Zap2it.com spoke with Beauty and the Beast executive producer for this interview in which she provides a few teases regarding what’s to come on the show when it returns in late January. The following is an excerpt.

ZAP2IT:Why did you choose to end “Bridesmaid Up!” with so many cliffhangers?

SHERRI COOPER:  It feels like that is a perfect way to end this fairytale episode. You think she’s just going in the car and chasing down her guy… But of course it’s “Beauty and the Beast.” There’s always danger at every turn. And she didn’t get to say what she wanted to say to him. It was a two-parter when we wrote this one and the next one. And of course, we’re keeping up the curiosity.

ZAP2IT:We saw that Tess (Nina Lisandrello) and Evan (Max Brown) began the search to find J.T.’s (Austin Basis) identity in this episode, but they didn’t get close enough to find him. Is that a plot that’s going to play out over future episodes?

SHERRI COOPER:  Yes, totally! We are planning a fun run with Evan. He’s going to try to track down J.T. We will be sort of wondering, is he going to find this guy? Is going to find Vincent? What is J.T. going to do if he does find him? We’re going to put all of that in when we come back.

ZAP2IT:Will the future episodes continue to mix procedural elements with the long-arc romance and mystery?

SHERRI COOPER: Obviously our audiences care about the relationships. I think they thematically tie, but the more we move into the season, I think they’ll always be tied — really tied. It will be a character connection, a mythology connection…

ZAP2IT:Are you planning on keeping the focus tightly on Catherine and Vincent, or will the other characters get more stories as time goes on?

SHERRI COOPER: Totally. We are going to branch out, and I think that happens naturally on most shows. We love all of them. Yes, we have lots of other stories going on… But we start in all conversations with “What are Catherine and Vincent going through?”

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