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Total missed opportunity for Sharon to clutch her pearls at Claire’s drinking and act overprotective in that moment because of what just happened with Noah & wanting to make sure she has a ride home. Something along those lines would have added to the scene but I know a little consistency would be asking too much. The episode overall was more watchable than anything from the past couple weeks though other than the last 10 seconds (Matt Clark reveal).

Yup. He’s writing his own show at this point. Absolutely zero regard for these characters or their true history. Bringing in a new relative for Sharon and tying that to the Noah story would have made for great drama. The sky is the limit in terms of writing the backstory behind who Sharon’s family is and what they’re involved in.. but hey we couldn’t possibly expect the HEAD WRITER of the #1 daytime drama to have an imagination could we?

Early March 2001 Episodes - Philip/Chloe I wanna get into this couple but I find them boring. I can appreciate the build up the writers are putting in to build their romance but I just don’t feel the chemistry with them. I like both characters separately just not together. I’m looking forward to the Brady/Chloe romance to start to be honest. I see more chemistry there. This is still a good set up though for future storyline if they plan to make Philip the villain who comes between Brady and Chloe in the future. Sami/Brandon Boy does Brandon look hot as sh*t in only a towel. You can tell he was putting in the WORK at the gym. His loyalty to Sami is quite something and if I were Sami I would drop Austin like a hot potato and just go with this guy. Of course, we know a guy like Brandon wouldn’t really look at Sami twice in the real world except for maybe a one night stand. I do feel the chemistry with these too though and the actor playing Brandon is making me believe he genuinely likes her. Stefano/Lexie baby drama They’ve introduced 2 new characters who are connected to Marlo but I’ve only seen them in one episode so far so I’m yet to find out their story. I recognize the woman (Tamara Clatterbuck) because she played Alice on Y&R. I am curious to see how this story progresses because I wanna know if Lexie actually goes to Paris to hide out with the baby for a period of time before sh*t really hits the fan and everything is exposed. I’m sure it wouldn’t be on location or anything but I do love the different sets they incorporated back then. It’s one of the main reasons it’s been so exciting to watch these old episodes. Jennifer/Jack It’s funny to me how soaps used to act like stalking was cute back then. Jack being portrayed as this light hearted funny character while he’s literally STALKING Jennifer and she’s doing everything in her power to get away from him. I’m not actually offended or anything.. I do love them as a couple. It’s just an interesting observation I had since I know there would be no way that kind of writing would fly today. It was nice to see Jack and Jennifer pop up again though around the March 8th episode. I actually wouldn’t mind a bit more airtime for them and I hope they do become more front-burner again as I continue to watch these episodes.

It just makes me mad that JG is using up all of the potential Shick stories that were sort of buried gems yet to be unearthed again .. (Cameron, Matt) who’s going to return next year… Grace? He’s proven that he sucks at writing these stories and he’s waisting them. These kind of returns could have led to years of potential story. Cameron’s return was wrapped up in a matter of months and that could have played out in so many more interesting ways.

Y&r CDN Episode

No.. and I don’t know what kind of show would suit his writing style, but it certainly is not soaps.

Today’s CDN Episode

Yeah between Sheridan and Theresa, I can’t decide which character he liked to write for the most. Which is why it surprised me how he wrote for Sheridans character near the end and how he just completely gave up on ‘Shuis’. I will say, Sheridan was more interesting as a b*tch but I feel bad for the Shuis fans who were hoping for the same kind of happy ending Ethan & Theresa got.

I enjoyed Sally Sussmans writing. If I remember correctly she really favoured the character of Hillary and was writing a lot for her around that time. The Mariah & Hillary rivalry thing seemed odd but I liked just about everything else

Michaels whole storyline this year revolving around Victor & how he would suck a fart out of Victors a**hole just doesn’t sit right with me 😕 Glad to see Nikki and Victoria will be in L.A too. Hopefully that will make for some good scenes. I wonder if Claire will be annoyed with her mom breathing down her neck. Kyle is really coming across as simp-ish chasing after Claire. Maybe if he gives Claire some space she will actually start to become interested again.

