Jake Moon
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Jacob "Jake" Moon is a fictional character
from the BBC
soap opera
EastEnders
, played by Joel Beckett
, who appeared from 30 December 2004 as a regular character.
, as the second cousins
of Alfie
and Spencer
.
He was a witness to the murder of his boss Andy Hunter by Johnny Allen
. At that period of time, there was some animosity between Jake and Danny. Jake decided to resolve this situation by taking Danny to the flyover that Andy had been thrown from and explaining to his sibling that it could have easily been him that died. Jake was employed by Johnny for several months after this, along with Danny. Both of them were fired in June 2005 because a reformed Johnny decided they were a part of his former life as a gangland boss.
In what was originally to have been his exit storyline, Jake planned to flee Walford
with his brother on 8 July 2005 after the feud with former boss Johnny led to Danny setting fire to Johnny's house. Jake knew what Johnny would do to Danny and they planned to escape the area before Johnny could find them.
As Jake was saying goodbye to Chrissie Watts
, with whom he was on the brink of a relationship, he saw Johnny taking Danny away in his car. Johnny gave Jake a chance to leave, but Jake got into the car to stay with Danny. Johnny drove them to a forest and locked Jake in the car as he prepared to shoot Danny. Jake kicked through the car window to get to his brother and begged Johnny not to kill him. Jake played on Johnny's conscience and told him to kill him as well because Danny meant that much to him. The episode ended with Johnny raising the gun to them and their fate was not revealed. It was later revealed that Johnny let them go.
Jake reappeared on 2 September to finally try to make a go of things with Chrissie. He also told Johnny that he would not be starting trouble, and was there for personal reasons, and his ex-boss allowed him to stay. Meanwhile, Chrissie confessed to Jake that she murdered her husband, Den Watts
, whose body had been uncovered from the cellar of The Queen Victoria
pub several weeks before. Jake was devastated, but decided his love for Chrissie was too strong to let go, so they decided to make an escape after it became apparent that most people doubted Chrissie's innocence and that it was only a matter of time before vital evidence would pop up to put her in the frame. Both Jake and Chrissie were unaware that the confession was caught on CCTV at Johnny Allen's club, Scarlet.
Grant
and Phil Mitchell
returned to set free their sister Sam
, who had been framed by Chrissie for the killing. They beat up Johnny and stole the video tape of Chrissie's confession, and Chrissie was arrested as she and Jake were at the airport ready to flee abroad. Sam was set free and Chrissie imprisoned. After several visits, Jake promised never to ditch Chrissie, and he proposed marriage to her. Upon his next visit, Chrissie told Jake that she'd been doing a lot of thinking, and that she didn't want Jake to put his life on hold for as many years that she'd be inside. She told him she was going to plead guilty to murder and let Jake go. She made him promise that he'd never visit her again out of love.
After a short break, Jake was in the thick of it again as his great aunt Victoria died in December 2005.
On 21 March 2006 Jake was brought into the Scarlet nightclub and he was shocked to be greeted by his long absent brother who had returned to look after the club for Johnny, as Johnny was now living away from Walford. Danny revealed he was working for Johnny to make up for what he did before he left Walford. Jake shocked Danny by revealing their great aunt had died just before Christmas
. Danny then left Walford again and Jake warned him to be careful wherever he is.
A week later, Jake discovered Danny had been living in Johnny's mansion in Essex
, and tracked him down. He tried to persuade Danny to return with him to Walford but Danny said Johnny's home was also his home now. Jake realised Danny had become mentally unstable since his time away from Walford and that Johnny was just using him to do his dirty work. Danny then revealed that he owed Johnny a favour, and in order to gain his approval, he had to do something. Danny then showed Jake a mobile phone
recording of Dennis Rickman
being killed on New Year's Eve
2005. Jake was shocked when he realised Danny had killed Dennis on Johnny's orders. He tried to stop Danny from doing any more, and Danny knocked him unconscious.
Johnny had another task for Danny. Phil and Grant Mitchell had tracked Johnny down and wanted him to confess to Dennis's murder. When Johnny got them tied up, Danny marched the Mitchells into the nearby woods armed with a shotgun and spade with the intent to kill them. Just as he was about to kill Grant, Jake appeared with the pistol that Danny had dropped during the earlier struggle and, only meaning to shoot his brother in the arm or leg, fired a fatal shot. Danny was killed instantly. Jake buried him in the woods where he died, with only the spade to mark his grave. After Johnny was finally arrested for Dennis's murder, Jake took Johnny's daughter Ruby
back with him to Walford.
Since returning to Walford, Jake's behavior became erratic. He became obsessed with Ruby's welfare, perhaps in an effort to divert his emotions surrounding the death of Danny to another individual. Jake began to drink a lot of alcohol and considered suicide; however, the efforts of Grant Mitchell were effective in convincing Jake to live. He agreed to run the club for Ruby until she turned 18 in October 2006.
