and invites her to embark on a Cher and Elvis impersonator tour. Frankie is torn, feeling unwanted at home and longing for adventure and Jack eventually gives her an ultimatum, telling her that she should meet him at the school if she chooses him. She turns Johnno down but is unaware that Jack has been trapped under rubble following an explosion at the school. Believing that he is dying, Jack gives Darren a message for Frankie while she simultaneously tries to contact him to apologise and reaffirm her love for him. When they are unable to contact her, Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher) goes to the Osbornes and finds Frankie collapsed. Jack survives and is taken to hospital where he is devastated to find out that Frankie had suffered a stroke and died. After walking in on Mac Nightingale (David Easter) as seeing his wounds, Jack quickly works out that he is responsible for trying explosion and is therefore the reason that Jack wasn't with Frankie when she died. To stop him going to the police, Mac attacks him and, believing him to be dead, dumps Jack's body in the woods where he is later discovered and taken to hospital. Mac then unsuccessfully tries to turn off Jack's life support. Jack is visited by Frankie's ghost, who convinces him to go on living. The two say a final goodbye and Jack wakes up. He later has a relationship with Breda McQueen, not knowing that she is a serial killer. Casting McKenna is the serial's second longest serving cast member having appeared consecutively since 1996. The Daily Record initially said he'd been "drafted in to quicken the pace" of the soap. McKenna started soon after Nick Pickard who said McKenna joined "about 20 or 30 episodes" later with Pickard starting "in October and he [McKenna] came in at Christmas". Development Characterisation Lucy Allan described him as "Jack the hero!" The Daily Record described him as "an ex-copper who takes no nonsense from his regulars – although most of them seem to be underage". Financial issues The Osbornes suffered financial crisis when Darren's gambling addiction grew out of control. It was announced that Jack would fake his own death to claim on the life insurance. Darren found Jack about to commit suicide, before finding the body of Eamon Fisher. Darren and Jack decide to fake Jack's death, which Jack reluctantly agreed to. A