Faulkner

Y&R is dusting off old Phyllis/Abby antics for this Phyllis/Sally feud. With Sally’s threat to hit Phyllis “where she least expects it,” it appears they’ll pivot from Sally pursuing Jack to Sally going after Nick. Nick doesn’t have a story beyond Faith, and Sally/Jack has been poorly received (due to their own poor execution, of course—you can’t play a May/December romance like that these days without playing the necessary beats, or people will be grossed out).

Clearly, folks are getting vaccinated (?) or guidelines have been loosened, as we’ve now seen Billy/Lily and Devon/Amanda lock lips.

I can’t with Victor. Can he just keel over?

Naturally...

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Just a sick man. He robbed even Holocaust survivors.

Outside of genocidal dictators, it’s hard to imagine someone more evil and destructive.

25 minutes ago, Mitch said:

He would have worked on GL as he had really incredible chemistry, really the only sexual chemistry MKA had with a man, on GL..if he was just cast as someone other then Phillip.  GA owned Phillip and Bolger came off more as more east coast formal then GA's midwestern golden boy. He shoudl have been a young exec at Spaulding working his way into Alex's good gracess and they should give Phillip a rest until GA could return.

I haven’t watched enough of that era, but did they play up any of Phillip’s mental fragility with JB in the role? That I can’t really picture...

48 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I was like what is he running from?. He's hot btw. 

Welp.

43 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Yeah that's a no for me too

He’s cute, but the boyish androgyny isn’t my style so much.

Sykes was AWFUL. I thought JB was so sexy on AW (with its moodier lighting especially).

And he had a certain charm in clips as Phillip. 

41 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

Eh, it felt genuine to me. I can relate to some of his story. I get it. I don't think he's lying for PR. Why? lol

I don’t think people are saying he’s lying. It’s more they’re saying it’s a (admittedly far less cynical and less eyeroll-worthy) Kevin Spacey-esque diversion from the horrible press he’s gotten. Certainly it’s created more positive sentiment for him than he’s had recently. He was really getting slammed, and a lot of people are still angry GMA “gave him a platform” (which I don’t agree with—it’s their job to do this stuff).

Colton, best known as the Bachelor Who Jumped the Fence, just came out as gay to Robin Roberts on GMA. There had been plenty of speculation. But after his season, he had all of these disturbing stalking allegations toward a (female) contestant, so this could be an attempt at PR rehab (not saying he’s lying about being gay, but he’s clearly troubled to put it mildly):

Lol awkward 

1 hour ago, victoria foxton said:

Miguel from Brazil. @Faulkner @Soapsuds @AbcNbc247

 

Who is this demon? Ha.

From the United Kingdom  

Lil Nas X continues to let his freak flag fly...

Jessica Collins (Y&R, Loving) will star as a resort owner in the Apple TV+ series “Acapulco” opposite Chord Overstreet, who will play her son. It’s a bilingual comedy from the creator of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”

https://deadline.com/2021/04/acapulco-jessica-collins-chord-overstreet-cast-apple-comedy-series-1234733601/

I hate beating up on the guy, but he’s so out of his depth. 

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

He had Covid. Last I heard, he was doing ok though

Thanks. The temp was on, then RA was back, and then we saw the temp again, so I was wondering if it was due to scenes filmed out of order or if RA had some sort of complications and had to go back on leave.

Are Frank and team seriously watching what Wes is doing, and thinking “This is great!”??? Seriously.

It’s beyond embarrassing.

Meanwhile, Amanda Setton is great.

What’s going on with Real Andrews?

5 minutes ago, Skin said:

I think what made it progress was the more political, culture, social-economic discussions they started having around season 3, and what they ended the series on. I don't really trust the reboot to do that, and engender meaningful conversations of what that now looks like in the gay community in 2021. 

They’ve committed to making this series “diverse,” which at least gets my attention. The writer who is doing the reboot, Stephen Dunn, also worked on Apple TV’s immigration series “Little America,” which I haven’t seen but has been well received. Dunn is white, but episode he wrote and directed dealt with a gay male refugee from Syria, which suggests he won’t shy away from current-day politics.

If I were Delon de Metz (Zende), I would NOT want to be shirtless in the same scene as Lawrence Saint-Victor.

This show needs to figure out how to advance story. Liam and Bill have had the same conversation every day for a week. Enough already. It happens with basically every story. A lot of stalling.

I wonder how CLB would look with a beard.

It would have been interesting if Victoria had stumbled on Chelsea’s plot and had gotten in on it.

Victoria’s relationship with Victor doesn’t progress. Rinse, repeat, zzzzz.

“As the great Whitney Houston said, ‘My name is not Susan...’”

Hat’s off to the scriptwriter.

Jackée’s delivery and facial expressions are A+.

All the soaps are bad, but only DAYS tries—and unlike GH, often succeeds—in entertaining.

From the United Kingdom  

23 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Kyle wants to be  adored and #1...but never can attain that...so she loses.

Just makes me remember this...

1 hour ago, Cat said:

Have the bullies won, though? Kyle and Rinna are not popular, and they lost their eager minion, Teddi. I honestly think eventually they will get their just desserts.

Erika/Rinna/Kyle just feel the Carly/Jason/Sonny of BH to me. Unpopular with a large portion of the audience, yet still allowed to stomp their way through the show with impunity and little pushback, at least in the most recent seasons. Makes the show a hard watch for me. I pray they get their comeuppance.

oh Brazil...