The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
WARNING : Minor spoilers forwards forBel - Airepisode 5 .
Will take up one of his sometime Friend from Philadelphia to Tray inBel - Airepisode 5 , setting up the inclusion of one ofFresh Prince ’s mysteriously underutilized characters . After only the first five episodes ofBel - airwave , the reboot has done an excellent caper of integratingFresh Princecharacterswho typically occur in very dissimilar point of the original series . FromFresh Prince ’s season 5 characters Lisa and Fred Wilkes being moved up to time of year 1 to Tray act a far more prominent persona , Bel - Airis introduce characters to the dramatic event much before than expected .
When Will pick up Tray from the aerodrome inBel - Airepisode 5 , he ab initio asks his beneficial Quaker whether he still hangs around with a lot of their former companions at the park in West Philly . The only name that Will specifically mentions in his doubtfulness is Jackie , whoFresh Princefans remember from Will ’s sentence at college in season 4 . Played byTyra bank , Fresh Prince ’s Jackie Ameswas one of Will ’s close supporter from Philadelphia who got a erudition to play basketball at the university Will and Carlton hang . While Jackie was first introduced as a possible beloved pastime for Carlton , TheFresh Prince of Bel - Airrevealed that she was one of Will ’s oldest champion , and speedily shift to setting up her and Will as a possible couplet .
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Bel - Airmentioning Jackie is a playfulness Easter testicle forFresh Princefans , but it also evoke that the reboot is setting up the character to have a much more satisfying arc than in the original series . Jackie , who was Tyra Banks ’ first acting role , was a prominent recur grapheme inFresh Prince of Bel - Airseason 4 , but she disappeared halfway through the time of year . After Will had made a saphead out of himself trying to take Jackie from her unexampled boyfriend by dancing with her and getting extremely drunk , Jackie made Carlton drive her home beforeAlfonso Ribeiro ’s characterhad a heart - to - heart with his first cousin . A drunken Will lamented that his military action cost him Jackie and his self - respect . While viewers expected to see Jackie confront Will about his behavior in the following episode , however , Tyra Banks ’ fictional character never appear again in the series .
Jackie ’s abrupt departure fromFresh Princeleft her storyline find bare , especially since she became Will ’s greatest reminder of home during season 4 . Since Jackie and Will operate together at the campus store , The Peacock Stop , it was strange that she was neither heard from nor seen with Will again . While the original series could have continued her plot line by express that she and Will would stay to be friends and nothing more , she was simply save out . Although it seemed likeFresh Princehad forgotten about Jackie entirely , Bel - Airproves that the character is still significant in bring thefictional story of Will Smithback to the screen .
Since Will and Jackie are still in high schooltime duringFresh Princeseason 1 , it does n’t seem that she ’ll look until a few time of year later when the characters enter college . While it ’s exciting thatBel - Airis lay the foundation for Jackie so ahead of time on , her introduction may also be retard due to Will ’s season 1 love affair with Lisa Wilkes . Lisa was n’t acquaint until season 5 ofFresh Princeas Will ’s most pregnant love stake , so the reboot has moved her part up well . IfBel - Airdecides to use Jackie as another amatory pastime for Will , the reboot may be wait until Will and Lisa ’s erotic love story has conclude or take a break before bringing her in . However , Jackie ’s role inBel - Airseason 1 , if she does indeed appear that early , may be best serve if she ’s plainly a champion to Will .
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