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Why are we doing Phick/Shick again..? Phyllis is already in a triangle with Billy and Sally I thought. Is this really necessary? The desire for these writers to have an over saturation of Phyllis in every storyline needs to be studied. Not to mention she was in scenes with Cricket/Danny the other day too…. 🤨 Ugh. We’re so tired Phyllis.

Yeah I’m still learning the family dynamics and who is tied to who on the canvas but it’s definitely fun being new to it. As a young millennial the two soaps I watched consistently was Y&R and Passions because they aired back to back after school here in Canada for years. All the other soaps were on while I was in school. However, every summer or sick days I watched Days too. I remember being hooked during the day in the summer in the early 2000s. I recently tried getting into B&B from the start and I couldn’t do it. I don’t like their format that much and how it’s only a handful of characters. I grew really tired and bored of the Ridge & Caroline drama after like 30 episodes or so. I like having the variety of storylines going on simultaneously.

They really knew how to make the scene feel real. I’m only about 8 episodes in but I still don’t think I’ve even been introduced to the full cast yet. I can already tell which storylines are front burner and which ones aren’t. The storylines were also so much more edgy and they weren’t afraid to push boundaries. Soaps just rely on silly soap opera tropes now that hardly reflect real life or real social issues. It’s just gotten so lazy. It’s very glaring when you watch these older shows.

I really do long for the days when soaps had big budgets and a super large cast with many different storylines so I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed. 90’s-early 2000s era is when I got into soaps and it’s still my favourite time period for any soap opera I watched. This show so far is giving classic soap opera with all of the elements I love about soaps. Definitely going to keep watching.

January 1999: just started this show from completely bare bones so if I get stuff confused or mixed up be patient while I learn all the characters. Josh and Reva I am assuming are the super couple of the show in this time period. They remind me of John and Marlena from Days. There’s a lot of drama surrounding this Annie person so appears to be Teri with plastic surgery. Her relationship with Alan is interesting to say the least ! Harley is my favourite character so far I think. The relationship she has with Daisy is really touching and sweet. I remember being that age and wanting my parents to be back together. The cough syrup drama was interesting and I’m really kind of annoyed with Phillip. I’m hoping she dumps him and gets with the hot dad of Daisy (forget his name) Also following the Michelle storyline where she unalived her grapist (not sure if we can use that language on here or not). Danny’s mom is cold as ice! I’ll have to keep following to see what ends up coming of that relationship. I am really intrigued by Dinah. She certainly strikes me as the Sheila Carter or Kristen DiMera type character of the show. I’m sure there will be some interesting stuff to come with her. The drama seems to revolve around this Cassie person (who I have not yet seen on screen but I’m sure I will soon)

Will do I’ll definitely check that out!

I’ve never watched GL in my entire life (except when I was scrolling through channels as a kid) and decided to just pick up In January 1999 and start watching. I’ve watched about 6 episodes so far and I’m already hooked. Wow. I forgot how easy to was to pick up watching a soap opera in the middle of a storyline. They really spent a lot of time on the plots and it drew you in even as a new viewer. It’s so hard to do that with soaps now.. it just ain’t the same !

I googled her name 2 days ago and it said 52 for Emme Rylan. Not sure how that happened but I stand corrected. Either way, Emme Rylan was the better choice.. What do you enjoy about MO and her acting? She’s been given so much material and hasn’t been able to give us any reason to root for Abby. I know the writing sucks but if you’re a good actor you can turn [!@#$%^&*] into gold and I just don’t see that with this actress. Sorry.

I usually hate when important characters are recasted too many times (ahem Adam) but I’d really be fully okay with Abby being recasted. It’s really a shame that such a vital role on Y&R is being wasted on MO. She just doesn’t have the kind of range I would like to see out of this role. I totally get Abby is supposed to be a ditz and a spoiled brat but I KNOW another actress could play that so much better. Emme Rylan did such a better job playing Abby but the issue with her is that actress was way too old.

I’m wondering if I should start watching this show again. I haven’t been following it since like 2013 AT LEAST. Is it any good these days?

I just don’t understand how this man is supposed to be Cane.

I saw someone on Reddit just now say they think Jill is behind the Dumas mystery and she’s using Cane to bring everyone together because she’s on her death bed. I would be okay with this only if its Jess Walton’s choice to kill off her character.

The France scenes started today in Canada. Well kind of. It starts off with everyone on a train heading to his chateau. I’ll leave it at that for now in this thread but there’s a lot more about it in the spoilers thread. it’s always nice to see new sets and different characters interacting who don’t usually get to share scenes.. but I’m skeptical how this whole story is going to unfold. It seems like we are heading towards some kind of murder mystery. I just wonder who it’ll be. It can’t be Dumas could it? I got the impression his role was going to be pretty long term.

Mondays U.S show take aways

Some more spoiler photos. One looks like a bedroom on the train everyone’s traveling on and the other looks like it’s Jack, Diane, Nick, Sharon, Kyle, Audra and Dumas’ assistant in Nice.

“Everyone will be green with envy over Phyllis” lmao what

It was definitely giving rich matriarch/Katherine Chancellor vibes. I wonder if that’s who they were channeling.

I’m excited to see all the sets. So far we’ve seen Dumas’ lair/office with his Alistair Crane type set up with cameras all over the compound (I’m assuming) where everyone is gonna be staying. So far they’ve shown him spying on a woman which looked to me like it was Phyllis, or maybe it was Diane.

Seems like most of the cast will end up in France. We know Claire and Victoria are staying back but that could change. This must be the beginning stage of this “murder mystery” storyline Joshua Morrow was teasing about.

You’re right. It’s a train not a boat. I saw someone else post about it. I would have expected Adam and Chelsea to be with them given I would have thought all the Newmans would be travelling together. I wonder why Billy and Sally are there though.

That would make sense. Given the recent conflict between Michael and Victor I’d assume they’ll be involved in the drama somehow.

I saw the preview for next week. Looks like Nick, Sharon, Billy, Sally, Nikki, Victor are on some kind of boat? Jack, Diane, Kyle are hanging out on the terrace in France while Lily is being spied on by somebody. I will admit I am kind of intrigued. I’m just happy to have a change of scenery.

When Sharon decided she would stay home instead of going to France with Nick, I thought oh GREAT another storyline Sharon is being kept out of so they can just keep her cooped up at her home or coffee house. I’m glad to see she has changed her mind and will be going. So are all these people gonna be shacking up with eachother in France? I’m so confused. Meaning, Jack, Diane, Nick, Sharon, Phyllis, Nikki, Victor, Audra, Kyle ? Did I miss anyone? I’m sure I did. Just seems odd and random but we’ll see

Isnt’t this storyline similar to the Cameron Kirsten situation though? Sharon thought she killed him. He ended up being alive and Sharon was being tormented with thinking she was seeing his face everywhere and that’s how we got that iconic scene with her and Nikki in the sewers. I understand in Mariah’s case this is different circumstances but it does seem like a play on that whole thing. Maybe I’m wrong. I just wish if they were going to make any character follow in Sharon’s foot steps it would be Faith. Mariah wasn’t even raised by her, and her personality is different. I would expect her to take a different path. I understand I could be completely jumping ahead because the storyline hasn’t even played out yet but we’ll see.

I wonder if there are any other theories about who Dumas could be. What if he is an entirely new character? I’ve seen the theories on Facebook about it being Tucker or Drucilla but I think we’re past the point of being able to rule them out of even being a possibility.