“After eight long years in prison, they finally let me out,” quips Ray Wise in character as Ian Ward, who has returned to The Young and the Restless as public enemy No. 1. “I paid my debt to society and naturally, I would come right back to Genoa City and reestablish my old relationships.”

Wise’s return engagement began when the show’s head writer and executive producer, Josh Griffith, reached out several months ago. “He said, ‘Ray, would you be interested in coming back to stir up things?’ And I said, ‘Well, yeah, I’ve been waiting for this to happen for eight long years!’ ” shares Wise. “In the meantime, I did a series called Fresh Off the Boat for ABC, so I wasn’t exactly out of work, but I wanted to come back to Genoa City because I enjoyed myself so much the first time I was there.”

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