Jamie Henson

**Jamie Henson** is the kind of guy everyone loves. He started out as Jeanette Turner's secret crush but ends up as her boyfriend the following year.

## Early History

Jamie was born and raised in Skylin, Texas, to a single working mother named Paola Henson. He did his best to stay out of trouble and became a high school football player. His inability to turn down a dare often got him in trouble, though nothing serious. He began dating Kate Wallis at some point before 1993, and they were the golden couple of both the school and town.

## Biography

### 1993

Jamie was a popular student primarily because of his relationship with Kate Wallis, Skylin's most elite teenager. On June 21st, 1993, the pair went to the mall where Jamie interrupted a conversation between Kate and Jeanette Turner. He kissed Kate happily and they flirted while Jeanette watched, though Kate wished her a final happy birthday and Jeanette left. Jamie and Kate continued to make out by the a mall kiosk. The week of June 26th, Jamie worked the Garden Club Party event as a volunteer waiter. A few women gossiped with Kate that the pair would be prom King and Queen and even commented on his attractiveness.

On July 15th, Jamie attended the Wallis's annual hunting trip in the woods. Kate arrived later then him and she hugged him tightly when she arrived. He asked if her mom would let them sleep in the same cabin, but Kate sadly said that her mom wouldn't allow it. Jamie brushed it off as they had to try. He kissed her and ran off to join Tucker Stevenson and his other friends. That afternoon, Jamie practiced target shooting alongside everyone else and did very well. The next morning, Jamie greets Kate eagerly and asked where she disappeared too last night. She told him that she crashed early. Babs remarked that it couldn’t have been too early as her sister was blaring music. Jamie remarked that he tapped on her window but the bed was empty. She claimed she went for a walk in the woods. He thought she was scared of the woods to which she brushed it off as not being afraid anymore.

On July 29th, Jamie, Kate, and Ben attended the annual Skylin carnival. He and Ben discussed the order in which they wanted to tackle carnival, as they had perfected it over the years. Kate saw Joy and Scott flirting from across the lot and told Jamie to look at them. Jamie and Ben looked but Rod had joined them by the time they looked. Kate left to get a funnel cake which Ben noted was a mistake before the rides. Jamie spent the day with Kate and Ben, played the dunk tank, and walked around the carnival grounds.

On August 15th, Jamie was arrested at the mall for doing something with the mall fountain as part of a dare. He was placed in a room to wait for his parents to arrive. He was joined by fellow mall-criminal Jeanette Turner. He asked what she was in for to which she told him shoplifting. He explained his situation then asked if she got into trouble often, which he seemed to doubt. She admitted that she did a lot of bad things but never got caught. His interest now piqued, he moved several seat closer to her as she asked what kind of thing she did. Before she could tell him, her father arrived to pick her up. Jamie instantly returned to his seat.

On August 29th, Jamie came to the Wallis home to pick Kate up for her birthday date. Rod talked to Jamie about outer space though the teen didn't know much about it. Jamie redirected the conversation to him, as he wanted to get Kate a promise ring for her birthday, which Rod skeptically warned was a big commitment for someone their age. Jamie knew that and admitted that at home it was just him and his mom, but he wanted to build a big family one day. He saw his future with Kate.

At the food court in the mall, Jamie, Kate, Renee, Tennille, and Ben were gathered. Jamie asked Kate if she was ready for her present and she nervously said yes. He pulled out the ring which surprised her. He assured her that it was just a promise ring and his way of saying that he was all-in with their relationship. She nervously took it and put it on her finger. Tennille proclaimed a happy birthday biatch to Kate, and extended a pink bedazzled flask. Kate didn't want to take it, so Jamie accepted for her and took a swig since they were celebrating.

Kate, Tennille, and Renee happily shopped until Jamie and Ben barreled into them. Tennille warned that she would take the flask away but he refused to give it up. He wanted to see Kate’s ring and she realized he’s drunk. Ben knocked into him. He spilled the drink over Kate’s dress which annoyed her as she needed to get home. He hurried off to get a napkin as the girls fretted over the dress. Jamie and Kate walked out of the mall as he drunkenly sang happy birthday to her. She tried to hurry him along as she was already late. He fell on the ground so she helped him up. He asked what her favorite present was so she said it was an original print of *The Talented Mr. Ripley* from her father. He was hurt it wasn’t the ring so she quickly explained that she thought he meant her second favorite after the ring. He was happy over that and asked what the book was about. She asked what he wanted in the future. He wanted to buy a big house and have a big family with her. She reluctantly agreed that it was the dream.

