One Tree Hill Wiki
Advertisement
One Tree Hill Wiki

Jennifer "Jenny" Jagielski is the daughter of Jake Jagielski and his former girlfriend, Nicki. Introduced in the first season, she was raised for the first several months of her life by her father with the help of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jagielski. As Jake was still a junior in high school, he initially kept Jenny's existence a secret from his classmates, though his teachers at Tree Hill High School, including basketball coach Whitey Durham, were aware of the situation and made accommodations for the single father. After a heart-to-heart with Lucas Scott, however, Jake introduced Jenny to his peers during a performance at Karen's Café. Afterward, his friends and those close to him, including fellow single parent Karen Roe, took it upon themselves to help Jake in any way they could.

When Jenny's mother, Nicki, returned to Tree Hill with the goal of re-entering Jenny's life, however, Jake made it clear he was against the idea. Facing the threat a costly legal custody battle, Jake quietly left town with the help of his close friend, Peyton Sawyer. During the first half of the second season, Jake and Jenny were living with relatives in Savannah, Georgia, where Jake worked odd jobs after withdrawing from school. While they were away, Peyton would often e-mail him, though she never received a reply due to Jake's fear Nicki might track them down. However, with Peyton's personal life spiraling and her eventual suspension from school, Lucas managed to get in contact with Jake through his cousins, who promptly returned to Tree Hill to check on her.

After this return visit, wherein Jake expressed his desire to stop running away, he and Peyton traveled back to Savannah to bring Jenny back home to Tree Hill. For the first few weeks, he and Jenny resided with her, though they later moved back in with his parents after Jake and Peyton confessed their feelings for each other and decided to explore a relationship. With her father back in school and with Peyton acting as her surrogate mother, Jenny's life returned to normal until Nicki's return. Due to Jake's actions to keep Nicki away from Jenny, he was faced with the difficult decision to surrender custody or face jail time. With her father in jail, Jenny was whisked away by Coach Durham, who had been entrusted by Jake to keep Jenny away from her mother.

In the third season, Jenny was in the care of her maternal grandparents in Savannah, who had assumed custody after Nicki left town again. With Jake's release from jail, he moved to Savannah and was granted visitation rights while the court decided on the matter of Jenny's permanent custody arrangement. During this time, Peyton came to visit them in order to resume her relationship with Jake. After Jenny called her "mama," Peyton envisioned a life with them and proposed to Jake. However, when Peyton confessed her lingering feelings for Lucas during her sleep, Jake ended the relationship and encouraged her to return home so that she could sort out her feelings. While Jake left the possibility of resuming their relationship open, Peyton never returned to Savannah after realizing she was in love with Lucas.

Jenny and her father, Jake, did not appear again after the end of the third season, though they continued to reside in Savannah. The status of Jenny's custody battle between Jake and Nicki remains uncertain.

Character arc[]

Season 1[]

Othss1e21

Nicki 'kidnaps' baby Jenny from her stroller while shopping with Brooke and Peyton. ("The Leaving Song")

Jake didn't tell anyone he had a baby : Jennifer, or Jenny (for short) until Lucas. Lucas convinced him it was best to bring Jenny out into the world and not hide her because his mom did the same with him. Jake brought Jenny to Karen's Cafe, introducing her to his whole world and performed a song. Everyone was surprised to hear Jake had a baby but Jake felt a lot better after he told people. Jake brought Jenny to his basketball practices when his parents couldn't watch her and Peyton played with her on the sidelines. Peyton become a regular babysitter for Jenny and became really close with her daddy, Jake. Jenny was 9 months old when her mother, Nicki came back to Tree Hill to make up for the time she's lost with her daughter and start being her mother. Jake refused Nicki coming back into Jenny's life. When Peyton and Brooke were watching Jenny while shopping at the mall Nicki came and kidnapped her taking her shopping and on the carousel ride. Jake was furious finally getting Jenny back then leaving with Jenny. Nicki was prepared to fight for custody, confident she would win. Jake was scared and took off with Jenny, with the help from Peyton and her father who took them to Florida over seas. Peyton was heartbroken to see Jake and Jenny leave.

Tlr 2836729

Whitey takes Jenny out of Tree Hill to hide from mother, Nicki, while Jenny's father, Jake goes to jail. ("The Lonesome Road")

Season 2[]

Jake returns to Tree Hill leaving baby Jenny back in Savannah with his cousins. Finally him and Peyton drive to Savannah to bring Jenny home, Jake being tired of running. Jenny's father, Jake pleads his way back into school, begging Whitey who was a sucker to baby Jenny, who was brought along. Nicki returns, fighting for custody of baby Jenny, angry with both Jake and Peyton for hiding Jenny from her. Karen's boyfriend, Andy helps Jake with money to hire a lawyer to fight for Jenny as well. Jake was scared knowing he was going to have to give custody of Jenny to Nicki for three months or prison. He confronted Nicki at her hotel, to smart knowing she would have brought cops to the other destination she planned on meeting him. Nikki lied and said Jenny wasn't Jake's, but he didn't believe her saying Jenny would always be his daughter. Jake told Peyton he was taking Jenny and running away again which upset Peyton. Little did Peyton know was that Jake was surrendering himself to jail and having Whitey, his basketball coach take Jenny away from Tree Hill after a heart-to-heart conversation they had.

Season 3[]

Jake is currently in the battle over custody with Nicki, and Jenny is older. Jenny and Jake live in Savannah where he works and tries to stay out of trouble. Jake has a had time getting used to this, as he mentioned in season 2 that he couldn't trust Nicki to take care of Jenny for one night.

Relationships[]

Jake;;jenny

Jenny with her father, Jake.

Family[]

Jenny was born to her dad, Jake and mother, Nikki. A month after, Nikki abandoned both, Jake and their daughter Jenny because she wasn't ready to become a mother. Up until Jenny was 9 months old she was raised by her father, Jake and his parents. When Nicki took care of Jenny for one night, Jake found Nicki drunk and passed out in the front seat, Jake found Jenny shivering in the back seat. Jake never trusted Nicki with Jenny again.

Trivia[]

  • Before Lydia Scott, Jenny was the only baby to be seen for more than one episode.
  • If Jake and Jenny appeared on the time jump, Jenny would have been 8 years old.

References[]

Advertisement