 Russ becomes suspicious of Mercedes and Sylver and angrily confronts them but Mercedes assures him that nothing is going on between them.Sylver later tells his mother, Breda McQueen (Moya Brady), that he is in love with Mercedes.Mercedes was selected as one of the "top 100 British soap characters" by industry experts for a poll run by "What's on TV" entitled "Who is Soap's Greatest Legend?