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Katherine To Jill: I Stole Your Son!

Y&R kicks off a baby-switch storyline this week, and it has nothing to do with Phyllis/Sheila. It's the shocking revelation that Katherine kidnapped Jill's son, Phillip, when he was born and replaced him with another baby.

"Katherine goes to Nikki and says, 'Oh, my God, I think I gave Jill's baby, the real one, away.' " gasps Jeanne Cooper. "Sylvia Browne said something about violets. That comes from a woman - Violet. Evidently, Katherine hounded her into taking little Phillip and then they switched babies."

Which means two things: Thom Bierdz's Phillip wasn't Phillip after all, and Jill is going to be very mad with Mom.

"Oh, there is some peppery stuff coming up with Jill and Nikki and myself," promises JC. "It's good, old-fashioned Y&R stuff. After a scene, Melody would say, 'Did you feel some Y&R moments there?' And I'd say, 'I certainly did.' The audience is going to eat it up."

And Jill is going to eat Katherine alive.

Thom Bierdz On Fake-Out: "Phillip Wasn't Real?"

Y&R's Jill isn't the only one shocked that Phillip wasn't Phillip.

"Phillip wasn't real? I had no idea!" exclaims Thom Bierdz, who played the role from 1986 - '89. "So they're going to have some new actor come on and play the real Phillip and it'll make a rich storyline between Jill and Kay, right?"

Right.

"It's fascinating," concedes TB. "It's a fun thing to do scriptwise, because Jill and Kay need conflict, they need something to fight about, and this will give it to them. I totally understand the need for this. It makes sense, to keep the plot going."

And who knows? Maybe Bierdz will return to the show someday. "What if Kay faked my death and she also doesn't remember it?" muses TB. "Then when she finally remembers, I'll come back. I'll have to change the epilogue for my autobiography (Forgiving Troy: Hudson House), though!"

Daniel Goddard is new Phillip. I had a pic up but put it down on photobucket.