The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers reveal that Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) just faced the ultimate New Year’s Eve shocker outside Society.
In the December 30 episode, Mariah found a distressed Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks) being tended to by none other than Ian Ward (Ray Wise)!
Now that the former cult leader and kidnapper is in Mariah’s path again, she’s going to be on quite the emotional rollercoaster.
Mariah thought Ian was in prison, so seeing him will reopen some old wounds.
Of course, Mariah will initially be more concerned about Tessa’s health once Y&R’s January 2 episode gets underway.
Camryn Grimes spoke to SOD about Mariah’s upcoming scenes and how she’ll handle the confusion of it all.
Despite Mariah’s protective instincts kicking in, she won’t immediately figure out that Ian is to blame for Tessa’s medical crisis.
Y&R fans know Ian messed with Tessa’s water, but Mariah will struggle to even process what’s happening – especially after getting thrown off by the sight of Ian.
Tessa’s well-being will be her wife’s priority, but Mariah will have a chance to grill Ian once she knows Tessa’s going to be OK.
That’s when Mariah will start connecting some dangerous dots and developing more fears.
“Once it is clear that Tessa is recovering or doing fine and that she’s stable, then it immediately goes back to the concern about Ian … she’s going to have suspicions and she’s going to have a lot of questions,” Camryn Grimes said.
Mariah will naturally be angry about Ian’s freedom and will wonder how it’s even possible. Ian will no doubt claim he’s transformed his life, but Mariah won’t believe that for a second.
Underneath the rage, there’ll be some terror bubbling up, too.
Mariah has seen first-hand the kind of horrible things that Ian is capable of, so she’ll put her guard up as she tries to assess the situation.
Now that Ian is back in the picture, it’ll trigger some past trauma that Mariah thought she’d buried. It could also affect Mariah’s relationship with Tessa as the fallout continues.
“And it will maybe lead to Tessa seeing a side of Mariah that she hasn’t seen before … the effect it’s going to have on Mariah is something that Tessa might not expect,” Grimes hinted.
Ian and Jordan (Colleen Zenk) will also cause a lot more chaos for Sharon Newman (Sharon Case), so our predictions hint that’ll add to the drama headed Mariah’s way.
The Young and the Restless spoilers say some other shockers are brewing thanks to Jordan and Ian’s scheme, so stay tuned for updates on all the wild news to come.
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