when we ‘cut and paste’. They delete certain portions of a scene or dialogue (like they did with not showing Ian’s kane with the engraved emblem of the Phoenix on it when it was originally planned for him to be a DiMera), thus killing the old spoiler that was already revealed; or they can change a path of a storyline by simply re-taping the rewritten portion and editing the scene removing the old and inserting the new. Sometimes it’s done poorly and you can catch it, because the continuity of the scene is off. Sort of like when someone changes or adds a different piece of clothing or jewelry, etc., in a show and you know they haven’t been anywhere and it’s still the same day. Most of the time they are successful, but sometimes the editing of the dialogue or the scene itself could be out of sync when it’s shown, depending on how much was cut and re-taped, and then reinserted in the episode. Usually, though, it’s so small it’s undetected, but sometimes it’s obvious that a change was made. Remember DOOL is 3 months ahead in taping, so the new writers have had plenty of time to make small changes before a particular episode actually airs.