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Nothing wrong with the Theo retcon.

Brooke and Hope are pathetic and disgusting. Thomas is nuts, but they’re just as crazy — and they have no right to his kid.

The best part about the Lane departure scene is how cold it was — the writers clearly screwed him. Lily left without even hugging Cane goodbye. It could not have been any less emotional. 
 

End of an era? LMAOOOOOOO 

All the courtroom stuff was deadly to me.

Monica was written like an idiot, Roger Howarth’s stoic look was nauseating, and Kin Shriner was so laughably over the top I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I love legacy characters, but he was really terrible.

11 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Faints....

Seriously? That is not a good photo. The angle is off and CM’s nose looks weird.

3 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

Freddie's chunky again.  I see many chins.

I see Freddie's chins, but I also see Chandler grinning in a serious moment. Good looking guy, terrible actor who no one will get in line.

36 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

It was also painfully obvious on-screen IMO that he was not comfortable having BM as a love interest. It’s was almost like he found it offensive they would even pair him with her.

I already said that. He didn't commit to those scenes with Beth, and that's on him. Look, I'm not defending the guy at all. I just reject the notion that these actors talk to TPTB and get their way. If anything, I think execs saw that the Trane stuff wasn't working, and RIGHTLY blamed it on Goddard -- then deciding to switch course and dump his ass.

Social media/Twitter do matter, but I don't believe these shows are hyperventilating and changing things every time Twitter hyperventilates. I do think Twitter can make a difference, as with Mishael Morgan. There was SUSTAINED outcry after she was cut and also a substantial drop in the ratings. Goddard will not cost Y&R any ratings points.

4 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

Coming to Beth's defense would have been fake since he had the pairing axed.

I don't believe that. I do not believe he had that power or influence. If that were true, he wouldn't get the ax only months later.

Oh, look -- there's Chandler Massey on today's show. Ten seconds into his first scene, he's grinning and smirking. 

Quel surprise.

1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

What is Judi Evans thinking with that hairstyle? I'd kill Adrienne off just to never have to see it again. Yikes.

I agree. It's AWFUL.

What bothers me most about Goddard is that he never came to the defense of Beth Maitland on Twitter or for their storyline. He made a political choice instead of backing up a soap legendary character and a sweet human being. 
 

His acting choices in the Trane storyline showed he wasn’t invested in it. He wasn’t bad, bu5 he sure didn’t look lik3 he was working to turn their chemistry on. 
 

I don’t believe DG had any sway with the writers or production, but that he thought he could sway things on camera and by being silent on Twitter about new story.

i mean, the writers give you a new story and a potential romance, and you post pictures of your soap family — all of whom are written out? Huh???

Oh my. 

I’m fine with Amanda. I like the slow, mysterious introduction, and MIshael Morganis great.

2 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

All of this.

 

For me, nothing against Tamara Braun but this character was lousy and a waste from day one. Just like Nina. I love Watros but it's a No Go on Nina and has been since day one for her as well.

 

Is Frank besties with Howarth and Easton? Both characters are completely pointless. Howarth needs to go more than Easton but I'll take whoever at this point. And why the [!@#$%^&*] is deVry still around? It was so nice when we were *almost* free of Julian and Franco a few years ago.

 

 

 

THIS!

 

I'm beyond sick of the amount of mourning Oscar and Morgan get. No one else got nearly this amount. Jesus make it stop.

 

I've been catching up (not sure why) and I turned it on yesterday and saw Sonny at Morgan's grave and said "nope". And then pissy Josslyn stabbing a pumpkin ... no thanks. 

 

Dumping Easton, deVry and Howarth would save them a nice chunk of money. They should take Braun's salary and give it to Budig and sign her long term. I'm not even sure why they brought Budig back as she has been given next to nothing to do for months at this point ... but I'd take Budig over numerous others ....

 

I imagine Billy Miller's salary went towards Ingo so Jax could prop Nina.

I agree with all you said, KMan.  The Tamara Braun character NEVER worked and actually got WORSE as the months passed. It's all awful. And although I hate to be superficial, I never understood why TB's appearance was always so thin and waiflike, weak, stringy-haired, and no makeup. I don't think women on soaps need to be glammed up, but please. She always looks ill.

