 When he recovers from his injuries and reconstructive facial surgery, they consummate their relationship.This was the first time a soap opera took the plastic surgery route to explain away the different face of a recast, a ruse that would be used many times over the years on all soaps, and used twice more on "One Life to Live" when recasting the hugely popular original portrayers of Max Holden (James DePaiva) and Todd Manning (Roger Howarth).Meredith (Lynn Benesch onward) returns from California, her condition miraculously improved.