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Oh good grief.

So am I the only one who wasn't sure if Dani and Bill went all the way? It looked to me like they were making out and then had stopped when the lights came on and that's the secret that Dani wants to keep. Now I can see that Bill was rearranging his tie on Friday but Dani looked clothed, so I thought they only fooled around. It's still cheating so it doesn't really matter for story purposes but I was not thinking pregnancy, TBH.

Hah, well, the other day I said she deserved a razzie and then I was reading comments that she's great and doing Emmy winning work, and people don't like her acting because they don't like the character, so I kind of piggybacked onto one of your posts to explain why I wasn't as impressed with her because I felt like I was the one taking crazy pills, lol. So... sorry? But it's been an interesting discussion! But of course, yeah, there are others that are worse (a lot of them are the more seasoned vets, IMO...).

I must be the only one who likes the character of Kat more than the actress. Kat has some interesting idiosyncrasies... her issues with sex, her not wanting the genetic testing, and what we saw in the previews. It's like she has the appearance of being this perfect little rich girl but she doesn't act and think the way you're "supposed" to, like the other Duprees generally do. The writing has layers which I would like to see the actress play with more nuance. She was screaming a lot yesterday, but yeah, she was much better today. The character needs someone like a young Heather Tom who can show both strength and vulnerability. This was a nice end to the week. A little more low key in a good way, getting most everyone out safely but leaving some big threads hanging, especially Dani/Bill, Martin, and Eva. If this were Bill Bell's Y&R, Martin would end up impotent from the accident and struggle with his masculinity and feeling like he can't be a leader anymore. I don't mind Joey saving Abby but he didn't even get injured or anything? Andre was so compelling, how his entire demeanor changed when he heard Dani's voice... he was so emotional... wow, great job. She is trash. Love that Hayley had Bill's number already. Anastasia was back to her old self, atta girl!

It was pretty funny when they were going over the list of missing people and it was the Duprees and Genoa City people. No one else matters! Absolutely. Some of those characters have piqued my interest and have layers to unpeel. Good point. I am definitely not going to complain because I'm sure these episodes broke the budget enough, but it would be great to see how this affects the lower class characters like June, because she has so much less to lose than the people at the fancy party.

This was fantastic... so much continuous movement, some of the scenes felt like one long shot but they weren't. I'll rewatch tonight. It's incredibly rude to give a keynote speech for a politician and then leave before they speak, Victor. 😉 Bill smirking at the thought of seeing up Dani's skirt and all his innuendo was hilarious. I loved how no one was looking for Hayley until the end. Maybe Randy can join the search! I hope we will see other characters like Mona and Jan helping out in the coming days. Zero chemistry from Hayley and Kyle but I did lol at her house music strategy. Cute. Kind of a cool twist with Jacob... I was expecting him to swoop in and save the day, but now he's in trouble himself! Jack and Joey seemed like old friends... but then I suppose Joey was married to Jack's sister, after all. (Jon Lindstrom and Eileen Davidson). Razzies for Dani and Kat, yikes. Dani was basically "Not overreact! How do you expect me to not overreact! I'm the worst contract actor on this show!!!" Honorable mention to Abby with her one line... ouch. Kat was so nasty and tone deaf, and OMG Eva spewing blood like a horror movie, that was so good and shocking! Andre's injury was really well done too, where he was screaming something sliced into him. Ashley was all "I'm a nurse I have to go help!" and did exactly nothing. Leslie literally did more than her. Leslie had me howling when she latched onto Vernon, then moved me with Anita. Best character! Anastasia's quiet panic attack was effective. Such an emotional moment when Martin was found! He'll be fine. Abby is not on contract at Y&R! No reason not to kill her... (why do I feel like Joey is going to save her and be the hero?) BTG really shined here today because their characters are really well fleshed out and have personality and give good little zingers, and that's usually all in the backdrop of sitting at Orphey Jean's, but here it was that strong character driven drama PLUS some action and it really worked. Gotta say in 2026 both GH and BTG at various points have had me on the edge of my seat, watching nearly live and excited for the next day, like it was 30 years ago. Just unheard of these days. Like there's actually more than one show with good submissions for Best Drama, in 2026!!! This genre is alive!

After they just did one just as big last month! EB definitely hinted at it. I bet they'd be embarrassed to have their BTG colleagues come to their show for a leisurely coffee and cocktail.

Those girls wanting to kiss Matt don't watch Y&R!

Just a friendly FYI, this isn't that big of a spoiler but if you click the + sign next to the bold button, there's an option to post an actual spoiler tag.

Good episode. They really didn't even need the Y&R people to make this event great. Only Victor really added anything. Victor's speech was great, especially what he said about being touched Martin adopted children, not babies, as he himself was older when he was abandoned. Such a great point. Diane and Abby looked really great. I've noticed Y&R actresses almost always look better on other shows or even on the Soapy podcast. The styling or lighting on Y&R is terrible. Does Chelsea really go around at her cousin's fundraiser telling everyone she used to do threesomes? Anastasia and Leslie interacting was fun. Anastasia was spitting truth at Ashley! Ashley's presence added nothing. Maybe being up in the suite, she'll be the first to get blown away. Vanessa did a great job doing the smiling for the crowd but inwardly seething thing when everyone wanted to kick her out. Love that Joey didn't care. Heather really got under his skin! I like the interpersonal aspects of this story, just hate the Impaler nonsense and she even runs around in a cloak, groan. Nice Kat and Eva banter... wondering if this crisis will draw them closer. These dresses were much better than the cotillion. The BTG ladies looked stunning. Not that I miss them or anything, but it was strange that Samantha and Tyrell weren't there. Hayley pulled a Jill Abbott, slipping her ring on and off, hah! Is Claire and Kyle really that big of news that it makes national gossip? I usually find the Duprees annoying but it was nice that Martin, Vernon, and Anita were staying behind to make sure their guests got out safely. Looks like Martin will pay for it!

