FURY Q & A !

MAGGIE IS THE FURY!

As readers now know, Maggie Horton has been revealed to be the Fury, the masked madwoman who has been stalking Salem through a series of attacks and murders. Now, everyone wants to know...."WHY, MAGGIE, WHY!" The headwriter is staying tight-lipped! "That is going to be the next chapter of the story. Why would this character who we've watched since the 70's be so kind and good do these horrible things. Why Alice? Why any of it?"...asks the headwriter. "It will all be revealed slowly, but surely. This is going to be the biggest storylines that will bring the blog to its close in July."

Did the headwriter know who was behind the Fury this whole time? "Yes."...affirms the writer. "I was very afraid when putting together the FURY teaser in December when I teased..."THE STREETS WILL TURN RED"...that the readers would put two and two together and make the Red/Maggie connection. Red was a dominant color in all of the promo's. It was one of those things where it could be really subtle or someone could finally put it together at any second. The casting of Susan Ward as Sarah Horton, Maggie's daughter, may have been another hint for the fans that a big story was coming up with Maggie. Sarah being a reporter and coming to town to investigate the Fury was another thing I got scared about! I thought it might be too much and tip fans off. I'm glad it did not, though."

"Maggie and Suzanne Rogers have both been in need of a storyline on this show for twenty years. It's a damn shame they haven't gotten one yet. I really wanted to write a story for Maggie that would make her and Suzanne be front and center with the show. Maggie is the strongest character the show has, in my opinion, and Rogers is the best actress the show has. I want to write a story that will do them justice!"

Are the killings over? "Absolutely not!"...exclaims the writer. "They've just begun. Quite a few more are expected to go. The biggest of all will, of course, be the last victim. This will all happen in May when everything will come pouring out."

Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain) is no longer with the show. "Vivian's a great character, but her time had come, at least in the context of the blog. It was her time. She's one of the troublemakers who got was coming to her. You'll see a lot of that in the next few months. In other news, Celeste (Tonya Boyd) is being worked into episodes so she'll make a big return and be very active in this storyline."