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Damn. Because I need yet ANOTHER thing to be mad at that show about. And from reading interviews, I know she loved the show and the role. And she strived to improve. Which she did over those two years. So I will actually miss her. That said...it does make me wonder if the New/Old Writers are going to pivot back to the Joss/Kristina rivalry and make that Joss/Dex/Kristina triangle they teased. Since...they like to go back to things pre-PM. Same. Also same. Now that you say it...Hmmm. Well Terry got mentioned last week so there's that.

Well per last month's thread...one of them brothers ain't staying gone.

Oh I noticed that too. Just ugh.

8-7 Even with the good, this episode is just making me see red. At least I'm watching it as I work out. In the first five minutes, we are going with the HARD reset with a lot of TELLING. And between Jason and Carly to boot. Ugh. So the last few months have more or less been Jason and Sonny at odds. And they could not even show us seeing Jason find him. We couldn't even see Sonny talking to him or be shut down to Jason, but slowly open up THEN. To see the first steps to reconciliation between the two of them. Them (and Carly makes 3) are just back, and that's it? Like that? No build-up? That first 5 minutes was so uninspired and a big FU to PM. Whatever. So we are back to Dex/Joss as the young lovers. Not shocked. But ugh. What I did like was seeing the aftermath of the loss of the baby between TJ and Molly. The potential for drama was right there. Yeah, Molly would be about her work...though seeing her confront Ava would also be in keeping with her character. TJ being angry and feeling like Molly was not there for him. I like Angry TJ. And I would like that last part (Molly not being there for him) to organically snowball into drama for them. And that last scene was heartbreaking. I liked the coda of Sonny going to Kevin (cuz we know how I really felt about seeing He Who Shall Not Be Named in the 8-6 episode). So I liked seeing Kevin seeing Sonny at the penthouse, but wait!!! THIS is how Sonny starts to clue into his meds being messed with??? *cough*stupidreset*cough* And as soon as I said that, Donna ran into the kitchen with Sonny's meds. You know what? Yep, this episode has the very stink of FU to it for sure now. All of that build-up with the meds. And all the ways it could have come out. All the BETTER and DRAMATIC ways it could have come out. These old/new writers went with THIS??? Not only was it slapstick-y, but has FV's hands all over it to me. Well I am happy to see that the Ava/Trina friendship appears to be saved. But the merry-go-round of guests to Ava's cell is a lot. It felt like a beatdown whether it was justified or not. Back to the world of propping I guess. Liz...back to being a bit player. Le sigh. And I guess that last scene was basically let us the audience know whom the focus will be on...Sonny, Carly, Jason, and Joss. Wow.

It's funny you say house cleaning, but PM was doing that and it was a fireable offense to FV.

Yeah it really was. re: Billy. I seriously had to screen him out. He's just all over everything and I just don't see why. Unlike Victor who I also LOVE told Summer it was fixed. EB was in his prime Victor moment. Phyllis had the shocked look and hair toss. And then the music kicked in. LOVE IT. But all of Victor's moments last Friday were great scenes. I was so surprised he didn't strong-arm Kyle for Summer. He just...talked. hehe. Tbf, Jack did try to step in, but Diane shut him down REALLLL quick. Phyllis had that coming. Because Diane spoke nothing, but the truth. Phyllis has been stirring the pot between Kyle and Summer just as much as Victor has been doing it between Kyle and Jack. And while Diane might not get the moral high ground, Giggly Heffa doesn't get it either. SHE can have ALL the seats. Loved Diane getting under her skin before Summer walked in. Awww I forgot about anniversary night. I thought that was well-done as well. Jack and Diane are definitely stepping into those roles now. So it wasn't just me? I was thinking didn't Devon/Abby get engaged? lol. Just smh.

Onward and upward with him.

Nice to look at but *shivers* at the Fords.

IKR!!! And I was on his side, too. smh. And they are STILL feuding as I type this. I mean...what happened? Because Saba is getting some good licks in on Sara as Sara is getting some licks in on her. Taleen? What? Is this referencing tonight's episode? I am 2 hours out from it and I know from a clip that they get into it. Yassss!!!! I'm thinking the same thing. I know they broke up, but there's no way that it is not going to come up when they start filming (which I was wrong about the date and it seems they are starting filming next month. Next month? why?) because if anyone is going to be messy it will be Adriana. Payback is...well...you know.

Well that scene in the trailer didn't help. Beyhive gonna get that man.

Of course Larsa would take advantage of those pictures leaking!!!

