Jonathan Randall and Tammy Winslow

Jonathan Randall and Tammy Layne Winslow Randall, portrayed by Tom Pelphrey and Stephanie Gatschet, were a couple on the American soap opera Guiding Light. The pair, often referred to by the portmanteau "Jammy" (for Jonathan and Tammy), were one of Guiding Light's most popular couples because of the intense chemistry shared by the actors, and also one of the most controversial as the characters were first half-cousins.

Storyline

Jonathan Randall and Tammy Winslow met when Jonathan arrived in Springfield as "JB." Tammy had just broken up with her boyfriend and JB made many attempts to flirt with her. At the same time, Sandy Foster, who was believed to be Reva's son, Jonathan, was having flashbacks of his friend, the real Jonathan Randall, flashbacks centered around Jonathan's death when he fell from a cliff, despite Sandy's attempt to rescue him. When Tammy's boyfriend had finally left, JB took advantage of the situation and attempted to seduce Tammy, knowing full well he was the real Jonathan Randall, Tammy's cousin. However, no one knew this, especially not Tammy. Luckily, the pair was interrupted by Reva, who took an immediate dislike to JB. Later, a dangerous JB returned to Tammy, but she decided to wait to have sex.

Not long after, Sandy was seriously injured after being struck by a car. Comatose and in need of a transplant, JB menacingly sneaked into Sandy's room, telling his "friend" that he was there and was with Reva when she learned Sandy was not her biological son. In the meantime, while Sandy was recovering from liver transplant surgery (when Reva donated part of her liver to save his life), he received several visits from a very menacing Jonathan, facing the man who purposely left him to die. Wanting to make sure Sandy remained unconscious, a devious Jonathan fed him morphine drips. At the same time, Reva was trying to locate information on Jonathan. Believing the information could be in Sandy's laptop, Reva asked Tammy to get it. But Jonathan volunteered to get it for Tammy, and unbeknownst to everyone planted a letter that implied that Sandy had killed Jonathan.

In the meantime, Tammy was falling more and more under JB's spell and the night he planned to seduce her, he and Tammy went to visit Sandy, who was shocked to see Jonathan alive and well. With Tammy out of the room Jonathan not-so-subtly revealed to Sandy that he and Tammy were going to have sex. Then to make sure nothing went wrong with his plan, he bound Sandy, disconnected his phone and call button, and even had a nurse drug Reva who was being released that day. So, that night, Jonathan went ahead with his diabolical plan--he seduced his virginal cousin Tammy in order to get revenge on his family. Although Sandy was finally able to contact Reva, by the time they found Jonathan and Tammy it was too late; they'd made love. A day later, Reva arrived home to find Jonathan waiting for her. When Jonathan proudly admitted he slept with Tammy. Reva was furious and disgusted. However, when he revealed that he slept with Tammy to hurt Reva more than she hurt him, Reva began to see that she had a hand in making her son a bitter, angry, and damaged person. Tammy was devastated by the events and shunned Jonathan, who always managed to find a way to get to her.

Later, that spring, Tammy informed Jonathan that she was no longer afraid of him, but she determined to keep him from coming between her Aunt Reva and Uncle Josh. As they argued, Jonathan spotted a father angrily berating his little boy. Reminded of his own childhood, he angrily confronted the violent dad. When a security guard intervened, Tammy came to Jonathan’s defense. The next day, Reva informed Jonathan that he had to move out of the house. Although he tried to manipulate her into changing her mind but for the first time, he was unsuccessful at getting under her skin. Later, now living at the Springfield Inn, Jonathan became a hero by saving Tammy's life in a fire. Later, Tammy challenged Jonathan to do something positive with his life, and deciding to reinsert himself into the family, Jonathan asked Josh for a job in the family business.

Later, Jonathan was dealing with issues stemming from the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his adoptive father, Alfred Randall, who came to Springfield under the alias of "Nate." Nate continually told Jonathan that the Lewis' would never accept him and that he was a nobody. The pressure that Nate had been putting on Jonathan finally became too much to bear and he unloaded months of pent up aggression on Tammy. In an emotional exchange, Tammy admitted that she was inexplicably drawn to Jonathan. When a desperate Jonathan then reached out to her, he was stung when she revealed that she'd always choose Sandy over him. Enraged and humiliated, Jonathan headed for the bar where he targeted an unknown girl and introduced himself as Sandy. He then brought her to Sandy's room and later when she was getting dressed, he pocketed her earrings and left them for Tammy to find.

