[1] Branson previously appeared on the show in 2004 as a young version of Alan Spaulding in a flashback scene[2] during Carrie Carruther's murder investigation.

These included Travis Cartier from 1990 to 1991, Bret Cooper from 1993 to 1997, Garrett Stevens from 1997 to 1999, Tony Michael Donnelly in 1999, Billy Kay from 2000 to 2003 and Marty West from 2003 to 2004.

Soon after his birth in 1990, Reva suffered a severe case of postpartum depression and drove her car off a bridge and was presumed dead.

Josh briefly left for Italy to search for Reva and then brought Shayne and his sister Marah to Europe with him.

In addition to the quick collapse of Josh and Reva, Shayne also learned of his other abandoned sibling in San Cristobal and had to endure being kidnapped by Holly Reade.

Her interest in producing bootleg CDs, with the help of Daisy and Tony Santos, created a fair bit of acrimony.

Baseball no longer appealed to him and he decided to go into charity working, starting a Peace Corps operation in Bosnia.

Shayne made his way back to town in order to resume his relationships with his family but struggles to deal with the injury he suffered in Bosnia that left him partially paralyzed until getting surgery that corrected his paralysis.

After annulling his marriage to Dinah, who fled town to avoid being charged with the murder of a man she thought was Edmund Winslow, Shayne wanted to become a real father to his son.