On today's special episode of The Young and the Restless, a depressed Michael is offered a mahical look at how life in Genoa City would have been different had he never been born.

As TV Guide reports, in this daytime take on It's a Wonderful Life, Paul serves as Michael's guide.

"He has had a bad, bad week," Christian LeBlanc told the magazine, analyzing his alter ego's sad state of mind. "We've seen this building for a long time - ever since Kevin came on the scene — but the big, big [catalyst] was Lowell [Michael's father] being such a disappointment."

Speaking on recent show story lines, LeBlanc added: "If it weren't for Lauren, Michael would have been off the deep end long before this."

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