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  1. 7 hours ago, Faulkner said:

    Limited in the sense that she’s not given much to do. She’s either in lawyer mode or butting her nose in Lily and Elena’s relationships. She does loosen up around Devon, but that story feels like it’s stalled.


    I actually don’t feel like she’s stiff. I think she’s enlivening a character that would be totally forgettable without her natural presence.

     

    Understand. She's definitely not driving story. And her story about seeking her parentage seems as stalled as her story with Devon for the most part. It's also off screen. 

     

    I can't say I agree that she isn't given much do though. She regularly interacts with more folks than most characters (Billy, Lily, Elena, Nate, Phyllis, Devon). She's all over. Nobody is really doing anything so it's not just her.  

     

    Now we are about to see her in lawyer mode with Billy. That's probably why her other stories have stalled. Josh wants her playing  supporting to Billy for some reason. 

     

     

  2. 2 hours ago, Faulkner said:

    Hilary was poorly written, certainly, but she was dynamic. I just want Mishael to have opportunities to show what she can do, because we all know she’s spectacularly talented, and I’m not seeing that right now. Just a blah, very limited character. Only her charisma is saving her.

     

     

    Please define limited in this context? I don't think I'm following.

     

    But, Mishael is choosing to play this character cold and stiff with dry humor because she thinks this is how a lawyer would behave.  She could infuse more life into the character if she chose. But she wants to make a clear distinction between Hilary and Amanda. 


    Sometimes, I see more pizazz in her portrayal when she loses up. Even if Amanda had a clear goal/throughline and was driving story, Amanda would still be quite dry personality wise. But by no means do I think what you're seeing is the writer's fault. This is on Mishael. 

     

  3. 11 hours ago, Faulkner said:

    I thought he did a good job at playing the delusions. Well what I saw before the Biden press conference...

     

    It’s a crime what they’ve done to Mishael Morgan. Amanda is merely a busybody without a cause, going around prying into everyone’s business. Hilary at least had real drive and an agenda. 

     

    I prefer Amanda to how the show kept Hilary mired in sh!t with characters calling her nasty names constantly blaming her for everything wrong with the world.  Didn't sit right with me. 

  4. On 11/14/2020 at 5:03 PM, Soap-princess said:

    Someone needs to call out the Devon/Elena/Nate rewrite. When did Elena fall for Nate? Flirted, yes. Fall in love? Nah. Last I knew she was freaking out about Amanda and Devon.  I know she has more chemistry with Nate, but several beats were missed in between from what I’ve read online. 

     

    Elena didn't say she was in love with Nate. She said she had feelings for him. Clearly, she had to feel something for him to cheat on Devon. 

  5. 23 hours ago, ranger1rg said:


    Hey, I have no problem criticizing the show, but I admit I watch it in good times and bad. I’m sorry, but if you’re truly watching only a few minutes every week or so, your opinion is worthless. Either that or you’re just lying about how often you watch.

     

    FWIW, I don’t buy the deep Abby and Chance, either. It’s another relationship that seems superficial in every respect. When she stood at Chance’s bedside today, I wasn’t feeling it — partly because of their social distancing that wouldn’t even allow her to stand beside the bed. At the foot of the bed? Ridiculous. It was as bad as the distant dancing at Dina’s wake. 
     

    CLB’s hair? The first day was a shock, but since then, I’ve decided it looks good on him. I’d rather see that than the horribly dyed brunette look. 

     

    It's worthless "to you". Lol

  6. 9 hours ago, ranger1rg said:


    It’s adorable that you always catch only a few minutes of the shows and then deem them “absolutely terrible.” So cute.

     

    It doesn't take watching the full show to figure that out. Lol

    Abby is definitely overused in the romance department. I don't buy not care about this romance with Chance because of it. She gets a new man and engagement every year. 

  7. I also wouldn't mind if one of her parents was someone we didn't know while there was someone we did. 

     

    Example, if Tracy was the mom and the father was someone are met at summer camp. Have them both be way too young to have been parents and the father's parents insisted she give the babies up. She was out from a cesarian and never knew she had twins. The father can now be a very wealthy businessman and he and Tracy find love again later in life.  But then, how old is Tracy? Mishael is 34, I think. It might be too much to do another long lost grandchild story in connection with Abbots. 

     

    It could be almost anyone though. I just don't want her to be a Winters or Barber. Too close to Devon. 

     

     

  8. 22 minutes ago, Dylan said:

    Just wondering who do you think is amandas real parents?

     

    I'm assuming at least one parent will be  someone we already know. With the Baldwin/Fishers coming back with Gloria, I fear it's one of them. I pray not though.

    7 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

     

    Six years ago, Gus Rogan and Drucilla Barber. 

     

    Today, I think it almost could be anyone's guess unless we are to get the same result. 

     

    I thought Gus Rogan 6 years ago. But I didn't think Drucilla as her mother. Though with lily as a rival, it would have made total sense. 

     

    Since lily and Amanda are no longer rivals, having Dru as her mother doesn't travel quite as far. 

    Amanda and Hilary's mother

    could be nina since she's returning. Could also be related with Rose Deville. Could Amanda and Hilary be the "baby" nina has been looking for.  Maybe Ronan was all a lie. Or do we already know he was lying? I can't recall. 

     

     

  9. 18 hours ago, ranger1rg said:


    They do have chemistry. So do Bryton and MIshael. Of course things look better with Amanda now that Elena is a disaster.


    I didn’t enjoy the episode, either. For one thing, these fantasy episodes have been done so many times there’s nothing new. For another, we know that nothing will come out of anything that happens. It’s a waste.

