Austin goes to med school and is valedictorian of his graduating class. Mimi gets a life. John becomes celibate. Lucas moves out of the Kiriakis mansion and starts to live on his own without any assistance from his mother.
Roman gets a storyline.
Kate gives up the leopard print business suits and decides to dress her age. Greta stops whining about her mother. Craig decides that being Chief of Staff at the hospital really isn't that important, so he resigns and starts an animal shelter for wounded pets. Mickey wins a case. People actually start to care what happens to Phillip.