Julia Walker - Storylines

Storylines

Introduced as the wife of Tommy Walker (Balthazar Getty), Julia and Tommy got married two years prior to the start of the series. Julia helps Tommy cope with the sudden death of his father, William (Tom Skerritt). Meanwhile, they are trying for a baby, but Tommy learns that he is infertile. Tommy asks his brother Kevin (Matthew Rhys) to give his sperm, but Kevin refuses. Tommy's younger brother, Justin (Dave Annable), offers, but Tommy is wary because of Justin's drug abuse. Finally, both Kevin and Justin donate sperm and they all agree that they will never find out who the biological father is. Julia and Tommy learn that she is pregnant with twins, but when Julia goes into labour early, she gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, William. William, being weak, could have only survived if a transplant was taken from Elizabeth. This could have killed both children, so Julia and Tommy reluctantly chose to not have the transplant leading to William's death. In the beginning of Season 2, Julia sank into post-partum depression and blamed Tommy for William's death. Her parents visited and convinced her to take Elizabeth and stay with them. While she was gone, Tommy had an affair with his secretary at Walker Landing, Lena (Emily Rose). Julia herself had had a one-night encounter with a man, and the dual revelations led to some tension between husband and wife when Julia returned. Lena left her job, and Julia and Tommy pledged to make sure their marriage work.

In Season 3, Tommy gets involved in an illegal scheme to fire Holly Harper (Patricia Wettig) from Ojai Foods (with Walker Landing being merged into Ojai). Two years later, when Elizabeth's liver begins to fail, Tommy asks Kevin and Justin to take a paternity test so the biological father can donate a part of his liver. The test reveals that Kevin is the biological father and after the procedure, Elizabeth is saved. Holly finds out about the illegal scheme, and puts charges up against him. When Julia finds out about this and then finds out what he did was illegal, she does not allow him back into the house, so Tommy escapes to Mexico to avoid jail. The next day, Holly drops the charges against Tommy, so once Tommy's mother Nora (Sally Field) tells Julia about this, Julia invites Tommy back to live with her. However, Tommy decides to stay in Mexico, which angers Kevin. Kevin, being Elizabeth's father, gives Julia money to avoid her house being sold as Tommy, who handled all the bills, did not pay the mortgage. Nora offers Julia a job, but Julia decides to move to Seattle and takes a teaching job given by her friend. Nora and Kevin are against this, however after Nora talks to her brother Saul Holden (Ron Rifkin) she comes to terms with this, realising that Julia has to move on with her life. After an emotional thanks to the Walker family, she leaves, taking Elizabeth. In Season 4, Tommy moves to Seattle to be with Eizabeth and he and Julia officially divorce. Julia re-appears in the episode "Nearlyweds" after Tommy takes Elizabeth to the wedding of Justin and Rebecca Harper (Emily VanCamp) without asking her. After Tommy takes Elizabeth, Julia attempts to take Lizzie back, but after a talk with Kevin and his partner Scotty Wandell (Luke Macfarlane) she agrees to let her stay for the wedding. After the wedding ends, she and Elizabeth go back to Seattle.