I agree!
For all the things Margaret DePriest might've done wrong during her brief stint head writing AMC, one thing she (and Lorraine Broderick and Victor Miller) did right was to lay the groundwork for maturing Erica after a decade of increasingly outlandish storylines. Erica finally had someone (her daughter, Bianca) to love besides herself, and a husband (Travis) who understood (or at least tolerated) her, even as his machinations that had led to Bianca's kidnapping threatened their marriage. And even though the "Barney the Clown" storyline might've been one of the show's all-time dumbest, nonetheless, it led to Eric Kane's return, a reconciliation between him and his daughter, and an opportunity for Erica to put that particular demon - meaning, of course, her insecurities stemming from Eric's abandonment - to rest.
Then, Agnes Nixon returns as HW; and before too long, Eric betrays his daughter (selling his Enchantment stock to Natalie) and skips town once more; Travis turns into a sanctimonious PITA over Erica and Jack's affair (while sleeping with Barbara behind Erica and Tom's backs, so little Molly could get a sibling and bone marrow donor); and Erica winds up losing custody of her daughter because Jack AND Travis decided all of a sudden to take the high road, making Erica look like a wanton slut and uncaring mom in front of a judge. (That, right there, should've been the end of Jack and Erica. Alas, it wasn't, because both Agnes and Susan Lucci were/are enamored with Walt Willey for reasons that still escape me, lol).
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