Jenny Lewis (Primeval)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 This article does not cite any references or sources. (February 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.
Jennifer Lewis

Jenny Lewis
First appearance Episode 7
Portrayed by Lucy Brown
Episode count 7
Information
Gender Female
Occupation PR official
Spouse(s) None

Jenny Lewis is a fictional character fom the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval. She is played by Lucy Brown and replaced a physically identical but temperamentally different character, Claudia Brown, played by the same actress.

Contents

[edit] Characterisation

Jenny's attitude contrasts with Claudia's. She is bossy and stubborn, ignoring Cutter's order to take the stairs in Episode 8. Cutter states in Episode 9 that Jenny is a "real piece of work" to which Jenny replies, "Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment.". She is engaged, but comments made by her in Episode 10 stating that her fiancée is "not very curious, not about my work anyway" could mean she is having second thoughts or she is re-thinking the relationship.

Cutter has a habit of calling her Claudia, something that Jenny finds annoying. She has stated that she hates the name Claudia.

Cutter explains to Jenny that he has not had luck with women - Helen disappeared eight years before, and he claims the last woman in his life (Claudia Brown) left him.

In the episode 8 of series 2, Jenny states that she no longer has a fiancée, as he broke up the engagement after he thought that she had met another man, although as Jenny says, "I couldn't really tell him that it wasn't another man, as much as a something-a-saurus."

Jenny is initially employed by James Lester to create cover stories for the activities of the Anomaly Research Centre, without being told what the ARC is really doing. She only discovers that the centre is involved in dealing with prehistoric animals when she disobeys a direct order and accidentally comes face-to-face with one that has come through the office block anomaly in episode eight. However, once she has got over the initial shock, Jenny quickly adjusts and takes the unusual nature of the job in her stride. Although her job is officially just public relations, she has no difficulty in taking a leadership role when necessary. She lead an armoured team to investigate the church anomaly in Episode Twelve (though it is in fact a deliberate false alarm) and taking charge of the escape from Leek's secret facility in Episode Thirteen. In the latter she is also revealed to be a crack shot, shooting one of Leek's men from afar. She explains her ability by saying that her "friends preferred pony riding, I preferred clay pigeon shooting".

One quirk of Jenny's character is that she always wears high heeled shoes, which are not necessarily appropriate or practical for the work she does and sometimes hamper her. It was her reluctance to climb stairs in her high heels that first led her to learn the truth about the ARC's purpose.

[edit] Character history

[edit] Pre-Crisis

In the first series of Primeval, Jenny was an identical woman (in appearance) named Claudia Brown, who at the end of the season disappeared off the timeline, much to the disappointment of Nick Cutter.

[edit] Post-Crisis

Claudia remains out of existence for the rest of the series, although Jenny first appears in Episode 7. At the end of Episode 8, Cutter explains to Jenny as best he can about what could have happened to change the past. Claudia's job as Lester's assistant was changed to a man named Oliver Leek, who was revealed to be working for Helen Cutter.

It was implied that Helen was responsible for Claudia being replaced by Jenny, however this is thought not to be the case when Helen explains that the first change was an accident. It is still possible that Helen intentionally messed with Claudia/Jenny's past in order to enact revenge or to, as her obsessing in episode 13 would imply, re-set the stage for her and Nick to get together again.


v • d • e
Primeval team members
Series Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
Episodes 1 6 7 13 14 23
Team members Nick Cutter
Stephen Hart Sarah Page
Abby Maitland
Connor Temple
James Lester
Claudia Brown Jenny Lewis
Captain Tom Ryan Oliver Leek Captain Becker
Danny Quinn