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Lol ultimately survives the ordeal and is visited by Woody. The two make amends and Lol admits to Woody that it was she and not Combo who killed Mick. They both admit that they still love each other and cannot live without the other. The final scene shows them embracing.
 
Lol ultimately survives the ordeal and is visited by Woody. The two make amends and Lol admits to Woody that it was she and not Combo who killed Mick. They both admit that they still love each other and cannot live without the other. The final scene shows them embracing.
 
===1990===
 
===1990===
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Lol is now seen with two children, working as a dinnerlady and happy in her new lifestyle. (to be added)
   
 
==Romantic Relationships==
 
==Romantic Relationships==

Revision as of 22:20, 3 November 2015

Frances Lorraine Jenkins
This Is England 86 Lol
Portrayed by
First seen
Episode count
12
Also known as
Lol
Family
Mick (father)
Chrissy (mother)
Kelly (sister)
Lisa (daughter)
Lovers
Status
Alive


Frances Lorraine "Lollipop Lol" Jenkins is a supporting character in This Is England and one of the central characters of This Is England '86 and This Is England '88. She is portrayed by Vicky McClure.

Characterization

Lol was a factory worker and later a single mother who lived near Nottingham, and part of the skinhead gang during the early 80's. Loud and friendly, yet a little reserved, Lol was a prominent member of the gang, who was quiet secretive when it came to her past.

"I'm an observer, so don't try and lie to me..." — Lol

She was Woody's girlfriend, and she was the leader of the girls in the gang. In 1988, she became a single mother to a girl named Lisa. She suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder in which she often experienced visions of her abusive father.

Character History

Before 1983

Lol was the first-born daughter of Mick and Chrissy. However, her home life was not the ideal one, since Mick was a physically, verbally and sexually abusive man and Chrissy was a passive woman who took Mick's abuse and even grew to love him more despite his behaviour. Mick sexually molested Lol, who told her mother, but she thought up an alibi for Mick by saying she had kicked him out of the bedroom and he accidentally stumbled into Lol's room, and Lol got hysterical (although this story was far from plausible, since Chrissy would not have the authority to send Mick out of the bedroom in the first place, and Mick would not be able to molest Lol without being able to see where he was going). Lol eventually confided this story to her friend, Combo, who tried to beat Mick up in revenge, but Lol later found Combo beaten and bloodied in the street, Mick having left him to die. Lol rushed Combo to the hospital, but continued to live her life of abuse. At one point, Lol and Combo had an affair while drunk, but Lol insisted that it was a one-night stand, and eventually met Woody, beginning a long-term relationship with him. The three of them eventually became skinheads and formed a group, including Milky, Pukey, Kes, Gadget, Meggy, Kelly (Lol's younger sister), Smell and Trev. Before Lol began a true relationship with Woody, he and Milky took turns in dating Lol, and Lol would harbour romantic feelings towards Milky as much as Woody. Eventually, Mick abandoned the household, leaving Chrissy, Lol and Kelly alone.

1983

In 1983, Lol is introduced to Shaun, the newest member of the group. On Shaun's insistence, Lol shaves his head to make him a true skinhead, but is reprimanded by Shaun's mother, Cynthia, though she nevertheless thanks the skinheads for cheering Shaun up. Later, Combo returns to the group after a prison sentence, and shares an uneasy reunion with him. Later on, Combo asserts his racist views on the skinheads and causes them to split into two groups. Lol remains in Woody's apolitical group.

Later on, Combo approaches Lol on her way to work and expresses her anger at him for hurting Woody's feelings. In private, Combo admits that he has loved Lol since their affair years ago, but Lol tells him that it was the worst night of her life, and leaves him.

1986

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Lol looks humiliated after Woody struggles with his vows

In 1986, Woody proposes to Lol, and she accepts. However, for some reason, Chrissy does not turn up as promised, and even disconnects her phone. Furthermore, Woody finds himself unable to say "I do", infuriating Lol, and things are only made worse when Meggy has a heart attack and the wedding is abandoned to get him to the hospital. Lol expresses her hurt feelings to Woody, and even speaks alone with Milky, remembering their time as teenagers, and Lol even hints that she still loves him. Chrissy eventually does turn up at the hospital, but only because she got Shaun there after finding him wounded. In her rage, Lol tries to attack her mother but is restrained by Woody. For some reason, Chrissy subtly mocks Lol for her failed wedding and urges her to move in with Woody.

