Back in Post #26 I related some very interesting information passed on to me by astrology enthusiast David concerning the hypothetical date of Jessica’s birthday. He tried to reconcile the various hints dropped throughout the series (few of which consistently agree with each other) and concluded that she was, most likely, a Pisces as stated in the Season 2 episode “Dead Heat.”

This month David wrote to me again, with some new information he found: “Just some more fun with Jessica's birthday by the writers,” he said.

“In the episode “To The Last Will I Grapple With Thee” (the 17th episode of season 8, originally broadcast March 15, 1992), Jessica is invited by her friend, Sean Cullane, to Fenian’s Chase Irish Pub to celebrate her birthday that evening. Jessica has the Tuesday special for dinner.”

Why is this significant? Because in 1992 the Tuesday that fell closest to the March 15th air date was March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. David concludes, “Although no one wishes anyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and the leaves on the trees in New York are green, if Jessica’s birthday was March 17th, she would be a Pisces.”

After thinking about this I came up with a slightly different conclusion, which I ran by David to see if it still bore out his overall conclusion about Jessica’s birth sign:

“If the episode “To the Last Will ...” aired on 3/15/92, then the events taking place therein theoretically would have happened in the days leading up to March 15th, not afterwards (assuming that air dates bear any correlation to when the events in the episodes were happening)” - because if we’re watching the story on a given day, what we’re seeing must have already happened, unless we’re going to get all Star Trek with the fluidity of the space-time continuum and so on. “If this is so,” I went on to ask, “then would Jessica’s ordering the “Tuesday night special” in the pub not indicate that the date is March 10th, and not the 17th? It would explain why no one was wishing anyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day (and why there was nary a drop of green beer in sight). Would March 10th still make her a Pisces?”

Indeed it would was David’s reply: “If JB’s birthday was March 10th, she would still be a Pisces.” 

Sounds like case closed to me!