Jesse

'Jesse' was the adoptive name of a genetically-engineered alien warrior who, as a result of several crimes on his home-world, was sentenced to exile on Earth.

Transformed into a human form, he was to remain on Earth and live among humanity, with his purpose to curb his violent tendencies and learn compassion by performing worthwhile tasks for them - with the positive outcome been that his banishment would end and he would be allowed to return home if successful.

He was portrayed by Martin Kove.

Origins and Exile
The alien who would later take the name Jesse was 'created' on a far off world, with his creators been involved in a galactic war known as "the Great Anterian Conflict". To help them win the war, the Grand Council genetically engineered strong and aggressive warriors to fight for them. 'Jesse' was one of these warriors, with his actions during the conflict helping secure a victory for his creators and earning him recognition as a war hero. After the conflict's end, the warrior started a family of his own but his violent nature did not subside - with him committing several actions of disobedience and destruction including brawling in a pleasure centre, clashing with authorities and destroying an entire settlement before leading a rebellion against the Grand Council. His rebellion failed, however, and he was captured and put on trial.

Although some of the council declared their wish for the warrior to be terminated, others reminded them of his heroic deeds during the Great Anterian conflict as well as pointing out the fact that the Grand Council made him what he is. A decision was reached, with the warrior's sentence been for him to be exiled to Earth (referred to by the Grand Council as a 'primitive world), be transformed into a human body and to live among humanity; doing penance by performing worthwhile tasks for them. The warrior's life in human form would be maintained by a crystal worn by the warrior, with the Council warning him not to lose it as he would slowly grow weaker and eventually die if he did not recover it.

A correctional unit known as Control was also assigned to the warrior, with Control's job to provide information to the warrior about Earth to help him survive (without providing assistance if the Warrior got into any trouble) and also to provide reports to the Grand Council regarding the warrior's progress - with the Grand Council explaining that if Control's reports showed that the warrior's violent tendencies and rebellious attitude had changed, they may overrule his sentence and allow him to return home. Before the sentence would begin, the Council asked the Warrior to kneel in humility, with the Warrior instead letting off an angered roar - to which the council began the sentence immediatley.

The warrior was transformed to human form (with no clothes on), had his mind adjusted so he could understand/speak English and teleported to Earth - landing in California, USA during a thunderstorm. Taking refuge in a closed gas station and putting on some clothes belonging to a mechanic called Jesse (with the Warrior adopting the name as his own), he was shown by Control how to drive a truck as well as how to use a television. Control left shortly after to head to Los Angeles, to find somewhere suitable for Jesse to stay while Jesse remained behind to learn more about humanity by watching the television. However, Jesse was forced to flee in the truck after fending off some officers who had arrived and tried to arrest him for breaking and entering. In the process, Jesse accidentally left his crystal behind and became lost - leaving him unable to retrieve it. After driving around the next day, he came across a woman named Karen who was hanging on due to her truck hanging over the edge of a cliff. After initially yelling at her to tell him where he was, he helped save her when her truck started to roll over the edge - holding onto it and allowing her enough time to get to safety before convincing Jesse to let it go as it was old and insured. After helping him recover from a brief faint, Karen explained to him that he was 120 miles away from Los Angeles and that he could reach the city by travelling on Highway 10 - leaving him her name and number to contact if he needed help; both due to Jesse refusing to go to the hospital despite his weakened state and as a thank you for saving her.

While heading to Los Angeles, Jesse was pursued by the police following Jesse breaking and entering and stealing the truck, although he managed to lose them despite crashing through a chicken ranch. Reaching the city, he was pursued by more police units before finally coming to a stop on the Gerald Desmond Bridge due to his weakened state. Despite the Police Cheif's attempt to calm him down due to Jesse shouting wearily for Control, Jesse resisted been arrested before jumping off the bridge - managing to hang on to a beam underneath, out of sight of the police. As the police moved on to stop a barge that was travelling under the bridge at the time (thinking Jesse fell onboard), Jesse is confronted by Control - who has recovered Jesse's crystal from the gas station but can neither give him or back or let Jesse die as he will fail his assignment. Following a solution by Jesse, however, Control puts the crystal on the beam out of Jesse's reach - with Jesse having enough strength to scramble across and retrieve it; thus saving both of them from failing their assignments.

Both Jesse and Control have a talk, with Control reminding him that their individual goals (Control succeeding on his first assignment and Jesse returning home) can only be achieved by helping each other despite Jesse's reluctance to the fact. With his picture over the news, Jesse steals a Clint Eastwood suit (along with the mannequin it was on) to change into before ringing Karen from a payphone for help; accidentally breaking the payphone after he ends his conversation. While waiting for Karen to show up, however, a Jewellry robbery begins to take place across the street as a woman and three men begin to rob the store. The robbery is watched by Jesse, who intervenes when one of the men threatens the life of a customer - remembering what Control said about helping humans if he wants to get back home. Defeating two of the men in combat, he chases the woman and third man to a car behind the store, grabbing on as it drives away. He is soon thrown off but the car drives down a dead end and has to turn around, giving Jesse time to grab a wooden beam from a nearby construction sight and throw it through the car windscreen - casing the car to crash and allowing the theives to be captured.

