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There was a daily TV show called "Pure Soap" which had soap news, episode updates, and sometimes actor interviews. A recapper on "rec.arts.tv.soaps" tried to post recaps when possible. The recapper said the show had lots of info and there was too much to recap, so therefore she(the recapper) was was able to recap some highlights but not everything. The show was hosted by Shelley Taylor Morgan. Here is the Y&R portion from Sept. 7, 1994 through Oct. 5, 1994 Note, sometimes Y&R was not recapped (either because the recapper was not able to get everything or perhaps Pure Soap did not mention Y&R that day). I don't know if the clips and updates on Pure Soap are dated the same as when they aired on Y&R, or if Pure Soap is ahead or behind by a day or two. (Posting to give some context to the Sept 21, 1994 episode that will be rebroadcast soon.) --- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Pure Soap highlights for Wednesday -- Sept. 7, 1994 9/7/94 PURE SOAP highlights for 07-SEP-1994 UPDATES: Y&R's Victoria might not be Miss America but she can certainly sympathize with what Vanessa Williams went through when her Miss America title was stripped away after Penthouse printed some old photos of her in a compromising position. [Insert clip of someone loading magazines onto a news stand and then opening "the" magazine and checking out the centerfold.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Friday (Sept. 9) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/11/94 (posted two days after Pure Soap aired) PURE SOAP highlights for 09-SEP-1994 UPDATES: - Y&R's Dru is convinced her child belongs to husband Neil but her sister Olivia has her doubts. After all there was that time a heavily medicated Dru thought she was making love to Neil but it might have been Neil's brother Malcolm. [Insert clip of Dru and Olivia talking about the possibility.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Pure Soap highlights for Thursday -- Sept. 8, 1994 9/8/94 PURE SOAP highlights for 08-SEP-1994 UPDATES: Y&R's Victoria seems to be living by the motto, "when the going gets tough, the tough hit the road." Last summer she became a waitress in a greasy spoon. This summer she's Miss September...but not if her father and husband have anything to say about it. [Insert clip of Victor and Cole confronting a couple of men about the magazine.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Monday (Sept. 12) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/12/94 PURE SOAP highlights for 12-SEP-1994 UPDATES: [Today's focus: soap triangles] - Y&R's Danny, Chris, and Paul are starting to be involved in a triangle as well. But...there was a triangle before and Chris didn't even know she was involved in it. [Insert clip of Danny telling Chris that he has a son. He says he's sorry and she tells him to leave.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Wednesday (Sept. 14) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/14/94 PURE SOAP highlights for 14-SEP-1994 UPDATES (episode updates for several soaps but Y&R not mentioned) STM ==> Shelley Taylor Morgan, bubbly host of PURE SOAP. IN-STUDIO GUEST: Y&R's Sharon Case (Sharon Collins) - STM says Y&R just couldn't settle on an actress to play young Nick Newman's wannabe girlfriend this summer but they finally seem to have gotten it right by casting a soap veteran: Sharon Case. - She recently played Debbie on ATWT. Before that she played Dawn on GH. STM asks how she handles moving back and forth from one coast to the other. Sharon says she always thought she'd live in NY so she grabbed the chance when she was offered the part on ATWT. She loved living there. - STM asks for some hints of what's coming up and [predictably] Sharon says she really can't say much. She is involved in the trio with Nick and Amy. There will be some very exciting storyline coming up between the three of them. - GH was a great show to work on. She says it was her first job as an actress so maybe that's why she has such fun memories of it. - Working with the ATWT's cast was great...they rehearsed a lot more for that show than they do some others so she really got to know her castmates very well and they all became friends. - A caller wants to know if she has a hard time playing someone so "unwholesome" since her looks are so innocent. Sharon jokes that it is hard and she's trying to find some "evil" hairdos and makeup for her character. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Thursday (Sept. 15) -- Pure Soap highlights Posted 9/17/94 PURE SOAP highlights for 15-SEP-1994 (Y&R not mentioned.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Monday (Sept. 19) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/19/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Monday -- 19-SEP-1994 UPDATES: - Y&R. What a coincidence that Jack suddenly starts remembering his heretofore unmentioned Vietnam experience the same week a Vietnamese family rides into town. [Insert clip of Jack telling Chris… the woman that owns the Saigon Shack reminds him very much of a girl he knew in during the war. He says not many people know he was in Vietnam and he wants to keep it that way.