8-9 They can never go wrong with a catfight. And Diane vs Phyllis will never not be good. I don't know who wrote the dialogue, but they BOTH got good licks in. I was of course happy to see Diane won over that Giggly Heffa though. I was hollering and cheering cuz she was reading Phyllis down. This week has actually been good. I'm glad I watched/listened to it in one setting. I wished there was more going on, but Kyle vs Summer was a nice A plot that made the backbone of this week. And it's been fun to watch because as I've said before MM and AL brought their A-game. And their dialogue has been on fire as well. I loved Jack playing patriarch over it all and Diane is giving some nice matriarch moments though the highlight was today. I was pleasantly surprised that Victor got roped into Kyle vs Summer. It made sense given the web he's been spinning around Jack, but sometimes it has been easy to forget that Summer is his grandgirl. I'm mostly surprised because Victor was pretty human and tried to get both sides of their fighting. Him coming man to man with Kyle and talking to him was unexpected, but great. I guess B plot would be the 'Perils' of Billy. RME. And outside of his scenes with Lily, I couldn't care less. When I don't care for Adam, and I'm on HIS side, you might want to have a seat. It just felt like Billy was marking his territory, and he really needed to STFU. I liked the idea that Lily might try to hide Billy from the public and she be the face of A-C, but Billy better not use Jill's illness to make it seem like he's not around without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Billy declared war on Adam so Team Adam there. Well...since it feels like the relaunch party for A-C is dead...is the next Y&R event going to be Devon and Abby's wedding? I wouldn't mind. But where would be the drama? Nice to hear that Traci is in L.A. with Alan. Sharon's storyline and the Lucy/Faith storyline vanished. I did like Sally's anniversary of her baby dying. And her trying to suffer in silence. But that's down to CH's acting.

Yeah, this I also got. While I didn't like seeing all of the beats to it...Sasha from model to Q cook...DID play the beats. And it was clear to me that it was about locking her into a group of characters (as a lot of the job shifts that happened under PM which also made sense) and who better than the Qs who have had a story/group renaissance over the last few years. It feels like forever since there have been so many people in the Q house. And that at least I loved. And at least, it was explained/shown on-screen versus just a character going to a new job between commercial breaks. It all reminds me of JG doing interviews on how he currently see the characters on Y&R and while he had the character of Chance over there change jobs though I highly disagree of him doing it since he's been useless in his current job when he was just fine as the good guy cop. All soaps need the good guys. However, they also need WRITING.

Ooooo he better be messy!!!

Does seem like more to the story...

Lol. I believe it. Cuz that next week promo looked all kinds of campy.

And yet so true though!! lol.

DUBAI First she was feuding with Lesa online and now THIS??? What happened at the reunion? lol. Can't wait for tonight. NY And..they're back!!!!

NY Since it looks like the trailer is dropping while I'm at work...

lol

Hehe. Indeed.

8-5 Le sigh. Well, I had to bite this bullet some time. So now was a good time. Can we keep that Asian doctor? Too little, too late probably. In any case, I liked all the scenes surrounding Kristina, Molly, and TJ finding out about the loss of the baby. And ooooh, yes. Little Miss Molly was selling that. My favorite moment was her 'I know who's responsible' and her look at Sonny. Chills. It was all in the inflection. And her getting in Sonny's face again was good. And TJ holding her as they came together in their grief. And I liked TJ being able to express his point of view. Such a human reaction. In fact, I felt that everyone was actually reacting outside of MB. I think we all know how I feel about Ava so I was like ugh during her scenes at the police station. Just listening to that dialogue made me want to glare at the screen. Just the fact that over the last few months, Ava has spun BETTER webs when she lied. I was very happy to see that the Ava/Trina friendship was touched on and thank you for the heads-up @AbcNbc247. I really enjoyed those scenes though they were VERY abrupt to how Trina was acting toward her with looks during Kristina's fall. Those Natalia/Blaze scenes...so basically back to Square One with them then. This Sonny montage...I am not sure how I feel about them. I have a strong idea of what they are setting up for. But that said...knowing what's coming at the end of the week, it seem like a 'let's say good-bye to PM writing' to me because those scenes were setting up so much great stuff for Sonny (like Anna declaring war) and now alas... Hehe. Will do at some point. Sad, but true.

8-6 Now Nate...you're the LAST person to be talking to Lily about family friction. Have some seats. lol. That said...I loved Victor/Nikki putting the screws to Lily. And SHUT UP, BILLY ABOUT THAT FRAKKING LOGO!!!! I'm sad that Lily is feeling the pressure, but I love that it got that annoying smirk off Billy's face with his whining. Now Y&R with that silly cgi...lol. But I liked Faith figuring out about Lucy's drinking. As much as I liked Daniel clueing in Heather about Lucy lying. And meanwhile it was all nosediving into Sharon's storyline. I'm genuinely surprised that it's gone from silly to mildly intriguing. It was a nice storyline converge. That said...NOW Sharon...I know you're not thinking about having ghost sex with Cameron...right? And another storyline that appears to be gaining traction...Kyle vs Summer. MM and AL continue to bring their A-game. Though I am wondering who MM is working out for cuz his arms in these shirts...mmmmm lol.

8-9 I gasped. Why? I didn't even realize that we had not touched on the fact that Luna had Tom's backpack since last Friday. lol. The power of Brooke!!! lol. I admit that I was sorry that the trip is already over. Say what you will about B&B, but at least the characters give the appearance of working. And a business trip...yay!!! But back to the murder mystery...I liked how it was done this week. Luna told RJ (mmmmm those arms!) who ran into Katie who talked to Sheila. Let me say that again...SHEILA. Color me surprised at that. But I enjoyed seeing HT with different scene partners. And...again...another cliffhanger! Poppy walking in as Katie is talking about her to Bill. And lol at what I said last week about Poppy taking some of Katie's thunder by telling Bill about Tom. But that rivalry continues to give.

Oh, lord. What did RC do now? But seriously, I can see that. I had always hoped with the Nurses' Ball that he might have come back as well. And I would think Ricky would do it. But given who was writing when it came back...yeeeah probably not.