They had to walk home as Jamie had dropped his keys in the fountain and was too drunk to drive. They stopped so Jamie could relieve himself in the bushes of someone's house; that someone being Martin Harris. Kate told Jamie to hurry up as Martin was coming. Martin exited his house quickly and asked if Jamie was okay. He stumbled over and fell, to which Martin worriedly asked if he’s okay. He offered to let them come inside to call her parents but she refused as she was already late. He then offered to give her a ride home.

The next day was the first day of school at Skylin high. Jamie, Renee, Ben, and Tennille sat sitting at a table to have lunch. He asked the girls if they had seen Kate today, but they haven’t. The girls came up with excuses but Jamie just hoped she wasn't mad at him for making her late for her birthday party. He hop up to leave at the same time Jeanette stood from a bench, and he smiled and greeted her as jailbird. After school, Jamie walked past Jeanette on his way out of the building. He commented on her not having braces. It was the best day of his life when his brace came off, as he had headgear and everything. He complimented her smile. She told Jamie that she overheard Kate was missing as she wasn’t at home or school. She heard Joy report Kate missing to Mr. Harris. Jamie was surprised but Jeanette told him that she knew the police usually suspect the boyfriends first so she thought she should warn him. He thanked her but hurried off.

Two-weeks after Kate mysteriously went missing, Jamie did an interview with a reporter where he claimed they were happy together and begged anyone who knew anything to call the police. He also told Kate, if she could hear him, that he loved her and wanted her to come home.

On Christmas Eve, Jamie received a voicemail from an unknown number that featured an old romantic movie playing the background, heavy breathing, and the sound of a snow globe jingling. He kept the voicemail in case it was important, unaware that Kate had left it during her time in isolation.

### 1994

On June 21st, 1994, Jamie woke up Jeanette Turner early in the morning with a birthday cupcake. She blew out the candle and she asked how he managed to convince her father to let him come up. Jamie smirked and initially lied about an arm wrestling contest, before conceding that he promised Greg they would wait until they were married to have sex. She is surprised that Greg believed him but Jamie remarked that what he didn't know would hurt him. They kissed before he told her of his plans to celebrate her birthday with the group at a roller rink, to which she happily agreed. Once at the rink, their public displays of affection sparked Renee Talbot and Tennille Peterson to pull Jeanette away. As Jamie watched the trio, he was joined by his best friend Ben who remarked that the girls were talking about them having sex last Saturday. Ben pointed out how happy Jamie is and he agreed, saying that he really liked Jeanette. Ben asked if he still thought about Kate, to which Jamie admitted that he didn't. Ben asked if he thought Kate ran away, to which Jamie remarked that thinking that was better than the alternative.

After their date, they went to the photo booth where they printed out a singular strip of photos before he brought her home. As they stood in the driveway they decided to share the strip by tearing it in half. Jeanette was started by a loud sound in the distance, which Jamie tried to assure her was nothing. Her neighbor and former best friend Vince Fuller walked out of his home to see if they heard the noise, as it was a gunshot. Jamie sarcastically welcomed him to Texas and escorted Jeanette to her door.

The police found Kate a few days later in the basement of Martin Harris's home. Jeanette, Renee, and Tennille rushed to Jamie's house to speak with him. Ben was there and rushed out in an attempt to convince them to leave, though Jamie bolted out of the house. He punched Jeanette in the face and screamed for her to leave. Ben restrained him and struggled to get Jamie back into the house, while Jeanette struggled to stay on her feet while her nose bled profusely.

Jamie spent the days that followed taking care of Kate, who struggled to adapt from her harrowing rescue. He came to check on her the morning of June 26th, and found her at the bottom of her bathtub fully clothed. He quickly pulled her out and questioned what she was doing. She assured him she was just taking a bath, but he remarked that she is fully clothed. She was thinking about the things she missed while she was away - her favorite sweater, warm baths, burgers. So she put her favorite sweater on and took a bath. She asked how he and Jeanette got together but he was reluctant to tell her. She admitted to feeling replaceable and wanted to understand how he and Jeanette happened. He obeyed and said that one day he was putting up missing person flyers when Jeanette offered to help. She kept coming around. Kate remarked that Jamie hit Jeanette, and is surprised that he hits people now. He assured her that he’s the same person and offered to sit in the bed with her, but she refuses. He assured Kate that Jeanette was an imposter who couldn’t steal her life. Kate’s here now and gets to reclaim it.

