Reception
In the book Philip Ardagh's book of howlers, blunders and random mistakery, Ardagh claimed that Jade and Kirsty's "amazing telepathic empathy" was conveniently forgotten by scriptwriters when they were revealed to be unrelated. He added that it must have been a "surprise" to viewers who had previously seen their connection play out. A columnist for the Sunday Mail thought the plot was questionable and said "A family arrive and claim Jade was swapped at birth with their daughter. You couldn't make it up."
Jaci Stephen from the Daily Mail has often been critical of Jade. When Jade finished writing her diary, Stephen said it was a "relief" and branded the details of Jade's life as "wretched and boring". She was delighted to watch Jade lose her diary and said that she "couldn't give a stuff" about its content. Stephen later said that "high drama is not something one would associate with the drippy Jade". When the "real" Jade is introduced into the serial, Stephen quipped "that might be a relief; surely she can't be as irritating as the old one".
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