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Cane and Traci was friggin weird and also NOT realistic. I felt genuinely repulsed by them too, but for Daniel Goddard to have an issue with it is highly unprofessional. Shut up and do your job. You are the actor, not the writer.

Now do Y&R please! All the classic Kay and Jill episodes.

Stephanie revealing to Malcolm that Holden is his son was underwhelming af. Just a casual conversation at CL? Ok. I will say I’m liking they are diversifying the different stories again and not just having a clusterf*ck of characters sharing scenes all seemingly revolving around the same storyline or somehow being an extension of one storyline. I wanna see different story’s being told and the fact that we focused on the Winters more this week was a nice change. I just wish we could fit more stories into one episode instead of just focusing on one storyline at a time each week.. but I’ll take it

I mean.. you’re not wrong but I’m loving it

I loved the scenes today of Noah, Nikki and Sharon at the coffee house. I want more scenes of Noah with his grandparents and getting him more involved with the family company perhaps. My concern is they have him on an island with Sienna. This relationship feels like a dead end.. it’s not gonna lead to anything interesting outside of this dumb Matt Clark drama. Why not have him get mixed up more with Audra and Kyle? Now that would be interesting. The actor is doing a fine job though, no complaints from me in that department.

I loved the look and feel of the soaps around the late 90s/early 2000s and I also feel like fashion/aesthetics in general took a big turn around the early 2000s and it’s fun to watch these earlier episodes and see the progression of that. If you compare the hairstyles, fashion and look of the sets from 1999 to 2008 it’s such a stark contrast so it’s kinda cool to see how old everything looked in 1999. The only female character who ever seemed to have any fashion sense among the younger crowd is Theresa though. Everyone looks so drab except Theresa and possibly Simone. I thought the first Simone had some cool/interesting fashion around this time too.

So.. I’m not sure what Kristen is up to these days over at DOOL but I would be very much in favour of keeping Patty around on Y&R and making her a more permanent fixture on the show. She’s the only female character who is keeping me entertained right now. Those scenes with Diane were great also. Did anyone catch Diane constantly checking out Pattys boobs? She couldn’t focus on her face at all in those scenes LOL

I know lots of people who are willing to pay to have access to a full library of high quality soap opera episodes from years past. They really should capitalize on that desire that the fans want so bad. Heck I’d be willing to pay more than what I pay for Netflix if it meant I got to have access to Y&R’s full catalog (or at least from the 1980’s and on). I am proud and happy as a soap fan to see B&B leading the charge on this!

I haven’t been watching the show. I lost interest again but I saw a clip the other day and saw they are resurrecting this ‘Spider’ storyline involving Adam and I did some research and saw it was about a false identity Adam had while people thought he was dead. I was not watching the show during those years so I genuinely have no interest but I guess I’ll pose the question to others who may have been watching then and ask.. Is this a storyline worth revisiting? Or is it just more lazy writing from JG? I took a long hiatus from the show around 2016ish

Some December 2nd 1999 commentary (yes I’ve made it this far) - The Russell family (Eve in particular) being so willing to easily throw around words like “street thug” about Chad is so bizarre given they are a Black family. You’d think they’d be a little more accepting of Chad considering he hadn’t even shown any behaviours that would make him a “street punk” other than the fact that he’s poor. The first thing Chad has done since arriving in Harmony is try to get a job helping Beth at the book cafe, and all he wants to know is more about his past. Clearly Eve is threatened by this because of her own secrets but damn chill out on the kid a little. It’s weird seeing T.C actually being the one to defend him back then. I know that will change! Pilar’s comment about Gwen to Theresa about how she should watch out because Gwen is “tough” and she doesn’t know how far she will go to defend her man, that was definitely foreshadowing of all the future a** beatings Theresa will soon receive at the hands of Gwen 😂. Theresa was so weird. She was stalking this man. She just had Gwen locked in a closet at the Halloween dance to spend time with Ethan, now she’s snuggling up with him by the fire when Gwen walks in. Ethan really is just as guilty except the audience tends to give him a pass because he’s just written as being super dumb. All characters in this triangle are a mess in some way or another 😂 Luis and Sheridans little road trip/adventure in New Mexico to find Martin has been really fun because they’re finally softening towards eachother. I never really got to watch the early years of Shuis so I am looking forward to this. Is the actor who is taking calls with Julien actually the real Martin Fitzgerald? I know Sheridan didn’t actually kill him but clearly she has real reason to believe she has. They’re showing Martin being nervous about being found by Luis, but no Katherine. We don’t see Martin and Katherine pop up again until about 2004ish I believe so I am curious to see how this part of the story played out before their arrival later on. The push and pull between Julian and Ivy was always fun to watch. They despise eachother yet still have this sexual chemistry that pops up here and there. Ivys heart ofcourse belongs to Sam but Sam isn’t ready to admit his feelings for her yet. Glad to finally be getting more Julian/Ivy scenes. There wasn’t a lot of them in September/October.