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS: Tuesday (Sept. 20) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/20/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Tuesday -- 20-SEP-1994 STM ==> Shelley Taylor Morgan, bubbly host of PURE SOAP. UPDATES (The recapper mentions episode updates for GH, AMC, GL, AW, but not Y&R) IN-STUDIO GUEST: Y&R's Elizabeth Sung (Luan Volien) - The Volien family's story features the heartbreakingly painful tale of an immigrant mother and the son she was forced to leave behind. [Insert clip of Luan telling Keemo she prefers not to cling to bitter memories. Instead, she prefers to remember the special times...the happy times. She thinks of those times often when she looks at a picture of her G.I. Keemo's upset that she wants to remember anything about the man. He can't believe she still keeps a picture of a man that used her and then abandoned her. She insists the man didn't know about his son but Keemo says he knew about her. She says he may have been killed and Keemo says he hopes so. He asks what he ever gave her but misery and hardship. She says "he" gave her the most precious gift of all: Keemo.] STM = Shelley Taylor Morgan, bubbly host of PURE SOAP. ES = Elizabeth Sung (Luan Volien) - STM comments on how Elizabeth's character seems so much older (gray streaks in her hair, little makeup, etc.) that much of the audience probably wouldn't even recognize her. ES says she thinks it's just part of what happens when any new character is introduced on a show...they have to search for the right look. - ES says her first choice in the performing arts is dance. She was able to tour all around the country after graduating from Julliard because of dancing and she loved it. STM asks if she still dances and she says she's too old...her back hurts too much. She does milder things like yoga for everyday exercise, now. - She also worked as an assistant production designer on a movie that was filmed last year in Shanghai. The job dealt with making sure the look of the film, the costumes, and making sure sets that need to be built get built. - ES was born in Hong Kong and didn't move away until she finished high school. - One of the jobs she had was working with her sister last year to coordinate a fireworks display. She worked as a translator (Chinese to French) for the Frenchman in charge of the display. She got to see all sorts of fireworks factories and had a great time. - STM says it's amazing...ES does everything! ES laughs that she doesn't do windows! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Wednesday (Sept. 21) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/21/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Wednesday -- 21-SEP-1994 UPDATES: - Y&R. Drucilla's pregnant but is her husband Neil the tyke's father? [Insert clip of Neil reacting to the news that Drucilla's pregnant. She says it's a big step having this baby...she's not sure she's ready. He assures her that they'll make wonderful parents.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps › PS: Friday (Sept. 23) -- Pure Soap highlights (Y&R not mentioned) 9/24/94 (this episode posted to the newsgroup the day after it aired) PURE SOAP highlights for Friday -- 23-SEP-1994 (Y&R not mentioned) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Monday (Sept. 26) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/26/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Monday -- 26-SEP-1994 UPDATES: - Y&R. Jill has a problem. She loves her husband John...and she especially loves her husband's money. But, she's sleeping with her contractor Jed and her housekeeper Mamie knows all about it. [Insert clip of a police officer taking Jill's report about her car being stolen as Mamie listens disapprovingly to the details of the circumstances in which Jill's car was stolen: she was parked at Jed's office at 9pm and hadn't bothered to turn on the car's tracking device.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Tuesday (Sept. 27) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/27/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Tuesday -- 27-SEP-1994 (Y&R not mentioned) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Friday (Sept. 30) -- Pure Soap highlights 9/30/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Friday -- 30-SEP-1994 SOAP NEWS: - TV's largest advertiser, Proctor & Gamble, the sponsors of ATWT, AW, and GL has threatened to pull $500,000,000 in advertising if the networks preempt those shows for O. J. Simpson coverage. UPDATES: [episode updates for OLTL and DOOL. Y&R not mentioned.] IN-STUDIO GUESTS: Y&R's Tricia Cast (Nina McNeil) and Scott Reeves (Ryan McNeil) - Tricia says Nina's very worried that Ryan will leave her if she tells him about losing the baby. Scott says Ryan could do *anything* and Nina would never leave him. Tricia says she's a lot less gullible in real life. - Tricia started acting professionally when she was 11; and was 18 or 19 when she started on Y&R. She's been with the show for 8 or 9 years. She loves the closeness she feels on the set. - Tricia's recently split up with her husband Jack. She says she still loves him and has nothing but respect for him but they just see things differently. - [Insert clip of Nina getting a phone call from Ryan. She's crying but manages to keep him from realizing it. He says he tried to call earlier but didn't get an answer. He asks where she was and she says she was just out with Cricket. He tells her he misses them and hopes to be home by tomorrow night. He asks about Phillip and asks her to give him a hug. He says he's got to go and she tells him she loves him. He says he loves her too and promises to be home soon.] - Scott blows some bubbles on the air for his daughter Emily. Too cute. - A caller says she likes Nina and Ryan together but wants to know what happened to Nina's relationship with John Silva. Tricia says she doesn't really know but she never questions anything Bill Bell does. