With Jamey Giddens & Dan O’Connor stepping in as Young & the Restless’s new head writers, it feels like the right moment to make a wishlist. Soaps love a good resurrection, & these two women deserve one more than most.
Let’s start with the obvious one. Sage Newman (formerly played by Kelly Sullivan) has been on my mind lately since her original actress just landed a new soap role — proof she’s still very much working & very much available. But the real case for Sage is Christian. He’s Nick Newman’s (Joshua Morrow) son on paper, Adam Newman’s (Mark Grossman) biologically, & that paternity thread keeps getting brought up over & over without ever really being dealt with. Bringing Sage back, even briefly, would give that storyline an actual emotional anchor instead of just a plot device everyone mentions & drops.
Oh, & Christian Newman could use an actual active parent. So, there’s that.
Heather Stevens (Vail Bloom) was presumed dead after being caught in the crossfire of Sharon Newman’s (Sharon Case) missed target, & it’s always felt like one of those deaths that exists to move a plot forward rather than actually end a character’s story. Seriously, what did Vail Bloom, who portrayed Heather Stevens, ever do to the current Head Writer of Y&R, Josh Griffith?
Heather Stevens was well on her way to being a legacy character on Young & the Restless. She is Detective Paul Williams’ only daughter, an attorney, intelligent, & insanely beautiful. Doug Davidson, who portrayed Paul Williams on Y&R for many years, has parted ways & that bridge may never be rebuilt, so why not keep his daughter on the canvas? Before Heather’s last return to Genoa City, she was living in Portugal with her & Daniel Romalotti’s (Michael Graziadei) daughter, Lucy Romalotti (Lily Brooks O’Briant).
Maybe Heather Stevens, played by Vail Bloom, needed to leave Genoa City on Y&R, but she didn’t need to be killed; she could have gone back to Portugal. After all, that’s where her father, Paul Williams, is now living.
Genoa City runs on resurrections, & these two women have more unfinished narrative gas in the tank than half the current cast. Fingers crossed the new regime agrees. To top things off, both Sage’s & Heather’s funerals were OFF SCREEN. These 2 ladies would be TOO EASY to bring back to Genoa City on Y&R.
It’s not my first day watching Young & the Restless, & it isn’t yours either. Sage or Heather — who do you want back first?
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