Darn

For some people here the opening could have been 30 seconds of Josh Griffith setting fire to a lifesize cardboard cutout of Bill and Lee Bell and they'd comment "They're trying their best!". We have different standards I suppose.

As segregated as the Barbers/Winters' could feel at times they were all allowed to be prominent characters. The only other soap to give black characters that level of respect was AMC with Angie and Jesse (and Passions, I GUESS). Are there any post-Bill Bell creations on the show that can be put in the same category as characters like Dru, Victor, Ashley, Victor, Katherine, etc.? I honestly can't think of a single character since he stepped down that would qualify. Not Devon, sorry Bryton. Mariah? That's all Cameron, Mariah is a mess of a character. Maybe Hillary. Which they, of course, botched.

Laura doesn't know that Joss cheated on Cam. All she knows if that they broke up. If she knew Joss had hurt Cam I'm sure she would have some choice words for her.

His channel has other interviews but this is the only one that matters.

No one knows that Joss cheated on Cam other than Joss, Cam, and Carly (and I think Spencer). Those do look great. Though trying to make everyone about the same height was a…choice. NC is nearly a foot taller than Tabyana lol. Speaking of, that TVInsider interview was great, I can’t wait for actual couple shít with Sprina to kick off already.

I've always hated that. It shows and it makes me dislike them and their character. You hate your acting job? Well, ACT like you like it.

She needs to leave her lips alone. Bryton's suit is A+. Let me add this look to the rolodex of looks I need to try.

Thank you, I appreciate that. This discussion got thinking about older soap opera openings. From my observation the majority were very "of the time". Like the silk sheets OLTL opening screams, to me, sexy Silk Stalkings meets Network Television. Or the AW opening that looked like a hair spray ad from 1987. The Guiding Light opening with the sun shimmering through leaves as Muzak softly plays gets me dreaming about mustard colored decor and the energy crisis. What exactly is this opening telling us about Y&R in 2023, other than "look we have people you recognize!"? The style of it is only presenting as "I guess this'll have to do".

I said that this is worse than GL's last few openings but your comment ignores the context I gave.

For a show so beholden to its past, living off the fumes of its glory years, it doesn't respect what made those years so memorable. I'll reserve judgment on that set until we get clear images. Though the irony in memorializing Neil as a pillar of the community while treating past and current black cast members and characters like second class citizens doesn't escape me.

We didn't know what we had. When I first started watching Y&R in 99 all everyone DID was complain about this opening! I loved it personally! But look at where we are now, I bet some of them WISH they had this to complain about. Speaking of my introduction to The Young and The Restless, this is the very scene that made me fall in love with the show. I was so curious as to why she was terrorizing this young girl. Mac didn't stand there and take it either, I loved how venomous Jill was and how believably incredulous Mac was ("Why are you talking like this? We're only in high school").

Jax was a placeholder for her until they could pair her with Sonny again. Carly was a placeholder for him because Brenda wasn't around. Why are you so difficult??

Relegating show star Carly to B-couple reads like a placeholder for her to me. This whole thing with Drew is a placeholder too. Yep, the show has zero interest in Jax as a character outside of being a contrast to Sonny.

I swear this interview is a prime example of people seeing what they want to see and refusing to see reality when it's presented to them in technicolor.

I was going to mention how Carly and Jax always felt like a placeholder for both of them because they'd burned through so much story for Sonny and Carly and how that pairing only worked because Laura was in the part.

In honor of Mamie's return, here's a clip of a Mamie/Jill confrontation I'd never seen before (timestamped below): Veronica Redd is so good. She's clearly relishing having material to sink her teeth into.

@Vee don't read this. Honestly, I don't see it for her either. I thought Amanda Setton got a raw deal during her OLTL run but this milquetoast sad sack Brook Lynn is not it. And for me it's not just the writing, her acting feels off. BL's got no umph! Spencer and Trina kissed once a month ago. They've barely spoken one on one since. Let's get fücking to it!

That's on the show. They refused to let go of the ghost of Brenda when the one pairing they tried him with after her (Chloe) flopped. Jax could have moved on but they got scared so we got Brenda dupe (Kelly Monaco's agent is thankful) and the rest is history.

Bring on some handsome, captivating man for Brenda to romance until she gets back with Sonny, someone you can easily spin-off to other parts of the canvas after whatever he has with Brenda ends. Do NOT pair her with Easton or Howarth, both of them need to get off this damn show.

I'm not sure, here is the guy (timestamped you lazy bîtch): And their graveyard goodbye.

He left because the mob was after him and Serena for Domonique's money. In the following episodes after the one I posted they both get kidnapped, escape somehow and then Scott and Lucy have a heartfelt goodbye by Dominique's grave. They also finally name the baby, Serena, because it means "serenity" and that's what she brings them.

No, she didn't. She pretty clearly stated that the impression her potential clients would have regarding an actor as their headhunter would be a negative one. She didn't even make it specific to soap actors, just acting in general.

It's crazy because they could have paid an artist (or shît use a fücking photoshop action) a few grand to do sketches of the cast, which wouldn't even need to be updated regularly since the cast is 90% vets, as a homage to the classic opening. But no, instead we get this low rent we-don't-care-we-just-hope-our-check-clears bullshît. I can't believe they're okay with airing this on national television. This is, for me, worse than GL's last decade of openings because at least they had an excuse as a show that spent 20 years trying to keep its head above water. Y&R has been the crown jewel of daytime for 30 years and they think this is okay? Ridiculous. Embarrassing. Throw it all away.

Sonny and Carly go through this periodically. Perpetual leads who go through lulls with nothing to do but their screen time barely changes. Until this recent story with someone trying to kill Sonny he was literally carrying Nina's purse for 3 months.

Lucy and Laura meet for the first time 30 years ago. Nice to see two women with a lover in common not have immediate animosity. Scott leaves the show 2 episodes later. Was Kin planning on leaving before Luke and Laura returned or was this his exit a reaction to their return?