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By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.07.2002
Yeah. There are times when I feel that way. I was a little frustrated with my final scenes. I wanted her to come off better, but that wasn't good for the overall plot. Jamey honestly didn't know anything. She didn't know who Gaines was and she really didn't know what he was using this information for. So when she says this, I think a lot of viewers thought she was lying or making excuses.
Oh, and when Jamey finds out that Walsh gets killed, I thought that that was a big deal and I probably should have had a much bigger reaction. But because that scene isn't about me, I had to play it within that context.
I don't think it came off as inauthentic, though. A lot of people on the forums were wondering what was up with you too. There was even some talk of Walsh still being alive and you having some sort of special knowledge of that because your reaction was so subdued. A lot of people were wondering what was really going on between the two of you.
The way I understood it, he recruited me. He was a father figure to me. He took me under his wing and gave me this great job. That's how I played it.
On the Fox site, it says that Jamey was fired from Microsoft because of some security issue. Is that kind of information available to you before you go on the set?
No. Someone made all of that up later. They're going, "What would be a cool background for this character…oh, I know, she was fired from Microsoft!" That's all that is.
But it does explain why you'd be the mole -- because you're stuck in this job and you're smart enough to do all of this subterfuge…
Yeah, but that's just a coincidence. That background was written before the writers even knew I was the mole. When you think about it, everyone at CTU has a motive for being the mole.
I thought it was entirely possible that she was telling the truth about being unaware of what she was doing. A lot of so-called "terrorists" are brought into these organizations without even realizing who they're working for. They're told to deliver a box somewhere and they have no idea what's inside…
You know, that's exactly how Stephen described it to me. She really didn't know anything. She really needed some money and someone -- Gaines -- contacted me about tapping into the surveillance system and I had no idea about what the ramifications would be. And then once I did one job for him, he had me. So then he tried to get more information out of me. I say that in my defense, but it's never really proven.