Jake Hanson (Melrose Place)
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Jake Hanson was a fictional character in the American soap opera Melrose Place. He was played by Grant Show.
[edit] Character
Jake Hanson lived in Ellensburg, Washington before he moved to Melrose Place in Beverly Hills. Was considered a bad boy biker type. He opened his own shop with the help of Jo Reynolds, who could be considered his great love. The two had on again off again romances. Jo ended up dating Jess Hanson, Jake's out of control older brother. In the midst of this relationship, Jo was beat up by Jess and left for dead in the long run. Jake came tried to talk to Jo, but Jess only hired men to kill his brother. The ending result was that Jake ended up killing his brother. Jake had numerous relationships with Melrose Place residents, including most of the female regulars (Sandy, Jo, Amanda, Sydney, Jane, Alison). His bike shop ended up burning down, and later he bought Shooters, which remained as the Melrose gang's hangout.
Allison and Jake actually got married and after a miscarriage attempts to adopt a child. However, the child services department felt that a father who owns a bar and a mother who was a former alcoholic were not a safe place to entrust a child and they are denied. Alison, who has no interest in being a mother, despite having previously miscarried Jake's child, fools Jake into thinking she has fallen off the wagon so that he reunites with the mother of his long-lost child, and the two leave town separately.
Jake was the carpenter hired to help Mel and Jackie for their wedding. Becomes a love interest for Kelly Taylor (the two visit both Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place in hopes of linking the two shows together). Come to find out later on that Dylan and Jake go way back. In fact, Dylan claims that Jake taught him how to surf as well as how to pick up girls.