Jonathan then stole money from Lewis Construction, foiling Nate's plans to get a hold of that money. It didn't take long for everyone to realize Jonathan had the money and Nate tried to pressure Jonathan to give him the money by pushing a water-phobic Jonathan, into the water. Luckily, Tammy came across a drowning Jonathan and saved him. Far from grateful, Jonathan believed that she should have just let him drown and walked off. With everyone looking for Jonathan, he finally showed up at Tammy's doorstep asking for a place to hide. Tammy offered to let him take a shower, but then seemingly betrayed him by telling Reva where he was. When Reva and others arrived, Jonathan, attempted to tell everyone that his adopted father (who was in town masquerading as a bar owner named Nate) murdered his adoptive mother, Marissa. After being accused of helping to cause Marissa's death, Jonathan angrily took off but came back to Tammy's to confront her about the way she gave him away.

During the discussion, Tammy insisted that she was only trying to help him. The moment, like so many others, became passionate the pair kissed. Suddenly realizing what she was doing, Tammy pulled back and ran off. Jonathan finally made an agreement with Sandy to leave town for money. Unfortunately that same day, another attempt by Reva to trap Nate resulted in Tammy getting kidnapped. Jonathan went to the docks and told Nate he'd go with him in exchange for Tammy's freedom. Though Tammy made an emotional pitch for Jonathan to stay and say goodbye to his father for good, Jonathan couldn't bring himself to leave Nate’s side. He was forced to be deliberately cruel to Tammy in order to get her off the boat. Heartbroken, Tammy gave Jonathan her locket and left. Jonathan eventually escaped and Nate was killed.

In the meantime Tammy was continuing her relationship with Sandy and, though she leaned on Jonathan as she learned more about Sandy's mysterious past. Later an argument lead Jonathan to blurt his feelings for Tammy and before she could respond, he pulled her into a kiss. The impulsive kiss heated up when he confessed that he didn’t want to fight the attraction between them anymore. Though deeply tempted to give in to her own feelings, she resisted and pushed him away.

Soon after, Jonathan met Tammy at the Jessup farm where she confessed that Sandy was going to propose and that she intended to say yes. The heat between Tammy and Jonathan was undeniable, however and though she tried to fight it, they begin to kiss. The couple then began to make love, but were interrupted by an urgent call for Tammy telling her Sandy had been electrocuted. Feeling extremely guilty, Tammy told Jonathan that she could not give in to her feelings for him. Although Jonathan tried to convince her that they couldn't deny their feelings, Tammy was resolved to stick by Sandy. However, Jonathan soon discovered that Sandy was already married to Ava Peralta which he announced at Sandy and Tammy's wedding ceremony.

Distraught, Tammy ran out of the church and came face to face with Jonathan who whisked her away. Tammy and Jonathan’s escape from her fiasco of a wedding took them to Towers, where they had their own private reception as they apologized for hurting each other in the past. They then took off for her honeymoon cabin in the woods, where Jonathan carried the bride over the threshold and their desire for one another heated up. Unfortunately, they were interrupted again by Tammy's cell phone. Although Jonathan wanted to ignore it, Tammy insisted on settling her past with Sandy before moving forward. Afterwards, Jonathan convinced Tammy to run away with him. Although she agreed, he was heartbroken when she disappeared and apparently went to see Sandy. Thinking she'd chosen Sandy over him again, an angry Jonathan refused to take her calls. Convinced he’d lost Tammy, he broke into her empty dream-house and prepared to set it on fire.

Only Tammy’s arrival and confession that she couldn’t imagine spending her life with anyone but him, kept Jonathan from doing something drastic. Unfortunately, the torch he was holding accidentally dropped and ended up burning the house down after all. Later, Jonathan was disconcerted when Tammy refused to tell anyone they were involved. Thinking she was ashamed of him, he confronted her only to learn she wasn't ashamed--she was afraid. To demonstrate that there's only one way to deal with fear, head on, Jonathan jumped off the pier into the water. After Tammy pulled him out, she agreed to give the courage thing a shot. As they began to make love in the boathouse, they were interrupted.

