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This makes absolutely no sense.  Their relationship was seemingly dropped.  Chance was a b-character in the Nick/Sharon/Cameron storyline.  Chance and Summer appeared to be on their way to being a counter puncture to Kyle and Audra.  I was really looking forward to a Shick reunion.  Instead, more of Nick and Sally.  Ugh!

Just my random thoughts, in general...

- The return of the GCAC suites and dinning room/lobby help make the show look old-school Y&R.  I love it!

- The GCAC lounge is one of the best sets constructed in the last decade.

- Looking forward to the Newman cottage set returning for Sharon and Nick's story line.

- The Abbott mansion and Victor's office are timeless.

- The apparent end of the Grand Phoenix's reign supreme is well over due. 

- Jack and Diane are everything. 

- Ashley and Tucker are everything.

- The Abbott siblings fighting over their significant others while bottle-up in the same house is classic soap.

- JG has his faults, but by weaving ED into a story on the forefront should award him some accolades.

- TSJ's version of Tucker is perfect.  The deflated power-player who doesn't give a damn is so much fun.

- Traci being out of town is a waste of BM's talent and the potentially entertaining scenes of her playing peacekeeper in the Abbott mansion.

- Billy should be living at the Abbott house adding to the family drama.

- Billy and Chelsea add nothing to the show. MCE is a fine actor, but Chelsea is dead weight.

- Noah and Allie being back-burned to the point that they are only mentioned, not seen, is a travesty.

- Phyllis's "death" was poorly executed.  Also, the repair that is needed for Phyllis to be redeemed is immense.

- Summer went from being a strong, independent woman of morality to a poor hypocritical joke due to the "death" of Phyllis story-line.

- Dark Nate is entertaining.

- Audra is fantastic as a pot stirrer.  Yet, she needs a real romantic interest.

- Victoria's sudden attraction to Nate seemed to come out of nowhere.

- Poor Elena needs to get revenge.

- Adam/Sally/Nick = BORING

- Why isn't Sally played as a young Jill Foster-type?

- Adam and Sally = Perfection!

- Sharon pouring drinks and being a talk-to is such a waste of SC's talents.

- Sharon and Chance = No thank you.

- Sharon and Nick getting back together makes soooo much sense.  SC and JM have always been at their best when acting opposite of each other,  Plus, neither character ever seems to find a new partner that doesn't live in shadow of these soulmates.

- Adam going after Newman Media is stupid.

- Why is the costume department so bipolar with how they dress Nikki and Victoria.  Some days, both woman look amazing (especially MTS), but other days it seems as if they have purposely tried to make them look older and/or disheveled.

- Devon and Abby are 100% fast-forward material.

- Devon's penthouse is the worst set now that the Grand Phoenix is gone.

- Kudos to JG for scrapping the Grand Phoenix sets as executive producer and bringing the classic GCAC sets back.

- Why do Adam, Sally, Daniel, Audra, Billy, and Elena, all live at the GCAC. Billy and Adam both could sensibly reside at their family estates.

- Where does Chance live?

- I need Jill Abbott on my TV!

- What happened to the Chancellor Estate?

- I love Daniel's return, his re-connection with Lily, and his strong moral character objecting to Summer and Phyllis's dangerous games.

- Lauren needs a story-line.  Why is she so absent from all-things Jabot as a powerful board member?

- Having Michael defend Diane has been nice. Will he defend Phyllis next?  Probably.  (Eye-roll)

- Mariah, Tessa, Chloe, and Kevin = almost forgot you existed.  Not missed all that much.

- EB is great, but Victor is so predictable with his family games.  He is no Logan Roy -- but under the likes of Bill Bell and Kay Alden, he could be today.

- Why are the classic music cues gone again?  They returned about two-three years ago in limited fashion, but haven't been used in ages.  The gala would have been a great time to use them.

- Why is Christine so dumb as the DA?

- Did Danny leave town without a goodbye?

Yep, that sums it all up for me.

14 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

So Christine is now DA. How does that work? Didn't she have that role a few years back and decide it was too much and resign?

Can she just step into that role? If the current DA resigned/retired wouldn't there be a process, instead of cricket just deciding she was going to do it again?

Looks like government departments work the same way as private companies in GC. Over coffee at Society, you decide to take over/purchase a company and within days it's done and dusted.

Is making Chris DA is setting up a Phyllis on trial story...

