Healing Hands II - no time to grieve

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I don't see Tracy as a replacement for Jackie if we are talking about characters because they are very different people. However, if we are talking about replacement girlfriends... I think that Tracy is a replacement for Jackie. Given Paul's deep love and devotion to Jackie and his character's unopeness to change (evidence-how long it took him to be with Jackie,) I doubt if he would be able to love Tracy as deeply cuz of how quickly this new relationship began. Also I wonder why it's so important in tv series that everyone must have a girl/boyfriend or end up with one at the end of the series. I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect women to be interested in Paul but to have him reject them. I don't think anyone gets over the death of a love one that close that quickly. I personally think it'll make a more interesting and less generic script if Paul didn't end up with Tracy. I think the script did the character of Tracy a major disservice by having her end up in the same situation as Jackie toward the end of the series. She's very ill and almost dies. Man, that's a little too similar to Jackie's situation, which is probably one of the reasons why people see Tracy as a replacement character for Jackie. Actually, HH2 parallels HH1 in so many places that it's really annoying. I also agree that the grieving period was very short and took me by surprised. While I don't expect them to mourn for the whole series... I sure don't expect them to show just 2 scenes (at least I only remember 2.) We are talking about the death of a major and much loved character from the first instalment of the series. I don't think viewers who loved the first series were given time to get over the character's death. I loved the scene where Annie cries outside the door to her house... that was very well done and understated. I'm surprised though that Henry didn't seem sadder. Jackie worked very closely with him in HH1, she was a pretty good friend, his girlfriend's best friend and his best friend's girlfriend... so it seemed strange to me that he didn't seem sadder. Personally, I think whoever decided to kill of Jackie should be shot. Someone wasn't thinking. Given the popularity of the first series... it is highly possible that it might go to HH3... I mean we've had FOJ 1-5, DIF 1-4 and now AR3 is coming up... it seems really silly to kill off a character that popular and that central to the spirit of the first series. By killing Jackie off the scriptwriters shut the door on any option to bring that character back... and that would have been a good option to have for the next instalment. enjoy