The pair continued to have secret rendezvous as Tammy was still afraid of how her family would react to their romance. Unfortunately, they were discovered by the entire family. Cassie freaked, assuming her nephew was attacking her daughter but was stunned when Tammy announced it was consensual. Although Cassie gave Tammy a choice between her family or Jonathan--Tammy chose Jonathan. That night, Jonathan urged Tammy to call Cassie, put all the blame on him and asked to come home. But Tammy refused, reminding him that they were in this together. They planned to run away together but ended up returning for Christmas. The day after, Tammy publicly announced to the world that she loved Jonathan. Just then, though, the cops arrived. Thanks to Cassie, Jonathan under arrest for arson. When Tammy spoke up that she was there, she was arrested as well.

Cassie did everything she could to keep Jonathan in jail and away from Tammy. However, Reva was able to get him bail under the condition that her son take anger management classes. Jonathan moved in with Reva, who was also housing Tammy. Tammy and Jonathan finally had an honest conversation about what being half-cousins really meant to their relationship and decided that having one grandmother in common didn’t matter and, to prove it, the pair went out on their first ever real date. Unfortunately, while at Towers, they ran into Cassie and Jeffrey. Though Jonathan urged Tammy not to let her mother get to her, but, with Cassie glaring across the room, Jonathan cracked and decided to confront her. He very politely asked her to dance and on the dance floor they, while appearing civil, argued about who was hurting Tammy.

Jonathan's arson charges were dropped with Sandy unexpectedly claimed he accidentally set the fire. Soon after, Cassie told Tammy about Jonathan's blackmail attempt. Tammy confronted Jonathan who not only admitted it but declared that he'd do it again. He reminded her that he was willing to flatten anyone who might get in the way of the two of them. Later, Jonathan learned that Tammy had been expelled from college because of the arson charges and attempted to talk the dean into letting her back in. Unfortunately, Jonathan's persuasive arguments came out as intimidation and the dean wouldn’t budge. That is for Jonathan; Sandy had no problem getting the dean to allow Tammy back in.

Sandy continued to be a thorn in the couple's side though they tried to work through it. The pair exchanged private vows to always be together, and finally make love. Afterwards, Jonathan assured her that Sandy would never be a problem for the two of them again. This resulted in a showdown between the rivals with Tammy in attendance. Tammy was offering to run away with Sandy (to protect Jonathan). But, as soon as Tammy looked at Jonathan, Sandy realized he’s the one she loved. He grabbed Tammy and warned Jonathan that if he took another step, they’d both going over the cliff. Jonathan begged Sandy to let Tammy go, and Sandy agreed - as long as Jonathan took her place. Jonathan agreed and the pair faced off, just like they did years earlier. A fistfight ensued which left Jonathan holding Sandy by the collar, but Reva’s arrival distracted him long enough for Sandy to get free and gain the upper hand. As he was about to toss Jonathan off the cliff, Reva tried to get through by reminding Sandy that she loved him like a son once, and loved him still. But Sandy was determined to finish Jonathan off so Tammy threw herself at Sandy to save Jonathan, but ended up pushing too hard and sent Sandy careening off the cliff to his death.

That same night, Cassie tricked Tammy and locked her in the morgue with Sandy’s body. Alone with the boy she once loved, Tammy remembered the good Sandy. At that point, Jonathan came to the rescue and Tammy asked him to take her back to the cliffside. There, Tammy sobbed that everyone is trying to tell her it was Jonathan’s fault the three of them ended up on that cliff, but Tammy stated she’s really the one to blame - because she couldn’t choose between the two men in her life soon enough. To alleviate her guilt, Jonathan finally admitted that he was the one who sabotaged Sandy's divorce and let him be arrested as a bigamist--thus all of this was his fault. Horrified that he put events in motion that led to her killing Sandy, Tammy railed against Jonathan and left. Although Jonathan asked Reva to back him up, she angered him by telling Tammy that she thinks the pair should stay apart after all. Desperate to get Tammy back, Jonathan entered in a deal with Lizzie--help him get Tammy back; he'd help her get Coop back.

