Faulkner

I hope that he’s Black. I’m still waiting for my complex, layered Black man that I’ve wanted since this show was announced (at LEAST one on a predominantly Black soap). Bill’s the closest thing we have, and he’s not yet scratching that itch for me.

I dunno. Rules go out the window when one falls in love, and MVJ is playing them too much to just be a friendship. They’d have to set the stage properly to justify the betrayal, but if written well, they could sell Kat/Jacob. Soaps are so much about “good people” making difficult choices and having their values tested (using that very broadly for Kat—she is very loyal to her family in spite of her many flaws). Maybe even an acknowledged attraction they fight over time but eventually give into. Maybe Eva finds out and holds that over Kat, so it enhances their rivalry.

Words to live by:

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The one-story focus certainly made this week tighter than most. I think RRM has proven she’s developed some real chops, and I loved the dream-sequence pep talks from different family members. That was inspired and very different from what we usually get from these types of stories. I like that they’ve positioned Chelsea as a problem solver and not some damsel in distress. The actress who plays Allison? Meh. I’ve not once felt like Chelsea was in any real danger from her. Not once. I’m not loving that all roads seem to go back to Joey Armstrong (not because I don’t like an umbrella story, but I’ve rarely loved the all-powerful Big Bad on any soap and JL is just flat to me in this role).

Not gonna lie. That’s kinda 🔥.

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Just how every actress of a certain age was predicted to be Sarah Horton on DAYS until she finally materialized. Y&R definitely needs new blood, but we all know these actors are walking into a zombie apocalypse. RoHo will be STRAINING to infuse these mind-numbing scenes with his trademark mugging. I cringe at the thought of him and Stafford together again.

LOL at Armond becoming one of the show’s biggest boosters. This is his second article on it and he usually reviews films:

How will Josh G. waste her is the real question.

I think this show leaves money on the table by trying to hide stuff from the audience or aim for surprises that don’t land. It’s the whole Hitchcock idea: when the audience knows stuff the characters don’t, that creates suspense.

Obviously the more granular you go with ratings, the more room for error, but those daily demos are bizarre. Looking at CBS on Tuesday and especially Thursday.

“Whoomp, there it is!”

How young is young? Would Nicole on BTG count?

I suppose Dani is the Carrie Bradshaw of Fairmont Crest with these outfits.

The women are great, with only a couple exceptions we’ve all discussed (MG, JJ, RRM, Cady if we’re including recurring folks). The men, on average, don’t match up. Not even close. (Santa Barbara had a SUPERB male cast.) And the eye candy is much too subtle.

No way is she dressed like that! I’m not watching live. Lololol.

That’s where first saw him too. Just so sexy. That Carey Mulligan adaptation a few years back was so inferior. (Tom Sturridge is no Terence Stamp in spite of their shared initials.)

I wonder why BTG was so low on that Tuesday.

So sad. GH has really gotten hit hard in the past few years. I can’t really remember a soap having so many major iconic stars associated with it pass away so close together, even accounting for age and the show’s long run. He really did have that old-school, easy, masculine star quality that is increasingly rare.