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west Joshua Shayne Lewis

Actor History

Travis Cartier (February 19th, 1990 to April 1991)
Brett Cooper (December 22nd, 1993 to April 29th, 1997)
Garrett Stevens (July 4th, 1997 to May 25th, 1999)
Tony Michael Donnelly (October 14th, 1999 to December 24th, 1999)
Billy Kay (February 8th, 2000 to January 24th, 2003)
Marty West (February 14th, 2003 to August 16th, 2004)



Lifeline

Born (on-screen): February 19th, 1990 (Revised to 1985 when he turned 18 in 2003)



Occupation

Runs a mini-peace corps
Student



Resides At

Africa



Marital Status

Single/Never Been Married



Past Marriages

None



Relatives

Josh Lewis (father)
Reva Shayne (mother)
Marah Lewis (sister)
Dylan Lewis (half-brother & cousin)
Jonathan Randall (half-brother)
Harlan Billy "H.B." Lewis I (paternal grandfather; Deceased)
Martha Lewis (paternal grandmother; Deceased)
Sarah Shayne (maternal grandmother; Deceased)
Hawk Shayne (maternal grandfather)
William Lewis (paternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Susan "Daisy" Lemay (niece)
Sarah Randall (niece)
Billy Lewis (uncle)
Patricia "Trish" Lewis (aunt)
Melinda "Mindy" Sue Lewis (cousin)
Bill Lewis (cousin)
Roxie Shayne (aunt)
Rusty Shayne (uncle)
Cassie Layne (aunt)
Tammy Winslow Randall (cousin; Deceased)
Roger Joshua Winslow (cousin)
William Richard Winslow (cousin)
June O'Neal (great aunt; deceased)



Children

None



Flings & Affairs

Marina Cooper (lovers)



Crimes Committed

Participated in the making and distributing of pirated CDs [September 25, 2000 - December 6, 2000]

Unwittingly told Olivia Spencer Lewis about Richard Winslow, Noah Chase and Phillip Spaulding's attempted coup of San Cristobel [May 16, 2001]

Stuck Marina Cooper with paying a dinner check at the Lakeland Country Club. (Ben Reade paid it for her.) [March 14, 2003]

Sets off an explosive (gas can) in an attempt to save Marina Cooper [July 30, 2003]



Brief Character History

Shayne Lewis spent his early childhood without his mother. Soon after his birth in 1990, Reva suffered a severe case of postpartum depression and drove her car off a bridge and was presumed dead. His nanny Harley Cooper took care of him and his sister, Marah, and when Josh moved to Italy in January 1991 to search for Reva (who was assumed alive there), Shayne soon followed along with Marah and their grandmother, Sarah. Unfortunately, Josh never found Reva and while Shayne was still young they returned to Springfield in late 1993. For the next several month,s it was just Shayne, his father and sister.

In 1995, Josh fell in love with Annie Dutton. By now, Shayne was about 5 years old and he became very close to Annie. In a sense she became the only mother he'd ever known. Then suddenly Reva re-entered his life. Leery about this woman he never knew, Shayne took his lead from his big sister. In 1996, Reva realized Shayne, and especially Marah, wanted Annie as their mommy, so she gave Josh custody of her children so he and Annie and the kids could be a family together. Not long after, Shayne was injured in a demolition accident in a building on Fifth Street but was saved by Alan Spaulding. In 1997, Marah and Shayne finally started to form a close bond with Reva. However, when Josh left Annie, Shayne was upset and accused his father of not keeping his promises. Annie. Josh & Reva tried talking with their kids and explained that Josh and Annie were getting a divorce, but Shayne, as opposed to Marah, was not happy about the upcoming divorce. Then, one day Annie and Alan showed up, and Annie tried to apologize to the children for her past drunken behavior. The kids backed away when she tried to hug them and Annie ended up signing the divorce papers. By 1999, though, Shayne had finally grown close to Reva and watched happily when his parents remarried. Not long after, Shayne was kidnapped by an unstable Holly Reade. He wasn't the only one and Holly told the children that she'd be a much better mother than their own. Luckily the children were rescued by Josh and Reva, with some assistance from Annie. However Shayne's perfect world was later shattered when it was learned that Reva had a child in San Cristobel. Unlike Marah, Shayne supported his mom, and promised to take care of her. Unfortunately, other members of the family, namely Josh and Marah, had trouble coping and Josh and Reva ended up divorcing in 2000. In the midst of his divorcing Reva, Josh was becoming involved with a woman named Olivia Spencer. Hoping to forestall the upcoming divorce, Marah and Shayne conspired to get rid of Olivia. Marah assured Shayne that her plan would bring the family back together. Reva received flowers welcoming her back to Springfield. The flowers lifted Reva's spirits, but she was unaware that Marah sent them, not Josh. After some resistance, Shayne and Marah begin to warm up to Olivia. Reva returned home to find Olivia getting closer to Josh and her kids. Later, Josh informed Marah and Shayne that Olivia was moving in with him and they were not happy with Josh's decision. Meanwhile, Marah, Susan Lemay and Sam Spencer planned their trip to Chicago to see NuGround. Sam convinced an unsuspecting Phillip Spaulding to allow them to use the Spaulding computer lab to produce bootleg CDs. When mobster Tony Santos volunteered to help by selling CDs to one of his "friends.", a concerned Shayne phoned Josh to prevent the budding romance between Tony and Marah. In addition to being concerned about Tony, a smitten Shayne defended Catalina Quesada when Marah complained about her presence in their lives. Marah was peeved when Catalina accepted Shayne's invitation to tag along on the Chicago trip. Meanwhile, Marah and Shayne reacted poorly when Josh informed them of his engagement to Olivia. Right after, Marah, Shayne, Susan and Sam meet at Company to prepare for the trip to Chicago. Tony arrived with the money he promised, but was disappointed when she told him he can’t go with them. Unfortunately for the group, the fact that they had pirated CD's was discovered and they were arrested. Punished for what they'd done, Marah lashed out at Catalina, but Shayne encouraged Catalina to stay, telling her not to listen to Marah.

