On episode 1194 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.

BEYOND THE GATES Beyond the Gates and The Young and the Restless announce a June crossover. What are Victor and Vernon's ties? Should Beyond the Gates characters visit Genoa City? Nicole juggles Carlton and Kyle. The Bill, Dani, Andre and Hayley quad heats up. Will Bill's blood work expose Hayley's plot? Who is the Impaler?

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Taylor and Deacon cross lines in the therapy office. Does Sheila know more than she's letting on? Steffy threatens to cut Taylor off from the kids. Should this romance have been a slower burn? Why don't Taylor and Deacon have real talk-to scenes? Will, Electra and Dylan's triangle spirals. What is Ivy really watching for?

DAYS OF OUR LIVES DNA confirms Stefano is dead. Was that confirmation necessary? EJ steps up as head of the DiMera family. Sophia stays silent and Bayview drags on. Did Rachel shoot EJ? Vivian returns and targets Dimitri again. With Javi gone, will Leo and Dimitri cross a line?

GENERAL HOSPITAL General Hospital goes there with kissing cousins. Did the writers forget the Cassadine family tree? Is this shock value or a real story? Nathan contradicts his own backstory. Is Nathan really Peter August? What does Britt know? Carly and Valentin surprise with real chemistry.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Mariah kidnaps Dominic. Why does this story make no sense? Where is the reaction to Chance's child being taken? Cane and Phyllis take over Newman through an AI plot. Why is Phyllis treated like the villain when Victor always does worse? Is blocking Victor the only upside?

EPISODE OUTLINE

00:00 – Cold Open

01:05 – Beyond the Gates • June crossover with The Young and the Restless announced • Victor and Vernon connection teased • Bill, Dani, Andre and Hayley quad intensifies • Impaler theories

24:22 – The Young and the Restless • Mariah kidnaps Dominic • AI plot hands Newman to Cane and Phyllis • Phyllis isolated again

32:55 – The Bold and the Beautiful • Taylor and Deacon cross professional lines • Sheila senses betrayal • Will, Electra and Dylan triangle escalates

45:55 – Days of Our Lives • Stefano officially confirmed dead by DNA • Sophia silence and Bayview frustration • Vivian returns and targets Dimitri

56:20 – General Hospital • Kissing cousins backlash • Nathan contradicts his own story • Peter August theories • Carly and Valentin chemistry surprises

All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast!

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