Is little Jake's mother ever mentioned?
No but I always wondered who or where she was, I assumed maybe dead or something since she is never mentioned.
I always figured he was illegitimate. That his dad had a fling with one of the Mexican maids.
Yeah could've been. I always wanted a final scene showing them getting home to the ranch with a scene reuniting them all and showing he was okay / that he didn't die from the bullet wounds.
I swore there was a scene where they mentioned she had died a long time ago.