The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers hint that Dylan McAvoy (formerly Steve Burton) could be on his way back to Genoa City with a brand new face. There have been actors auditioning at the CBS soap and now it seems that there might be two recasts in the works of beloved characters – both Adam Newman (formerly Justin Hartley, Michael Muhney) and Dylan.
Bringing Dylan back is easily doable, particularly with a new face since he was placed into witness protection as a result of his undercover work that was botched, in part, thanks to Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). The Young and the Restless spoilers tease that If Dylan misses his loved ones and Genoa City, he could have facial reconstruction surgery to give him a whole new identity and could come right back to town.
Bringing Dylan back into the mix right now is good timing since Sharon has just started up a sweet new romance with Scott Grainger (Daniel Hall) and is putting her life back together in the wake of Dylan skipping town to keep her safe. However, Sharon and Dylan aren’t formally divorced, so he could decide that he just can’t quit her and comes back to town with a new face to reconcile with his wife.
Depending on the timing, Sharon might already have fallen in bed with Scott who is a lot like Dylan in many ways. Given Scott’s secret double life as an undercover investigator while acting as a journalist, Y&R spoilers suggest that it seems Sharon has developed a type. Aside from the big difference of Dylan having PTSD and Scott being more level headed, these guys are very much alike.
There’s the potential here for a heartbreakingly good love story since Dylan would come to town with a new face and could check things out with no one the wiser about who he is. That would allow Dylan time to see how Sharon is getting along without him and he’d be surprised to see that she’s running Crimson Lights, is back in college, and is falling in love again.
That would leave Dylan with the choice to fight for Sharon or fight his own urge to have her back and try to leave her in peace in the new life she’s made for herself. But given how devoted Dylan was to Sharon, he won’t be able to let it go. The Young and the Restless fans know Dylan has stuck by Sharon through the lowest points of her life and was able to forgive her for her craziest deeds.
Dylan and Sharon seem to be soul mates while Scott is just an interesting guy that’s stumbled into her path. If not for Dylan’s undercover activities that forced him to go into witness protection, there seemed to be nothing stopping Sharon and Dylan from staying happily married despite their occasional difficulties.
Two of the actors that have been spotted auditioning at CBS Daytime, Jason Gerhardt and Jason Shane Scott, could be a fit for either an Adam or Dylan recast and there’s nothing to indicate that only one of these roles is being recast. Executive producer Mal Young has reason to be concerned with ratings and recasting one or both of these fan fave roles could bolster his numbers.
Although Y&R remains at the top of the rating chart among the four soaps, recent ratings for sweeps were stunning. For the week ending May 19, right in the heat of sweeps, Y&R dropped 48,000 in viewers and is down more than 635,000 from the same time last year. Reintroducing Dylan would be a boost as would bringing back Adam. But recasting both could be explosive.
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