He visited Ben who held up punching targets for Jamie, who hit the pads angrily as he vented over Kate's odd behavior. Ben reluctantly told Jamie that Jeanette wanted to talk, and even though Ben doesn’t know what’s going on, he thought it’s a good idea since the pair has a history together. Jamie initially shot it down as he’s with Kate now, but eventually agreed to meet with her. Ben worried Jamie would hit her again, but Jamie promised that his words would hurt a lot more and returned to punching.

Jamie visited Kate and brought her burgers. They ate on her bed about how many things have changed in the past year. She recalled thinking her parents could keep her safe when they tucked her in at night. He promised to protect her but she found it cute that he thought that was up to him. She asked him to get her water and he obliged. His pager buzzed and she read it. She saw that someone wanted to meet-up in the park late a night. She returned the pager briefly before he came back. When he returned, she asked if he had plans that night, to which he claimed to be hanging out with the guys after the garden party. She remarked that the only good thing to come out of being locked in a basement is that she got to skip those events.

That night, Jamie met Jeanette in the park and she thanked him for coming. She expressed that she didn’t do the things Kate is accusing. Jamie snapped that he used to know Jeanette but not anymore. Jeanette knows that Kate’s been through a lot so maybe she wasn't in the right mind when she made the accusations. After all, Kate returned only to find that her boyfriend was dating someone else - someone he really liked. She believes this is Kate’s trauma talking which makes it hard to know what is true and what isn’t. Especially after watching the man who kidnapped her be shot to death. Jamie asked Jeanette if she saw Kate, and she sternly told him to look at her. She stared at his face as she said that she did not see Kate. He doesn’t know what to think, but she assured him that she would never lie to him and kissed him. From across the park, Kate watched them kiss.

Two-weeks later on July 4th, Jamie was visited by Derek and Greg Turner. His mother Paola answered the door confused, though Jamie appeared a moment later and told his mother everything was fine in Spanish. When she left, Derek and Greg confronted him about hitting Jeanette. Jamie admitted that he did hit her and tried to explain though Derek angrily stepped into the house only for Greg to pull him back. Paola interrupted to see if everything was okay, and when Jamie failed to tell Paola the truth, Greg forbade Jamie from ever hitting or talking to Jeanette ever again. Paola was surprised that Jamie hit her then told Derek and Greg to leave. Jamie shouted after them that Jeanette wasn't who they think she is, and Greg directed his son to the car to keep a fight from breaking out. Greg then told telling Jamie that if he sees him again they’ll have a problem.

That afternoon, Jeanette and her parents attend Skylin's annual fourth of July party in the park. She spotted Jamie across the field but he ignored her. After a while, Jeanette approached Jamie who didn't want to talk as her dad will throw him through a wall. She tried to bargain with him but he asked her not to make this harder. She told him that she was questioned by the police. He was questioned too, but it wasn't a big deal because he didn’t have anything to hide. She told him that she doesn’t either and he had to believe her. He told her that even if he did he can’t abandon Kate now that she's back. She asked Jamie to get Kate to talk with her but he refused. He told her that Kate can’t find out about the kiss. She pointed out that people say that she’s good at keeping secrets and started to walk away. He called her back to remind her that she told him that Kate went missing and that she knew before anyone else did. He asked how she knew to which she told him to screw off and walked away.

On July 15th, Jamie dropped Kate off at therapy. She asked what the guys did after the Garden Club Party two weeks ago, and he lied that he and Ben just hung out. He wondered why she asked but she hurried out to therapy.

On July 29th, Jamie and Kate arrived at the fair. He apologized for picking her up late. He explained that his mom made him do extra chores around the house. She snapped that he deserved it for punching his ex-girlfriend, though Jamie wanted to move past that. She pointed out that the opposite of love was indifference not hate. She asked if he really wanted to be with her or if he just felt bad for her. He assured her that he didn't associate with psychos like Jeanette, so Kate asked why he kissed her. He told her that he loves Kate and that’s real. She told him that she followed him that night and saw him kiss Jeanette. She had finally worked up the courage to ask him about it. He asked if that’s her therapy talking. She stated that she's trying to stay focused on reality and he pointed out that she shouldn’t focus on made-up stories like him having kissed Jeanette. She left the car and he banged on the steering wheel angrily.

