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  1. 1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

     

    Are those people watching the Young and The Restless though? Or maybe Cinemax after dark? 🙃

     

    It would be like today's daytime soaps to write stories for the viewers least likely to watch. Very much 'on brand'.

     

    Yes. FB comments tell the tale. I read one that said, "I hope Lily doesn't lose Billy." Most viewers seem to have antiquated ideas. 

     

     

  2. On 3/26/2021 at 5:53 PM, DramatistDreamer said:

    Y&R seems to struggle with just about every AA character. They did a bit better at the beginning of the Barber/Winters stories and had a decent run before completely dropping down. Let's not get into the writing for Mamie, Tyrone, Jazz and Kong.

     

    Funny how you're the only person that mentioned any Black characters except for the one person who mentioned Jessie on AMC when daytime seems to be in a perpetual struggle with it's Black characters. Instead all I'm seeing are white characters these shows had out front and center in story after story who just so happened to get a bad one.  LoL

     

     

    With respect to Lauren, Y&R has seemed to put the entire Baldwin crew out to pasture. Everytime she gets a story, she's pushed aside or just disappears. Not sure what's happening there. I've been waiting for her pairing with Jack for about 4 years now. 

     

  3. 8 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

    It has the seeds of something interesting, but isn't this just the Montalvo storyline again? Lots of exposition telling us about history they just made up about characters we've never heard of. We're told Victor could be the murderer but then he won't be and it really won't matter who it was because nothing will come of it.

     

    I'm far more interested in how Amanda's relationship with her mom develops from this but it feels like they're rushing through her decision to take the case. The relationship matter on a soap, not these hokey mysteries.

     

     

     

    This. It will probably be that new white man, whose name I can't recall. The one who thinks his Kyle's son's father. 

  4. 3 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

    How about we combine my suggestion with @ajsp35801's prediction and suggest Amanda as a new potential lover for Nick?
    Someone completely out of the usual cast of two or three exes he rotates between, which he really needs to get out of his rut IMO, and I'd love to see MM up against some of the Newman cast. I mentioned before I am meh about Amanda so chances to see her develop some extra connections outside the "black island" and show how good she is an actress would help spruce that up! Plus if she walked away from Dexon's toxic approach to their relationships, it would be unusual enough for a soap character that I'd grow real appreciation for her.
    Plus, if you are right and Victor had something to do with her father's death, that adds another wrinkle to a potential Nickmanda romance (conflict!).
    I say: chemistry-test it. It would be good for all characters involved.

     

    The show should have done this before this story started. Now it wouldn't make sense for Amanda to get involved with Nick knowing what she knows...UNLESS she's doing so to get close to Newmans to get information about what could have happened to her father then truly  falls for Nick in the process. I talked myself into it. LOL. 

     

    With that said, MiM doesn't need to be around Newman's to show how good of an actress she is. It's not like AH or JM are some great thespians that MiM needs to up her game. She can show her chops working off anybody, including Emmy winner Bryton James. And quiet as it's kept, the only Newman that's truly getting loads of story is Adam. Vikki and Nick are no longer THE show. 

     

    As for Black island, if Amanda paired with a white male lead is anything at all like Lily is written with Billy then I definitely don't want it. Lily's orbit is very small. She only interacts with Billy and sometimes Vikki. Barely allowed to interact with her own family. Thank the soap Gods Amanda escaped that pairing. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    4 hours ago, Antoyne said:

    I actually made my post before seeing today’s episode where Amanda literally spends it with Devon lol. I wanted her to still want nothing to do with him.

     

    Amanda doesn't want anything to do with Devon romantically. But her support system is small and he's the only person in town that truly gets how she feels. So she swallowed her pride. 

     

    I'm assuming the writers want him to earn her forgiveness by proving his loyalty and commitment to her. Does this mean taking on Victor billionaire to billionaire for her? We shall see. 

