The only thing I might be nervous about (and that's probably not the right word to use) is I wonder just how much of the canvas they're willing to change at the same time. I know ratings are crap, but there are still some fans out there. Luke & Tracy didn't marry after all. Jolivia and Spixie are splitsville any day now. CarJax are separated. Liz is not with either Nik or Lucky at this point. Now we're bringing on Brenda, most likely for Sonny. Lulu/Dante seem pretty solid, but BrookLynn is a wildcard. Most likely she'll be with Johnny but you never know. Maya could be with Ethan, but you never know on that. Claire? Olivia? Maxie with Johnny or Matt? There's a lot of breakups or near breakups going on now.
Franco is a Jason story, primarily. I'm very hopeful that Franco is walking Jason down JM's memory lane and showing him just how toxic his devotion to Sonny & Carly is. He's using Michael, we know that. Is he going to use Elizabeth too? How about Jake? Here's my "nervous" part- either they out Jake as Jason's son now, or I honestly don't think they will for a long time, if ever. It would be a great way to incorporate everyone and try to lure back some fans. OR- they can have Jason save the day, as usual, and back to having Java the Slut bring him his coffee on the sofa while everyone else on the show evolves/character growth.