Jake and Carly Wicks
sparked up some sexual chemistry in August 2006. This started when Jake was serving Owen Turner
and Carly in the club. Owen became drunk and started to insult Carly after she agreed with Jake that Owen had had too many drinks. Owen came up to Carly but Jake came between them. This ended in a big fight between Jake and Carly and a drunken Owen. Owen then left the club. Jake landed on top of Carly and they began to kiss passionately. Soon after, they started to tear each other's clothes off and then had sex behind the bar. Later, Denise Fox and Kevin Wicks
walked in, looking for Denise's daughter Libby Fox
. They then left, not knowing that Jake and Carly were behind the bar. However, Jake ended the relationship after a week.
Jake employed Sean Slater
at Scarlet, but regretted his decision when Sean started dating Ruby. Sean started slacking off work with Ruby, and Jake also walked in on Sean with a brewery agent, Karin Jones. Sean's actions implied that he had just had sex
with Karin. Jake rightly guessed that Sean was using Ruby, only interested in her money. He and Sean became bitter enemies, but Sean successfully convinced a love-struck Ruby that he loved her and that Jake was out to cause trouble between them. Ruby even told Sean that it was Jake who had murdered Danny - giving Sean a hold over Jake.
Desperate to save Ruby from Sean's scheming, in October 2006 Jake turned to Johnny (who had been paying Jake to look after Ruby since he had been in prison) and told him what Sean was doing. Johnny told Jake he wanted to meet Sean to see for himself what he was like, so Jake gave Sean his own pass for visiting Johnny in prison. On the visit Sean confronted Johnny and ignored his threats, openly taunting him by telling him what he was doing to Ruby and telling him there was nothing Johnny or Jake could do to stop him. Johnny got worked up during this meeting and went to phone Jake to order him to kill Sean. As he lifted the receiver, he had a massive heart attack, and tried to whisper into the phone "Jake... kill him for me". This was misunderstood by his cellmate, Cahill, who presumed Johnny wanted Jake dead.
As Ruby prepared to celebrate her 18th birthday in Walford, she sacked Jake for causing trouble between Sean and Johnny. He finally lost patience with her, told her what he thought of her, took some money from the safe at Scarlet and packed his bags. As he walked out of Albert Square
for good, he was confronted by a sinister-looking stranger who asked if he was Jake Moon. Jake has not been seen since, and is presumed dead, although this is uncertain.
were axed from the show. However, producer Kate Harwood
gave Jake a reprieve, and the character subsequently took a short break from the show which coincided with Danny's exit and then returned. It was announced on 7 May 2006 that Beckett had quit the role to move on and further his career, and the character made his final appearance on 20 October 2006.
Fictional character
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from the BBC
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soap opera
Soap opera
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EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
, played by Joel Beckett
Joel Beckett
Joel Beckett is an English actor, best known for playing Jake Moon in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from December 2004 to October 2006 and as Lee in the British comedy series The Office...
, who appeared from 30 December 2004 as a regular character.
Storylines
Jake made his first appearance on 30 December 2004 with his brother, DannyDanny Moon
Daniel "Danny" Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jake Maskall. He made his first appearance on 30 December 2004...
, as the second cousins
Cousin chart
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of Alfie
Alfie Moon
Alfred William "Alfie" Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005...
and Spencer
Spencer Moon
Spencer Moon is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Christopher Parker between 2002 and 2005. Spencer is the brother of Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie.-Storylines:...
.
He was a witness to the murder of his boss Andy Hunter by Johnny Allen
Johnny Allen (EastEnders)
Jonathan "Johnny" Allen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Billy Murray.-Storylines:Johnny Allen was a businessman and retired gangster, who grew up in Walford but moved away to start up an empire of his own which he named J.A. Enterprises...
. At that period of time, there was some animosity between Jake and Danny. Jake decided to resolve this situation by taking Danny to the flyover that Andy had been thrown from and explaining to his sibling that it could have easily been him that died. Jake was employed by Johnny for several months after this, along with Danny. Both of them were fired in June 2005 because a reformed Johnny decided they were a part of his former life as a gangland boss.
In what was originally to have been his exit storyline, Jake planned to flee Walford
Walford
Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where one of the series' creators, Tony Holland, lived and a blend of Walthamstow, where Holland was born, and Stratford. The suffix 'ford' is also found throughout East...
with his brother on 8 July 2005 after the feud with former boss Johnny led to Danny setting fire to Johnny's house. Jake knew what Johnny would do to Danny and they planned to escape the area before Johnny could find them.
As Jake was saying goodbye to Chrissie Watts
Chrissie Watts
Christine "Chrissie" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tracy-Ann Oberman. She first appeared in April 2004 as the second wife of the show's "most enduring character", Den Watts, becoming a prominent regular for the next 18 months...