Returning to the scene of the crime, Jesse watches the store staff talking to the Police about him. When Karen arrives and sees him, however, she accidentally gives him away by shouting for him, with Jesse only saved from been shot thanks to Control stopping time to allow him to flee. Talking to Control later, who himself was lamenting how he had breached his protocol relating not saving Jesse's life, Jesse complained that he couldn't change who he was - with Control pointing out he had already begun to change by helping some people; adding that this was because Jesse was developing more emotions and pointing out that it was something positive to put into his report. Control also pointed out that he had been analysing the planet more and had many things to tell Jesse about Earth to help him settle in.

Money Trouble
(TBA)

Loss of Control
(TBA)

Helping the Young
While walking through a neighbourhood, Jesse witnesses an elderly man been attacked by three thugs and - at Control's request - fends them off, with the man offering Jesse a job mowing his lawn, During this job, he meets Erin - a teenager whose father and stepmother have kicked out as a form of 'tough love' due to Erin's behaviour (including lying, stealing, doing drugs and skipping school), although when Jesse and Erin talk later at a diner, Erin claims that her stepmother's rules were too strict to the point where she felt like she was in prison. When two police officers arrive - Officer Stoff and Officer Rollman - Erin leaves, with Jesse unable to pay for the meal and having to flee from the police. Feeling guilty for her actions, Erin helps Jesse escape and leads him to a hideout in an abandoned church for her and other homeless/runaway kids.

When seeing how Erin and the other children earn money, Jesse is distrubed to see that Officers Stoff and Rollman are both crooked cops who are using the homeless children to rob houses and other places. With his warrior skills no use in the situation, Jesse resolves to try and help Erin and her family solve their issues and reunite. His first attempt to recover Erin is thwarted due to the corrupt officers - who chase him onto the roof of the church and unsuccessfully try to shoot him, with the officers later planning with Erin to steal industrial diamonds from her Dad's workplace.

Visiting her parents house, Jesse explains what Erin is doing and that he would like to help with 'negotiating' Erin's return home - telling Erin when he eventually finds her. The negotiation between Erin and her family fails, however, with Erin storming out and angrily stealing one of her Dad's keys to help the crooked cops steal industrial diamonds. When Jesse meets her the next day and talks to her, Hesse uses his own situation to convince her to change, stating "if we don't learn to live within the rules, there's no place for people like us". Taking his words to heart, Erin reveals what the police are planning to do, with her and Jesse heading to her father's work to help her dad and stop the theft.

Their attempt almost fails when the crooked cops catch Jesse and force the kids to carry on with the crime. Thanks to a Taxi driver ringing the police when Jesse and Erin didn't pay him, however, the crooked cops decide to flee with Erin and her father in a helicopter; injuring one of the two homeless boys and knocking Jesse out before handcuffing him to a pickup truck. Jesse wakes up, however, and pulls the truck towards the helicopter before grabbing onto it and using his strength to keep it down until the second Police unit arrives. With the corrupt cops arrested, Erin returns happily to her family - with Jesse expressing his envy to Control about himself been so far from home, although Control expresses hope that someday Jesse will return.

Serving a Country
(TBA)

Surviving Assassination
(TBA)

Dating Decisions
(TBA)

Sport Star
(TBA)

Human Image
(TBA)

Rodeo Show
(TBA)

Communication Error
(TBA)

Aliens Among Us
(TBA)

Wish Come True
(TBA)

Personality
Information is revealed about Jesse's life throughout the series. It's stated that he left home at a young age due to preparing for the war, he had been in many battles and led a battle-group to victory at a location called Zeneb. After the war's end, he was decorated as a hero for his actions and managed to start a family, but found that most others didn't care about what he or his fellow warriors had done - with him been surprised during his time in exile that a similar situation occurs to soldiers on Earth. It's also implied that racism may not happen on Jesse's world - as he points out during a conversation with an African American woman that where he was raised, "the colour of one's face had no meaning" (although he adds "we had no faces", which raises more questions about what his biology was before his transformation into a human form).

Upon his exile to Earth, Jesse was headstrong and independent with few emotions. He was also quick to anger and become frustrated, often taking out these frustrations on Control. He is also rather stubborn and self-defeatist, due to initially believing that he is incapable of changing his ways despite vowing to return home to his family. As time went on and he spent more time with humanity, however, he began to develop a more caring attitude and actively began to change himself from his violent beginnings.

Jesse is shown to find humans repulsive in appearance, including his own human form, although Control assures him he'll get used to it. Before leaving Karen, for instance, he apologizes for her 'being so ugly' - with Karen shouting after him "Well - next time, I'll wear makeup!". He also struggles with many aspects of human culture and how humanity functions, which is made more confusing by Control getting his information wrong or using information that is out of date.

Powers/Abilities
In his original form, his body was humanoid and covered in armour for his role as a warrior. He was shown to be large and strong, with no ability to feel physical pain.

Upon becoming human, he retained his great strength, agility and combat skills - been able to lift up and throw objects heavier than a human could lift on their own and been able to overpower even multiple humans with ease.

Weaknesses
Jesse's aggressive and headstrong nature is arguably his greatest weakeness, as it can often get him into trouble and was the main reason why he was exiled to Earth in the first place. As a result of being in a human body, Jesse is now vulnerable to been in physical pain. A further disadvantage of this is that Jesse is just as vulnerable to human weapons such as guns, with him either having to work out a way to avoid getting shot, surrendering or having help from someone else - such as when Control saved him from getting shot by temporarily freezing time. If Jesse loses the crystal that maintains his life essense in his human form, he will slowly grow weaker and weaker until death unless he recovers it.