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Tucker is Katherine's son
Katherine's world spins into a frenzy this week courtesy of Tucker, who has taken the reins at Chancellor Industries -- and now he's claiming he's her son! Jeanne Cooper elaborates on the surprising development.
The week begins with Tucker telling a skeptical Katherine that she is his mother. Immediately, Katherine doesn't believe his claim because Tucker offers her nothing -- no identification, no wanting to be identified -- nothing. Katherine believes Tucker is a cold, cutthroat man and she doesn't even want to consider the idea of him being her long lost child.
Up to this point, Tucker has bought up all sorts of company stock and he's planning to take over Chancellor Industries. He believes he's just going to stroll in and wreck the empire that Katherine has worked so hard to build, but Katherine stops him with a resounding "NO WAY!"
In the midst of all this drama, Victor stops by and offers to help Katherine reign in Tucker. Jack, Nikki, Michael and Neil all make her the same offer. Explains Jeanne Cooper, "They all tell her, 'We are in this with you.' Katherine is ever so grateful. With all these friends behind her, she feels like she can overcome this challenge. Katherine has never been brought down before and she never will be. Not by Tucker."
Katherine puts traces out on Tucker because she believes there might be something in his past that can bring him down or reign him in. Later, she informs Cane of the latest development and lets him know he'll now be working for Tucker. Immediately, Cane wants to quit, but Katherine explains that she needs him to stay at Chancellor and wrangle information. "She expects him to be her eyes and ears on the inside," explains Cooper.
By week's end, Katherine begins to consider the possibility that Tucker may really be her long lost child. "There's the whole thing of his will to fight, his stubbornness. Like Kay, he's a survivor, and she recognizes that," explains Cooper.
However, son or no son, don't expect Katherine to sit back idly while Tucker makes a mess of her company. "What she's going to do is be a hard-nosed mother with a little boy who's stepped over the boundaries," says Cooper. "He manipulated her, and now she's going to manipulate him. Hang on. It's going to be a bumpy ride!"