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Monday (Oct. 3) -- Pure Soap highlights 10/3/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Monday -- 03-OCT-1994 (Y&R not mentioned) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.arts.tv.soaps PS: Wednesday (Oct. 5) -- Pure Soap highlights 10/5/94 PURE SOAP highlights for Wednesday -- 05-OCT-1994 UPDATES: Y&R. Jack once kept his service in Vietnam so secret that none of the viewers or the actors who played Jack knew anything about it. But now that a new Vietnamese family has settled in Genoa City, it's time for all those repressed memories to come flooding to the surface. [Insert clip of Jack telling Chris about getting shipped out after being injured. He says he tried to get in touch with "her" but she was gone. All his letters to her were returned...and he still has them. Now he's got a chance to see her again and tell her how much she meant to him...how she brought hope and love to a very frightened young man from America.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Someone at rec.arts.tv.soaps asked about Blade, Jack, Mari Jo, Ashley, the painting, and the signature, and there was a thread of replies: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.tv.soaps/6W1FMzHigm4/nZ_37RHji0UJ (That is a thread.) The initial post, dated 9/16/94 was a bunch of questions, and here are the replies: -------------- reply dated 9/17/94 >What is the connection between Blade and Jack's fiancé (I think her name is Mary Jo)? Reply: Mary Jo used to be involved with Blade. But at some point in the relationship Mary Jo slept with Blade's Brother (no name yet). When Blade found out he proceeded to break up with her, and he got in a fight with his brother on the docks. Supposedly, after Blade punched his brother to the dock floor, his brother fell off the dock into the ocean and drowned. Blade claims he did not hear his brother's cry for help, but Mary Jo claims that Blade heard his brother, but simply ignored his cries for help. >What is Mary Jo hiding? Reply: She has not told Jack her really name yet or the fact that she and Blade were once involved with each other. Basically, her whole past is being hidden from Jack. >Why would Jack and Ashley be so upset by this information? Reply: Who knows. I guess they (the writers) figure that Ashley and Jack would be mad that they were not told about the previous relationship between Blade and Mary Jo. ---------------------------------- Reply dated 9/19/94 > Jack's fiancé. Who is she? Reply: Mary Jo was Blade's old girlfriend. She sort of "hunted" him down. >What is Blade's mysterious past? (any new revelations over the summer) Reply: Blade had a twin brother (read: his "evil twin"). He got into an argument with him over Mary Jo and Blade killed him.. (Mary Jo slept with his brother while engaged to Blade) >What is the connection between Blade and Jack's fiancé (I think her name is Mary Jo)? Reply: Mary Jo saw Blade kill his brother (Blade didn't know that she was watching). >What is Mary Jo hiding? Reply: Her real relationship to Blade >Why would Jack and Ashley be so upset by this information? Reply: Mary Jo and Blade were involved in the past. ---------------------------------- Reply dated 9/22/94 (This reply gives corrections/clarifications to the one before it) Earlier comment: Blade had a twin brother (read: his "evil twin"). He got into an argument over Mary Jo with him and Blade killed him. (Mary Jo slept with his brother while engaged to Blade) Another poster in reply (clarification-correction) to that comment: Blade said it was an accident. He pushed his brother into the water and did not hear his brother yell that he couldn't swim and thus … drowned. Earlier comment: Mary Jo saw Blade kill his brother (Blade didn't know that she was watching). Another poster in reply (clarification) to that comment: Blade did not know his brother couldn't swim. Why didn't Marilyn help him out of the water? Marilyn=MariJo Original question: I also remember an episode a while ago where Blade and Ashley received a wedding gift -- it was some sort of painting. Was this painting a gift from Mary Jo? What significance did it have? Reply to the question: She gave the painting to them as Marilyn. Only Blade knows who it's from. Ashley received the gift in the mail with no name on it, only (MM) in the corner. ---------------------------------- Reply dated 9/22/94 Mari-jo/Marilyn was Blade's fiancé, she slept with Blade's twin brother. Blade and his brother had a fight on the wharf. Blade hit his bro, who then fell down. Blade turned around and left. The brother then FELL into the ocean and drowned. Marijo sent Blade and Ash the painting for a wedding gift to tell Blade that she knew where he was. Blade told Ashley he didn't know who Marilyn is. Then Marilyn showed up in town (presumably to terrorize Blade), accidentally bumped into Jack and they became an item. Marilyn has been taunting Blade by telling him that she "heard" them fighting from her apartment on the other side of the wharf. And when she saw the brother fall into the water she ran to help..."I never saw him again"...SOB! ---------------------------------- Reply dated 9/25/94 Question: I also remember an episode a while ago where Blade and Ashley received a wedding gift -- it was some sort of painting. Was this painting a gift from Mary Jo? What significance did it have? Reply: The painting depicts the dock upon which Blade and his brother fought over Marilyn/Mary-Jo. Marilyn sent it to Blade as a reminder of his deed. ----- end thread ----- Edit to add: there was one more reply on that rec.arts.tv.soaps thread, dated 9/17/94 That reply said: "I think they said Blade's brother's name was Alex. (Or was that his real name?)". [NOTE: Soapcentral didn't exist back then, but now the soapcentral bio says: Blade's full name was Alexander Bladeson. His twin was Rick Bladeson.] ---------------------------------- That catches us up to the week of the episode we are wondering about. (But we still do not know if any of this is in the Sept 21, 1994 episode.)

