diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
index 1601acfe..df83fc2a 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ open class Carousel: View {
         MVMCoreLoggingHandler.shared()?.handleDebugMessage("[\(Self.self)] [\(ObjectIdentifier(self).hashValue)]\noriginal model: \(originalModel?.debugDescription ?? "none")\nnew model: \(model)")
         
         if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
-            if let originalModel, carouselModel.isDeeplyVisuallyEquivalent(to: originalModel) {
+            if let originalModel, carouselModel.isDeeplyVisuallyEquivalent(to: originalModel),
+               originalModel.visibleMolecules.isVisuallyEquivalent(to: molecules ?? []) // Since the carousel model's children are in place replaced and we do not have a deep copy of this model tree, add in this hack to check if the prior captured carousel items match the newly visible ones.
+            {
                 // Prevents a carousel reset while still updating the cell backing data through reconfigureItems.
                 MVMCoreLoggingHandler.shared()?.handleDebugMessage("[\(Self.self)] Model is visually equivalent. Skipping rebuild...")
                 FormValidator.setupValidation(for: carouselModel, delegate: delegateObject?.formHolderDelegate)
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/CarouselItemModelProtocol.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/CarouselItemModelProtocol.swift
index affa294b..24a0bb02 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/CarouselItemModelProtocol.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/CarouselItemModelProtocol.swift
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ public extension CarouselItemModelProtocol {
         get { nil }
         set { analyticsData = newValue }
     }
+    
+    var gone: Bool{
+        get { false }
+        set { }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/ParentMoleculeModelProtocol.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/ParentMoleculeModelProtocol.swift
index d0e1c13f..13bb75b3 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/ParentMoleculeModelProtocol.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/ParentMoleculeModelProtocol.swift
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public extension ParentModelProtocol where Self: AnyObject {
     
     func replaceChildMolecule<T>(in molecules: inout [T], with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) throws -> MoleculeModelProtocol? {
         var replacedMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol?
-        return try replaceChildMolecule(at: &molecules, with: replacementMolecule, replaced: &replacedMolecule) ? replacedMolecule : nil
+        return try replaceChildMolecule(in: &molecules, with: replacementMolecule, replaced: &replacedMolecule) ? replacedMolecule : nil
     }
     
     /// Helper for replacing a molecule in place within an array. Note the "in".
@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@ public protocol ParentMoleculeModelProtocol: ParentModelProtocol, MoleculeModelP
 
 public extension ParentMoleculeModelProtocol {
     
+    /// Recursively finds and replaces the first child matching the replacement molecule id property.
+    mutating func deepReplaceMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) throws -> MoleculeModelProtocol? {
+        var replacedMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol?
+        var possibleError: Error?
+        // Dive into each root.
+        depthFirstTraverse(options: .parentFirst, depth: 0) { depth, molecule, stop in
+            guard var parentMolecule = molecule as? ParentMoleculeModelProtocol else { return }
+            do {
+                replacedMolecule = try parentMolecule.replaceChildMolecule(with: replacementMolecule)
+            } catch {
+                possibleError = error
+            }
+            stop = replacedMolecule != nil || possibleError != nil
+        }
+        if let error = possibleError {
+            throw error
+        }
+        return replacedMolecule
+    }
+    
     func reduceDepthFirstTraverse<Result>(options: TreeTraversalOptions, depth: Int, initialResult: Result, nextPartialResult: (Result, MoleculeModelProtocol, Int) -> Result) -> Result {
         var result = initialResult
         if (options == .parentFirst) {
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/TemplateModelProtocol.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/TemplateModelProtocol.swift
index b598041b..b3d8bb59 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/TemplateModelProtocol.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/TemplateModelProtocol.swift
@@ -40,31 +40,3 @@ public extension TemplateModelProtocol {
         return rootMolecules.depthFirstTraverse(options: options, depth: depth, onVisit: onVisit)
     }
 }
-
-extension TemplateModelProtocol {
-    
-    /// Recursively finds and replaces the first child matching the replacement molecule id property.
-    mutating func replaceMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) throws -> MoleculeModelProtocol? {
-        // Attempt root level replacement on the template model first.
-        if let replacedMolecule = try replaceChildMolecule(with: replacementMolecule) {
-            return replacedMolecule
-        }
-        
-        var replacedMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol?
-        var possibleError: Error?
-        // Dive into each root thereafter.
-        depthFirstTraverse(options: .parentFirst, depth: 0) { depth, molecule, stop in
-            guard var parentMolecule = molecule as? ParentMoleculeModelProtocol else { return }
-            do {
-                replacedMolecule = try parentMolecule.replaceChildMolecule(with: replacementMolecule)
-            } catch {
-                possibleError = error
-            }
-            stop = replacedMolecule != nil || possibleError != nil
-        }
-        if let error = possibleError {
-            throw error
-        }
-        return replacedMolecule
-    }
-}
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/ReplaceableMoleculeBehaviorModel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/ReplaceableMoleculeBehaviorModel.swift
index c03594d4..9cbf85ed 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/ReplaceableMoleculeBehaviorModel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/ReplaceableMoleculeBehaviorModel.swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class ReplaceableMoleculeBehavior: PageMoleculeTransformationBehavior, Co
         self.delegateObject = delegateObject
         guard let pageType = delegateObject?.moleculeDelegate?.getTemplateModel()?.pageType else { return }
         MVMCoreViewControllerMappingObject.shared()?.addOptionalModules(toMapping: moleculeIds, forPageType: pageType)
-        Self.debugLog("Initializing for \((model as! ReplaceableMoleculeBehaviorModel).moleculeIds)")
+        Self.debugLog("Initializing for \(moleculeIds)")
     }
     
     public func onPageNew(rootMolecules: [MoleculeModelProtocol], _ delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?, changes: inout [MoleculeModelProtocol]) -> [MoleculeModelProtocol]? {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class ReplaceableMoleculeBehavior: PageMoleculeTransformationBehavior, Co
             
             moleculeModels.forEach { newMolecule in
                 do {
-                    if let replacedMolecule = try parentMolecule.replaceChildMolecule(with: newMolecule) {
+                    if let replacedMolecule = try parentMolecule.deepReplaceMolecule(with: newMolecule) {
                         guard !replacedMolecule.deepEquals(to: newMolecule) else {
                             // Note: Slight risk here of replacing the something in the original tree and misreporting that is it not replaced based on equality.
                             debugLog("deep molecule \(newMolecule) is the same as \(replacedMolecule). skipping...")