Episodes up to September 20th 1999 - It’s dawned on me today that all the members of the Russell family are all playing supporting characters. Simone with Kay, Whitney with Theresa.. and Eve with Grace and their storylines. They are yet to expand on the Russell’s and give them their own story so I am looking forward to when we can see more of them. They have hinted at a possible romance between Whitney and Frank (Ethan’s private investigator) and he’s HOT. I wonder why the show didn’t decide to continue on with that? I know Chad will come in later but they could have easily given this Frank character all the same storylines they gave Chad. Now begins Tabitha’s mission to try and kill Charity which I know never ends up being successful but it will be fun to watch her try 😂 and I think we are seeing the beginnings of Timmy’s crush on Charity. Kay’s crush on Miguel is absolutely delusional and ridiculous but I have to again compliment Taylor Ann-Mountz in this role because she has surprised me more than any other cast member for being so much better in this role than I ever gave her credit for. I haven’t watched these episodes since I was about 14 so I don’t recall finding her that great in the role but she absolutely is. It seems like the show was beginning to give Hank a backstory and he apparently has some kind of secret that Luis is starting to become suspicious of but it hasn’t been revealed yet. He’s a character who should have stuck around and been a main character like the others. Sheridan is just a poor tortured soul and can’t catch a break (and never will, unfortunately). She knows she killed someone but can’t recall who or why it happened. Although, I think Pilar knows based on the conversation they had at her cottage. I am excited for that to be revealed. I am just at the point now where Theresa is about to be exposed for being Ethan’s stalker.. (Frank just revealed it to Ivy) and I am really excited about how it plays out because I honestly forgot how that ended up being addressed in the show. Did they just brush all of Theresa’s “crimes” against Ethan under the rug? I know Theresa does end up lying about having a boyfriend and will try to make excuses all the time for why her boyfriend isn’t around. I’m just gonna be happy for them to get Theresa out of that awful wig and frumpy clothes.

It’s the only time I ever kind consider skipping through scenes is when that happens. It literally takes up an entire episode sometimes but I refuse to skip scenes. I will sometimes go on my phone or do something else while a fantasy scene happens because as far as I’m concerned, if it’s not progressing the storyline then I genuinely don’t care. It does sometimes feel like it spoils the end result of the plot too though which is the worst!

Multiple characters kidnapped by Jordan Sharon and Phyllis were kidnapped (Sharon being kidnapped multiples times, atleast 3) Nick and Sharon briefly kidnapped by Dumaś (for whatever reason, I forget) Noah and Sienna were kidnapped by Matt Matt kidnapped or captured by Victor Dominic was kidnapped by Mariah Kidnapping implied for Lily and the kids Now this latest kidnapping as I spoiled above.. When does will writing team come up with something new? I’m sure I’m missing some. This is just from the last YEAR.

General observations: I am loving that these earlier episodes feel so fresh and new for its time and there was clearly a decent budget to have a vast variety of sets, which weren’t only vast but extremely DETAILED. The town of Harmony feels like a real place because of the effort that was put in and the camera work is also fantastic. This was still during the glory days of soaps though so I understand it would be foolish to expect this kind of effort in soaps now but it made me realize that even though Passions was terrible for its time, it certainly beats any of the modern soaps we have now when it just comes to the overall vibe. There was a real commitment to making it a great show, no matter how ridiculous the writing was. I wish we could return to that one day! This is kinda why I am continuing to watch. It’s not because the writing is great or even good, but I love how carefully crafted the families and characters are, and an effort was really put in to create a vibe for the town of Harmony and the rich vs the poor. Knowing that I could potentially see a completely different set as I move onto a new episode. We saw the gas station Miguel works at, the movie theatre Ethan, Gwen and Theresa were at. Even the kitchen at the chicken coup was shown. These are all just temporary sets but its still is so important when it comes to storytelling and painting a picture to the audience.

September 7th-14th, 1999 episodes: Sheridan looks so much older during this time period and MW was only 22! I couldn’t believe it when I looked it up. They have her dressed so mature with a short Karen due which was dated even for that time period. Right now we are taking a peak into Sheridans nightmares about her past. She knows she killed someone but doesn’t know who. I think it later ends up being Katherine’s sister Rachel if I’m not mistaken but even she ends up alive later on. This is where we are starting to see the softening towards Sheridan from Luis because he feels protective and wants to save the damsel in distress. Poor Sheridan is in distress for the entire 9 years of this show 🤣 I feel like the writing for Kay was very much to portray her as a villain during this time and Charity was the heroine. Of course this changes later but the way Kay shows little to no care towards Faith and Charity being in a fire represents how selfish her motives are and I get the feeling she was supposed to have an Sami-esque vibe to her which I am actually enjoying and this young actress Taylor-Anne Mountz is honestly not as bad as I thought remembered her being. She was only 17 at this time too and she is doing great in the role. Tabitha was able to accomplish her mission of killing Faith. I wonder why they never resurrected her later on in the show. It could have brought about some good drama but they kind of just let that plot die here. Even if they brought Faith back as a recast it could have given Sam and Ivy some drama if Faith decided to stay at the Bennett house even after Grace was long gone. Oh well. I had the thought last night while watching Theresa and Ethan’s scenes at the “chicken coup” about just how crazy Theresa always was right from the start. She has terrorized Ethan and Gwen since that bucket of paint in July 1999 and it never stopped. The problem is that Theresa is so endearing as a character with her fantasies that the audience tends to justify her actions over Gwen’s who is definitely more cutthroat in her approach even though they’re both equally f*cking crazy. However, I think an argument can be made that Theresa did eventually succeed in DRIVING Gwen insane because in these episodes up until around 2003ish (Sarah’s death) Gwen was perfectly sane other than being thirsty for Ethan.