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It never did actually. By the time Y&R premiered I think ATWT and EON were the only live soaps on the air.

Reading those recaps reminds me of who strange the whole Barbara Ann Harding story was. Didn’t Paul end up sleeping with her? Hopefully we’ll get to see the very best of Vanessa Prentiss in this episode.

Goodness!!! I wonder what this episode is about?

Not sure this has been shared before, but here are the May 1997 Episode Counts, of course Lauralee is #1: MAY 1997 1-30 MAY. 22 EPISODES. 1. Lauralee Bell (Christine Blair) 18 2. Sandra Nelson (Phyllis Summers Romalotti) 17 3. Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) 15 3. Doug Davidson (Paul Williams) 15 5. Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) 13 5. Sharon Case (Sharon Newman) 12 7. Alex Donnelley (Diane Jenkins) 12 7. Sabryn Genet (Tricia Dennison) 12 9. Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti) 11 9. Shemar Moore (Malcolm Winters) 11 9. Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman) 11 9. Scott Reeves (Ryan McNeil) 11 13. Signy Coleman (Hope Adams Newman) 10 13. Jennifer Gareis (Grace Turner) 10 13. Nick Scotti (Tony Viscardi) 10 13. Jess Walton (Jill Foster Abbott) 10 17. Leigh J. McCloskey (Kurt Costner) 9 17. Tonya Lee Williams (Olivia Barber Winters) 9 17. Victoria Rowell (Drucilla Barber Winters) 9 20. Tina Arning (Sasha Green) 8, Recurring 20. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman) 8 22. Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) 7 22. Sarah Aldrich (Victoria Newman Howard) 7 24. Tricia Cast (Nina Webster McNeil) 6 24. Camryn Grimes (Cassie Johnson) 6 24. J. Eddie Peck (Cole Howard) 6 24. Shari Shattuck (Ashley Abbott) 6 28. Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) 5 28. Granville Van Dusen (Keith Dennison) 5 30. Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) 4 30. Jerry Douglas (John Abbott) 4 30. Zachary Elkins (Noah Newman) 4, Recurring 30. Ashley Jones (Megan Dennison) 4 34. Laura Bryan Birn (Lynne Bassett) 2, Recurring 34. Scotty Leavenworth (Billy Abbott) 2, Recurring 34. Nicolas Pappone (Phillip Chancellor) 2, Recurring 37. Marita De Leon (Joani Garza) 1, Recurring 37. Karen Hensel (Doris Collins) 1, Recurring 37. Bryant Jones (Nate Hastings) 1, Recurring 37. Heath Kizzier (Dr. Joshua Landers) 1, Recurring 37. Anthony Pena (Miguel Ramirez) 1, Recurring 37. Patty Weaver (Gina Roma) 1, Recurring Highlights for the month of May were Sasha’s mysterious death, Sharon meeting Cassie, Michael being up for parole, Ryan being a two timer while Jill got Nina a gym membership(!) and Dru agreeing to try to have another baby but secretly started taking birth control drugs.

I think you’re right-I think it appeared on screen in early 2010 when an episode devoted to Sharon having nightmares aired.

LOL, is this the demon picture of Sharon that CBS SID ran back in 2009 predicting she was becoming possessed?

Thanks! I remember that plot point of where Nikki was surprised that Victor didn't stop her from marrying Josh, it was stuck out like a sore thumb lol. It definitely was a lull period for Y&R. That quad took up a lot of airtime, we're lucky that Tom and Cast were superior actresses to carry it though even though it got even worse from her out. I recall the big events during this time were: -Ashley being attacked in the park and saved by the mysterious Kurt Costney who then went to live at Katherine's so the show could use Katherine I guess lol. -Pregnant Sharon falling in a snowstorm, then spending like 2 months in the hospital asking "Is my baby going to make it?" every day she was on. -Danny and Phyllis getting married. -Jill slutting it up with John Silva again and then of course meeting the Dennison's. -Neil becoming a complete misogynist toward's Dru and trying to maker be a housewife and produce more babies while Olivia admired and cheered him on from the sidelines. -Diane returned and fell in love with Jack while Jack indirectly ruined Nick's career prospects in Seattle by acquiring a highly bankrupt company for Newman due to his own oversight, thereby royally pissing Victor off. Did I miss anything else? The moments of when Michael Baldwin was released from jail, Sasha's mysterious death in a fire, Grace sleeping with Nick etc. finally got the show up and running again.

