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— Jackie to Max in Private Screening
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Jackie Sanders, played by Jessica Amlee, is one of the main characters and a member of The Ravens in Greenhouse Academy. She is the American counterpart to Dina Navon.
Appearance[]
Jackie Sanders is an American teenage girl with pale skin and wavy blonde hair. She consistently braids the left side of her hair. She has brown, hooded eyes and plump lips. She has a dotting of freckles on her face, and wears natural makeup and nothing dramatic. She also has a tattoo of a rose on her right bicep.
Throughout the show, she is seen to be wearing grunge outfits which possibly reflects her past. As with all the Ravens, she wear red, blue, white branded clothing most of the time.
Personality[]
Jackie is initially viewed by many as a criminal or trouble. She is secretive and independent, preferring to be alone most of the time. She is also witty, forthright, and sarcastic. She is shown to have a strong value system: her bank robbery was to make a statement about injustice, and she is determined to repay those who help and support her. While masking her emotions well with stone-faced sarcasm, she feels strongly deep down and cares very much about her friends.
Some of her hobbies include video games, which she is often seen doing in the Ravens clubhouse; drawing, as her sketchbook is filled with realistic-looking gadgets; and surfing, which she was inspired by an ex-boyfriend to take up. She also is often seen either reading a book or playing pool. She is shown to have very impressive street smarts but is insecure about her book smarts, demonstrating a fear of letting the Ravens down due to her trouble understanding much of the school's material.
History[]
Season 1[]
Jackie is first introduced as a bank robbing juvenile delinquent, who is given another chance by being accepted into the Greenhouse. She walked into the exam room in handcuffs and is placed next to Max Miller. She takes advantage of Max by using a paperclip from his bag to break out of the handcuffs and stop the rock music being played by Leo Cruz. Later she retakes the exam out of handcuffs at the same time as Hayley Woods.
Jackie enjoys playing video games and has a conversation with Max about her hand possibly numbing and that he sleeps on a wheat pillow, proceeding to mock him. She later takes part in the opening challenge digging in the sand on the beach with everyone else. After winning the challenge, she heads to the party and discovers her sketchbook has been ruined by a glass of punch being spilt on her bag. She later discovers that Max went behind her back and recreated her sketchbook, and while questioning him about his methods, she deletes the files of her drawings, determined to preserve her privacy.
Meanwhile, when investigators enter The Greenhouse to look for more clues about the missing taser, they immediately confront Jackie and demand she take a polygraph test. She refuses out of principle, believing that things are never going to change and nobody is ever going to trust her. However, after Hayley and some of the other Ravens offer to take the polygraph test as well, Jackie eventually agrees, and the test clears her name.
Later, when her class is assigned to do a report on Woody from Toy Story, Jackie attempts to hide the fact that she hasn't seen the movie. However, Max quickly pieces together that she hasn't seen it and offers to help her, but she refuses. He later coaxes her down to the computer lab where he's created a private screening of the movie for her, setting her up with a comfy chair, pillow, blanket, and both buttered and unbuttered popcorn as he wasn't sure what she preferred. Jackie cries while watching the movie, commenting that she feels stupid for not having seen the movie before and notes that she doesn't understand why Max is being so nice to her.
She later shows determination to repay Max for his kindness, but he refuses, telling her she doesn't owe him anything. However, she notices Max developing an interest in Emma and decides to repay him that way, telling him she'll help them get together. She gives him lots of advice as the season progresses, including what to say to her, date ideas, and reassurance when Emma begins acting strangely.
Jackie's outfit for the Halloween dance. (Great Scott)
When the day of the dance arrives, she is asked to go by Max but refuses. However, she ends up going anyways after Hayley brings her a dress to wear. She attends the dance with Max wearing a sleeveless red dress and a flower in her hair, expressing that she feels weird all dressed up. She and Max initially hang out together, but when Emma shows up and Max starts spending time with Emma instead of her, she shows discomfort and disappointment. She comments to Hayley that she wishes she could erase the dance from her memory, alluding to the idea that she has developed feelings for Max. Noticing how Hayley is hurt by Aspen's arrival to the dance, Jackie shoves a pie in her face.
Season 2[]
At the beginning of the season, Jackie is shown disliking how Max is still obsessing over Emma's departure, sarcastically commenting that she already hates a riddle Max said Emma would have liked. However, she eventually shows sympathy towards him, hugging him as he mopes over Emma and trying to reassure him that Emma is okay.
During the season's opening challenge, which relies on the students forming a chain of correct answers to curriculum questions, Jackie expresses shame in feeling dumber than the other Eagles and notes that she's nervous she's going to screw everything up for everyone. When the challenge commences, she winds up missing her first question and breaking the chain, apologizing to the other Ravens. When it is almost time for her to answer another question, Max, who's turn was right before hers, intentionally misses his question to take the pressure off of Jackie. Jackie later thanks him, calling him a true friend.
When Max realizes that Emma might have left a clue for him in her chess set, Jackie initially dismisses it as a coincidence, but she still goes with Max to check after he asks her to come. The idea is dropped after Jason claims to have returned the chess set to Emma. Jackie and Max are later recruited by Hayley to help de-hypnotize Brooke, with Jackie pulling a prank on Max in the process. Jackie later begins to think that Jason and Emma may be involved in this conspiracy somehow. She talks to a postal worker and learns that Emma's chess set never got sent off, and she uses this information, as well as other pieces of evidence, to convince Max that his hunch about Emma was right. She pushes him to contact Emma, but he is unable to reach her, proving Jackie's point.
Jackie then works with Max, Hayley, Brooke, and Daniel to retrieve Emma's chess set. Upon doing so and learning of Emma's involvement, they devise a plan to put a stop to it. Jackie and Max go down to the lab to restore the satellite, but they are caught by Jason and Kyle and get locked in the lab without power. Aspen later finds them and frees them, and Jackie and Max successfully contact Emma and restore the satellite.
Jackie and Max share their first kiss. (Home)
After the conflict is resolved and Emma returns to The Greenhouse, Jackie reluctantly leaves Emma alone with Max, setting her feelings aside for Max to be happy with Emma. However, Max winds up seeking Jackie out and finding her on the beach where he confesses his feelings to her, which she responds to by kissing him.
Season 3[]
Due to Jackie's actress leaving, Jackie does not appear in season 3 or 4. Story-wise, the characters indicate that Jackie's mom found Jackie through the news and that Jackie left The Greenhouse to be with her mom. It is also implied that Jackie struggled having a long-distance relationship with Max as she seemed to dismiss his mention of LDR statistics. It is later revealed that she broke up with Max.
Relationships[]
- See main article: Jackie and Max
Gallery[]
“What is this, a scientific experiment?” To view the Jackie Sanders gallery, click here.
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Appearances[]
- See main article: Jackie Sanders/List of Appearances
Notes/Trivia[]
- Jackie is the Greenhouse Academy counterpart of Dina Navon.
- Had Jessica stayed on the cast, Jackie likely would have been given Dina's story of Ozzie, whose American counterpart is Enzo, being her ex-boyfriend. However, since Jackie did not return, the plotline was given to Sophie.
- This would likely also have meant that Jackie and Max would have ended up together, as Dina winds up with Max's counterpart Mati.
Name[]
- Jackie is of French and Hebrew origins, typically derived from Jaqueline/Jacob and means "may God protect" or "supplanter"
- Sanders is of Greek origins meaning "Alexander's Son"