os later transferred to a Switzerland clinic, dying at some point before the show ended. Reva travels through time via a painting of her ex-husband Josh's new wife, Olivia, dressed as a Civil War era southern belle, Regina Robechaux. Her first stop is an upscale Civil War era home in New Orleans where she is presumed to be the new nurse for the master of the house, Jack Robechaux, who had been wounded fighting for the Confederacy. Jack is the spitting image of her beloved Josh and she connects with "Jack." Next, she visits Edwardian England as a governess where she again saw "Josh". This time he is in the guise of farmhand John MacGregor. Finally Reva ends up in World War II Paris, this time meeting up with the real Josh who went through the painting himself. In 2002 Hawk Shayne returns for Reva and Josh's third wedding, mentioning that Roxie (still with Johnny Bauer)'s health had improved. Meta Bauer also departs because of her actress Mary Stuart's real life death. Meta breaks a hip in Nova Scotia, staying there for an undetermined amount of time while recovering and going to live with her younger sister, Trudy Bauer, in New York City. In 2003 Billy, Josh, Ed, Alan, and Buzz are revealed to have been the cause of the death of a young girl, Maryanne Caruthers, when they were young men in 1977. Other stories featured during the "WesCon" regime included Cassie's falling in love with a "reformed" Edmund; Reva's discovering her psychic abilities; and her daughter Marah's falling in love with Sandy, a loner who talked to a sock puppet, who was initially thought to be Reva's son and Marah's half-brother. Ben Reade (Matthew Bomer), last seen as a teenager in 1997, returned to the show, being revealed as a serial killer (of non-contract, incidental players on the show) and a victim of child molestation. The story culminates with his suicide. In November 2004 Phillip was shot and "killed" as he went on a power trip, ruining many of his relationships. The "murder" was solved in 2005 when it is revealed his father Alan shot him and then faked his son's death while secretly hiding him in a mental institution where Phillip believed he was still running the Spaulding business. In 2005 half-cousins Johnathan Randall and Tammy Winslow become involved as a couple. Danny and Michelle Santos leave