In 2001, both Reva and Shayne were saddened when Catalina moved to the boarding house. Soon after, Reva received a call that Shayne had been in a serious lacrosse accident. She attempted to reach Josh before he left on his honeymoon, but an unknowing Olivia turned off Josh's cell phone. However, Josh finally got the call and he and Reva were relieved when they learn that Shayne will be all right. Later that year, Shayne unexpectedly helped his mother on a time traveling excursion. After accidentally spilling something on Reva's new painting, Shayne tried to clean it, only to discover there was another picture underneath. Shayne started to grow concerned that Reva couldn’t get her mind off of the mysterious painting in their living room and called Josh for help. About the same time, Reva disappeared! In the end, it was discovered that the painting was a time portal and Reva had been spending time in the past. In 2002, Shayne was happy to see his parents married for the third time. On the romantic front, he was attracted to Marina Cooper and covered for her several times. It began at the mall, when Shayne saw his childhood friend, Marina, get busted for shoplifting. Though Shayne came to her rescue, Marina was ungrateful. Once things settled down, Marina, who had run away from California, grew concerned that Shayne would reveal that she had been in town for longer than everyone had thought. Sure enough, Shayne let the cat out of the bag, leaving Marina's parents Frank and Eleni confused so Marina was forced to admit that she stayed away to avoid Eleni. Meanwhile, Shayne spotted Marina watching mobster Romeo Jones and tried to warn her away from him. However, when Marina overheard Frank discussing an illegal card game going on at Infierno, she took off to warn Romeo that the police on were on to him and made Shayne promise to cover for her. Later, Shayne noticed that Lizzie Spaulding had a crush on him, but his attention remained focused on Marina. Later that year, Shayne was saddened by the death of his uncle, Richard Winslow and he and Marah tried to keep their cousin Tammy occupied before their Aunt Cassie got there to break the news. Meanwhile, Marah and Shayne were confused about a growing rift between Reva and Cassie until Reva explained the tough decision she made when she turned off Richard’s life support. In pain and on machines, Richard asked Reva to put him out of his misery and disconnect him from life support. When Reva confessed this to her children, Shayne immediately understood, but Marah did not, causing a rift between mother and daughter. Meanwhile, Shayne's affections for Marina continued to grow but to his dismay, she was only interested in the older Ben Reade, who Shayne felt was just using her.

