The Jennifer Episode

where was all this buildup before? This is what I wanted all along – to see Jenn’s desperation and going through withdrawal. I bet this will be the end of this episode in her life and no setbacks which would have been reality. That I would like to see.
But is this a trend? We saw this with Abigail – an entire show devoted to one story. It seems this might be Days way of wrapping up SLs quickly instead of the usual way.

 I don’t mind a whole show devoted to one storyline.  I enjoyed the Abigail losing it storyline with Ben.  I enjoyed that EJ Sami ep that ended up not being true when she found out about his affair with Abigail.  But a drug addiction storyline cannot be wrapped up in one day.  This was not the way to handle this strong material.  I loved having Jack there and would have liked to see more of this played over time.  Jen needed a slow descent into what we witnessed today.  It was way too rushed for me.  This is the storyline I would have rather invested in instead of endless silliness with Aiden.

 Felt like the rupture of an abcess, and  now she is starting  along process of recovery,  I liked that it was the whole show, felt real to me,  she was hiding and denying her disease so well, then she couldnt do it anymore and it all burst forth. And  now the work starts.

 Jen was complaining about how bad her back pain was.  The pills don’t do anything to heal the back, just take away the pain til they wear off.  She should get help to heal her back, even if it’s surgery. After all, the accident was almost 5 months ago. 

 it all too often becomes cronic.  I was in an accident over 25 years ago and I still suffer pain, in spite of three surgeries, hours and hours of PT and countless other kinds of treatments.  The only thing that helps me now is pain pills

But I see a couple of problems with Jenn.  First, it is way too soon for her to be so addicted that she is tearing up the house like that.  Another thing is how she pleaded with Lucas that she needed help.  If she is still in that much pain she wouldn’t give a second thought of feeling addicted and wanting to quit taking them.  The problem comes when you no longer are taking them for the pain but for the addiction.  Also, if she was in that much pain, she could have gone to the ER and told them she ran out of pills but was in a lot of pain and they would tide her over until she could see her regular doctor for a refil.  (Plus, they can pick out the addicts pretty well, they see so many of them.

This is unusual to say but I think the writers have rushed this addiction SL too much.  Like Lucas said, she had no addiction before the accident so she should still be justified taking the pills for her pain and not being so desperate that she has become a junkie.