     

    Before Elena became a disaster, Bryton and Brytni didn't pop onscreen despite my wishing and hoping they would.  She comes off better onscreen with Sean Dominic than Bryton. 

  10. 5 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

    Y&R need to look at some Terry Lester tapes to get an idea of how Kyle should be written.

    Spoilt bad boy with a (well hidden) soft side.

    Billy and Lily should have gone to Jabot - more conflict/interaction and one less set needed.

     

    Agreed. Billy and Lily should be at Jabot. They've handed Kyle the keys to the kingdom with not one Abbot caring. Where's the story in that? Abby and Billy should care about their family's company. Instead, they've decided Billy should be at Chancellor and put Abby in hospitality. 

     

    The show rushed Kyle as a lead. Displaced all other Abbots in the process. And yes, he's floundering. Sure, it's partly writing. But it's partly because the actor isn't well suited for what they want to with him. 

  11. Sharon Collins, Y&R, over a decade of destruction. Though it seems to have ceased. Putting adam in her orbit again will not end well for her. 

     

    Neil Winters, Y&R, destroyed him in effort to keep him driving Devon and Hilary story. I will never forgive Chuck Pratt. 

     

    Hilary Curtis, Y&R, wrote that character into the ground and just kept her in muck. She became the new Sharon until they killed her off. 

     

    Meg Snyder, ATWT, made her crazy over Paul and Emily Stewart, of all people. 

     

    T Marshall Travers, ATWT, raping Jessica. 

     

    Ridge Forrester, B&B, I wasn't able to see him in a decent light after the show played around with him and Bridgette. He thought she was his daughter for the first 6/7 years of her life! Atrocious!

     

    Tony Jones, GH, destroyed him for Carly's story and redemption. 

     

    Victor Newman, Y&R, to prop up Billy and Vikki romance, turned Victor into a heartless villain. He loved his kids. He would have never hurt Vikki in any way. 

     

    Olivia Barber, Y&R, sleeping with her sick best friend's husband. 

     

     

  12. 2 hours ago, ranger1rg said:


    I think Mealor can carry plenty. It’s not his fault he’s been written as a whiner who is gobsmacked every time a female looks at him.

     

    When Mealor arrived in GC, he was a lot more bad boy. That’s all been taken from him, and that is not his fault.

     

    Mealor was better when he had more Abbots to play off of. He was good in family story with Jack. But where is everybody else? He's now seemingly single-handedly running Jabot. Him alone isn't working. 

  13. On 10/23/2020 at 1:04 PM, Antoyne said:

    The only stories I really care about are the older Abbotts, I’ve always hated Kyle since this guy took over. And the quad with Elena/Devon/Nate/Amanda.

     

    Mishael and Bryton still have it in spades when it comes to chemistry, but I hope the writers can control themselves and not rush it.

     

    I thought it was just me with Kyle. TPTB finally had a modicum of success with the Kyle character and handed him the entire Abbot story, including the company.  Mealor can't carry this. He just can't. 

    On 10/20/2020 at 12:30 PM, Faulkner said:

    Dumb dumb dumb to reveal the affair so soon.

     

    Devon really popped Nate one, though. Bryton absorbed a lot of KSJ’s mannerisms and what-not. He’s a very subtle actor. Even shot from behind in the elevator, you could sense his rage.

     

    I've always thought Bryton was a great KSJ mimic. Not sure if it's intentional or not, but you can tell who raised Devon. He reminds me so much of neil. 

  14. 4 hours ago, ChickenNuggetz92 said:

    As much as I like Michelle Stafford, I just can’t get into her portrayal of Phyllis this time around. Laying on the coyness and childlike spirit way too thick, which is a stark contrast of what Gina Tognoni was playing just last year. 
     

    Sidenote: Gotta love soap Facebook lmao. 
     

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    LMBO. Had he says his male privilege, nothing would have been said. 

  15. On 9/20/2020 at 9:55 PM, BetterForgotten said:

    It's funny, even with playing a poorly developed and boring character with Amanda, Mishael Morgan and Bryton still have more chemistry than he does with her real life girlfriend Brytni Sarpy. 

     

    Mishael really did a lot to get this show to even think about Bryton/Devon as a sexual being. Before her, he was written as the most asexual thing ever on this show. 

     

    I watched some scenes with this new story because I wanted to know what all the arguing was about on twitter. 

     

    Bryton and Mishael still look so good together onscreen and have the same excellent chemistry even with COVID protocols. She most definitely made Devon into a more romantic character.  

  16. Supposedly, during the break, according to JG, Sony, CBS and the writers came together in informal calls to drill in about characters, the canvas and identity of the show.

     

    I'm curious if we will see any changes with respect to diversity behind and in front of the screen. CBS claims to have made a commitment to having 40% Black and Indigenous People of Color in every writers room. 

     

    But as far as stories, I don't care about any of them. The vague details pertaining to Devon, Amanda, Elena, and Nate tells me that Josh had not given it much thought at all. No true plans.  Plus, before the break, I saw Josh working to keep Amanda in Billy's orbit to include Lily. I'm expecting Lily and Amanda to start fighting over Billy in a month's time. The actresses are the only two (young) women on canvas that seem to be able to pull off a rivalry for their characters. And Josh seems to want Billy in Amanda's orbit. So...

     

    I don't care about Kyle, that dark haired boy, Lola, or Summer. But seems all stakeholders (Y&R, Sony, and CBS) seen to agree that the show should be centered around them so...I don't see a reason to watch. 

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