All the creepy background sounds that the show used during any of Sheila Carters scenes were always my favourite. Made the hairs on my neck stand up 👀. I wish they could bring those back.

Yeah it’s pretty bad. This show could and SHOULD be able to do much better!

That’s also why I included “we shall see” in my initial comment because I have no idea if this is all we are getting or if there will be more, and neither do you for that matter. I don’t mind the L.A night club. It’s cute. It’s nothing special, but it’s fine. I didn’t exactly have high hopes for the set usage for L.A after what we witnessed earlier this year for the Dumas storyline. In some ways though, I’m just thankful we aren’t having to see the same 4 or 5 sets and atleast getting something different.

Oh, well probaly because I wasn’t referencing that article. “Sharon Case (Sharon) tells Soap Opera Digest that she’s loving every second of it. “We have new sets,” she enthused.”

February 2001 Coronation/post Coronation massacre episodes - Bradys luscious blonde hair I’m sure did not do him any favours for beating the allegations in 2001, especially in those hospital scenes with Marlena. The show should have just leaned into it. C*nty Brady is a whole vibe! Speaking of hair, Why did Sami decide to dye her beautiful blonde hair after the Coronation to that god awful orange/red colour? It doesn’t do her any favours. It needs to be just a tad bit darker so it’s more of a darker red and then it could totally work. I must have been tuning out at certain points cause I totally missed the part where the audience was in on Victor faking his death. I genuinely thought Nicole and Philip were grieving but was kind of confused why Philip didn’t seen more sad. If the audience was NOT supposed to be in on it, the reveal of Victor being alive should have been WAY more suspenseful and important but it literally was just a random scene after Kate and Lucas at the mansion on a Wednesday with not even any background music to build up the moment. Either way, it’s a good twist and I’m enjoying it.

Bacall is a weird last name too. It’s similar to ‘Tucker Macall’ except that name actually sounds better to me than this.

According to SC in her new interview from yesterday there is going to be a bunch of new sets. We shall see I guess?

Victoria Rowell is just as fabulous as I remember her being 20 years ago. She reminds me of Brenda Dickson but a lot less unhinged. How is she not on a soap?

Good. Hopefully Bo and Hope are still around too. I have been hearing the show has been improving so maybe I’ll give it another chance. I’m sad there’s no Sami or Nicole around to cause trouble though. Has there been anyone in the young set to take the place of Sami or Nicole as their successor yet? I find with Y&R they shy away from the ‘bad girl’ soap characters these days unless their name is Phyllis.. an even with her, the writing is TAME as hell compared to the 90s.

Young and Restless’s Sharon Case Promises ‘Powerful’ Drama in New Noah Storyline (Exclusive) https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/young-and-restlesss-sharon-case-promises-powerful-drama-in-new-noah-storyline-exclusive/?taid=68f907800989bb000187b00f&utm_campaign=true_anthem_soapoperadigest&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

I saw a clip of Days today of a recent episode and I’m like OMG who are these people? 🤣 the only person I recognized is Greg Rikaart and that’s because he was on Y&R. I haven’t even watched the show in probably 15 years so it’s to be expected that the cast would look very different by now. Good on Days for bringing up the next generation though and centering them. That is crucial for the evolution of soaps whether we like it or not. I wish Y&R would do the same.

I just want Y&R to crash in ratings. Badly.

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I do recall Lexie being a complicated character when I watched in the summer months as a kid in 2004/2005ish. She was one of those characters who were good but could be tempted to do bad things at times. She reminded me of Eve Russell on Passions (although I’m sure Eve was worst). Brady is just coming across as a spoiled little sh*t at the moment, so I’m happy to hear his relationship with Chloe gives his character a chance to evolve. I’m not really enjoying the Philip and Chloe pairing either so I’m glad that will eventually change.

My thoughts exactly. There seems to be no direction at all (with any storyline really) but especially with Phyllis. I don’t need Phyllis to be written off, but I just need her to be isolated to ONE storyline instead of like 3 at once. They want Phyllis everywhere, in everyone’s business at all times and it’s annoying. They do the same with Victors character and I hate it.