In 2003, Shayne started working toward getting a baseball scholarship and continued to befriend Marina. Just when it seemed as if he and Marina were getting closer, Shayne found himself with a dilemma—he could go to Stanford on a baseball scholarship or skip college and play professionally. Convinced by Reva to sign both contracts and make the decision after his prom, Shayne still found the choice unbearable. Overhearing Shayne say he wished someone else could make the choice for him, Josh took Shayne at his word and secretly mailed in the draft contract. He then proceeded to scold Shayne for missing practices and guilted him by saying that he regretted not making his own father happy by becoming a professional baseball player. Josh's attitude though didn't help matters since Shayne was more concerned with Marina's well being since she'd just gotten out of a relationship with Ben Reade. Later, the night of Shayne's prom, Josh was elated to learn that Shayne had been picked up by the Chicago Cubs and the following day, after hearing Shayne say he wanted to go out for the draft, he told Shayne what he'd done. Though Shayne was angry at first at being denied the chance to make his own choice, he soon became elated at the chance to play major league baseball. However his main concern was always Marina, so much that at his final high school baseball game, he couldn't play well until he saw her in the stands. At summer's end, the pair got closer and went to the Bauer cabin together. Though the trip started out fine, it ended with Marina being kidnapped by Ben! Luckily, Shayne found Marina and although he tried to rescue her, Ben attacked him and threatened to kill him. In the end, Ben killed himself and Shayne did his best to comfort a very shaken Marina. Fortunately, by summer's end, Marina had come to terms with what happened and she and Shayne settled into a very comfortable relationship. On the other hand, his relationship with Josh continued to be strained because of Josh's insistence that Shayne take his baseball career more seriously and not focus so much on his personal life. Then one rainy night, Shayne invited Marina to go to a concert. Though he had to meet with the Cub's general manager that same night, he was convinced he could do both. Unconvinced was Josh who demanded that he not attend the concert. Angry at his father's demands, Shayne went to the concert anyway with Marina but left early in order to make his appointment. Then suddenly they collided with an incoming car! Shielding Marina so that she wouldn't go through the windshield, Shayne suffered swelling to the brain and spine that left him temporarily unable to walk and talk. In the hospital room, Shayne was shocked when he learned who the other driver was: it was Josh who was racing to bring Shayne home from the concert. Though Shayne tried to push Marina away, for fear of her putting her life on hold to take care of him, Marina refused to leave Shayne's side. Soon the pair would make love for the first time. Later, Shayne overheard Marina talking to their friend Nico Castana about a school dance. Concerned that he was holding Marina back, Shayne talked a very reluctant Nico into taking Marina to the dance. However, instead of being thankful, Marina was angry at Nico for asking and hurt that Shayne felt he had to arrange for her to have fun. However despite her reassurances that she was happy with him, Shayne was desperate to walk again and asked Josh to be his rehabilitation coach and later pushed himself past the point of endurance in order to walk again. Late in the year, Shayne's overworking himself would cause complications and he'd undergo surgery. As 2004 wore on, Shayne would slowly regain the use of his legs. Although his faith did waver when he didn't recover as quickly as he'd hoped, encouragement from his parents and Marina gave him the incentive to not give up and strive to fully recover. He also started to bond with his newfound younger brother, Sandy, the child of Reva and Richard Winslow. As the months wore on, Shayne was on hand to comfort Marina, who had been through a harrowing experience with a woman named Carrie Caruther's, and also encouraged her friendship with Sandy. With encouragement from Shayne, Marina slowly began to trust people again. In the meantime she was spending lots of time with Shayne and Sandy, sensing that Sandy was becoming increasingly uncomfortable. Believing it was because he felt like a third wheel, Marina made plans to play matchmaker, although Sandy was obviously not pleased with that idea. By the beginning of summer, Shayne had fully recovered and Lizzie and Sandy convinced Marina, Shayne and a few other teens to compete for an internship at Spaulding Enterprises. However, the contest was not as interesting as the teens had hoped, the only one excited about it being Lizzie. Unfortunately, things wouldn't go too well, when Marina and Sandy were caught after they hacked into Alan Spaulding's computer account. Although Alan agreed to drop the charges, Shayne was angry at Sandy for getting Marina into trouble. Not long after, Shayne started to suspect that Sandy had feelings for Marina, but kept his suspicions to himself. In the meantime, Shayne had begun pitching again and looking into going to the Majors. As the weeks went by, it was becoming clear that Shayne wanted a change in his life. At the end of summer, after a talk with Mayor Ross Marler, Shayne decided to do something meaningful with his life and create a mini Peace Corps in Bosnia. Although he wanted her to go with him, Marina opted to stay at home with her family, which was going through a trying time.

The summer of 2006, while Marah was in New York on business, Reva arranged for a family reunion. However, conspicuous in his absence was Josh. Months later, the pair divorced. In early 2007, Shayne learned that Josh confessed to the attempted murder of Alan Spaulding to protect his Aunt Cassie and agreed to the deal to go to prison for two years. When Shayne called his father to talk him out of it, Josh adamantly refused and so an upset Shayne hung up. Josh was ultimately released and months later married Cassie though both Shayne and Marah refused to attend the ceremony. On Christmas Eve, Shayne called his parents when they, along with RJ, were trapped in the mall. Shayne wished the pair a Merry Christmas and told them that one day he would be able to tell them about all about the things that he had seen. Suddenly, the signal went dead, leading Reva to fear that something bad had happened. They went up to the roof hoping to reconnect with Shayne but still were not able to. While, Josh, Reva and RJ made the most of their situation, they breathed a sigh of relief when Shayne called them back. Shayne asked them to put some Christmas music up to the phone for him because there was not much Christmas going on where he was.



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