Jessica was a lot quicker to catch on, this time, as she happened to catch Chester in a hotel with a mistress.
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However, this might've been a bad choice, as Chester soon after was lured back to his old philandering ways, by ANOTHER secretary from another company (and presumably other women as well). Donohue later found evidence that Chester had been killed in a train wreck, and the two began a relationship, only for Chester (who was still alive), to regain his memory and return home, forcing Jessica to choose between the two. Donohue to find Chester, but the two developed feelings for each other. It later turned out Chester had a brain tumor, which explained everything, but surgery to remove the tumor left Chester with amnesia. Chester, upon learning about Jessica and Peter was horrified about their affair, but, at the same time, understood how Jessica felt about his affairs and swore off any further affairs (for the time being), to support Jessica throughout the murder trial.ĭespite Chester's support, Jessica was found guilty of murder, but suddenly Chester confessed to the murder, claiming to have somehow forgotten about it, until a recent suicide attempt spurred his memory. Eventually all evidence pointed to Jessica, who was arrested and tried for the murder. That night, Peter was murdered under very suspicious circumstances. Jessica had had a brief affair with tennis-instructor Peter Campbell, mainly because she was lonely, but then had a scuffle with him, upon finding out he was seeing many other women as well. In fact, it was Jessica who had hired Saunders. His replacement, Saunders, also liked Jessica and would place her on a pedestal, as opposed to Chester, whom he despised. Benson, their first cook-butler, adored her, and had made it no secret that she was his best friend. Unlike Chester, who was so obnoxious that nobody really liked him, their servants adored Jessica. Later, she confronted Chester for his deceit and left him, only to return the next morning, deciding what's done was done, but she warned Chester it better be done. This devastated Jessica and she sobbed in her sister's arms. She saw Chester and his blackmailing secretary, Claire, kissing and necking over at another table. However, it finally sunk in on Jessica that he was nothing more than a cheater, when she witnessed him cheating on her during a lunch with her sister, Mary Campbell. Jessica was blissfully unaware of her husband's philandering (to some extent), and always looked the other way when the evidence was there, and buying his excuses as to where he was all night. The Tates had three children, Eunice and Billy, were their natural born children Corrine was revealed to have been adopted (her parents were Jessica's brother, Randolph Gatling, and his paramour, Ingrid Svenson, the family's former housekeeper). His father had stolen a large amount of money from her mother, and she demanded that Chester marry Jessica or else his father would be sitting in prison for embezzlement!Ĭhester married her, but years later, Chester proved he was as bad his father had been!
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When she was younger, she became involved with a pompous boy named Chester Tate, the son of a wealthy stock broker. However, she was that way due to her being sheltered and that made her more than a bit naïve towards the world. Anyone would have loved her, but despite her lovable nature, there were times where she was just plain daffy! To look at her, Jessica Tate was someone who was just absolutely sweet and lovable. She was played by actress Katherine Helmond. JESSICA TATE (nee Gatling) was one of the two principal characters on the serialized situation comedy Soap. Katherine Helmond as the lovably sweet (but daffy) Jessica Tate.