The Young and the Restless spoilers say that now that it’s been established that Sharon Case did not in fact kill Heather, a lot of people can’t help but wonder what’s next for everyone’s favorite blonde in this fictional town of Genoa City. Luckily, we’ve got some answers for you. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: What’s Next For Sharon Case?
Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a newi interview, The Young and the Restless Executive Producer and Head Writer Josh Griffith admits that this storyline has been a lot of fun to write so far.
He said, “We always knew going in that there was going to be another killer. Sharon was not going to be a murderer. That that’s why we very carefully laid it out so that we did not see the actual murder and we had her wake up and find Heather’s body.”
Now, as far as who actually did it, Griffith did hint at a few clues.
He said, “I knew that it needed to be somebody who not only we could come up with motive for the killing, but that also the reveal would be massive. It wouldn’t just be, ‘Oh, who’s that?’ And I started looking into, historically, who had a beef with the Newmans.”
“And we landed on Ian Ward. And then I started thinking. I actually watched Strangers on a Train, the Hitchcock film, because I’m a Hitchcock fanatic. I hadn’t watched it in a while and I started thinking about the idea of crisscross, which is important in that movie: ‘You do my crime and I’ll do yours.’”
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Who Murdered Heather?
Griffith continued, “And I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if Ian had an accomplice that equally needed something to happen because they were angry and they felt they’d been wronged?’ And I said, ‘Well, we’ve got Jordan in prison…’ In a nutshell, the idea is that these two wonderful villains — who both have reasons to want revenge in Genoa City — would find each other and team up.”
“It seemed perfect and that this murder could be the catalyst for the whole thing. As we were putting the pressure on Sharon and we were slowly starting to reveal that things were not exactly as she thinks they are, at the perfect point, we would then reveal to the audience these two mastermind criminals. ‘They must be behind it. They must have something to do with it!’”
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