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Daytime Comings and Goings Week of October 5: A Presumed-Dead Face Resurfaces, a Bachelorette Party Gets Crashed, and a Homecoming Hits Close to Home
Daytime’s casting carousel keeps spinning, with returning favorites, surprise arrivals and a few mystery exits shaking up every soap.
DAYTIME COMINGS AND GOINGS BRING SURPRISE RETURNS AND UNEXPECTED GUESTS
This week’s Comings and Goings are loaded with familiar faces and big arrivals. General Hospital welcomes Kelly Kruger back as Serena Baldwin while Charlotte heads off to school, Young and the Restless rolls out the welcome mat for Patrika Darbo and Ashley Campbell as Shirley and Coco Spectra, Bold and the Beautiful brings Laneya Grace back as Electra Forrester, Days of Our Lives brings Rachel Boyd back as a very-much-alive Sophia Choi, and Beyond the Gates sends Jaden Lucas Miller’s Tyrell home from Banneker. Buckle up, daytime fans, because nobody is staying put this week.
General Hospital Comings & Goings
A few familiar faces land on Port Charles’ doorstep this week. Kelly Kruger is back as Serena Baldwin on Monday, and the spoilers have her finding herself in a bind. Troy Lennon Appel gets more face time as Hudson Parker on Tuesday, when he tries to talk down Eden McCoy‘s Josslyn Jacks.
Kristina Wagner brings more of Felicia Scorpio to the screen with welcome news for Anna Devane on Tuesday. Nancy Lee Grahn has Alexis Davis going at it with Drew Cain on Wednesday, and Brook Kerr‘s Portia Robinson makes her loyalties clear on Friday.
Bluesy Burke is stepping back from the regular rotation as Charlotte Cassadine, who is off to boarding school, though Bluesy is set to return for the holidays and school breaks. And mark your calendar, because Alley Mills returns as Heather Webber on Thursday, November 5.
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Young and the Restless Comings & Goings
Genoa City is gearing up for a wedding, and the guest list keeps growing. Christian LeBlanc is back as Michael Baldwin for Billy Abbott‘s bachelor party, while Patrika Darbo and Ashley Campbell arrive as Shirley Spectra and Coco Spectra on Thursday to crash Sally Spectra‘s bachelorette party. Ashley steps in as Coco in a recast.
Beth Maitland pops in as Traci Abbott for the bachelorette festivities, and Kate Linder stops by as Esther Valentine. Melissa Ordway‘s Abby Newman kicks off the bash at Society, Christel Khalil‘s Lily Winters struggles with an unexpected health concern, and Matt Cohen locks in more scenes as Detective Burrows.
Looking ahead, Lily Brooks O’Briant is set to return as Lucy Romalotti for Thanksgiving. And while chatter about Nathan Owens leaving as Holden Novak keeps swirling, nothing is official and Holden is simply off in London.
Bold and the Beautiful Comings & Goings
Los Angeles is rolling out the welcome mat, and a few familiar Forrester faces are back on set. Laneya Grace returns as Electra Forrester after weeks away, and Darin Brooks is back as Wyatt Spencer, confiding in Will Spencer on Monday. John McCook also gets more face time as Eric Forrester, who prepares to back the new Electra line on Thursday.
Harrison Cone shows up as Deke Sharpe at Logan, where Delon de Metz‘s Zende Forrester Dominguez gets put on the spot on Friday.
Days of Our Lives Comings & Goings
Salem is bursting at the seams with arrivals. Tajh Bellow temporarily fills in for Tyler Joseph Andrews as Theo Carver for one episode on Tuesday, when Theo agrees to help Cherie Jimenez‘s Gabi Hernandez.
Stacy Haiduk is back as Kristen DiMera, and Rachel Boyd returns as Sophia Choi, who is very much alive when Kristen finds her on Friday. Lorelei Olivia Mote pops back in as Rachel Black on Tuesday, giving her dad, Eric Martsolf‘s Brady Black, cause for concern. Franco LoPresti resurfaces as Dante Vitali on Thursday to surprise Sydney Malakeh‘s Sydney DiMera.
Elia Cantu and Brandon Beemer are back as Jada Hunter and Shawn Brady for a romantic moment on Wednesday, and Maggie Carney‘s Rita gets more scenes when EJ DiMera confronts her about Dominic Marino, who is still uncast. More familiar faces get extra airtime too, including Lauren Koslow‘s Kate Roberts, Josh Taylor‘s Roman Brady, Conner Floyd‘s Chad DiMera, Abigail Klein‘s Stephanie Johnson, Robert Scott Wilson‘s Alex Kiriakis and Leo Howard‘s Tate Black.
The show hasn’t confirmed it, but credits suggest Lauren Koslow, Sydney Malakeh, Sal Stowersand Jacob Martinez have all been bumped to contract.
Beyond the Gates Comings & Goings
Fairmont Crest is gearing up for homecoming, and the family is filling the house. Jaden Lucas Miller is back as Tyrell Richardson, who returns from Banneker on Monday with a bombshell for his family, and Najah Jackson is back as Samantha Richardson.
Angela Fairley gets more screen time as Deanna McBride on Monday and Thursday, when Nick Hagelin‘s Noah Rollins returns to give her a different perspective.
Ernestine Johnson logs more airtime as Shanice Johnson, whose trip with Ted Richardson proves unforgettable on Friday. Darryl W. Handy pops back in as Marcel Malone to practice persuasion with Joey Armstrong on Wednesday, and Mike Manning‘s Smitty enjoys a full house on Monday before drawing a hard line with Martin Richardson on Friday.
Which return has you the most excited this week? Head to the comments and tell us!
Whose Comeback Steals the Week?
From a presumed-dead face turning up in Salem to a pair of party crashers in Genoa City, this week’s Comings and Goings are packed with surprises. Which one are you most eager to see play out?
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