  5. 5 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

    So Adam saved Faith again so Sharon can feel justified in cheating on Rey 🙄

     

    The actress that plays Faith really has done a good job with the bullying storyline.

     

    I want to know how Chelsea poisoned Rey. They had her not tell Chloe to protect her which was a cop out.

     

    I’m glad they’ve pivoted Amanda away from that douche Devon and have her focused on her family issues instead.

     

    I don't think that pivot is happening. Amanda's new story seems to involve her and Devon and I see an umbrella story forming with victor or Newman's responsible for Amanda's father's death. 

     

    We've got lily, Amanda's friend and Devon's sister, who is seeing and works with Billy, who has Newman children. 

     

    We have Devon, who was mentored by Victor and having a baby with Abby, now Amanda's support system and erstwhile boyfriend. 

     

    We have Moses, Devon's brother, whom we all know will be involved with Faith. 

     

    Nate, Amanda's friend and ex, also works for Billy. 

     

    The show seem to have taken pains to intertwine Winters/Hamiltons with Newmans. What are the odds it wasn't for this story? I don't expect any of these beats to be played though. Writers haven't been writing like that for ar least 2 years. I can't imagine them starting now. 

     

  6. On 3/26/2021 at 7:24 PM, DramatistDreamer said:

    Why not develop Moses as an individual character before throwing him into Faith's orbit? My expectations are even lower now for this character to be viable. Maybe the new staff writer will be writing for him? That might be the sole hope this character will have.

     

    Because he's only on the show because TPTB want a legacy for Faith to interact with. Isn't everybody else related to her because Charlie? 

    On 3/23/2021 at 11:45 PM, David_Vickers said:

    About time this role was cast.  They talked about him over a month ago, about him coming to town soon.  Hopefully Sophia will return recurringly. 

     

    I also think that Amanda's family is being done right. Introduced slowly. Not all at once and shoved down our throats. 

  7. 2 hours ago, Faulkner said:

    Jason Thompson has gotten into very good shape (the lats looked decent as he was lifting himself off the massage table), but it’s funny that of all the men on Y&R to show half-naked, it’s almost always him. Sometimes Bryton. This on a show with Sean Dominic, Michael Mealor, and Jordi Vilasuso.

     

    Sean Dominic have been naked more than a few times recently too. Elena was even ogling Nate and speaking about doing so while he stood half dressed in front of her 

  8. 4 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

    Of course. Let's introduce more mega wealthy characters who conduct business in empty hotel lobbies and front doorsteps.

     

     

    if this show gives me Black wealthy powerful family that they write for as center and leading story on par with what they give Newmans, which ain't much these days but more than everybody else, I wouldn't care if they did business on a picnic blanket in chancellor park. Because as a long time viewer, it's something I've longed for yet NEVER had. Give it to me before the show goes dark! 

  9. 16 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

    Jill was supposed to be John's young wife. Brenda Dickson and Jess Walton are 16 years younger than Jerry Douglas.

     

    Eric Braeden has 15 years on MTS, 18 years on Eileen Davidson, 19 years on Signy Coleman, 29 years on Sharon Case and 31 years on Raya Meddine.

     

    Peter Bergman is 36 years older than Courtney Hope. That's one of the biggest age gaps they've ever had. 

     

    I actually thought it was more. Age should factor in this story. 

    16 hours ago, Antoyne said:

    Holy shi.t I didn’t even realize it was 36 freaking years, and no one says a word. 
     

    I don’t want Amanda to give Devon a second chance. He slept with his ex TWICE while dating her.

     

    I don't want Amanda to take Devon back either. Maybe if he earns it but right now he hasn't. Clearly the show doesn't want fans to dislike the character.  At the same time he's begging Amanda over making a fool of her and she's rightfully thrown his efforts back in his face, we have a room of white women waxing poetic about how amazing and thoughtful he is. 

  10. 19 hours ago, Chatty Cakes said:

    Ashland is a silver fox. Hope he sticks around for a bit.