And from a SOD spoiler pic, it looks like Christine gets an......OFFICE!!!!

I'm fairly certain that is Paul's office set.

Vast improvement to me.  I love how the actor's fade from black and white to color.  The silhouette of EB/MTS is very fitting.  The only complaint I really have is the font used for the actor's names -- it seems bland.

I really enjoyed Friday's episode.  Phyllis barging into the Abbott mansion berating the Abbotts for what she sees as their hypocrisy was classic soap!  I'm also liking the possibility of a Jack and Lauren romance.  JG is using TEB more than the last three regimes have.  I really could buy Lauren in the lady of the manor role within the Abbott family. 

 

Adam and Phyllis teaming up as the town pariahs makes sense.  I like the idea of them working together as allies, not as a romantic pairing, though.  It's interesting how Adam and Sharon are being written as having unresolved feelings, especially since Sharon and Rey are supposed to be "the next big thing."  I think most people agree, SC and JV have no chemistry.  Sharon and Rey are a dud.  Then there is Nick.  I'm not sure what they are doing with him.  He seems to have abandoned his hopes of getting back together with Sharon and is solely focused on going to was with Adam.  Blah!  I might be in the minority, but I like Nick and JM.  Nevertheless, I agree with many other posters that JM does best playing the laid back, soccer dad role.  He and SC have great chemistry and, I think, are a couple to root for.  It would be nice to see one of the Newman kids to be grounded. 

 

Victoria is just a disaster.  The characters talk about her as being this strong, independent, woman who is a force to be reckoned with, but all we see is a simpering, whiny, indecisive character.  Pairing her will Billy just creates material to be fast-forwarded through.

 

Kyle and Lola and Mariah and Tessa continue to be boring couples that in no way engender fans to be cheering them on.  I could care less about a tacky apartment's accent wall color or a failed musican's wardrobe concerns.

Wow!  That's awesome.  CR did appear in some westerns prior to joining OLTL, if I'm remembering correctly.  He was such an unsung hero of OLTL's success in the 80's and 90's.  He and Erika Slezak were great together as the "Lady and her Cowboy."  Like other soap greats, Phil Carey and Bev McKinsey, to just name a couple, CR was never nominated for an Emmy.  His scenes with ES at the snow resort in Vermont in February 1993 when he found Viki with Sloan were so raw and real.  We literally saw Clint break into pieces losing Viki.

AMC's Langley Wallingford certainly fits the bill.  After Louis Edmonds was taken off contract in early 1992, he only appeared a few times: Dimitri and Natalie's failed engagement party at Wildwind, Mona's funeral, and the show's 25th anniversary week-long celebration.  He was conspicuously absent during the Willow Lake storyline in 1993, which was really the last story to heavily feature Ruth Warrick's Phoebe.  After his appearances in January 1995, the character just vanished.  Phoebe, who rarely appeared at this point herself, would mention from time to time that Langley was out of town on an archeological dig.  On a related note, it still blows my mind how Ruth Warrick was so marginalized after 1993.  The Wallingford Estate set was struck down, Langley vanished, Chuck and Charlie left town, Linc stopped making holiday visits, and Phoebe was little more than a glorified extra at major Pine Valley events. 

8 hours ago, ChickenNuggetz92 said:

Hey everyone! I've been quietly browsing these boards for a while now and I finally decided to make an account, go figure haha. I'm a huge fan of the older Y&R episodes shared from the 90s and early 2000s and most importantly, I'm an even bigger fan of Y&R's classic background music. I've always felt like they used to be the gold standard where daytime drama production is concerned, and strongly their old background music instantly elevates any scene. I'm glad it's making a comeback in newer episodes too, as they disappeared for the last 6 years.

 

I'm also a frequent GH watcher, and based on the recent storylines I had this crazy idea to see what a GH scene would feel like with Y&R's background music (because let's face it, GH's current music is a mess). So I quickly flexed my musical muscles and I decided to quickly edit a short scene with Y&R's old music. This was already an emotionally heavy scene and I feel like the music helped drive that point even further. Because it's using older Y&R background music I thought it would be appropriate to post here. Anyways, here's the video below and let me know what you think!

 

 

 

Absolutely fantastic work!!!  And I agree, Y&R's classic music cues are some of the best throughout daytime history.  The only other soap that had such dramatic, moving music cues, in my opinion, was OLTL during Linda Gottlieb's reign in the 90's.