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Not sure what the obsession is with Lily being with a black man, but anywho. Since Damien is dead, how are we supposed to have a “whodunnit” storyline when most of these people barely even knew the guy. We know Cane has a motive obviously but other than that, what could possibly be the motive. Sharon disappearing because she “forgot something” is supposed to generate some kind of motive on her part I guess? And why just because she’s bipolar? She has no reason to kill Damien either. The whole story is a failure before even starting.

Amazing! Thank you so much.

I got curious today and decided to look up Blake Berris because I saw he was being nominated for an Emmy. I remember Nick and Chelsea from my time watching days when I was younger. Imagine my surprise when I checked Nick Fallon’s Wikipedia page & see Judi Evan’s, Stacy Haiduk and Christell Stausse as portraying the character. As someone who hasn’t watched the show in years I’m like HUHHHHH? Then I realized… oh it must of been another one of those bonkers DOOL storylines 🫣🤣

I’m curious if anyone knows where to find Y&R episodes from last year (2024). I just recently started watching the show again and just out of curiosity I’d love to skim through episodes from last year but I can’t seem to find them anywhere

This character is not Cane at all.. even his personality traits are different. I just don’t get this 😬 not even a Cane fan but I do value consistency and being true to the history of the show and this is just… bad..

I’d be happy to see Sharon or Eileen win. They both had big stories last year & did a great job.

It would be nice to see Sharon Case finally win this year but I won’t hold my breath.

I am at the end of February. I stopped for a couple weeks but I intend on getting back to it. Yes I’m still very much enjoying it but life got busy (had to do a couple weeks of night shifts)

Is this the longest someone has been EP and HW in recent history? Seems JG has been there for ever. That scares me because it makes me think we’ll never be rid of him and they’re just gonna let him drive this show into the ground.

It looks like the Temu croissant lamp 🤭

What was the point in any of this? I’ve been asking myself that a lot lately with JG’s writing.

I just tuned in while the show was halfway through and Nick & Sharon are having dinner with Damien & Lily in France (random), also Cane is suddenly back in Genoa drinking coffee at Crimson Lights (also random). Why is everyone still at the Chateau in France when Cane isn’t even there anymore? Clearly I missed something

Victor needs to be killed off. His entire presence is a real bummer and killing the entire show. Let Nikki be a rich bitchy widow and get it over with.. The fact that a head writer is telling the fans of the show that Victor will never lose is basically a big f*ck you to all the fans of the show. In other words, there’s no point of tuning in because everything will be just as predictable as always..

He’s going to Days so I guess that’s a valid guess. I just don’t see why there could be motive to murder anyone unless it’s Victor, but it being an accident could explain that away for sure. im ready for something interesting to happen cause im SO close to giving up on this show again since the “Dumas is Cane” reveal. Give me something pleeeeease The Phyllis and Sharon scenes today were good so I’ll say that. Turning them into the new Katherine and Jill I think would be a smart idea for the show. This new dynamic of them caring about eachother is an interesting angle. I didn’t understand why that wasn’t followed up on after the kidnapping BS in March.

Victor, Nikki, Nick and Sharon sitting around talking about Cane and Lilys relationship is dumb as f*ck Also Lily playing hard to get with Cane is hilarious. Girl he’s rich now what are you waiting for? This scenario would never happen in real life

Oh I completely forgot about the Santos family. So yes, I guess they did have one Latino family. I guess I just didn’t think of that because Danny doesn’t look remotely Latino to me at all but maybe he is? I feel like they did a lot of whitewashing back then.

I’m not generally one of those people who thinks a POC should be on a tv show just for the sake of having a POC but the lack of diversity in the 90s cast is pretty glaring. It almost makes it kind of boring to not have atleast any Latino or black characters at all which we know there was plenty of in the U.S in 1999. Passions was one of the worst soaps ever (if not the worst) in terms of writing but one thing they did get right is their characters. They had a Latino and Black family that were front burner along with the Cranes and Bennetts. Having a diverse cast definitely keeps you interested. Having so many characters who are blond and white makes it difficult for me to separate them on screen sometimes.

I’ve been chomping at the bit for more soap podcasts. I love listening to actors talking about bts experiences and their experiences/relationships with fellow actors. I will definitely be listening.

A lot of the actors having been phoning it in. I can’t say I blame them. The material is so lame I can see why it’s hard for them to really dig into it and feel a connection to the storylines. I stopped watching Y&R for years with just occasionally tuning back in here and there but wasn’t watching consistently since maybe 2015. When I came back I asked myself.. what the hell happened? Even the vets like Peter Bergman, Eric Braeden, Eileen Davidson, Joshua Morrow, Sharon Case acting seems off. They are just completely uninterested and just saying lines instead of actually acting them. It’s sad but again, I don’t blame them.

The type of promotion they deserve tbh

Why do I find this comical? Y&R doesn’t know how to cast male characters to save their life and yet Days is spot on with their casting. The swapping of actors both shows are doing is hilarious when you see how obvious the differences in the way it’s executed.

Pff knowing JG I’m sure Cane will be sniffing Phyllis’ panties before we know it. Phyllis is still being written like a 20-30 something romantic lead on the show so it wouldn’t surprise me one bit.

OMG that kiss in the beginning 😱🤣 I CRINGED SO HARDDDDD. I feel like the kiss was meant to be on the cheek on not the lips but perhaps the interviewer wasn’t understanding? Either way.. that interaction would keep me up at night for YEARS. Lmao. Since starting these GL episodes I can’t say Reva is a favourite of mine even though I acknowledge that her role is important in the show. I definitely get more matriarch vibes from Vanessa out of the 40 something crowd. She seems like she has more of that soft energy where I can see multiple characters going to her for advice, etc.

ED as Susan Banks at some point in the late 90s (DOOL) and thinking it was the most hysterical thing ever. Also Passions early years with Charity being frozen alive and little Timmy and Julian Wizard of Oz storyline, all of Theresa’s antics. Late 90’s/Early 2000’s NBC soaps is definitely where I started!

Interesting. So when would you guys say the show really started to decline in terms of quality and budget, etc? Because the 1999 episodes I’m watching now seem like they have a pretty good budget. There is a good variety of sets, very large cast. I was wondering just how small the cast ends up getting over the next few years because I can only assume there were some cast cuts and I’m sure there were less sets. &nbsp I watched it happen with Y&R more recently, and I wanna say post 2012 is when the smaller budget became more obvious on screen. There were some awful head writers around 2012 (ahem Maria Arena Bell) but the show still looked pretty good and the cast was massive. It was a shame because majority of the cast was being wasted around that time. I’ve always loved a big cast so I’m sad we no longer really have that. It seems like soaps now a days like to merge a lot of storylines together with a smaller cast and I absolutely hate it.