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QUOTES ABOUT NASH & JESSICA

From Dena Higley (Former Headwriter of OLTL)

"Nash is a one-woman guy, and that's part of the problem. He really wishes that he didn't have this myopic vision that there is only one woman in the world for him and he can't have her. As Jess becomes more and more Tess-like, instead of comforting Nash, it makes him furious, because all of that energy that Tess represents is now being directed toward Antonio!" -- Dena Higley (then-headwriter), SID 12/5/06

(about Nash) "Tess is starting to fade in his memory and he's starting to see this new person. He never would have fallen in love with the old Jessica, but this new version of Jessica is like Tess, but with compassion. We're starting from zero with this couple." -- Dena Higley (then-headwrither), SOW 1/9/07

"I think I speak for the audience when I say that our rooting interest is with Nash and Jessica." -- Dena Higley (then-headwriter), SID 2/13/07

(on Jessica, Nash and Antonio's Valentine's Day episode segment) "They are in a Wuthering Heights type story. We felt that Jessica's current storyline, in which she is torn between two men -- her husband and her child's father -- played perfectly into the classic tale of Catherine, Heathcliff and Edgar." -- Dena Higley (then-headwriter), SID 2/27/07

From Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio)

(on who will win Jessica, Nash or Antonio) "We'll see. I think that's going to be left up to the fans. May the best man win." -- Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio), SOW 11/29/05

(regarding Jessica having office sex with Nash) "You know what killed me? The one that killed me was the other day when they were having sex at The Sun, and she turned around and wiped everything off the damn desk. ... I said, 'She never did that with me!'" -- Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio), Brokerage Event 4/28/07

From Ron Carlivati (Headwriter of OLTL)

(on why Nash and Jessica get married at the hospital) "As far as Nash is concerned, they didn't come this far just to lose each other now." -- Ron Carlivati (OLTL headwriter), SOD 7/17/07

"Nash and Jessica's plan is to have a proper wedding once Jess is out of the hospital. But as for if and where and when that will be, you'll have to stay tuned!" -- Ron Carlivati (OLTL headwriter), SOD 7/17/07

From Others

"My friends are all home now and basically don't have anything to do, so they watch TV. I was talking to my friend with other day and he knew the whole storyline with the Buchanans and he knew all about Jessica and Nash. He's like, 'This is awful! I know everything and now I have to keep watching it!'" -- Portia Reiners (ex-Britney), SOD 9/4/07

(on how OLTL wasted storyline potential by killing Nash) "Instead, after spending vaulable screen time torturing and finally reuniting the lovers, OLTL has left Jessica and Tess without a soul mate, and that's just tragic." -- Soap Opera Digest editorial, SOD 9/30/08

(naming Nash and Tess/Jessica as #38 on their list of Top 100 Soap Couples) "He fell for Tess, then Jess, then married a hybrid of both without ever facing bigamy charges, the lucky stiff." -- Soaps In Depth, 11/3/08