We always joke how this-or-that incoming HW or EP should do the it-was-all-a-horrible-dream scenario. Truth is, though, if anyone at any daytime soap even dared try that, most probably would spit fire.

For a minute there on OLTL, RC was a fan of using dreams/daydreams on a much smaller (i.e., not a full damn season) scale to let entire scenarios play out, and then have the character suddenly snap out of it. It got to a point where you could almost instantly sniff them out, like, "No way this denouement is coming THAT fast."

I would say DOOL's secret island of the undead is probably daytime's answer to the dream season.

I love it, Vee. And, I am certain Grey's Anatomy is not ready to suddenly replace Sandra Oh with Hayden Panettiere and have her sing the show's theme song at the drop of a hat.

Or the shorter explaination for it would be: ruin the show.

Something that happens in PRIMETIME that I'd like to see is daytime is a flash forward episode. Brit soap Hollyoaks did this once where they flash forwarded to a wedding six months later that showed a character being shot and killed. I know many would worry about the HW getting replaced or actors coming and going, but those are easy things to work around. They pretty much know whose contract is up when and who to feature. It would be difficult to pull off, but I think it would be an interesting senario.

The main problem with doing that is soaps are made up as they go along, or at least they are now. Ron Carlivati can't even keep track of a story for a month, let alone six.

Something that happens in PRIMETIME that I'd like to see is daytime is a flash forward episode. Brit soap Hollyoaks did this once where they flash forwarded to a wedding six months later that showed a character being shot and killed. I know many would worry about the HW getting replaced or actors coming and going, but those are easy things to work around. They pretty much know whose contract is up when and who to feature. It would be difficult to pull off, but I think it would be an interesting senario.

GH somehwat has done this, with the B&W ball

Ron Carlivati can't even keep track of a story for a month, let alone six.

A month? Depending on who you ask, certain stories, or the characters' motivations within them, are changed on a scene-to-scene basis.