From the May 5, 2009 issue of Soap Opera Weekly (pp. 6-7): May Sweeps PreviewOn the heels of Kay and Murphy's happy nuptials this week, wedding bells are slated to ring for two more Genoa City couples this May. Co-head writer Scott Hamner fills us in on the love stories to watch and the characters to be wary of.
"There's going to be a coming together of some characters who have known each other for a very long time. For them to find each other is going to be a very satisfying twist. [One] is a very unexpected romance."
How far will Sharon, Jack, Nick and Phyllis go to hold onto love? "We are turning that foursome upside down, and all bets are off. Phyllis has a lot of fear that she has internalized. Her buttons have been pushed. She's going to be very unpredictable."
"Victor, Nikki and Ashley are going to have a huge storyline. It's going to involve the Abbott family, as well as all of the Newmans, and is going to revisit a lot of show history. It's a brillaint new way to make that triangle a very vital, front-burner story."
Expect "more and more darkness within Adam. He's complicated in the same way his father is and holds grudges very much like Victor. He can feel and know what the wrong thing or right thing is to do in any given situation and often chooses the wrong thing."
"Billy is torn between the draw of having a family with Chloe and the draw of an old romantic interest, Mac. The historical obstacle [of Billy and Mac being related] is no longer there, but he now has a wife and a child. Billy's feelings for Chloe are sometimes deeper than he is aware of or acknowledges, so it's not an easy choice between one woman and the other."
"Mary Jane has a very dark side. She's willing to go to any lengths to get what she wants. The complications and the twist in this story are going to be about this very carefully crafted plan going awry."
"The estrangement that developed during the time that Jill thought Kay was Marge has opened some old wounds and generated some new wounds. The intensity of feelings both [women] are having now are very extreme. The love they feel for each other and their broken-heartedness about losing that mother/daughter relationship is going to generate a lot of fireworks. It's going to be a fight for both of them as to whether they choose to continue in this relationship or not."
Kevin fights to come to terms with how the tragedy of his abusive past still impacts his life. "It's [a story] about hope because Kevin is a survivor. Michael will be the one who is the most instrumental in reaching Kevin and helping him see that this kind of setback is not proof that he's a hopeless case. [Rather], he needs to dig deeper within himself to find what he needs to move forward and triumph."
More beloved faces from the past will reappear in Genoa City. "We're trying to embrace the idea that story begets story. It's safe to say the returns of these popular characters from the show's history are going to affect every character on the canvas."
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