Here is more context from August 22, 1994 - October 21, 1994. Spoiler items from rec.arts.tv.soaps. (Only spoilers, so no real details). Source is these two links: Spoilers Sept 23, 1994 - Oct 21, 1994 https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.tv.soaps/tM7Z3igZTqY/HNQ0bo1_yhsJ Spoilers Aug 22, 1994 - Sept 19, 1994 https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.tv.soaps/lEbp40XNavc/oDGpOveeH5kJ Originally posted to rec.arts.tv.soaps with the most recent weeks first. Posting here with the oldest weeks first. Spoiler for week of 08/22/94 - 08/26/94 Luan finds a picture in her drawer that resembles someone in Genoa City. Blade gives MariJo an ultimatum to leave town or else. The publisher looks over the first copy of the photos of Vicki's centerfold. Dru is shocked to find out she doesn't have the flu and pleads with Olivia not to tell Neil. Spoiler for week of 08/29/94 - 09/02/94 Dru is shocked and upset to learn that she is pregnant. Jack surprises Mary Jo with a special present. Jill decides that a divorce from John is inevitable. Nikki kisses Jack but he tells her that he is involved with another woman. Nick confides in Hope the story of his failed romance with Sharon. John Silva invites Lynn to dinner. Paul guesses that Keemo has a crush on Christine, but she denies it. Sneak Peak for week of 09/05/94 - 09/09/94 After Esprit De Corps magazine comes out with Victoria as the centerfold, Victor, Nikki, and Cole freak. Eric Forrester looks at the magazine and finds his New model and Vikki will jump from Genoa City to L.A. Victor flies to NY with Cole and John Silva to confront the publishers. Chris and Danny come face to face. Olivia is suspicious about Malcolm and searches for the truth. Jill confides to Jed that she is not in love with John anymore. Nick makes a decision that is certain to affect his future. Fall Sneak Peak Jack's Past threatens his future with MariJo. Mamie interferes with Jill's plans for her future. Christine accepts a marriage proposal. Nick's relationship with Sharon threatens his life and freedom. Dru learns she is pregnant. Someone from the past puts complications on Ashley/Blade and MariJo/Jack's relationships. Sneak Peak for week of 09/12/94 - 09/16/94 Paul is pleased when Christine tells him she made sure Danny knows there is no hope of a reconciliation. Ashley reads Mary Jo's penciling in her driver's license which reads Marilyn Mason. Malcolm begs Olivia not to tell Dru about the night he made love to Dru but Olivia spills the beans. Victoria is nonchalant about the publishing of her nude centerfold. Sharon invites Nick and Amy to her birthday party. Sneak Peak for week of 09/19/94-09/23/94 [Quoted verbatim and without permission from the Chronicle CityLine of San Francisco (415) 512-5000, Category Number 7505] John Silva warns Jill that John would not allow her to keep working at Jabots once she files for divorce. Ashley asks for Paul's opinion about Marilyn's signature and the one on the painting she received as a wedding gift. Mary doesn't like the idea of Paul marrying Christine. Later, he proposes to Christine. Victoria finally understands why Cole is upset with her. Sneak Peak for Monday 09/19/94 Ashley is getting suspicious of Mari Jo and asks Jack some questions. Luan and Keemo fight about the fact that she still has a picture of her GI, and Cricket comes in and bawls Keemo out and he melts as usual when she speaks. Hope tells Jack that she is pregnant. Victor and Nikki talk, or shall I say he again attacks her. Sneak Peak for week of 09/26/94-09/30/94 [Quoted verbatim and without permission from the Chronicle CityLine of San Francisco (415) 512-5000, Category Number 7505] John plans a surprise party for his wife while she finalizes their divorce papers with John Silva. Ashley confronts Blade about his romantic involvement with Mary Jo and demands the truth or she will never trust him. Nina goes into labor. Victor asks Hope to keep an open mind about terminating her pregnancy. Sneak Peak for week of 10/03/94-10/07/94 [Quoted verbatim and without permission from the Chronicle CityLine of San Francisco (415) 512-5000, Category Number 7505] John retains Mitchell Sherman as his attorney and asks him to be sure Jill does not get custody of their son. Keemo tells his mother that until Christine marries Paul, he still has a chance with her. Jack is shocked to learn that Luan is Mai Yun, the woman he once cared for in Vietnam. Nikki questions Douglas about some tension in Victor and Hope's marriage. Sneak Peak for week of 10/10/94-10/14/94 [Quoted verbatim and without permission from the Chronicle CityLine of San Francisco (415) 512-5000, Category Number 7505] Rex orders Kate to stay out of Jill and John's marital problems. Nina decides that she must tell Ryan about losing the baby. Nikki and Jed make love again. Sharon is upset when Nick fails to show for their date, unaware that Amy has thrown him a surprise party. Cole and Victoria make love for the first time since the centerfold incident. Blade tries to smooth things over with Ashley but she is not interested. Sneak Peak for week of 10/17/94-10/21/94 [Quoted verbatim and without permission from the Chronicle CityLine of San Francisco (415) 512-5000, Category Number 7505] Luan admits to Christine that Jack is Keemo's father, but swears her to secrecy. Jack confronts Mary Jo about her deception. Gina gives Danny a room above the restaurant. Paul suggests to Christine that they get marry over Thanksgiving but then backs off. Hope and Victor receive the test results. Victoria guesses that Nikki is hoping Victor's marriage fail. ------------------------------------- Yes Mari Jo's real name is Marilyn. ------------------------ Sharon's birthday party isn't mentioned in any of those spoilers. I don't know why.

