The Secret Storm: Return To Woodbridge

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THE SECRET STORM: RETURN TO WOODBRIDGE

CAST:

VALERIE AMES- PETER AMES'S WIDOW SHE REMAINS VERY CLOSE TO HIS CHILDREN SUSAN, JERRY, AMY SO MUCH SO THEY CONSIDER HER THEIR MOTHER. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND DR IAN NORTHCOAT , VAL CAME TO LIVE WITH AMY IN HER GUEST HOUSE ON HER PROPERTY SO SHE WOULD NOT BE ALONE. A WISE AND WONDERFUL WOMAN SHE STILL OFFERS SAGE ADVICE TO ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SUSAN AMES- AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND FRNK CARVER IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, SUSAN RETURNED TO WOODBRIDGE WITH HER SON PETER. SHE WAS LOST AND DEPRESSED UNTILL SHE DECIDED SHE NEEDED TO REINVENT HERSELF.SHE CHANGED HER NAME BACK TO AMES GOT HER COLLEGE DEGREE AND WITH HER BROTHER JERRY TOOK CONTROL OF TYRELL DEPARTMENT STORE. WITH ALL THE LOSSES IN HER LIFE SUSAN HAS BECOME A BIT OF A CONROL FREAK SHE NEEDS TO BE IN CHARGE NOT ONLY IN BUSINESS BUT FAMILY ISSUES AS WELL, NOT UNLIKE HER LATE AUNT PAULINE.

JERRY AMES- JERRY IS A HAPPY GUY WHO TRYS NOT TO LET THINGS GET TOO SERIOUS BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM. HE AND SUSAN HAVE TAKEN TYRELL'S FROM ONE STORE TO A SMALL CHAIN AND ARE ABOUT TO GO NATIONAL WITH THE COPERATE HEDQUATERS LOCATED IN WOODBRIDGE.EVEN IF HE AND SUSAN ARE EQUALS SUSAN ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE THE LAST WORD.

AMY AMES KINCAID- THE YOUNGEST OF THE AMES FAMILY. AMY IS STILL THE MOST SENSITIVE , SHE IS MARRIED TO KEVIN AND HAS TWO DAUGHTERS LISA AND DANNI. SHE NOW WORKS AT TYRELL'S IN THE ART DEPARTMENT, SHE IS MUCH MORE CREATIVE THEN BUSINESS ORIENTED.

KEVIN KINCAID- AMY'S HUSBAND A SUCCESFUL LAWYER . HE RAISED BOTH LISA AND DANNI AS IF THEY WERE HIS BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN.HE IS CHIEF COUNCIL FOR TYRELL'S AND THEY ARE HIS BIGGEST CLIENT.

HOPE AMES- JERRY'S VERY LOVING AND SENSIBLE WIFE, SHE IS AN ARTIST AND ALSO WORKS NOW AT TYRELL'S ALONG WITH AMY IN THE ART DEPT. SHE AND AMY ARE BEST FRIENDS AND OFTEN CONFIDE IN EACH OTHER.

DR. PETER DUNBAR- SUSAN'S SON BY HER LATE HUSBAND ALAN DUNBAR. HE IS A DOCTOR AT WOODBRIGE GENERAL AND IS VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED AND CARED FOR. HE IS VERY MUCH LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER PETER AMES. ALWAYS SEEING TRUTH AND FAIRNESS, TRUE LOVE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO ELUDE PETER THANKS TO SUSAN WHO NEVER APPROVED OF ANY WOMAN FOR HER BABY.

LISA BRITTION- AMY'S DAUGHTER BY PAUL BRITTION, LISA IS NOW A LAWYER AND WORKS FOR KEVIN. SHE IS VERY FORCFULL AND CARRER DRIVEN AND PLACES NOTHING ABOVE HER CARRER. SHE IS VERY GUARDED STILL HAS SCARES FROM HER DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD WITH HER PARENTS PROBLOMATIC LOVE STORIES. LISA IS ALSO HIDING A SECRET , SHE IS A LESBIAN AND HAS HAD A SECRET AFFAIR FOR LAST 3 YEARS.