Kate tried to go to the fair when cameramen ambushed her with questions and photographs. Jamie aggressively told them to leave. He then turned to Kate and admitted that he met up with Jeanette at the park. He knew he shouldn’t have done it but he felt bad for her. He stated that he didn’t kiss her, though Kate was sure she saw it. He wondered if the trauma made her misremember which angered her. She stated that making her doubt herself is so much worse then having kissed Jeanette. She then broke up with him.

On August 30th, Jamie returned to Skylin High School with Ben by his side. They greeted their peers that waved or stopped to greet them. Tennille remarked to Renee that Ben might score on and off the football field. Ben and Tennille shared a smile that he secretly directed at Vince. Jamie noted that Ben loved the attention from the girls. At lunch, Renee and Tennille are thrilled about the Marsha Bailey show, while Jamie wasn't that excited. Renee thought he was just jealous Kate wouldn't be talking about him. Tennille suddenly asked Ben out on a date, but he reluctantly said he had to focus on training but apologized. Renee quipped that it was his loss. Jeanette passed the table while Tennille shouted at her in the question of what she was looking at, and called her a creep.

After lunch, Jamie followed Vince and Jeanette outside where he witnessed them have a fight as she planned to leave school for good, and left. Vince turned and saw Jamie watching them, so he confronted Jamie. Vince angrily stated that he might not be cool and athletic like his friends but he knew what creeping was. Jamie insisted that he was just checking on Jeanette, but Vince pressed that he forfeited that right when he dropped her. Jamie knew people tortured Jeanette all day, but Vince snapped back that Jamie made it that way when he gave Jeanette a black eye. This quieted Jamie so Vince pressed that what he was feeling was, which was his problem, not Jeanette’s. He warned him to leave Jeanette alone and walked away. Jamie went to his car where he began to drink. He listened to a tape recording with a lot of heaving breathing, and a background noise of "till death do us part". Ben got into the car so Jamie put away the flask in a hurry. Ben asked for a ride to the football field, which Jamie agreed to give.

As he drove, he became increasingly erratic and hyper-fixated on getting to Jeanette to talk with him. Ben nervously asked if he was drunk, to which Jamie looked to him and smiled. He just needed some liquid courage to speak with Jeanette. While he wasn't looking, they entered an intersection which caused a collision. Jamie was left unscathed aside from a bleeding forehead, so the police arrested him for drunk driving and underage drinking. Ben was loaded into an ambulance with a severe compound fracture in his shoulder. The other drive was fine, luckily.

### 1995

Jamie spent Jeanette's seventeenth birthday, June 21st, vastly different. He sat in his car outside her house and watched it. He held his half of the photo booth pictures as he looked from the pictures to the house. When a couple jogged by he quickly threw the strip into the glove box, and paused as he looked at the revolver hidden in the compartment. Unbeknownst to Jamie, Vince Fuller called Jeanette to warn her about Jamie's presence, but she already knew he was there and didn't much care if he hurt her. Vince took photographs of Jamie's car and pondered what he was up to.

Jamie's stalking only increased over the span of two-weeks, enough to where Greg Turner called the police on July 4th. Officer Kingsley escorted Jamie home to his annoyed mother, Paola Henson, who thanked Kingsley for the escort. She snapped to Jamie that they talked about loitering before, but Kingsley corrected that Greg Turner called it stalking. Jamie remarked that it's a public street and Kingsley, unamused by the comment, told Jamie to pick a different street. Jamie went inside wile Kingsley shouted that he doesn't want another call about Jamie, who merely saluted the officer on his way down the hall.

On July 29th, Jamie attended the annual Skylin carnival as he had done every year. The only difference was that this year he sat in the dunk tank instead of playing it. He worked when Kate and Mallory approached and Kate angrily told him to show his face, as she mistook him for Jeanette. Jamie was surprised to see her and tried to stop her from dunking him, but she did it with vigor.

That night, Kate and Mallory spotted Jamie from across the lot. Kate walked up to him to ask what he was doing. A kid bet him a six-pack that he couldn’t steal the banner so he did. He was visibly drunk so she asked him if he was okay. He returned the question but she didn't know if she was or not. He wanted to tell her something and admitted that she was right. He did kiss Jeanette last Summer and he lied to her. He thought he was protecting her but she deserved to know the truth. She repeated that she knew it which he confirmed before apologizing again. He didn't know what else to say and asked if she wanted to hit him. She just wanted him to say it again. He repeated that he lied but she wanted to hear the other part. He told her that she was right so she kissed his cheek and remarked that was the nicest thing ever did for her. She walked away to join Mallory.

