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Jalanda "Jal" Fazer is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Larissa Wilson.
[edit] Characterisation
Jal is described by the official Skins website as "super bright and the most talented young clarinet player in the country".[1] The daughter of fictional celebrity Ronnie Fazer, she is easily the most affluent of all of her friends, of whom she is close to Michelle, Cassie and Chris. As a highly talented and intellectual teenager, she defies various stereotypes. Her school is quick to take pride in (and responsibility for) a young black student being so successful, despite carrying little interest in the naturally gifted Jal. She is very straightforward and self aware, and has contempt for her brothers' fake "ghetto" personas, as well as Tony's poor treatment of Michelle, and the way in which Sid ignores Cassie.
She dislikes modern pop artists and wishes to "sue MTV Base for prolonged emotional distress".[2] Her other favourite things include eating chips, Maxxie's dancing, and the correlation between maths and music (Pythagorean triples).[3] She is also incredibly driven, finding herself knowing more than her careers advisor, having already planned out her future.[4]
[edit] Character history
In "Jal", Jal anticipates her clarinet recital, which if she wins will grant her a place in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Her clarinet is broken by Sid's drug dealing enemy Madison Twatter who smashes it against a wall. After witnessing this her brothers Ace and Lynton chase after him, but are subsequently beaten up and end up in hospital. Her dad has Mad abducted, and then surprises her with a new clarinet. Later, in "Chris" she reveals to Chris that she did not win Young Musician of the Year and only received £25 to cover her traveling costs. She grows closer to Chris as he is abandoned by both parents and left homeless, and becomes more aware of his drug addiction. In "Sid" she is critical of Sid for leading Cassie on and has to take Cassie to hospital after she overdoses. Jal tells the doctors that she is Cassie's sister, and forces Sid to leave. In the series finale, she dances with Kenneth at Anwar's birthday party and the two seem to grow closer. When Chris is involved in a brawl, she helps to fight some of the large male attackers.
In second series episode, "Chris", Jal and Chris make a deal that Chris will put more effort into his life and stop saying 'fuck it', as long as Jal will stop saying no to everything. At a party that night, Jal shows her wilder side when Chris dares her to go and get the hat off the head of the singer at the party. She downs a can of beer and snogs the singer on stage for his hat. She and Chris grow closer and sleep together. They throw a party at a flat Chris is trying to sell, but Angie, one of Chris' previous lovers, unexpectedly turns up. Chris and Angie begin to romp in the toilet, but Chris stops when he thinks of Jal. He leaves the toilet, but Jal is there and figures out what has happened. Chris attempts to get Jal back, and eventually he succeeds, but unbeknown to him, Jal is pregnant with his baby. In the following episode, "Tony", she is seen in a club with the others but doesn't drink alcohol. After speaking with Tony, he tells her she is a bad liar and knows she has a secret.
During Jal's centric episode, she battles with the decisions she must make about her baby's and her own future. She struggles to decide when to reveal her pregnancy to boyfriend Chris. Her secret begins to get out when, Cassie reveals that she knows of Jal's pregnancy. Jal tells her family and Michelle shortly after. The next day, Jal heads for a musical audition at a prestigious college of arts, but with her baby troubles on her mind she snaps at the panel auditioning her. When she returns home, she discovers Cassie looking anxious sitting on the table in the apartment. Cassie takes Jal to hospital where Chris is suffering from the same illness that his brother died of. After Chris is released from hospital Sid has dinner party. Michelle and Cassie have a heated argument, with Michelle letting slip that Jal is pregnant. Chris dies from a brain hemorrhage shortly afterwards.
Jal has an abortion, but has regrets about it and can barely face getting out of bed on the day of Chris' funeral. Chris' dad bans all of Chris' friends from attending the funeral, worried about embarrassment to the family. They decide to watch the funeral from afar, whilst Jal makes a touching speech about one of Chris' heroes, Captain Joe Kittinger. That evening Jal sits by Chris' grave crying as Chris' dad offers his condolences.
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