Jess is hurt by the town. He’s a kid, he’s neglectfully shipped of to his uncle (that he barely knows) and he does a few pranks and some stupid things. He doesn’t do well in school. Not only do adults not like him, but they all hate him. He fulfils that role in a cycle of hatred, expecting a child to break that is foolish and expects far too much.
Jess is hurt by his teachers. Sure, he missed the guidance counselor’s meetings, the principal’s meetings, and a lot of his classes. But the teachers still saw him. The teachers knew he worked at Luke’s. As someone with 6 teachers in my family and has been in the teaching major, everyone who goes into teaching goes in with the intentions of helping children be their best selves.
Jess is hurt by his school. The only time we see or hear him with his classmates, the ones we don’t know, he’s fighting. He doesn’t have friends in Stars Hollow.
Jess is hurt by his principle. How dare a grown man look at a child who is scared and panicked over being held back, someone who has never felt comfortable in his school, and say that no one will miss him? The only things that make me this angry is what happened to Luke and Lorelai late in the show and April.
Jess is hurt by his mother. She doesn’t have time or energy for him, but she has time for boyfriend after boyfriend, renaissance fairs, and probably a billion other things. In “Teach Me Tonight”, he even says his mother would have a group of reasons for him not to succeed in school or later life.
Jess is hurt by his father. He left him, he ran away from his responsibilities because the fear was more than his love for Jess. He left him to take care of an irresponsible and flakey mother. When the guilt overcame Jimmy, he tracked Jess down only to leave him again.
Jess is hurt by Luke. For all of his virtues and the good things that he does, Luke kicks Jess out when he’s at his lowest. He doesn’t go after him and he doesn’t sit Jess down when he comes back in 4.12/13 and tell him that he loves him. He doesn’t manage it for a year, and Jess is only a kid. I understand the outburst, but not bringing Jess back was something that I can imagine he would always regret.
Jess is hurt by Lorelai. She treated him like actual garbage for most of the series. It was really hard to watch.
Jess is hurt by Rory. The lack of trust she has in him the entire time they date, as shown in 3.14. When she won’t take his word for truth and has to turn to Dean, Jess won’t accept her apology because “I wouldn’t believe me either”. Then she tries to use him to get back at Logan in 6.18 and it breaks his heart again.
And you wonder why Jess, someone who has never felt completely taken care of or loved, lashes out?
Hurt people tend to hurt people.
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