Although Jackson Avery isn't exactly a firm favorite on Grey's Anatomy but there were times where fans couldn't help but sympathize with him.

Grey Sloan Memorial plastic surgeon, Jackson Avery, has been a key member of the Grey's Anatomy family ever since he was introduced in the Season 6 episode "Invasion."As the grandson of Harper Avery, he has worked hard to get out of his famous grandfather's shadow.

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Despite his family never expecting much from him, Jackson has excelled beyond their expectations. He is one of the few surgeons in the show to be double-board certified. In addition to his skills in reconstructive surgery, he can perform ENT procedures too. But not everything about him is pleasant. Here are some things that make fans hate or pity him.

Jackson's stubbornness has frustrated viewers on several occasions. This is because this trait tends to interfere with the lives of other characters in the show. There are a couple of examples that point to this.

He takes a long time to apologize to Stephanie after hurting her feelings by publicly declaring his love forApril at her wedding. And when he starts seeing April, he strongly opposes her religious views only for him to become religious after the love between them fades. He also refuses to apologize - even when he is in the wrong.

During the mass shooting incident at the hospital, Jacksonends up being one of the heroes as he tricks the disgruntled widower, Gary Clark, into thinking that Derek has died. Sadly, Jackson's resident friend, Charles Percy, dies as a result of injuries sustained during the incident, which affects him deeply.

For the next few months, Jackson is haunted by recurrent nightmares about his friend's death and the horrific event as a whole. It is for this reason that he and April Kepner move into Meredith's house so that they can offer each other support.

Jackson'scondescending nature is hard to stand. He has clashed with his colleagues and lovers a couple of times because he believed they didn't know what they were doing and that he was in the best position to lead them.

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For example, in the season 15 finale, "Jump The Fog," Maggie blows up at Jackson for criticizing her and suggesting that she made poor life choices in the past. During his marriage to April, he tries to control her too. He even gets Owen to pull her from surgery because he believes she shouldn't be there.

When April becomes pregnant for Jackson, the couple looks forward to a bright future as a family. However, Jackson soon learns that their baby might die because he potentially suffers from a condition known as 'osteogenesis imperfecta.'

April is in denial when Jackson breaks the news to her. But it doesn't get better. The couple receives more heartbreaking news. Their baby has type II osteogenesis imperfecta, meaning he is likely to die a few hours after birth. This ends up becoming a reality. When the baby is born, they baptize him and name him Samuel but he dies a few hours later.

Jackson's mother Catherine has too much control over his life. Instead of standing up to her when he feels she is wrong (he stood up to his grandfather after all), he lets her interfere in his affairs and ruin important moments in his life.Catherine constantly mocks Jackson for becoming a plastic surgeon, because she considers the department inferior.

It's because of his mother that he decides that Lexie needs to go to her sister's house. He also instructs Stephanie to flee so that his mother wouldn't be able to interrogate her.She then forces him to sign a prenup and sabotages his 'relationship' with April.

Despite joining the show in the sixth season, Jackson has been romantically involved with six different people. Jackson may give off the impression that he is a hopeless romantic but by digging deeper, one discovers that dating or being married to him isn't all sunshine and roses. Jackson frequently mistreats his partners, and that's why his dating statistics are high.

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His questionable actions are numerous. He sends Lexie to her sister's place to prevent her from meeting his mother. He severely humiliates Stephanie by declaring that he is in love with April at her wedding.He serves April divorce papers at the hospital, of all places, and nearly cheats on Vic with Maggie too. It's really is getting sad at this point...

After not being able to see him for many years, Jackson decides to track down his father. April tries to help him but he is hostile towards her. Interestingly, April is the one who finds his father Robert and convinces him to have a conversation with the old man, which he does.

Robert explains to Jackson how he met his mother, Catherine, and what ruined their relationship. Apparently, Catherine had unrealistic expectations of him, so he walked out. Jackson is heartbroken when he realizes that Robert knows nothing about him. He tells him he is glad they met but he'll never see him again.

Jacksonhas perfected the art of staging coup-de-tats in other people's relationships. He infamously declares his feelings for April just when she's about to say "I Do" to Matthew and runs away with her.

When Mark tasks him with finding out Lexie to find out if she still has feelings for him, Jacksonbegins courtingher instead. This almost ruins the friendship between him and Mark. Instead of being honest to Mark about his feelings for Lexie, Jackson decides to keep it a secret. Mark finds out about them after seeing them walking out together.

After the death of his grandfather Harper Avery, Jackson falls into depression despite being left with a fortune of $250 million dollars. He buys a boat but it doesn't give him happiness. He then funds a contest for surgeons.

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Later, he makes the spontaneous decision to go on a journey that would enable him to find himself spiritually. Instead of telling Maggie about it in person, he simply leaves her a voice mail and goes.Jackson travelsto national parks to just stare at nature but it doesn't bring him joy so he returns and immerses himself in his work. It really is heartbreaking to see him suffer so much.

In later seasons, the writers decided to make Jackson nicer. However, when he was first introduced in the series, he almost qualifies as a villain. His arrogance is plastered across everything he says and does.

He almost knocks Cristina over then he kisses her, despite her not having any interest in him. He also ignores Alex likes he doesn't exist. Not to forget that he refers to the residents as "douches." He laughs at April for making a mistake and boasts about the surgeries he has been chosen to participate in.His arrogance almost costs a patient's life too.

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Philip Etemesi is an author, journalist, screenwriter and film critic based in Nairobi. Kenya. As a child, he preferred watching movies like The Goodfellas instead of Home Alone. His girlfriend constantly has to pull him from the front of the TV but he just keeps returning. Stubborn dude! An animal lover, Philip also has a pet giraffe called Refu.

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