{alltv} Inside Heather Locklear's Melrose Return

Amanda Woodward is back to her old scheming tricks – at least according to her Melrose Place co-star Shaun Sipos.

"She's conniving. She's back to the same old stuff. And she's such a pleasure to work with," said Sipos of his co-star who's no stranger to the apartment complex with the infamous address.

Die hard Melrose fans (circa 1990s, of course) have been anxiously awaiting the return of the devious diva ad exec – a much touted reprisal that Sipos said could boost the ratings from recent disappointing lows.

"There's a lot of appeal to her and she's an interesting woman to begin with, and she's had a really interesting life. And I also think that there is the whole nostalgia of the old show with her and she brings a lot of fans and a lot of people," he said. "I mean, I ran into people that had no idea before the show even aired and I would say, 'Melrose, are you going to watch it?' And they're like, 'I don't know… If Heather comes on, I'll watch it.''"

So let the catfighting begin — and it looks like between David Breck and the former live-in landlord.

"She's had some scenes where she knows things about me, she knows about my thieving," Sipos told TV Guide Magazine at STK and Coco de Ville's Mischief Night 2009 in West Hollywood. "She's kind of getting in my way. There's the whole triangle thing with my dad and with her. She knows Mancini and she wants something that Sydney had on her; [she] left something, so she's trying to twist my arm into finding it."

With Colin Egglesfield and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz moving out and Locklear moving in, it marks a shift in the show's tone going forward.

"I think it's going to be a little bit less of a bombardment of drama, I guess you can say; like really edgy events. I felt that in the show there were a lot of things going on, like a lot. I think that they're going to kind of shift focus and sort of put more emphasis on certain characters," said Sipos. "With less characters they'll be a few less storylines, which I think will make the viewers able to really gravitate towards the characters that they like and to understand the stories that are going on in people's lives."

One thing we can definitely expect to remain consistent — Dr. Michael Mancini's rebellious son just can't seem to stay out of trouble — and out of the bedroom.

"They haven't told me a whole lot," said Sipos. "I do know that there is going to be someone trying to pressure me into dating them and really blackmailing me for things for thieving things."