Yes Amy needlepointing pillows with Nikki is an interesting contrast to ... Victoria showing her (Victoria's) nude pictures in the magazine centerfold ... to her brother Nick(!) and then commenting well our mom Nikki was a stripper so what's the big deal. But that's the Sept 15, 1994 recap, so I don't know how you would DVR that. (I'd love to see that too) What's airing next week is Sept 21, 1994, and we have not (yet) found a recap for that. ============== Per the recap, on Sept 15, 1994, Sharon tells Doris that she's having a party at their apartment sometime soon. Amy thanks Sharon for inviting Amy and Nick to the party. I recently watched the Sept 26, 1994 episode. Sharon and Doris discuss the birthday party, which has already happened. Sharon mentions that party happened at the Newman ranch. Doris asked how it went. Doris wants to know if anybody figured out that it really wasn't Sharon's 18th birthday party, but instead it was actually Sharon's 19th birthday party. Sharon says nobody has figured it out and everyone thinks she just turned 18. The conversation implies there is a missing year that Sharon and Doris are keeping secret -- but it did not hint why in that episode. (Of course we know now that this was the year of Sharon's pregnancy with Cassie and Mariah). (There is more in that 9/26/1994 episode but I'll stop there). My point is that Sharon's birthday party happens after the Thurs Sept 15, 1994 episode, and before the Monday Sept 26, 1994 episode. From recaps and playlists, we know it doesn't happen Sept 19, 20, or 23. So that leaves .. . Sharon's birthday happening on Fri Sept 16, Wed Sept 21, or Thurs Sept 22. (I suppose the party could have taken place offscreen but that seems unlikely). The soapcentral bio for Sharon says her birthday is Sept 17th, which was a Saturday in 1994.

