Jane Weiss

**Jane Weiss** is a fictional character on the Gage Media soap opera, Ducks in the Pond.

## History

* Casting
* Development

## Storylines

* 1984-86
* 1987-90
* 1996-99
* 2000-09
* 2010-13
* 2014-16
* 2017-19
* 2020-present

Jane Weiss moved to Culver City with her parents, Herman Weiss and Gertrude Schultz, and brothers Dr. Lawrence Weiss and Jack Weiss. Jane decided to release a petition to open up a restaurant in dedication to the Weiss family. She would thought that the future restaurant would be named after herself, her father, and her brothers. Lawrence, who is Jane’s older brother, said that the future restaurant in downtown Culver City would be named after their mother. Jane’s younger brother, Jack, said he could marry drug dealer, Sandy Wilton, despite being a fugitive everywhere in town. Their plans were to make the restaurant 5-star.

Larry met agent Joyce Kepler as it would be her first time visiting the Weiss family. Jane was surprised that Larry and Joyce quickly fell in love with each other. On August 1984, in Ireland, Larry and Joyce got married, when Jane was about to ruin their wedding day. It was too late, but luckily, Larry and Joyce enjoyed their first day of being married to each other. Larry and Joyce’s wedding was part of the trip in Ireland’s capital city, Dublin.

In 1986, Jane’s niece Michelle Weiss arrived in Culver City and was raised often by Joyce.

Jane finally married Russell Flanagan, under the orders of Flanagan Productions. Russell’s previous wife, Vicki Adkins, crashed their wedding. Supposedly Vicki attempted to prevent Jane from marrying Russell, which later resulted in a catfight in front of the Weiss and Flanagan families. Russell’s sister Pam Flanagan stopped Vicki from fighting with Jane, and said that the time getting married was a crisis at the beginning. According to Russell’s marriage, Jane became the stepmother of Rose Flanagan and Ben Flanagan.

Russell and Jane raised their 4-year-old son, Teddy Flanagan-Weiss, after moving to Culver City. Jane’s niece, Hannah Weiss, played with Teddy one time during their childhoods every time Russell worked at Flanagan Productions. Hannah would have not believed that she is one of Teddy’s first relatives as cousins. Due to the continuing of Sandy Wilton’s fugitiveness, Jack barricaded the door for only the dangerous Culver City residents, especially Sandy Wilton. Jane thought it wasn’t a good idea to block the doors of The Weiss Diner because of the daily visitors. They worked hard on their restaurant’s modernizing with Larry.

During Joyce Kepler and Dr. Jim Pickett’s trial, Dr. Eric King’s son, Francis King, pulled out his gun inside the Metropolitan Courthouse. Jane threatened Francis as she urged him to stay away from the Kepler and Weiss families. Francis later shot Jane, as Lawrence and Joyce were about to keep Michelle and Hannah out from the violent fight. Jack immediately called for help while Jane suffered gunshot wounds. Lawrence tried to wake Jane up after she became unconscious in the shooting. Jack told Larry that Jane wouldn’t wake up until she recovered from her injuries. This violent shooting easily dismissed the adultery trial between Joyce and Jim.

At the Culver City Medical Center, Jane was in a severe coma. Lawrence asked Nurse Tammy Connaught to figure things out on how to stop Jane’s coma diagnosis. Eric came to the room where Jane was fighting for her life and told a story in the aftermath of the Metropolitan Courthouse shooting. As a result of the investigation, Eric was told by Detective Pemberton that Jane suffered life-threatening injuries from the violent shooting when Lawrence and Joyce protected Michelle and Hannah and nearly kept them away from the fight. Larry ordered Eric to call the Culver City Police Department to arrest Francis for shooting Jane. Tammy told Lawrence that Jane was shot between her arm and shoulder after she threatened Francis during the adultery trial. Russell and Teddy came inside to check on Jane’s condition. Lawrence told Teddy that Jane was shot by Francis when she disrupted Joyce and Jim’s adultery trials, which led to a huge fight at the Culver City Metropolitan Courthouse. Jane woke up from her coma and asked if Francis was arrested after Eric called the CCPD. Jane told Lawrence that she was shot by Francis as a result of the vicious fight. It was said that Jane would banish Francis if he continued to be fugitive, most likely he would act like Sandy Wilton if that happened when Attorney Fred Butter talked to Joyce something related to the adultery scam.
In 1996, Jane married Craig Rosick, who is the CEO of his business and bar called Rosick Coffee. Following the previous marriage, Craig became the stepfather of Teddy Flanagan-Weiss. Teddy would never have thought that Jane and Craig’s marriage certificate would be invalid because of Russell Flanagan. Jane and Craig planned to travel to Canada as part of their wedding honeymoon.

