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TOTW 02/08: Was Lureen pregnant when she met Jack?
southendmd:
It would take a math-hardened Brokie to figure out Lureen's gestation!
I think the film-makers intended the backseat scene to tell us that was when Bobby was conceived.
You'd have to have seen the film upty-nine times to figure out this little discrepancy. (Clearly, that describes more than a few of us.)
Artiste:
Southendmd, you are an md??
If you look, it seems that Lureen was at least pregnant when she met Jack, at least a few weeks and maybe one month (or more)!! ??
So, if that was so, then her physical, etc., changes had started?? Tell us as an MD??
Hugs!
Dal:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 14, 2008, 12:42:33 pm ---So, in answer to the question, I must submit...maybe. This could help to explain the perception that some have voiced that the child cast as Bobby in the Thanksgiving scene does not resemble Jake's Jack very strongly.
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Perhaps Bobby is really the son of the marshall who is later to become Jack's handler in Witness Protection.
Sandy:
I think Lureen is absolutely fabulous, a strong female character who contradicts Alma’s quiet acceptance of her life. She is strong minded and wilful, and I have no doubt that her parents, both Mum and Dad, adore her.
I also have no doubt whatsoever that Jack was Bobby’s father. Lureen’s Dad would have been more than happy to get rid of Jack and help her out as a single mother. She had the family backing and I don’t think that she NEEDED a husband to validate her pregnancy.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Sandy on January 19, 2008, 02:32:52 pm ---I also have no doubt whatsoever that Jack was Bobby’s father. Lureen’s Dad would have been more than happy to get rid of Jack and help her out as a single mother. She had the family backing and I don’t think that she NEEDED a husband to validate her pregnancy.
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Lureen was ahead of her time in many ways, but in 1967 having a baby out of wedlock was still pretty scandalous. I don't think either Lureen or her dad would have been comfortable with that.
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