the extreme. These days Jacob's mellowed into a confident, expert senior nurse and one of the foundations of the ED. Jacob has a red-hot temper. It's mostly under control – but not always!" Kayleigh Dray, writing for Closer believed that Connie and Jacob were "perfect for one another". The couple became popular with viewers, who dubbed them "#Jonnie" on social media. A Daily Mirror reporter branded Jacob "hunky", and they observed that he was "the hero of the Emergency Department" after correctly diagnosing two poisoned patients. When Jacob helped a man talk to his crush, another reporter for the publication commented that he was "Fancying himself as a bit of a ladies' man, and channelling Ryan Gosling in romcom Crazy Stupid Love." The Mirror's Nicola Methven dubbed the character a "hunky, maverick nurse". After Elle told Jacob that Blake was his son, Reilly (What's on TV'') branded them a "traumatised trio". References External links Casualty (TV series) characters Television characters introduced in 2015 Fictional nurses Fictional Black British people Male characters in television