On episode 1142 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including:

Carter pulls off a coup on The Bold and the Beautiful. Brooke spills the tea to Ridge.

Doug passes away on Days of Our Lives. Susan Seaforth Hayes delivers a powerful performance that blends real-life loss, with her character Julie's loss. Jack and Jennifer return to Salem and Jennifer lets Hope know her dad has passed. Were the Horton living room scenes cathartic for the DAYS cast? Bo's finger twitched.

Chad Duell is out as Michael Quartermaine Corinthos on General Hospital. Alexa Havins' Lulu returns to Port Charles and interacts with multiple characters. Ric Lansing grills Kristina and others on the stand in Ava's trial. Should GH pursue a bipolar storyline for Kristina?

Jack and Diane admit their plan to the other Abbotts on The Young and the Restless. Billy wants Phyllis' help taking on Victor? Can Jack and Billy take on Victor independent of each other? What is going on with Jill? What are TPTB doing with the character?

All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast!

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