CBS.com: Danny and Michelle are working to be together, regardless of his family.
Joie Lenz: Right. But Michelle is very insecure right now. He's told her that he's going to get away from his family but he swore up and down for months when they were married that he could never leave his family this way, and he is what he is. So it's really hard for her to finally trust that. But she's trying.

CBS.com: Not so long ago, Michelle found out about Jesse and Drew, and then she discovered that Danny had slept with Drew as well!
Lenz: We actually filmed [those scenes] out of sequence, so it was a little confusing at first. I had all this stuff happen dealing with that the fact that I walked in on them and then we shot the scene where I walked in on them, so it was really weird. I guess Michelle just kind of deals with it. She walked in on Jesse and Drew in bed, so obviously he's gone, he's with somebody else. That's gotta be a really hard thing for anybody to see, even if you are over the person, still you gave so much of yourself to that person. She goes [and gets] drunk in a bar and Danny takes her home and takes care of her. It's cute. Then they realize that they want to be together. Then the shooting happens at the house and all this crazy stuff is going on. She just really wants to be with her husband right now.

CBS.com: Do you think she'll get to a point where she's okay with Drew and Jesse?
Lenz: I'm sure. I think she'll always kind of carry maybe a little tiny bit of bitterness towards Drew because she probably kind of subconsciously feels like Drew really came between her and Jesse. But I think eventually she'll realize it was for the best and also because of the fact that now she's found Danny, which is a love that is completely different than she felt about Jesse.

CBS.com: Do you feel that Michelle and Danny have found true love?
Lenz: For now. I mean, it's soaps. I think you can love many different people in your life in many different ways. Jesse was her first love, and Danny is more like her first adult relationship. I mean, Jesse she was with for two years, so I can't say Danny was her first relationship. I guess it's her first kind of new experience, out of the ordinary obviously with all the life threatening situations going on around her and the first where she's really going into it knowing what she's doing. Because a lot of times people get together when they're younger, it's just because, oh I kind of like this person let's get together, and it's ends up into a codependent relationship, which is actually what Michelle and Jesse turned out to be, which is pretty common. So, she's going into this thing with Danny with her head screwed on tight, she knows what she's doing.

CBS.com: She's going to still have problems with Carmen, I presume.
Lenz: Of course. Of course! We wouldn't have a show if she didn't! [Laughs]

CBS.com: What is it like filming those bickering scenes with Carmen?
JOIE LENZ: Saundra's [Santiago, Carmen] really fun. She's the sweetest person in real life and then she puts on this big face and then she's all mean. It's really funny. We always laugh about it.

CBS.com: How do you like working with Paul Anthony Stewart [Danny]?
Lenz: I'm so blessed. I'm learning so much just from being in scenes with him. He really is a treasure to work with. He's just a really giving actor. He's probably my favorite person I've worked with so far just because I'm learning so much just from watching him. It's really great.

CBS.com: Were you surprised with how Michelle and Danny have taken off with the fans?
Lenz: It's cool, it totally skyrocketed! I'm so glad the fans are getting into it!