Sept 15, 1994 recap, for more context: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.tv.soaps/3CKoe50wNKE/A7rm3jEhyU4J rec.arts.tv.soaps Update 9/15 (posted late on 9/27/94) From the "better late than never" department, here's the Thursday, September 15th update for Y&R. Dru at the doctor's office Dru is visiting a (new) doctor, seeking to end her pregnancy. He asks her why she came to see him specifically, and she replies that she wants to see a doctor that she didn't know. [seems that dr-patient confidentiality is a problem in Genoa City -- especially judging by Olivia's conduct as of late]. She is very upset and wants an abortion. Jed's office Jill and Jed are dancing cheek to cheek to elevator music (how convenient). She says that dancing with Jed reassures her that she is making the right decision (to divorce John). She needs a man who knows how to make a woman feel alive. She thinks they're still married because of Billy. She says it's ironic that when she told John about her pregnancy, John was so upset, and now he is really taken with the baby. She's absolutely determined to divorce John, no matter what. Coffee House Matt comes over to see Nick and starts talking about how Victoria is one hot babe. Nick looks puzzled. Nina's place Nina's on the couch. It's been a few hours since she felt the pains. She tries to reassure herself that nothing's wrong. Phone rings. It's Ryan, who forgot something in Phillip's bedroom (he's away on business). He asks whether she could bring the file to his secretary at his office. She says she will, and doesn't mention the pains. Coffee House Matt tells Nick about the centerfold -- everyone's talking about it. Nick gets miffed, and threatens Matt. Nick's speechless when Matt produces the magazine. Nick takes off, but not before Matt rubs it in that he and Sharon are a hot item again. Jill & Jed Jill says she has to be careful, because she hasn't a hope of getting through the divorce unscathed if John finds out about her affair. She hopes she can get John to file for the divorce. Jed thinks this is just wishful thinking. Coffee House Some guy and Amy talk. Amy just returned from a dental appointment. She runs into Sharon. Amy tells Sharon that she's having the most incredible summer, and that she gets along really well with Nick, and his mother, who couldn't have been nicer to her. She thanks Sharon for inviting Nick and her to Sharon's Birthday Bash, because it'll be their first "together" party. She leaves. Sharon looks pissed off. [comment from recapper: by the way, Sharon has recently had a french manicure -- guess the bills include personal grooming: we have to have our priorities in order, don't we?]. Abbott Home Jill gets home. John greets her, and asks where she was. He was anxious to see her. He offers her a cocktail. She's not in the mood, she says. John offers to help Jill "unwind" but she cuts him off, asking where Billy is. Seems Mamie took him to the park to give them some time together (sweet Mamie!). Jill rejects more advances and is fuming about Mamie taking the baby out when she is expected home. She's saved by Mamie and Billy's return (it started to rain and they had to come home early). Jill berates her. John takes the baby and plays/talks to him. Jill looks like she feels a little guilty for the impending breakup. Olivia's Office Neil comes over wanting to know what Olivia's not telling him about Dru's condition. When's the fatigue going to end? Dru at Doctor's The doctor's policy is never to perform an abortion before finding out more about the case. He assumes she's not married. When Dru corrects him, he questions her motivations for not telling her husband. She says that her husband must never know. Ryan's Office Nina brings the files to Linda (Ryan's secretary). Nina stays behind to leave a note for Ryan to get when he returns. While she's looking for some paper, she comes across the magazine with Vicky's pictures in his desk. She looks at it. Sharon's Place "Girl"'s mom rolls out and complains that Sharon didn't put the iron where she could reach it, and she couldn't iron today. Sharon rudely brushes her off, tells her she will do the ironing herself that evening (OK?), and BTW she's having a party at the apartment sometime soon She says this will be a very important party for her. Ranch Nikki is needlepointing. Doorbell rings (Miguel, I'll get it). It's Amy. It seems Nikki invited her over to help out. Amy brought a pillow that she did. Fancy work. Tacky Room Victoria is pretending to make iced tea. Luckily Nick drops by. He confronts her about the centerfold. She's pretty down to earth about it. She asks his opinion of the pictures. "Helluva spread, Vic" Olivia's Office Neil continues to pump Olivia for information. Other doctor's Office Dru is really confused and upset. She tells the doctor that she's unsure of the baby's paternity, asking whether there's a way to tell the exact moment of conception. The doctor suggests a physical exam. Tacky Room Nick says Victor must've flipped. She tells Nick about the buy-out of the issue, the acquisition of the company and firing Glenn and Alec. They both agree that this is in keeping with their Dad. Victoria says she can't understand his reaction, since their Mom was a stripper and THAT was ok. Why not this? The Collins' Mom asks about the party and who's being invited. Sharon tells her that Amy and Nick have been invited. The mother sees through Sharon's plot to get Nick nearer. Sharon denies anything underhanded. Sharon comes across a letter in the mail that her mother is quite anxious she not read. It's from the insurance company. Ranch Nikki and Amy are needlepointing. Amy tells Nikki that she learned how to do it from her mom, and that she and her mom are very close. Nikki remarks that Amy's lucky to be close to her mother, since not everyone has that sort of relationship. They talk about Nick's return to school. Nikki says that she insisted that he go back. She then pumps Amy about Sharon. The party comes up, and Nikki counsels Amy not to let Nick out of her sight at the party. Tacky Room Nick says he's more concerned about Cole's reaction to the centerfold. He hopes Vicki and Cole can work this thing through. They talk about Switzerland. Vicki asks about Sharon. Nina's House She takes a long hard look at the centerfold. "How could Vicky do this?" "Why does Ryan have the magazine?" Olivia's Office Olivia says Dru's overstressed and tired. She promises Neil she will keep a close eye on her sister. Neil makes her promise to tell him is there's anything he should know. Dru & doctor The doctor tells Dru her pregnancy's early. He can't confirm the exact date of conception. She wants to abort asap. He says that there's one more thing she should consider before making her final decision. It's a miracle that she's pregnant at all, since she has chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. This will probably be the only child she'll ever have, because there's a lot of scar tissue surrounding her reproductive system, probably due to undiagnosed recurring infection. He urges her to reassess prior to aborting. She asks whether it's some sort of miracle that she even conceived. He says yes. She asks herself whether it's a miracle or a nightmare. She cries beautifully and the scene closes with her teary eyes. The end. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I found a recap for Sept 19, 1994 (two epis before the one that will be rebroadcast) https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.tv.soaps/-FagxPDyI4c/TrrtKFW6JecJ rec.arts.tv.soaps Y&R:Update for Monday, 9/19/94 Posted 9/20/94 Jill shocks her new lawyer: Jill goes to see John Silva and requests that he represent her during her divorce from John Abbott. John is stunned. Jill is adamant nothing can save the marriage. Jill begs John to represent her. Her demands are simple, she knows she'll keep the 20% of Jabot stock (from her first divorce from John), so in addition she wants support for baby Billy and her job at Jabot. John cautions keeping the job might be difficult. John agrees to prepare the preliminary divorce papers. Katherine wants the dirt on Jill: Katherine stops by to talk to Mamie about Jill's affair with Jed. Mamie admits she thinks Jill has been unfaithful. Katherine warns Mamie they must share information to nail Jill and save John. Katherine says Jill and Jed are definitely in "heat". Katherine suggests they set at trap for Jill, for little Billy's sake. Mamie is reluctant to help and trust Katherine... Keemo blasts Luan's memories: Luan has fond memories of her "GI". Keemo doesn't share the same feelings about this "user of a man". Keemo rejects his natural father vehemently. Luan leaves in tears and Cricket reads Keemo the riot act for his insensitivity. Cricket tells Keemo he doesn't have the market cornered on pain. Cricket's words get to Keemo and he apologizes for his harshness... Hope and Jack catch up: Jack shares his engagement with Hope and she shares her pregnancy with him. They are happy for each other. Neil and Nathan wonder what's up with Dru: Nathan warns Neil that something is going on. They agree to work together to determine what's up. Meanwhile Dru is seeing Olivia demanding Olivia schedule a D&C. Olivia informs Dru she has it scheduled. Nathan stops by Neil's apartment with Little Nate and the men bond about fatherhood. Neil coos to Little Nate that one day he wants a son just like him. Dru watches this tender scene in emotional turmoil... ----------- [The Sept 20th episode continues ... Dru is watching (from the doorway) Neil talking to Little Nate].