On April 2017, after a fight at the Weiss Manor apartment, Jane found Craig shot, and wondered who shot him inside. Jane found the shooting gun that injured Craig at the living room. She found out that her older brother Lawrence shot Craig, just for in case something badly happens to the Rosick family. Jane threw the shooting gun that Lawrence used to shoot Craig (also attempting to murder him) towards the wall of the living room as she didn’t want Craig to die from his gunshot wounds. In the aftermath of the shooting of Craig, Lawrence was accused for shooting him, while Jane took her blame towards the Rosick family of what would happen to Craig’s lives when he dies from his injuries. Craig’s brother said that recovery should take place as he learned that Craig suffered only non-life-threatening injuries. Jane called the police to arrest Lawrence for allegedly shooting Craig.

On November 2020, Jack and his ex-wife Sandy Wilton were fighting. Sandy later held Jack at knifepoint in his bedroom. Jane heard the fight between Jack and Sandy. She would ask Lawrence that he could prevent Sandy from hurting Jack. Sandy stabbed Jack below his chest before Jane and Lawrence came straight to Jack’s bedroom. When Jane opened the door to check how Jack was doing, she found him with severe wound injuries. Lawrence was shocked that Jack’s vitals were dropping after being stabbed on the chest area. Jack shortly died of his injuries when Sandy left the apartment’s bedroom. Jane confronted Sandy before her arrest and the stabbing investigation. Jane would blame Lawrence if he stabbed Jack instead of Sandy. Jane and Lawrence had no plans in connection to Jack’s fatal stabbing. Instead, they talked to Detective Plum and told them that Det. Plum would arrest Sandy for stabbing Jack. Jane still had no clue when Lawrence figured out on how Jack’s memorial or funeral service would be planned. Sandy wanted to avoid getting arrested as her fight with Jack was considered a ex-spouse relationship crisis.

Jack was pronounced dead at the medical center, and Sandy got arrested by Detective Plum after the stabbing investigation. Jane questioned Lawrence where Jack was stabbed on the body parts. Lawrence assumed that Jack was fatally stabbed where his heart was. Jane was in a meltdown after Jack died of his injuries and after a while Lawrence made plans on Jack’s funeral service, scheduling a week after the fatal stabbing incident.
## Crimes Committed

* Shot Sandy Wilton after fighting against Joyce Kepler [Dec 13, 1984]
* Fatally shot one of Sandy's women [Aug 13, 1985; arrested]
* Used a knife as a weapon to cut Kenneth Lovett's neck [September 1985]
* Got into a catfight with Vicki Adkins for proposing Russell Flanagan [Dec 1985]
* Blackmailed Jim Pickett and threatened his life [September 1986]
* Slapped her brother, Lawrence Weiss [Nov 1986]
* Pushed and slapped Kitty St. Clair; which turned into a catfight [March 1987]
* Slapped Vicki Adkins for crashing the wedding (It was said that Vicki Adkins prevented Jane from marrying Russell Flanagan) [1987]
* Slapped Russell Flanagan [July 1988]
* Slapped Craig Rosick [1997]
* Slapped Joyce Kepler; later got into a catfight [2005]
* Slapped Dr. Eric King [2010]
* Held her older brother at knifepoint [2014]
* Slapped Jack Weiss [2014]
* Shot Lawrence in front of Joyce [Sep 30, 2015]
* Arrested in the shooting of her brother (Jane eventually chose not to plead guilty [Oct 1, 2015]
* Slapped Joyce [Oct 13, 2015]
* Slapped Declan McIntyre multiple times [Oct 27, 2015]
* Slapped Lawrence [2016]
* Slapped Jack [Apr 2020]
* Slapped her brother, Lawrence Weiss, after learning that he and Eric went into a fight at the Cloudy Skies Cafe [Oct 3, 2022]

## Health and Vitals

* Slapped by Vicki Adkins, which turned into a catfight [Dec 1985]
* Slapped by Tammy Connaught [1988]
* Shot by Francis King during Joyce Weiss' trial [Mar 7, 1989]
* Recovered from her gunshot injuries [Mar 13, 1989]
* Pushed down the stairs by Colleen Gallagher after they were in a catfight [Apr 1989; revealed on May 1989]
* Slapped by Joyce [June 1990]
* Stalked by an unknown male [2006]
* Slapped by Diane Carter [2016]
* Slapped by Joyce Kepler [2016]
* Stalked by an unknown person [November 2017]
* Slapped by Hannah Weiss [2021]
* Slapped by Sophia Rosick [Jan 2022]

## See also

* Russell Flanagan and Jane Weiss
* Craig Rosick and Jane Weiss
* The Weiss Diner
* Full siblings
* Half siblings
* Step children
* Villains