Jess Moore

**Jess Moore** is the Biological Daughter of **Julian** & His W**ife** and the Adopted Daughter of **Elliot Moore** & **Alma Moore**. ****Jess**** is one of the few survivors at the end of the neurotoxin event.

## Biography

**Elliot**, **Alma**, and **Jess** hitch a ride with a **nurseryman** and his **wife**. The **nurseryman** believes that plants are responsible, as they can release chemicals to defend themselves from threats. The group are joined by other survivors and split into two groups, with **Elliot**, **Alma**, and **Jess** in the smaller group. When the larger group is affected by the toxin, **Elliot** realises that the plants are targeting only large groups of people. He splits their group into smaller pockets and they walk along, arriving at a model home. Two other groups arrive on the property, triggering a neurotoxin attack, signalled by what appears to be wind blowing through the vegetation. The next house they come upon is sealed, its residents trying to protect themselves from the toxin. **Elliot's** attempts to reason with them are deemed unsuccessful when the residents shoot **Josh** and **Jared**, two teenage boys whom **Elliot** had earlier befriended.

**Elliot, Alma,** and **Jess** next come upon the isolated house of **Mrs. Jones**, a negative, elderly eccentric who has no outside contact with society and is unaware of the current disaster. The following morning, **Mrs. Jones** becomes infected with the toxin. Realising that the plants are now targeting individuals, **Elliot** locks himself in the basement but is separated from **Alma** and **Jess**, who are in the home's spring house out back. They are able to communicate through an old talking tube, and **Elliot** warns them of the threat. He expresses his love for **Alma** before deciding that if he is to die, he would prefer to spend his remaining time with **Alma** & **Jess**. The three leave the safety of their buildings and embrace in the yard, surprised to find themselves unaffected by the neurotoxin. The outbreak has abated as quickly as it began.

Three months later, **Elliot** and **Alma** have adjusted to their new life with **Jess** as their adopted daughter. On television, an expert, comparing the event to a red tide, warns that the epidemic may have only been a warning. He states that humans have become a threat to the planet and that is why the plants have responded aggressively. **Alma** discovers she is pregnant and embraces **Elliot** with the news.

This is the last we see of them and shortly after the same event starts Happening in France. Leaving everyone to wonder the fate of **Elliot, Alma** & **Jess** and the world as it now seems to be happening on a global scale.

## Relationships

### Real Family

* **Mother**  **†** - (Unknown Name)

* **Julian** † - Father

### Adoptive Family

* **Elliot Moore** -  Adopted Father
* **Alma Moore** - Adopted Mother

### Allies

* **Mrs. Jones** † - Elderly Woman
* **Josh** † - Student
* **Jared** † - Student
* **Nursery Owner** †
* **Nursery Owners Wife** †
* **Private Auster** † - Soldier
* **Mr. Collins** † - Realtor

 References

1. Movie review: Urban flight in 'The Happening'
2. Something Lethal Lurks in the Rustling Trees
3. Mark Wahlberg admits 'The Happening' was terrible. What? No!