WHOOPS. I meant to say Neil had a secretary in 1997! I had several tabs open and was looking at something from 1984 on another tab. I intended to talk about Neil Winters in 1997 (not Neil Fenmore in 1984). Sorry about that! Neil Winters first appeared on Feb.14, 1991. Neil Fenmore was on Y&R approximately 1983-86, I'm not sure. So sorry I made such a confusing post with the wrong year! Let me start over.... I understand Neil Winters had a secretary in 1997. Does anyone know the character name and/or the actor name?

Thanks! No wonder I kept incorrectly guessing the theme. Here are the episode descriptions released: https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/news/2020/0618-yr_emmy_winner_week.php

That makes more sense. But then .... what about this.... Transcript for Mon Oct 16, 2006 US, or Friday Oct 13, 2006 Canadian. Devon to Carmen Mesta: This is about Drucilla. I'm sure you know that. Am I-- I'm sorry. I, uh, I talk too loud sometimes. I'm still getting used to this. All right, um... Carmen, the thing is... Drucilla can be pretty intense. And sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not so good. Um, she just feels really strongly about certain things. And that's part of what makes her such a great parent. Now I don't know if you knew this about me, but a few years back I was in a group home, all right? I had no one. And at that time, I was, you know, mad at the world and everybody in it. But when Mr. and Mrs. Winters took me in as their foster son, they saved me. They gave me a future. And for the first time in my entire life, I knew what it meant to be a part of a real family. Now... bottom line? I don't wanna see Dru lose all the things that she's worked so hard to give me. And if she loses her job, you know, goes to jail, loses her freedom and gets ripped away from her family-- -- if this is the right episode, then maybe the week's theme is about parents and children, who have had a difficult time? Theory #75845623 about the weekly theme.... (I really don't know, I just keep guessing!) Monday Victor was left in an orphanage, now reconciles with his birth mother. Tuesday Grace and Tony see Cassie walking into Millie's. (Cassie was adopted by Alice who abandoned her -- and Millie tried to care for her.) Wednesday Devon talks about how there was nobody to care for him, and he was in a group home, and had nobody until Dru and Neil took him in. Thursday Jill wants to find out if Dina was really sick for two years in a sanitarium, or if Dina is lying and had simply ignored the family for two years. [But this doesn't really fit, because Jack, Ashley, and Traci were already adults the last time Dina disappeared. I don't know] Friday The judge rules Nick and Sharon have custody of Cassie.

IMDB description Judge Brainard calls Cassie up to the bench. Cassie explains that if she has to go to Madison to live with Alice, she will do so and she will try real hard to be happy. But if she has any choice at all, she wants the judge to let her live with her mommy, Nick and Noah. The battle is finally over: Custody for Cassie is awarded to Nick and Sharon. Victor tells Neil his suspicion that Jack must have something up his sleeve. After a late breakfast in bed with Cole, Ashley reads the minutes of the last Newman Enterprises board meeting and realizes what Jack and Brad have done. Victor tries to make up with Diane. Jill continues to wallow in her self-pity and continues to drink.

Sarah Aldrich as Victoria Sarah Aldrich as Victoria - in the back row with Cole ^ In the back row: Cole with Sarah Aldrich as Victoria. In the front, to the right of Shari Shattuck's Ashley, (on Ashley's left but on the right of the photo) ...is Pamella D'Pella as "Julia". Julia works for Olivia as Nate's nanny. She seems to be a wedding guest here instead of "the help", and there is a gentleman next to her that seems to be her plus one? Who is this couple that enters and greets Julia and Julia's plus one, and are later shown as seated with Jill and Keith?

I understand Neil had a secretary in 1984. Does anyone know the character name and/or the actor name? EDIT because I was careless. I meant to say 1997!

Thanks @BoldRestless for posting those 1984 clips. Jill seems like Brenda Dickson in those clips but according to soapcentral, Melinda O. Fee played Jill for part of 1984. I don't know enough about Melinda O. Fee to be able to recognize her acting. Can anyone clarify who was playing Jill in June 1984?

