Melody Thomas Scott is just getting started.

The Young and the Restless star, who has been shining on that series in recent weeks, will see her character - Nikki - hit the bottle down in Mexico when she thinks her ex-husband Victor (Eric Braeden) has died in a boat crash. Seems problematic for recovering alcoholic.

"When Nikki isn't drowning her sorrows in the local cantina and drunk-dialing Katherine, she's staggering along the beach hoping for some sign of Victor," Scott told TV Guide.

"He finally turns up and we have scenes that are very Scarlett and Rhett, and I don't mean that in a romantic way but in the true sickness that was Scarlett and Rhett. It's really good stuff — like classic The Young and the Restless from 20 years ago."

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