Lol forgives Woody and decides to move in with him, but only gets angry at him again when his choice of residence is a run-down apartment where someone died. Lol is comforted by Smell, and to cheer her up, the gang takes her for a house party at Carrotbum's home. At the party, she tries to speak with Woody, but he fails to answer due to being drunk, infuriating her even further. Lol eventually decides to go back home, but when she arrives, she sees that Mick has returned, welcomed back by Chrissy. Lol confronts Chrissy about her decision and accuses Mick of his past actions, but Chrissy lashes out at Lol and reveals that she deliberately missed Lol's wedding in order to be with Mick, and then tells her outright to "fuck off out of [my] house". Horrified at her mother's betrayal, Lol leaves and tries to tell Woody at work that her father has returned, but he is unable to see to her. Distraught, Lol turns to Milky and begins an affair with him. She confesses to Milky that her abusive father has returned and that Combo once tried to fight him. Lol continues her affair with Milky until her father shows up at her home with a furious warning to stop "lying" about him to Kelly. Lol vents her rage out on Milky, who was too frightened to defend her.

Eventually, Milky breaks off the affair with Lol and convinces her to do her part to mend things with Woody. Lol apologises to Woody for her cold attitude towards him, and he apologises for not being there for her. As all seems to be well once again, Lol is visited by Trev, who claims that Mick raped her the previous night. On Trev's insistence, Lol promises not to tell anyone about the rape, but once Trev is asleep, Lol goes to Mick's house to confront him, armed with a hammer, ironically as he is in the process of leaving the household again. Lol and Mick verbally argue, with Lol admitting that she ceased to see Mick as a father long ago, and Mick claiming that he hated Lol since the day she was born. Lol accuses Mick of raping Trev, and presents the hammer when Mick threatens to kill her. Lol foolishly turns her back long enough for Mick to drag her from behind and force her to the floor in an attempt to rape her, but Lol manages to get hold of the hammer and strike Mick in the head numerous times, stunning him. Without a second thought, Lol brings the hammer down her father's head one last time, killing him. The mere sight of Mick's bloody head traumatises Lol and she sits in a corner, sobbing quietly until Combo shows up for a visit. Seeing the murder scene and knowing full well what has happened, Combo alters the scene to make it look as though he fought and killed Mick in Lol's defence, and convinces a distraught Lol to go along with the plan for her own sake. Combo takes the fall for the murder and is sent to prison for manslaughter.

In the final scenes, Lol is shown in Woody's arms, apparently having accepted his second marriage proposal.

1988

However, by 1988, Lol is not married to Woody and is living in relative isolation with her two-year-old daughter, Lisa, who was conceived during her affair with Milky. The revelation of Lol and Milky's affair has also destroyed her relationship with Woody, who is no longer part of the group and has a new girlfriend. Lol has since fallen into a severe depression, and is frequently having visions of Mick, who claims that he will always haunt Lol, the result of her tremendous guilt for murdering her own father and allowing Combo to take the blame. Her relationship with her mother has greatly healed, however, and she plays an active role in looking after Lisa.

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Woody cradling Lol

Lol does manage to find solace with Lisa's paediatrician, Evelyn, whom she verbally attacked the previous day after she suggested Lol was suffering from post-natal depression. Lol confesses the emotional turmoil she has been going through and the sexual abuse she suffered from Mick. In the meantime, Lol attempts to maintain her friendship with the gang, such as attending Shaun's play with the others, although they do not go to the after-play party. Lol leaves the bar by herself and goes to the church, but she has another vision of Mick and is driven over the edge. At home, Lol overdoses on Paracetamol, but she is found by Kelly and Trev and rushed to the hospital, where her stomach is pumped. In the process, she has visions of Mick and her past times with the gang (including archive footage of Pukey, Kes and Meggy).

Lol ultimately survives the ordeal and is visited by Woody. The two make amends and Lol admits to Woody that it was she and not Combo who killed Mick. They both admit that they still love each other and cannot live without the other. The final scene shows them embracing.

1990

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Lol's change in appearance over the series.

Lol is now seen with two children, working as a dinnerlady and happy in her new lifestyle. (to be added)

Romantic Relationships