While aiming for Donald, Mari Lynn accidentally shot and killer her mother.

Soon after being exonerated for killing her mother and marrying Wade, Mari Lynn�s life took an amazing turn when she was cast as one of the leads in the television soap opera, Fraternity Row. The star of the show was the egomaniacal Megan Gordon, who came to town to visit her sister Sarah, and to scout territory for an upcoming location shoot. When their father, environmentalist Roger Gordon arrived in town, Sarah went overboard trying to please him.

Max and Megan found themselves immediately at odds but nevertheless, they became a couple. When they finally did make love, Megan feared the new feelings of intimacy and tried to move away to California. Fraternity Row�s producer, Randy Stone, made the move impossible, however, by blackmailing her to stay�threatening to unleash the cassette of a pornographic film she had appeared in early in her career. Max helped Megan to counter-blackmail Randy, and before long, they were together again.

Everyone agreed that Renee was the best thing to happen to crusty old Asa in years! Now engaged, the only resistance to the marriage came from Asa�s newly returned son Bo. The family couldn�t help but notice that Bo was acting strangely. Reason being, he wasn�t actually Bo! He was actually the demented Dr. Patrick London, who had undergone extensive cosmetic surgery to look like Bo at the behest of Asa�s enemies Elizabeth Sanders and Lord Henry Leighton.

Disguised as Bo, Patrick infiltrated the Buchanan Empire and slowly drugged Asa, causing him to lose his mental capacities. �Faux Bo� began an affair with Tina, hoping to marry her so that he could cash in on her wealth. All the while, the real Bo was being held prisoner in a dingy dungeon, along with his wife, Didi, and his ex-wife Delilah. They were watched over by a psychotic woman by the name of Ursula Blackwell, whom Patrick had befriended in the mental institution.