and got the gun from the cop and stated "What you didn't know, is that I am tired of being the victim!" Reunited with Jake (1995) Because of all that Jake had done for her, she decided it was her turn to do something for him, by accompanying him to the funeral of his mother (who was shown in season one). There, she helped Jake deal with the trauma of the incident and took note of the stormy relationship between him and his brother Jess. She and Jake slept together again but only once. After driving home with Jake, Jo laid low for a few weeks. But things heated up again when Jess Hansen moved to Los Angeles with a sinister agenda. Jo felt his pain when Jake shut him out of his apartment at Melrose Place, so she lent him her couch and became attracted to him. Their attraction was a lightning bolt of a relationship, having sex in the alley ways behind bars, sex on bookshelves, and all the while, she was afraid to tell Jake, because it would damage their relationship. Jake eventually did find out, and wanting to protect Jo, he and his brother had a feud that ended when his brother hired men to kill him. Jo knew nothing of this. She continued her affair with Jess but kept a close watch on Jake. Jess became irrational and never let her spend time with her friends, causing her to stress the relationship. Finally, when Jess intended to propose to her, she told him that they may have needed to take some time to really think about their relationship. Jess wasn't as impressed, and in a fit of rage, assaulted Jo before fleeing the scene. When Jake discovered the truth, he knew that Jess wanted to steal Jo away from him the whole time. The two got in a fight that ended with Jess falling to his death. Jo was shock after all this. Aside from the beating and Melrose Place being blown to bits by Kimberly Shaw, the unstable doctor who kidnapped her child, she was alone and afraid. She and Jake made amends and became involved again. She and Jake were going very well, but her friendship with Jane was not. Jo knew that Jane was only marrying Richard Hart, a very successful designer, for money. Jo told Richard everything, tarnishing Jane's relationship with