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The Nikolai "Kolya" Rostov would have been a much better Prince Michael. (You probably don't get this from this gif)

Unless Phoebe turns out to be Finn I can't see anything that shocking about a dead person showing up alive on a soap. Another weird thing is that B&B has been promoting this twist/event for quite some time. They never did that before with things like Maya's revelation or Sheila's return.

I always wanted Dave Reed to show up for a special "What If" episode. How things would have been for both families if Brooke never met the Forresters.

Crystal Chappell as GL's Blake. I am not a big fan of her personality, but Liz Keifer had turned the character into a bore. The show should be focused on Roger and Holly's daughter who was raised as a Bauer, is the mother to Ross Marler's kids and has so much history with the Spauldings.

B&B would be crazy enough to make Bill Spencer Eric's son for no real reason. We might get Stephanie's ghost visiting Broooke. (Please don't make Brooke pregnant) But I think it will have something to do with Steffy's maternity leave. I've read a crazy rumor about Phoebe being alive, but it makes no sense. So it could be it.

Loving's Roya Megnot (Ava) was considered for the part before KW was cast

The network wanted two hours of Dynasty every week. It was not a spin-off, it was a clone. They were crazy to think that it could work with a Fallon recast. They had a great cast and their two seasons were much better than Dynasty during that time, but the show had no identity of its own. The same opening, same business, a different Blake, Alexis, Krystle and the list goes on. If the spin-off was more like Knots Landing or Melrose Place, it might have worked. There was no reason for Monica and Bliss to be related to the Colbys. Jason was not needed at all and neither was Frankie.

I love the name Bailey Louise. It reminds me of Nola Reardon's Kelly Louise.

Not another Abbott Newman pairing

I adore Lauren Hutton and I would keep her as another character. Perhaps the gallerist who is also Allen's mistress. In my mind Linda should have been brunette, stylish and sophisticated. Not necessary a super star. Perhaps a daytime actress or someone famous from the 80s. As I said, the idea is Jackie O meets Sue Ellen, no real casting ideas though.

They should have cast someone younger and more sympathetic for Stephanie's part. Same goes for the husband. Maedchen Amick was perfect and so was John Barrowman. The idea of Lauren Hutton as the mother sounds interesting, but they needed a more charismatic actress for their Jackie O meets Sue Ellen hybrid. Kylie Travis should have been there from the start and a more vibrant actress for Nikki might have helped. I hated the first opening and the second one screamed 80's mini series shot in Italy. The reboot cheapened the show. The original idea was Sex and the City as a real soap opera and it could have been amazing.

During that time I thought that Ellen Winters was the Mary to Jack's Mason Capwell. It was the same period they got Tricia Cast and Nina was quite similar to Christy Duvall. I thought that Y&R was borrowing ideas from Santa Barbara.

I guess the character will be needed for the Jack & Phyllis "mystery".

Josh Griffith uses the show's history in the most boring and awkward way possible. Remember the idea of Phillip Chancellor being Jack's father? Theo's random connection to the Brooks family?

They have been talking about this shocking twist for weeks. It'd better be something good.

But she was not fired. It was all part of the plan, right?

Cynthia Watros as Patty Williams Abbott in the 00s. Before the Mary Jane madness that is.

I remember being horrified as I watched Nancy Karr tied in a bed in bandages. This was a 1981 story about her being kidnapped and held at a clinic.

B&B Denise Alexander as Beth Logan after leaving Another World Y&R Cassandra Creech as Dru? GL Hugo Napier taking over from Ron Raines as Alan Spaulding Jamie Luner as Blake Marler in the 00s Brian Kerwin as Ed Bauer Marj Dusay as Rita instead of Alex in the 90s

There is no point in trying to make Willow interesting by giving her new parents. They could say that she is Luke and Helena's or Terry and Liz's and nobody would care. She is a boring character, played by a boring (or bored) actress who is involved in a boring relationship with a boring guy. Her parents are the least of her problems.

Stephanie's scandal was Bradley's "smart" idea to create a new insta-family of name actors and to be able to create tasteless pairings between the Forrester kids. It was wrong in so many ways and Stephanie was not the character for that type of story. In the 2000s Stephanie and Taylor tried to outslut Brooke for no real reason.

If Mike had stayed in the 80s, there would not be much need for Ross in TPTB's minds. Perhaps not even Ed, since he could be the town lawyer and the Bauer patriarch as well.

Ellen Winters??

This is a name from a ten-year old soap fan's first fan fiction attempt

Maya on B&B. This could have been iconic. Something that would draw the attention of non-soap fans. Brad Bell managed to make it boring, the story played out like a fairytale. Plus the casting for such a character was all wrong.