Watros isn't working either. I know she's done great work on other soaps, but this isn't that. Yeah, the writing is crap for a crap character, but she hasn't elevated the material at all. For all the criticism Stafford took in the role, she was better than Watros. Neither TB or CW gets a "gifted  actress" nod from me.

4 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

 

TIIC knew Stitt was not going to cut it in a leading teen role so they had to bring in this Dev person who's not as bad.  Kim simply never made sense so she needed to go but too bad Stanco is not going with her.  

I fully agree that Stitt was terrible as Oscar, but tbh, this Dev actor isn't cutting it for me, either. In his first weeks, I thought he was interesting, but that's passed. He's just THERE and looks blank most of the time. I also think it's ridiculous that Sonny has invested SO much in this kid.

1 hour ago, victoria foxton said:

This week has been a snooze.  All the momentum in the badly executed heart transplant is gone. The Eric/Nicole/Sarah/Xander quad is awful. The longer Xander and Nicole are in Sarah and Eric's orbit's the duller they become. Plus Days is to cheap to even show the heart transplant scenes. 

So we get a sad goodbye scene with Gabi and WilSon -- except Chandler Massey has to suppress a grin throughout the entire scene. My God.

Can’t believe no one has posted that according to Daytime Confidential, Tamara Braun is OUT as Kim.

if it’s true, good riddance. Terrible character, horribly written.

8 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

I have a feeling that Chandler was enjoying the hell out of himself being that close to Robert.

That’s pretty much the way Chandler grins through every scene.

7 hours ago, Roman said:

I would love for Peter to write his biography, because I really believe he would let loose on what he has really gone through being on the show. 13 shows down to 4 because of bad writing, horrible stories, recycled stories, bad acting, and the networks no longer giving a darn.

Bergman doesn’t seem to be the type to me at all to spill the tea and gossip about what happened behind the scenes.

For one thing, it’d be career suicide to do it while he’s on the show. It’s irrelevant anyway — I don’t think he’s that guy.

10 hours ago, te. said:

 

Ron doesn't care as long as they're shirtless.

The gay boys aren’t shirtless very often. I don’t know what show you’re watching.

I’m glad Nina is finally out of the damned wedding gown.

Can you imagine the blowback Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu would face if they ran a series with those Gabi and Lani scenes? There’d be major media coverage the next day.

Horrible optics and tone deaf writing.

Am I the only one who doesn’t think Cynthia Watros is doing a good job playing Nina? I’ve liked her in everything else, but this just isn’t working for me.

5 hours ago, Fevuh said:

Tuned in for 2 minutes today to see The Cryer for her Emmy Reel and her need for more organs and that I was right about Flo’s donor redemption.  They will have Wyatt dump Sally (again) like he’s some prize and back with Flo before you know it.  I was shocked to hear Sally was back on when reading recaps.  This show is so bad.  

Yep. I keep reading “Oh, Heather Tom is so incredible! Give her the Emmy!” as if we haven’t seen this before — way too many times.

It’s the same sobbing, tear-drenched crap we get every year when HT is in her Emmy bait scenes. Sorry, no one thought Katie was going  to die.

I loved Gina Tognoni but I think Michelle Stafford’s return has been terrific. I love her energy, and Phyllis is definitely needed as a character.

I’ll sign on with the others calling the writing for Julie as atrocious and disgusting.

it’s not who she was, but Ron C didn’t care, and carried out the horrific bigotry for months and months. Did no one on the set complain? Did SSH ever say “Wait a minute”? Every time I saw her, my mind immediately went to “She’s a racist.”

i had had the same problem with the writing for Jack. Going full blown MAGA for all that time? Seriously? It was just sh_it. 

3 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

I proposed Traci writing an Abbott family history when Sussman was around. Traci finds an old letter that leads to a new Abbott child from a fling John had during one of his stints away from GC....wonder what JG has planned?

I’m not opposed to seeing more of young John Abbott, Dina, and the kids as part of the story.