I didn't mean to imply that Vicki shouldn't have mourned Jeff's death that would have been totally inhuman. I just meant that the way they wrote her, and the way the actress played her was whiny.
They wrote that she loved Burke, and this was played out so that you believed that they were very much in love. Vicki didn't get all whiny when she believed that Burke died, in fact they hardly had her mourn him at all (a mistake). The writers made it seem that she completely forgot all about him.
By making her get over Burke so quickly, then having her fall in love with Jeff, then when she loses him have her mourn him in such a self-destructive way. She just didn't seem like Vicki (and it makes you wonder why she never mourned for Burke even more). I have known people who have lost those they love, they never seemed to become as self absorbed as Vicki does, they still were concerned about the other people in their lifes. Yes, it takes time to get over the loss of a loved one. but if Vicki was this distraught why didn't anyone try and get her some help, especially after she tried to kill herself. The 60s were a time when people went to see psychiatrists, and got put on valium. You'd think they might have even sent her to Wyndcliff.
Then again, maybe Dan Curtis wanted the viewers to be glad when Vicki leaves and that's why she was written and played in this way. Also, perhaps if they had been able to finish this storyline with the original Vicki, it would have played better.
Misa