Erica Kane and Jackson Montgomery are fictional characters and are a super couple from the American daytime drama All My Children. Erica is portrayed by Susan Lucci, and Jackson was portrayed by Walt Willey. The Couple debuted in 2005 achieving instand popularity
The series scripted the couple to wed in, 2005; and are considered one of the best couples in All My Children history. On Internet message boards, the couple is often referred to as "Jerica"
Background
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editThe Erica Kane[1]. character was created in 1960 by Agnes Nixon As a lead for her story bible All My Children A Soap that focused on social issues and young love she wasn’t able to sell the series to CBS NBC Then Again To NBC through Procter & Gamble with that in mind she put All My Children On hold Nixon Joined as a head writer for As The World Turns she created a carbon copy like character of Erica in Rachel with her success Of One Life To Live ABC wanted a new soap and Nixon used Her All My Children story bible for the new soap And Erica Kane Was Born. Around the time Soaps had more older casts but not All My Children it focused on a younger cast Which included Tara Martin (Karen Lynn Gorney), Phillip Brent (Richard Hatch), And Chuck Tyler (Jack Stauffer), For those parts, the show wanted to cast unknown actors, In 1969 Susan Lucci Received she first auditioned for the role of Tara Martin ,Doris Quinlan, the show's former executive producer. "She was the sweet young ingenue - the one with all the problems that everyone was supposed to care about...I certainly couldn't cast [Lucci] as a young, innocent, sweet little Irish girl. That's not what comes out. She's much more sophisticated- at least she gives that appearance. She was perfect to play Erica After a meeting with All My Children’s Casting director They promised to call her back in 6 Months and Lucci was one Of Hundreds considered for Erica Kane She progressed in auditions eventually landing the role and debuting in Episode 10 Of the series
The Jackson Montgomery Character in introduced in 1987[2] And Played By Walt Willey
Writing
editThe couple was scripted by former ABC head writer Megan McTarvish
Storylines
editJack and Erica marry at long last. On May 24, 2005, [3][4] he and Erica are wed in a beautiful ceremony.[5], This comes just after Jack has adopted troubled teenager Reggie Montgomery. Coupled with his new relationship with Greenlee and the return of Lily from boarding school, Jack begins to have a stable family life. But Lily begins to give him headaches with her love life.
She falls in love with Jonathan Lavery, who had been a one-time crazed man and who had kidnapped her before, but is declared sane after a brain tumor is removed. He is now gentle, but Jack still isn't sure of his behavior. After Jonathan and Lily run away to New York, they get married. Jack is furious and declares that she is incompetent of running her own life. However, Jonathan suffers another brain hemorrhage, and goes into a coma. When he wakes up, the old Jonathan has returned. He tries to hide it from Lily, and has genuinely changed because of her.
Jack finds out that Jonathan is healthy, and uses it to drive a wedge between Lily and Jonathan. The two have their marriage annulled. Lily moves back into her father's house. At the same time, Jack's nephew Sean Montgomery moves in. Jack begins to use Sean as a babysitter for Lily.
Meanwhile, Jack's marriage to Erica, much like her other marriages, comes apart at the seams. While Erica deals with the revelation that her long thought abortion has turned into a fully grown son, Josh Madden, she also has to deal with the return of her first husband Jeff Martin. Jeff and Erica are Josh's parents. They try to relate to Josh, who has just found out that the person he has always thought of as his father, Dr. Greg Madden, has lied to him his whole life. While trying to help Josh, Jeff and Erica grow closer. Confused by her feelings about her newfound son and what was done to her years ago, she soon moves out of the house she shares with Jack, to the Valley Inn.
Upset at Erica's relationship with Jeff, Jack invites her old rival, Brooke English, to Thanksgiving Dinner. Brooke realizes that Jack isn't trying to start a relationship with her, but asks Jack to find happiness. Before Christmas, Sean tries to get his uncle and Erica back together, with the help of on-again, off-again girlfriend Colby Chandler. They woo Erica with gifts to represent Twelve Days of Christmas. Erica comes home and makes up with Jack. Shortly thereafter, Jack finds out that Sean and Colby have sent the gifts. When Erica finds out that Jack has lied about sending the gifts, she leaves with Jeff. She starts an affair with Jeff, despite the anger of her daughter, Bianca.
Jack is named the number one investigator in the Satin Slayer case. He also helps in his stepson Josh's plan to kidnap Babe Carey, by saving her life and saving her from another attack from the Satin Slayer, and in what Josh claims is to keep her away from J. R. Chandler's mistreatment of her. Although Greenlee has left Pine Valley after events with Ryan Lavery and Erica's daughter, Kendall Hart Slater, and Reggie has also left to play basketball close to a year ago, Jack remains the ever-loving father. He recently declared that he told Greenlee to stay away so she would be safe. He also remains as a guide to Lily and Sean.