DANNI KINCAID- DAUGHTER OF AMY BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BY DR BRIAN NEEVES.RAISED BY KEVIN AS HIS CHILD, DANNI IS UNAWARE OF THIS AND WOULD BE DESTORYED IF SHE FOUND OUT HER BELOVED FATHER WAS NOT HERS BY BLOOD. SHE IS A NURSE AND WORKS WITH HER COUSIN PETE AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE IS A VERY KIND SWEET ALMOST PAINFULLY SHY GIRL WHO IS VERY CLOSE TO HER FAMILY.

TYRELL "TY" AMES- JERRY AND HOPE'S SON . HANDSOME CHARMING AND LAZY. HE WANTS THE FINNER THINGS IN LIFE BUT DOESNT WANT TO HAVE TO WORK TOO HARD FOR THEM. IF THERE IS A SHORTCUT AND HE HAS TO STEP IN A FEW PEOPLE TO GET WHAT HE WANTS HE WILL. HE WORKS AT TYRELL'S BUT HAS NEVER DONE WELL WITH ANY POSITION THEY HAVE ASSIGNED FOR HIM.

LYN FISHER- LISA'S SECRET LOVER. SHE WORKS AT TYRELL'S IN THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE, SHE IS LOSING PATIENCE WITH LISA ABOUT HIDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP BUT FEARS REPERCUSSIONS FROM SUSAN IF THEY COME OUT AS A COUPLE.

BELLE KINCAID CARPENTER- FORMER WIFE OF PAUL BRITTION AND DAN KINCAID, SHE IS NOW THE RICH WIDOW OF A.J.CARPENTER AND HAS RETURNED TO WOODBRIDGE TO PAY BACK SOME UNFINISHED SCORES. UNDER THE NAME B.K. CARPENTER SHE SECRETLY BOUGHT UP 50% OF THE STOCK OF TYRELL'S WENT IT WENT ON THE MARKET TO GAIN CAPITAL FOR THE EXPANSION TO GO NATIONAL. SO SHE NOW OWNS HALF THE COMPANY WITH THE AMES FAMILY.

LANCE CARPENTER-BELLE'S TALL BLOND BLUE EYED SON. HE HAS COME WITH HIS MOTHER TO WORK AS HER SECOND IN COMMAND, HE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH STORIES ABOUT THE AMES FAMILY THROUGH THE YEARS AND IS READY TO MAK THEM PAY FOR HURTING HIS MOTHER.

ROBIN CARPENTER-LANCE'S TWIN SISTER. BELLE NAMED HER AFTER HER LATE DAUGHTER ROBIN , WHO SHE STILL BLAMES AMY FOR KILLING. SHE IS A CARBON COPY OF HER MOTHER AT THIS AGE AND WILL DO ANYTHING SHE HAS TO , TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS.

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Well lots of people have looked at this but no one has commented. Do you think this could be a story you would be interested in following ?

[DRW50]

Sure. These characters seem like great soap fixtures, and it would be great to see Marla Adams and Jada Rowland on a soap again. I think we were waiting to see if you had any other great story ideas.

[dc11786]

To be honest, I would think Amy's grandchildren (as well as her children) would be the focus of the series if someone were to restart the series. Peter Dunbar would be in his mid-50s now, Amy's girls in their mid to late forties, and Tyrell would probably not be that far off either. I think the set up for the characters is interesting, but I have to admit I think the stories would lie in third generation of Amy's family as much as they would in the second.

Also, I don't see Amy/Kevin and Jerry/Hope as the sort of end game couples that would carry the show. Amy and Kevin might be a personal preference, but I would certainly have kept Paul Britton around. He is certainly someone who could understand the Amy/Belle feud that seems to be restarting and cause tension in the Lisa/Lyn and Lisa/Kevin relationships. Jerry returned in the late 1960s sans Hope. Were they even still together when the show ended?