, with whom he was on the brink of a relationship, he saw Johnny taking Danny away in his car. Johnny gave Jake a chance to leave, but Jake got into the car to stay with Danny. Johnny drove them to a forest and locked Jake in the car as he prepared to shoot Danny. Jake kicked through the car window to get to his brother and begged Johnny not to kill him. Jake played on Johnny's conscience and told him to kill him as well because Danny meant that much to him. The episode ended with Johnny raising the gun to them and their fate was not revealed. It was later revealed that Johnny let them go.
Jake reappeared on 2 September to finally try to make a go of things with Chrissie. He also told Johnny that he would not be starting trouble, and was there for personal reasons, and his ex-boss allowed him to stay. Meanwhile, Chrissie confessed to Jake that she murdered her husband, Den Watts
Den Watts
Dennis Alan "Den" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den"....
, whose body had been uncovered from the cellar of The Queen Victoria
The Queen Victoria
The Queen Victoria is a fictional Victorian public house in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. It has the fictional address of 46 Albert Square, Walford, London E20.-Appearance and development:...
pub several weeks before. Jake was devastated, but decided his love for Chrissie was too strong to let go, so they decided to make an escape after it became apparent that most people doubted Chrissie's innocence and that it was only a matter of time before vital evidence would pop up to put her in the frame. Both Jake and Chrissie were unaware that the confession was caught on CCTV at Johnny Allen's club, Scarlet.
Grant
Grant Mitchell (EastEnders)
Grant Anthony Mitchell is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders, played by Ross Kemp. Grant first appeared in 1990, introduced by producer Michael Ferguson to revamp the show. Kemp remained until 1999 when he opted to leave...
and Phil Mitchell
Phil Mitchell
Philip James "Phil" Mitchell is a long-running fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden.Phil first arrived in Albert Square on 20 February 1990, and was soon joined by his brother, Grant, sister Sam and mother Peggy...
returned to set free their sister Sam
Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)
Samantha Margaret Priscilla "Sam" Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. The third member of the Mitchell family to be introduced, Sam entered as a 15-year-old school girl in July 1990, played by Danniella Westbrook. Westbrook quit in 1993, but was reintroduced...
, who had been framed by Chrissie for the killing. They beat up Johnny and stole the video tape of Chrissie's confession, and Chrissie was arrested as she and Jake were at the airport ready to flee abroad. Sam was set free and Chrissie imprisoned. After several visits, Jake promised never to ditch Chrissie, and he proposed marriage to her. Upon his next visit, Chrissie told Jake that she'd been doing a lot of thinking, and that she didn't want Jake to put his life on hold for as many years that she'd be inside. She told him she was going to plead guilty to murder and let Jake go. She made him promise that he'd never visit her again out of love.
After a short break, Jake was in the thick of it again as his great aunt Victoria died in December 2005.
On 21 March 2006 Jake was brought into the Scarlet nightclub and he was shocked to be greeted by his long absent brother who had returned to look after the club for Johnny, as Johnny was now living away from Walford. Danny revealed he was working for Johnny to make up for what he did before he left Walford. Jake shocked Danny by revealing their great aunt had died just before Christmas
Christmas
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. Danny then left Walford again and Jake warned him to be careful wherever he is.
A week later, Jake discovered Danny had been living in Johnny's mansion in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, and tracked him down. He tried to persuade Danny to return with him to Walford but Danny said Johnny's home was also his home now. Jake realised Danny had become mentally unstable since his time away from Walford and that Johnny was just using him to do his dirty work. Danny then revealed that he owed Johnny a favour, and in order to gain his approval, he had to do something. Danny then showed Jake a mobile phone
Mobile phone
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recording of Dennis Rickman
Dennis Rickman
Dennis Rickman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nigel Harman. He entered the show on 14 April 2003 and made his last appearance on 30 December 2005, when he was fatally stabbed as the midnight fireworks began. He is part of the Watts family, though his...
being killed on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
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2005. Jake was shocked when he realised Danny had killed Dennis on Johnny's orders. He tried to stop Danny from doing any more, and Danny knocked him unconscious.
Johnny had another task for Danny. Phil and Grant Mitchell had tracked Johnny down and wanted him to confess to Dennis's murder. When Johnny got them tied up, Danny marched the Mitchells into the nearby woods armed with a shotgun and spade with the intent to kill them. Just as he was about to kill Grant, Jake appeared with the pistol that Danny had dropped during the earlier struggle and, only meaning to shoot his brother in the arm or leg, fired a fatal shot. Danny was killed instantly. Jake buried him in the woods where he died, with only the spade to mark his grave. After Johnny was finally arrested for Dennis's murder, Jake took Johnny's daughter Ruby
Ruby Allen
Ruby Allen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Louisa Lytton. Her first appearance was on 18 March 2005 and her last was on 23 November 2006....
back with him to Walford.
