Performer of the Week! May 11th 2009

Stacy Haidak plays Mary Jane, a beautiful femme fatal who has her eye on Jack Abbott. Mary Jane comes off as elegant, intelligent, poised, and sexy with an air of mystery. However, behind this unseemingly flawed exterior and well executed facade lies someone more sinister. Mary Jane is unstable, but she manages to hide it well. The switch from calm to crazy is usually subtle and can be found in her eyes when those soothing baby blues transition to a stone cold stare.

On the week of May 11th, Mary Jane witnessed her pray be lured away from her web. Jack told Mary Jane that he was stopping their affair so that he could rekindle his relationship was Sharon. This is when we got a first glimpse of Mary Jane unhinged. She ripped up a picture of Jack and all some of us could do is sit at home like “you mad.” (thanks Stryker…that was classic) Some may have thought that Mary Jane had finally snapped, but instead she transformed into the ultimate puppet master.

The execution of her plan was flawless. She played on her victims’ weaknesses and they did exactly as she predicted. After setting her plan in motion, all she had to do was sit back and watch the monkeys dance. Sharon, Nick and Phyllis are a ticking time bomb and Mary Jane just accelerated the pace. What makes her plan even more ingenious is that no one suspected her to be the mastermind.

What is in store for Mary Jane? I do not know. However, one thing is for sure; I will be watching Y&R to find out. The way in which Stacy Haiduk portrays Mary Jane I cannot help but be drawn in and fall victim to her spell. Mary Jane is crazy and most definitely deranged, but Stacy Haiduk brings a vulnerability to Mary Jane that shows that she is so much more. So kudos to Ms. Haiduk for making me love and dare I say root for a character that I know is up to no good.

Stacy Haiduk, you are my performer of the week!!! In fact, you are now one of my favorite actresses on the show!!!