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I agree Rory Gibson was underused, but nothing he produced on Y&R suggested he was an NAC-level talent.

Just my own feeling—I hope I’m wrong.

Something feels off about how this show is dealing with Sharon Case. It sort of goes beyond mere disinterest on JG’s part. Just my feeling.

Young Stanley Tucci vibes

Don’t forget your squats!

My issue is that I don’t think Y&R has any idea of what to do with him and hasn’t for at least a decade. He’s not well suited for the type of stories he gets. He’s not untalented; he’s great-looking; he can be charismatic when he wants. He wouldn’t be the first in Genoa City… I dunno… we’ve already seen Nick waver quite a bit about his place at Newman, and he started that ill-fated club that Dina burnt down. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him ditch the corporate gig for something more free. But they don’t seem to be able to write for him outside of NE.

I would love to know what people would do with Nick if they had the power. Fire JM and recast with a more versatile actor who’d be credible as a father to Noah and Summer? Stick him back with Sharon and play him in “Dad to the rescue” stories, maybe with Faith back full time? Drug addiction/traumatic brain injury? Career change? Lean into JM’s fratbro goofiness with more comedic stories? Or just ditch the character entirely or send him away for a while because he’s just not that interesting? Y&R doesn’t seem inclined to do any of those options, so they float him in repetitive leading man/business stories are DOA simply to appease JM’s fans. He’s obviously not going anywhere but he feels like dead weight to me.

Been bored with the Hot 100 but Hozier just scored his first No. 1 (since “Take Me to Church” stalled at No. 2 a decade ago):

The character feels so stuck. Obviously, they want him to still be a viable leading man (he looks good) and JM has his fans, but the character is just flailing around in circles with no end in sight. Mal tried to take him to the dark side with Nick impersonating JT and launching Dark Horse, but it was obviously a poor fit, and the return of Adam (a more authentically dark character) shortly followed once Mal was out and JG was in. At that point, they could only generate story for Nick through Adam. We’ve done Phyllis redux with both Gina and Michelle, both flops. Had Nick/Adam vying for the same woman again, flop. They seemed to open to the door to Shick redux with the Cameron Kirsten story, but obviously something is going on with Y&R and Sharon Case.

Abby needs to go. The show proves how inessential she is every day when they isolate her from BOTH her core families. That’s $$$ that could be used more profitably. Although a better writer would be necessary. (Hoping Steve Kent’s reported departure makes that happen…) We talk about how Reed is missing from this Claire/Victoria reveal. This show barely acknowledges Newmans actually on the canvas outside of Victor/Nikki/Victoria/Nick or Adam when a convenient whipping boy is needed. Nick’s relative absence in Summer’s world has been a huge WTF. Perhaps because they don’t see him as credible in that role? OK? So now what? Gonna do anything about that, folks? (I don’t mind him as Summer’s dad, but he struggles with the Noahs. He’s great with Faith but that’s age-appropriate. Too bad Faith isn’t a thing.) This show is such a frustrating waste.

Casper Ruud wins his first title above 250 and Fucsovics wins his first title in six years. The hot boys are activated!

I thought Muguruza might pull a Kuznetsova/Jankovic-style retirement and simply not address it.

Muguruza has officially announced her retirement. I guess she had to make it official?