When the couple thought they'd lost their loves forever, they turned to each other for a one night tryst. Lizzie soon discovered she was pregnant and realized she didn't know who the father was since she had been with Coop not long before.

Jonathan got a shock when Tammy arrived at his door saying she’d changed her mind—she wanted to be with him. However, Jonathan was a little upset that she’d left in the first place and refused to take her back. He even told her to take her stuff and move out. As Tammy was getting her things, she found a scarf (Lizzie’s) that didn’t belong to her. Jonathan dismissed it as a lost and found item, and then dismissed Tammy. Pushing forward, Tammy was determined to win Jonathan back. In the meantime, Cassie shocked Tammy by telling her she’d no longer stand in the way of her and Jonathan if they truly wanted to be together. That same day, Jonathan had a change of heart and he and Tammy reunited.

Weeks later, Jonathan was stunned when Tammy told him she suspected Lizzie was pregnant. He confronted Lizzie who informed him that she already knew she was pregnant with Coop’s baby when they slept together. However, he wasn’t totally sure she was telling the truth. Later, there was more talk of babies when he discovered Tammy had been doing some research on genetics. She told him she discovered that since they’re only half-cousins the risk of defects in their children was very small. She then quickly reassured him that children were far off in their future. However, thinking about Lizzie, Jonathan wasn’t so sure. Although he had serious doubts about how good a father he would be, he believed the child should be provided for.

Lizzie continued to try and win Coop back, blackmailing Jonathan into helping her. The plan eventually backfired and it came out that Jonathan was the father. Coop immediately left Lizzie but Tammy, though upset that Jonathan and Lizzie were together, hatefully accepted things and tried to help.

As Jonathan and Lizzie tried to be a family and even married to protect the baby from Lizzie's grandfather Alan. At first it was jsut a farce, but when Lizzie was disgonsed with preclampsia, and she and the baby almost died due to the fact Jon had been funning around with Tammy, he decided he needed ot try and make his marriage real. Tammy refused to accept this, and though pretended she was okay with it, she and Jonathan still went on with an affair behind Lizzie's back, which Mrs. Randall eventually found out about. Despite this, Lizzie fell in love with her husband and did everything possible to keep her husband away from Tammy. Because, in her logical reasoning, were they truely 'destined' for one another, nothing would be able

It didn't work, as Tammy refused to stay away, and Jonathan had his marriage annulled and he and Tammy wed.

Lizzie was understandably upset, and asked Alan for help in keeping custody of Sarah (in which she expected him to bribe judges and such. However, without her knowledge, Alan called a hitman, Grady "Gillespie" Foley, to take out Jonathan. Gillespie got behind the wheel of a car and sped toward Jonathan. However, instead of hitting Jonathan, he hit Tammy as she was pushing Jonathan out of the path of the speeding car, and was far to slow to move afterwards. Tammy was rushed to the hospital. The accident turned out to be fatal and Tammy died.

Jonathan vowed revenge against Alan and set the Spaulding mansion on fire. He put the fire out after Reva reminded him that he still has his daughter to think of. After Tammy's funeral, Jon had it out with Alan. Alan left and Jon tells Reva he loves her and leaves with Sarah. A long car chase after Alan in his limo ended up with what looks like Jonathan veering over the edge of the cliff, his car exploding leaving Reva (who followed him) and Alan peering over the edge. Reva was hysterical and went to Outskirts and found Jonathan's black "Slacker" shirt. She held onto it, tears running down her face for her loss of them all lamenting and gave Jonathan praise. Then she heard Jon's voice saying how good-looking he was as well. She realized that he was there, in person, alive with Sarah. Reva insisted they must call the police and tell everyone! Jonathan refused saying Alan would never let up on getting Sarah. Reva said she could hide them but Jon reminded her that would be impossible once Sarah gets older. The only option he saw was to leave town. After a tearful goodbye, he took Sarah, and left Springfield, faking their deaths.

See also

• Cousin couple
• Incest

External links

• SoapCentral