    I really don’t want to hear about egg harvesting. Why couldn’t Abby and Chance act like newlyweds for awhile instead of sending him off and having Abby take on having a baby with Mariah and Devon?
     

     

     

    The show is trying to make lemons out of lemonade creatively after a business decision to dump Chance was made. 

  11. 13 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

    Think back to Lorie/Lance/Leslie/Lucas and the years they got out of that.

    If say, Nate and Amanda had been a little less 'nice and understanding' without becoming psycho villians, the twists and turns of this foursome would be way more interesting.

    A few little lies and self serving actions wouldn't go astray...and an interfering parent for Elena or Amanda couldn't hurt- but there is no budget or interest in older characters.

     

     

    I just remarked to someone rye other day that Y&R had turned the page. Younger characters are leads. Older characters serve the story of the younger generation. I think Billy/JT is probably the oldest actor getting story. Even Victoria and Nick struggle. 

  12. I, too, thought that giving Amanda a mother and sister was a smart move made brilliant by the casting and characterization. I'm still hoping that plans are to bring the sister on full time as a foil for Amanda. But yet, we seem to be stuck in the drama less qaud. Mind you, Amanda/Devon/Elena/Nate could have been an entertaining smutty story. But everyone is so nice and understanding. Meh. I wanted this bad but it just hasn't been fun nor  soapy. I'm ready for it to end and move on to something new. 

  13. 10 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

    Was it Mal Young that wrote Hillary off?

    They had to make a choice as to what to do. Hilary could have mysteriously left town (which then and now would have been the best choice).

    Wasn't there some guy she was meeting with around that time?

    But Mal thought there was more drama in killing her off and making Lily responsible. Perhaps a punishment for her deciding to move on. Judging by some of Mal's other stories nothing would surprise me.

    TPTB went along with it but obviously the fact that  Mishael came back means there were people that realized her worth to the show. Mal was gone by then and different voices could be heard.

     

    At that time, soap bloggers/press reported the show's plans to replace Winters/Ashby with Rosales. In the span of a year, Charlie and Mattie disappeared, Hilary was killed, Lily sent away to prison as CK left the show, then KSJ died unexpectedly. However, his role had already been extremely diminished at the time. 

  14. 2 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:


    i agree with you. It’s ludicrous to think that MM insisted she not return as Hilary. What is wrong with people making up this stuff out of thin air?

     

    So much resentment because she's no longer playing Hilary. While I understand the anger at the show, it comes across or reads as bashing her. Isn't it enough she's fighting through the fans who hated her and Hilary prior to her leaving. Now folks that were fans of hers and fought for her to come back have joined in the hate brigade because they wanted hilary. The lady can't win. 

  15. 1 minute ago, FrenchBug82 said:


    I didn't particularly care for Hilary actually. But I really like MM and I thought that role was hers/ She owned her and that was a great fit of actress/role. Amanda just doesn't gel the same way but that's emphatically not down to her performance. As I repeated before, she is a great actress.
    It happens all the time that fantastic actresses shine in some roles and not in others. Maura West is my favorite of all time and it really didn't work when she was on Y&R as a recast Diane. 
    There is a bit of a je-ne-sais-quoi that's lacking.

    But 100% agree that nothing on the show is right anyway. I also like Sally and her performer and it is not working for me at all because it is written as a bunch of nothing.

    It can very well be that Amanda written by someone else will become exciting or that Hillary written by the current team would have been a dud too. 
    I am just not feeling the way things are unfolding now and both MM and the show deserve better.

     

    "A bunch of nothing." On this, we agree. The entire show is just blah and meh. We see a good performance here or a well written scene there, but nothing consistent. I can't imagine MiM as Hilary being  an exception. 

     

    An aside, I happened to like Maura West as Diane too. IMO, she turned crap to sugar every day.  It was obvious that showrunners resented the actress and wanted her gone. And they made it so.  

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