Jal's episode wasn't my favourite the first time I saw it. She seemed so moody and uptight, it was impossible to imagine her having any fun. Looking at it now though Jal's episode does have a lot going for it. Unlike the other characters she is actually very focused and driven, she knows what she wants and she doesn't let herself get distracted. She's clearly not at the best school and yet she has the talent. Jal and Cassie seem to be the only two characters too not in awe of Tony, which hints at a level of intelligence the other characters may lack. There's a nice bit comedy when Jal brings Sid into a women's clothes shop. Sid also hints that they may be more alike than she'd like to think. It's when you get into Jal's homelife though that you start to really get into her character. Her father is also in the music business but offers her no support, it's insane how hard he is on her, little wonder she's so uptight and sulky, meanwhile her mother his nowhere to be seen. The episode though does drain a lot of the life out the of the show, there's just no energy in some of the scenes of Jal and her dad. We also kind of see Michelle at her shallowest and insecure here too in this episode.
