Jesse
Character: Jesse Warner
Created by: Ira Ungerleider
Directed by: Robby Benson, Gary Halvorson, Shelley Jensen, Kevin Bright, Joe Regalbuto, Amanda Bearse, Michael Lembeck, Andrew Tsao, James Burrows, Gail Mancuso, Alan Rafkin, Dana De Vally Piazza, David Knoller
Written by: Gabrielle Allan, Peter Murrieta, Dan Sterling, Nancy Steen, Dana Klein, Matt Martin, Greg Rice, Liz Astrof, Leslie Snyder, Zachary Rosenblatt, Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hodes, Stephen Nathan, Wil Calhoun, David Hemingson, Mark Wilding, Danny Zuker, Tad Quill, Mark O'Keefe, April Pesa, Ethan Banville, Jake Farrow, Sarah McLaughlin
Produced by: Michael E. Stokes
Cast Members: Jennifer Milmore, Liza Snyder, Bruno Campos, Eric Lloyd, John Lehr
Released date: September 23, 1999
Episode(s) Number: Appeared in all episodes
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 30 minutes
A single mother (Applegate) tries to find love again with her new boyfriend Diego, of whom her father disapproves. She gets help from her two brothers (one voluntarily mute) and two girlfriends at work (her father's bar). Complicating matters is her ex-husband, who walked out on her 7 years before, but is back to try and reinsert himself into the family.
Trivia
→ During a taping of one episode, Christina Applegate was surprisingly reunited on-set with one of her Married… with Children (1987) co-stars. As part of her script in this episode, she rings the doorbell. But to her surprise, Ed O’Neill answered the door and said, “Where have you been, young lady?” Applegate responded with a dropped jaw, tears of joy, and a big hug.
→ What attracted Christina Applegate to this role more than anything was that she saw Jess as the anti-Kelly Bundy, as she was smart and responsible unlike Kelly who was not.