Season 17, Episode 1 "fame"

[Vipponah]

I was wondering if you knew the back story behind Jack and his estranged daughter and whether or not the situation was mentioned in prior episodes?

[Ayize]

There's not a lot of personal info about Jack, though there's a great character roundup site, located here:http://www.podengo.com/apocrypha/characters/mccoy.html

Things we know about Jack's daughter are listed here, taken from that site:

Jack has a grown daughter, from whom he has been estranged [H:LOTS Episode 82, "Baby, It's You(2)"(11/14/97); L&O Episode 372, "Fame"(9/22/06)] and who lives in Maine [L&O Episode 372, "Fame"(9/22/06)]. They met in a bar at the end of the episode "Fallout" [L&O Episode 390,(04/27/07)], and though her name wasn't spoken, the credits list it as "Rebecca." Before that meeting, Jack and his daughter reportedly hadn't spoken in nine years [L&O Episode 372, "Fame"(9/22/06)]; the same reporter that wrote about Jack's estrangement from his daughter sent him photos at the end of the episode, presumably of Rebecca, the envelope containing which Jack put in his desk without opening.

And that's just about it. The site hasn't been updated to include everything to the show's ending, but in general we don't learn much about anyone's distant families. Hope that helps!

--Kitt