That story sums up why I was not enjoying the show at the time. The plots had potential, but the beats just didn't feel natural and I couldn't connect. It didn't help that by that point I was already tired of transplant stories along these lines. I did think the stories began pulling together in the last months of 2002, but sadly that regime was then shown the door.
Mel may have arrived first but I think the plans for the family were always there. They cast well-respected soap actors Richard Biggs and Shari Headley as her parents. Once it became obvious neither was going to get a storyline, they left. The father was repeatedly recast, while the mother was played by Kim Brockington, whom I did like.
I think early on they hinted at marriage problems, and the father was used in a college protest story, but not much.
I like Yvonna but Mel was indeed generic. I think she benefited in the last years when they had her realize how toxic Beth/Rick were, end her marriage, and somehow ended up with Cyris/
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