Since returning to Walford, Jake's behavior became erratic. He became obsessed with Ruby's welfare, perhaps in an effort to divert his emotions surrounding the death of Danny to another individual. Jake began to drink a lot of alcohol and considered suicide; however, the efforts of Grant Mitchell were effective in convincing Jake to live. He agreed to run the club for Ruby until she turned 18 in October 2006.
Jake and Carly Wicks
Carly Wicks
Carly Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kellie Shirley, and by Michaela Stephen in a home movie the Wickses watched on 23 April 2007. She made her first appearance on 17 February 2006. Carly was axed from the serial after Phil Daniels quit. Carly is...
sparked up some sexual chemistry in August 2006. This started when Jake was serving Owen Turner
Owen Turner
Owen Turner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Lee Ross. He originally appeared in the show in 2006, and then returned in 2009. His character left in 2009 after being murdered by Lucas Johnson.-Storylines:...
and Carly in the club. Owen became drunk and started to insult Carly after she agreed with Jake that Owen had had too many drinks. Owen came up to Carly but Jake came between them. This ended in a big fight between Jake and Carly and a drunken Owen. Owen then left the club. Jake landed on top of Carly and they began to kiss passionately. Soon after, they started to tear each other's clothes off and then had sex behind the bar. Later, Denise Fox and Kevin Wicks
Kevin Wicks
Kevin Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Phil Daniels. He made his first appearance on 17 February 2006...
walked in, looking for Denise's daughter Libby Fox
Libby Fox
Elizabeth "Libby" Fox is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Belinda Owusu. She made her first appearance on 22 May 2006 and left in 2010. She is the daughter of Denise Fox and Owen Turner, and half sister of Chelsea Fox. The Fox family were introduced by executive...
. They then left, not knowing that Jake and Carly were behind the bar. However, Jake ended the relationship after a week.
Jake employed Sean Slater
Sean Slater
Sean Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Robert Kazinsky. Sean left the Square temporarily on 27 March 2007, as Kazinsky was suspended from work for two months. He returned on 28 May 2007...
at Scarlet, but regretted his decision when Sean started dating Ruby. Sean started slacking off work with Ruby, and Jake also walked in on Sean with a brewery agent, Karin Jones. Sean's actions implied that he had just had sex
Sexual intercourse
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with Karin. Jake rightly guessed that Sean was using Ruby, only interested in her money. He and Sean became bitter enemies, but Sean successfully convinced a love-struck Ruby that he loved her and that Jake was out to cause trouble between them. Ruby even told Sean that it was Jake who had murdered Danny - giving Sean a hold over Jake.
Desperate to save Ruby from Sean's scheming, in October 2006 Jake turned to Johnny (who had been paying Jake to look after Ruby since he had been in prison) and told him what Sean was doing. Johnny told Jake he wanted to meet Sean to see for himself what he was like, so Jake gave Sean his own pass for visiting Johnny in prison. On the visit Sean confronted Johnny and ignored his threats, openly taunting him by telling him what he was doing to Ruby and telling him there was nothing Johnny or Jake could do to stop him. Johnny got worked up during this meeting and went to phone Jake to order him to kill Sean. As he lifted the receiver, he had a massive heart attack, and tried to whisper into the phone "Jake... kill him for me". This was misunderstood by his cellmate, Cahill, who presumed Johnny wanted Jake dead.
As Ruby prepared to celebrate her 18th birthday in Walford, she sacked Jake for causing trouble between Sean and Johnny. He finally lost patience with her, told her what he thought of her, took some money from the safe at Scarlet and packed his bags. As he walked out of Albert Square
Albert Square
Albert Square is the fictional location of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. The square's design was based on the real life Fassett Square in Hackney, and was given the name Albert Square after the real...
for good, he was confronted by a sinister-looking stranger who asked if he was Jake Moon. Jake has not been seen since, and is presumed dead, although this is uncertain.
Creation and development
The character's arrival was announced on 20 October 2004, and Beckett was quoted as saying "I've watched the programme since the beginning and I'm very excited to be joining such a successful television institution". Three months after their on-screen arrival, Jake and his brother DannyDanny Moon
Daniel "Danny" Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jake Maskall. He made his first appearance on 30 December 2004...
were axed from the show. However, producer Kate Harwood
Kate Harwood
Kate Harwood is a British television producer. She is currently the Head of Series and Serials at the BBC.-Early life:Kate graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama before becoming an Arts Council Trainee director with Century Theatre and then Literary Manager of the Royal...
gave Jake a reprieve, and the character subsequently took a short break from the show which coincided with Danny's exit and then returned. It was announced on 7 May 2006 that Beckett had quit the role to move on and further his career, and the character made his final appearance on 20 October 2006.