entirely different direction.  I’ll never understand why writers have to always have a "plot" behind their story lines instead of making the character, especially a veteran character like Jennifer Horton Deveraux, become so unlike her history.  Too bad!