‘Melrose Place’ Reunion: Heather Locklear, Grant Show and Cast Reveal Where Their Characters Should Be Today
When the cast of Melrose Place took the stage at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, the packed audience enjoyed hearing their personal stories including how Heather Locklear‘s daughter has never watched the show or how Grant Show was bitten by a fan, as well as plans for a Melrose Place Revival.
Locklear and Show, along with Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, Jack Wagner and Rob Estes all reunited and shared plenty of laughs about their time on Melrose Place during the 90s Con fifth anniversary convention, held October 16–18, 2026.
Of course, being part of the television phenomenon that ran from 1992-99, also meant encountering fans away from the set. Show recalled one nightclub interaction that took a distinctly Melrose-worthy turn.
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A woman seated nearby was paying him considerable attention, much to her boyfriend’s apparent displeasure. Hoping to ease the situation, Show introduced himself to the man.
“I put my hand out. I say, ‘Hi, my name is Grant. What’s your name?’” he remembered. “He took my hand and bit it.”
What did Show do next?
“I took my hand back,” he said. “It didn’t break the skin, thank God.”
Another audience question brought up Seinfeld‘s memorable tribute to Melrose Place, in which Jerry’s claims that he didn’t watch the soap become grounds for a lie-detector test. The police officer he dates in the episode was played by Katherine LaNasa, who would later marry Show.
“We did not know each other at the time,” Show explained. Despite that unexpected connection, his wife, Katherine LaNasa, hasn’t become a devoted viewer. “She still hasn’t seen Melrose Place, but I love her all the same,” he said.
Some of the cast’s children have been similarly resistant. Locklear said her daughter Ava hasn’t watched, while Estes reported little enthusiasm from his own kids.
“They have no interest to see it,” he said, although other younger relatives have discovered the show and offered a review of his appearance: “Oh my God, your dad was good-looking.”
Melrose Place Revival and Where the Characters Should Pick Up
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For fans who would happily watch these characters again, the conversation eventually turned to the proposed revival. The cast described an ongoing effort to get it moving, with enthusiasm for returning if the script is right, but business complications keeping the project from becoming a certainty.
In the meantime, they had plenty of ideas about where their characters might be.
Zuniga imagined Jo moving from photography into filmmaking, becoming more comfortable with herself and perhaps finding a good partner. A reunion with Jake, however, could complicate things.
“Maybe we all reunite at the building, and she sees Jake again, and maybe those things rekindle,” she suggested. “I want some more humor and self-confidence in Jo.”
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Show pictured a less dramatic future for Jake. “I feel like Jake made his choice and is still slinging burgers at the Roadside Cafe,” he said.
“So Jo’s going to have to come out and get you and bring you back,” Zuniga replied.
Estes imagined Kyle still in the restaurant business, possibly drinking too much and finding his way back into an unhealthy relationship with Taylor, Lisa Rinna‘s character.
“Lisa Rinna always brings the drama, doesn’t she?” Locklear observed. “She has such good energy. She just brings it.”
Leighton’s priority was more fundamental: Whatever a new Melrose Place looks like, she wants Sydney in it. “I don’t think Sydney should be dead,” she declared. “I think it’s television, and I think she should be alive.”
Her reasoning followed a time-honored rule of soap operas. “If you didn’t see the body, not really dead, right?”
For a show that made a weekly habit of upending expectations, it sounded like as good a place as any to start.
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