I was *guesstimating* that the July 31, 1984 issue of SOD recap would cover end of June 1984, because the Victor/Nikki wedding of April 13, 1984 was covered in in the recaps in the May 22, 1984 SOD issue. Maybe Kalbir is right, because the July 17, 1984 issue is the search for Cora. https://classicsodyr.tumblr.com/post/152996400472/the-young-the-restless-soap-opera-digest And the July 31, 1984 issue is what happens when Cora is in Genoa City. https://classicsodyr.tumblr.com/post/153216701921/the-young-the-restless-soap-opera-digest So I don't know if Monday's episode is the search for Cora, or if it's when Cora is already found. If it's the search, then maybe the week's theme is "investigations" ? Monday, Paul and Andy search for Victor's biological parents, at Nikki's request. EDIT LATER .... It turns out that Andy and Paul had already located Victor's mother Cora by this time, and Nikki had brought Cora back to Genoa City. So I'm not sure what goes here for June 27, 1984 - Monday June 22, 2020. Tuesday, Grace and Tony search for the child that Sharon gave up for adoption. Grace had decided to do this for Sharon (without telling Sharon), because Noah was born premature and might be dying. Wednesday, Brad tells Victoria that he had asked Paul and JT to search for the reliquary, and Victoria should leave it alone so that she stays safe. But meanwhile Colleen asks Korbel about the reliquary. Thursday, Jill hires Paul and Nathan to investigate what Dina has been up to in the past few years. Friday TBD.

I just watched this last week. This takes place a short while after Traci & Brad's second wedding - the wedding that was recently rebroadcast. Brad and Traci are on their honeymoon. A hot young woman tries to flirt with Brad but he introduces her to his pregnant wife. Meanwhile in Genoa City, the Abbotts (and former Abbotts) are discussing having a party to welcome Traci and Brad back from their honeymoon. Dina has previously told Katherine - and now tells John - that she has been completely out of contact with the family for a few years because she got tuberculosis and thought she was dying, and didn't want to burden the family. She ended up in a some sort of healthcare sanitarium in Switzerland for two years, out of contact with the outside world, as they slowly nursed her back to health. After coming to Genoa City for Traci's wedding, Dina has begun seeing John. In a prior episode, Jill had overheard some of this. So in this epi, Jill hires Paul Williams Investigations firm to go to Switzerland to investigate Dina's past because Jill does NOT believe Dina's story. Paul doesn't want to go to Switzerland himself because Lauren's baby recently died (The baby who died is actually the baby that Sheila switched with Lauren's, but that doesn't come into this episode. Right now everyone but Sheila thinks it's Lauren's baby that died.). Paul doesn't mention Lauren's name but he tells Jill that he wants to be there as a friend/support for someone who recently lost her child. Paul says that Nathan Hastings is a qualified investigator perfectly qualified to investigate Dina, and Paul is sending Nathan to Switzerland to research Dina. Jill is insistent - and indignant -because she wants the head of the firm - Paul - to go himself. Jill is pressing this to happen immediately because she thinks John is about to propose to Dina, and Jill wants John for herself. A lot of the episode is about Nikki's drinking. Ashley had gone over to the ranch and found Nikki passed out drunk/drugged, but Ashley didn't realize it and thought Nikki was just very deeply asleep. Nikki gave the excuse that she had the flu. Jack is upset and really loves Nikki but he doesn't know what to do, and he almost loses it (as the clip just posted above shows). Edited to correct. It should say that Jill thinks John is about to propose to Dina. (I had the wrong name)

I was *guesstimating* that the July 31, 1984 issue of SOD recap would cover end of June 1984, because the Victor/Nikki wedding of April 13, 1984 was covered in in the recaps in the May 22, 1984 SOD issue.

omg I'm sobbing, I can barely type. tour de force indeed.

After comparing that with the SOD synopsis, I conclude that was a typo. It should say *Gina* taunted Lauren (Not Dina).

Here is the SOD recap from July 31, 1984 issue that covers the end of June episodes: https://classicsodyr.tumblr.com/post/153216701921/the-young-the-restless-soap-opera-digest

Lamon Archey interview published June 15, 2020 "Actor Lamon Archey on Being Black in America and in Daytime" https://weareentertainmentnews.com/2020/06/15/actor-lamon-archey-on-being-black-in-america-and-in-daytime/

Source: https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/cbs/y-r-the-young-the-restless-stars-first-episodes-112484

6082, March 19, 1997 - the first time Cassie is shown!

In the prior episodes, David figured out that his neighbor Vivian was connected to a previous wife he had murdered, and that she had moved to Genoa City to investigate, and that she knew it was David -- because she had figured out that Nina's brooch was the same brooch as the one David's late wife had. So then you see him arriving inside her apartment and you know he's about to do something, and she's terrified. And then the next scene he is getting on the plane with the wedding party to go to Hawaii. They never showed that he killed Vivian because he did it offscreen, but it was totally implied. This made his cheeriness in Maui all the more sinister to me.

WEDDINGS Bill/Katie in Katie's hometown. 11/13/2009 Your list says #5629 but it should be #5692. WEDDINGS Liam/Hope in Italy. 6/26/2012 Your list says #6531 but it should be #6351. B&B producer Casey Kasprzyk tweeted the episode numbers for the pandemic repeats - Fridays in April, and then daily April 27 - June 5. https://twitter.com/CaseyKasprzyk/status/1266089518983069696