Home and Away's John Palmer will turn to Marilyn Chambers in the wake of his wife Gina's tragic death.
The pair will start to grow closer when Marilyn helps John's foster son Jett (Will McDonald) prepare for his first date.
However, when Jett tells John (Shane Withington) that he ended things with the girl because he feels it is disrespectful to the memory of Gina, a worried John confides in Marilyn (Emily Symons) who offers him her support.
Speaking to TV Week, Symons said: "John and Marilyn join together to make the little boy happy because he has been through so much in his young life.
"It's not a romantic attraction between them, but a friendship. A connection based on deep trust is forming since Gina's death. Their friendship has grown stronger because of the grief."
Not everyone will be happy about the new-found friendship between the two. Alf (Ray Meagher) and Roo (Georgie Parker) start to worry that their friend is becoming too involved with the family who are still grief-stricken.
However, Symons reckons that if Marilyn and John's friendship did develop into anything more, it should be accepted.
The actress said: "I can't answer for poor Gina. But I think she would want the best for John and the best for Jett."