Neither. Brooke is insufferable, but Katie is ridiculous acting like she accomplished something because her husband handed her a company and then she poached a few designers from Forrester. I want to root for Katie and Logan, but we all know that side will lose so why invest in it? Eric didn't even get to enjoy one showing.

I can see Victor being sort of amused by her, the same way he used to act around Drucilla and Jill. After all, he doesn't need to deal with Leslie's BS every day.

I guess it's good I was apoiled because this reveal would have really made zero sense otherwise. It still doesn't. I kept expecting Bridget to break into a Claudia Zacchara accent.

I love that we can choose which shows go on our feed. I was thinking something like that would be great but didn't even know that was possible, and you already have it set up! 👍

It's really too bad they didn't replay any of the Chris stuff during the pandemic or at least posted some clips on YouTube when Geary passed away.

Come on, Victor and Jack are like the only characters Y&R uses more than twice a month, they weren't going four days without them. 😅

This is gross but (spoiler if you haven't watched)

My recollection was he was upset at first, but then accepted it as you said, but I could be wrong, it wasn't exactly a storyline that I was paying rapt attention to, lol.

There's a separate forum but the threads from it are also appearing in Discuss the Soaps.

I hope there will be some rules around spoilers and common sense in the thread titles. Some places require spoiler tags for a certain period of time after air, like 24 hours. Like for example if GH did a major reveal at at the end of the episode and one of the posters watching live at 2 posted a thread about it at 2:55, that would spoil the 3 PM viewers and people who watch at night or are behind. At least as it is right now, you know not to go into the monthly thread if you're behind. Just food for thought.

It was rushed because Geary hadn't been signed to a long term contract and wasn't available to continue taping. Snapper suddenly found out he'd been beaten up or something and made him confess to give Chris peace of mind.

The bizarre thing about this is that Connor already went through the trauma of learning his cousin, Johnny (being raised by Victoria) is his biological brother (Chelsea's son) but the whole time, his other cousin, Christian (being raised by Nick) is also his biological brother (Adam's son) and this was never addressed. He had trouble accepting that he'd been lied to about Johnny, but they never said anything about Christian. They will probably just later pretend he knew about Christian all along, just like they pretend Christian is always around hanging out with his cousins. I didn't have the pleasure of watching, but I've read up on it and yes. The story is pretty much identical to what happened to Caroline on B&B if you saw that one. Chris was traumatized because he forced his way in and lied that he had a knife, so she panicked and didn't really fight, therefore there was no physical evidence of force for the jury, but it was definitely considered rape and he confessed to it on his deathbed.

It's sad because Eddie Cibrian was obviously a hot breakout star and it would have so easy for them to redeem him and make him another "Todd" but Bill Bell had the integrity not to do that. Once he raped Sharon, he was evil and they never wavered. He was written off. Period. I didn't love the plastic surgery twist, but the Rick Hearst version was also consistent. And now 30 years later we have the actual guy that played Todd, playing Matt as Todd, and some writer is saying he can be redeemed. It's sickening.

For contrast, here's an example of 1980 Y&R story line regarding Paul. He'd fathered a child (Heather) out of wedlock with April. April was a single mother on welfare living in the apartment next to Chris and Snapper. Chris and Snapper were always fighting about money and at one point Chris told Snapper it was kind of ridiculous to be a doctor's wife living next door to a girl on welfare (he was notoriously cheap). Heather got very sick with meningitis. She hadn't been vaccinated because April didn't know any better. April and Paul are described going into her room wearing PPE and masks. They decide to get married to give her a name before she dies. But in doing so, April is no longer eligible for welfare, but Paul doesn't have any health insurance, so now he's on the hook for enormous medical bills. He's working in a mechanic shop but can't get extra hours because the price of gas is making people drive less. Victor Newman brings in his car and he left $500 on the seat. Despite desperately needing the money, Paul returns it to Victor and makes a friend for life. You can see in that example there's about half a dozen really mundane things that would light up social media today as being incredibly controversial. Those kind of layers are gone.

I was actually thinking recently who was the richest character on soaps. Y&R is the worst in this regard. I think the Forresters, Spencers, Quartertaines, Sonny, and the Duprees are supposed to be multi-millionaires, but Y&R purports to have multiple billionaires. Victor and Devon are billionaires, I think Tucker was one, and Victor had to pay billions to Victoria, Nick and Abby so a nothing character like Abby is a billionaire through her father, again through her husband, and a multi-millionaire through the Abbotts (but manages a restaurant in her spare time). Nick is a homeless billionaire. Michael and Lauren, Christine and Danny are millionaires but they have no homes and when they want a romantic night out they rent the same hotel room that anyone else in Genoa City would use. Even Esther must be a millionaire now because she owns half of the Chancellor house. Esther and Sharon both work as executives by day and also serve coffee at night. Every new character who joins the show has some kind of company or startup and is the CEO or co-CEO and can horse trade around the various companies with all the GC power players. And these companies can be transferred to someone else with the swipe of a button or given back if you kidnap somebody, or something. Even the relatively "poor" and unemployed characters like Audra and Holden still seem to wear designer clothes and hang around the rich people places all the time and are able to fly back and forth across the country with no problems. One thing I liked on GH recently was when Jacinda mentioned she had a 401k for the first time in her life. Soaps used to mention that type of thing to add a little color.