On August 30th, Jamie applied for a job at the local bar, which was managed by Angela Prescott. She regrettably told him that it was a liability to employee someone with a police record, especially at a police that handled money and alcohol. He assured her that he understood and left. As he left, he spotted Jeanette who hurried to her car, a photographer followed her as he snapped photos. Jamie shouted at them which made Jeanette hurry. He hurried up to her and asked if she could talk. She couldn't stay as the reporters would swarm her. He invited her to his garage later to talk, but she had to leave. He watched her drive away.

Jamie waited in his garage for Jeanette and drank a beer. She arrived and asks what he wanted, so he offered her a seat. She wondered how he could ask her to sit with him when he called her a bitch and punched her. He admitted that he would regret what he did every day for the rest of his life. He got caught up in the macho protective thing which was dumb. He apologized to her. She stepped toward him and asked why he did it. He thought that he was defending Kate, as he didn’t have a reason not to believe her. Jeanette pointed out that he knew her too, as they were dating. She asked who he believed now. They sat down where he revealed that he tried to apologize to her last year, as he saw the way people treated her at school. He just drove to her but things spiraled and he ruined his best friends life. He had been drunk and erratic which caused a car accident.

The other driver was fine, though Ben was left with a compound fracture in his shoulder that ruined his football career. Jamie was arrested for the accident. She thought this was just more damage she’s caused, but he took responsibility for the accident. He woke up every day and forgot for a moment that any of it happened. She related as once she remembered it ruined the rest of her day. She then saw the tape recorder and asked why he had it. A few months after Kate went missing, on Christmas Eve, he got a message on his answering machine that was just a bunch of random sounds. He recorded it in case it was important. The date struck a chord with her and, despite him saying it’s embarrassing that he even kept it, she insisted that he play it. The sound was heavy breaths with “till death do us part” on repeat in the background. Jeanette hurried away as she mumbled that she had to leave. Jamie was left confused.

By October 3rd, Jamie and Jeanette had worked to reconcile their friendship. They met after her first courthouse appearance for the defamation trial against Kate. He asked how the appearance went. She admitted it was okay, but tomorrow, her lawyer would bring Kate onto the stand as a hostile witness. He asked if that was good for her which it might be, though it wouldn’t make people like her. Jamie assured her that he liked her. She held his hand and they exchanged a smile.

The next day, Jamie visited Ben at the Hallowell house. He found Ben in his room playing a guitar. Ben questioned why he was here, to which Jamie knew that he couldn't' apologize for what he did. He knew he shouldn't have been drinking or driving that day. He took full responsibility for what happened. Ben asked if he was done, and if he was, he could leave now. Jamie told him that while he is at fault, Vince Fuller didn't do anything wrong. Ben slowly looked to Jamie, having realized that Jamie knew about Ben and Vince's relationship. Jamie gave him a half smile before he left. Because of Jamie's words, Ben did visit Vince to reconcile their relationship.

Jeanette and Kate had a long and revealing conversation at Martin Harris's house where they pieced together the truth about what happened in 1994. They realized that the voicemail Kate left on Jamie's voicemail is what made Jeanette realize that Kate wasn't kidnapped, as she had played the snow globe during the message. Jeanette also admitted that she genuinely loved Jamie, while Kate was already over him before she went missing. The gun shot that Jeanette and Jamie heard in 1994 on her birthday was the gunshot that killed Martin. The women learned that Jeanette hadn't seen Kate, so Jeanette dropped her law suit in exchange for Kate telling the world she was wrong about Jeanette. Over the next month, Jeanette and Jamie reconciled their romance and dated once again. Jeanette mentioned him in her interview with Marsha Bailey. She claimed she had a great boyfriend.

## Physical Appearance

A charming teenager Jamie carries himself with confidence and pride. He has brown wavy hair, blue eyes, and a muscular build. He prefers casual clothing and his go-to outfit in 1993 and 1994 was a sleeveless t-shirt, blue jeans, and a plaid shirt tied around his waist. He dresses up for special occasions.

## Notes and Trivia

* Jamie is bilingual, able to fluently speak both Spanish and English.

## References

1. ↑ In "A Secret of My Own" Kate stated that Jamie is "six months older" than her.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.01 Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1  1.02 A Smashing Good Time
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 1.04 You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 1.05 As The Carny Gods Intended
6. ↑ 1.06 An Ocean Inside Me
7. ↑ 1.07 Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 1.08 Proof
9. ↑ 1.09 A Secret of My Own
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 1.03 Off With A Bang
11. ↑ 1.10 "Hostile Witness"