I think at this point, it’s unrealistic to have Stefano not in the picture. For all his bringing back Kristen for her “unite the family” mission, where has that gone? All I’ve seen is Chad and EJ at a skypying conference call with Dad and no one seemed particularly interested. It doesn’t seem like Stefano to be this hands off.
Or has this more to do with Joe M’s decision?
I remember reading an article a good while back where he was being interviewed and the interviewer asked him what he was going to do with his time and he said something about traveling. I think he’s coming back for sweeps.