Summerland saw “we deserve a soft epilogue my dear. we are good people, and we have been through so much” somewhere on the internet and said “what if? instead of them kissing at the handkerchief scene, we leave it kinda suspenseful. And we cast 3 new actors to play them after 30 years….. What do you mean why? IT’S THE EPILOGUE….. It is so NOT the same as an happy ending.”

Hahah, that IS a loophole! Just do it for everything, like, oh, you thought they’d separated? One of them had died? Nah, see, they’re totally happy, have been for the last few decades.