Nikki, at this point was this where she ran off with marry Josh in Las Vegas? Weird to think she had a wedding so soon after her engagement with Brad went up in smoke.

I love the classic “affair/cheating” jazz score was used while Ryan was daydreaming, always used when someone was having an affair!

You're probably right, but like the Parlato bait and switch I could so believe Rauch & Co. lying to Coleman in her face about not being an Annie recast after she inquired if she was. Didn't Coleman's Annie leave town with Tom Wiggin's character after her oddball plot to kidnap and become Lizzie's mother went up in smoke? It was such a weird ending all the while the San Cristobel story was ramping up they made it the C-story of the week.

The strangest thing I remember Coleman said she specifically mentioned she asked if her character was going to be an Annie recast since she had gotten a leak but Rauch & Co. told her absolutely not! The old Dennis Parlato bait and switch tactic GL was using obviously.

Miller was great on his first year on the show or so; once he was up for "intense contract negotiations" every fall he became an increasing lazy diva, at least on Y&R because his primetime gigs showed he could do much better. And the show catering to Heinle to fire David Tom? Notice she's never opened her mouth up since lol.

So did I, they were just disposed of so quickly once we got the “second coming” of Bill & Mac.

I believe Billy & Chloe were initially popular because they were the anti-Cane & Lily. MAB felt the need to “correct” Billy & Mac when she had the opportunity. However once the show began writing Chloe as the “victim” in her marriage and later on in the Chance/Chloe/Ronan/Heather quad from hell it was over for the character.

Nah when Jack Smith got promoted to co-EP/co-HW in 2002 he made some pretty reckless creative decisions for shock value and some desperate attempt to gain ratings again after an exodus of cast members in late ‘01/early ‘02.

They were a fabulous set of episodes. I think the biggest downfall was the flimsy buildup to it though. Jill bought /rearranged some furniture which was the trigger point for Katherine. It was a pretty weak excuse, and later got even less than exuberant with the mess involving Arthur, his stepson, and then Michael Nouri’s character that I can’t even think of his name lol. About average these days, and very telling that many people tuned in to watch something from 1991. To

Thanks for sharing @BoldRestless!!! That 03-02-88 episode, OMG at Eileen’s hair! I wonder how long she kept it that dark.

At face value Bell & Co. went on strike however that didn’t stop folks like Alden from dropping off scripts at the backdoor in the middle of the night. Or so I’ve heard.😏

@YRfan23 During Y&R’s 35th anniversary week in 2008, while everyone was busy listening to Danny sing for the Restless Style opening Katherine was giving Amber her entire history with Jill in preparation for her book and they showed the above flashback!! I have always wanted to see that episode but find it sad it’s never resurfaced nor has anything from the 35th anniversary week reaired, lol I remember people calling it lame but I enjoyed it right thoroughly.

The weird thing is Liz was the one who convinced Phillip to come home after Jill had been shot. I guess they could have had Liz move in with Jill for that story wonder if that would have workable for that story. By 1991 though we weirdly had Jill and Katherine using each other as sounding boards in their arguments though.

Bell always came up with redemption/back don to earth stories for Jill...after Phillip died he wrote her pairing with the blind guy David, I suppose it’s what the pairings with Steve Williams(oh god, can you imagine Jill vs Mary) and Andy were all about.I think Bell loved writing for Jill just as he did for Lorie and later on Ashley as one of Y&R’s leading ladies.

Didn’t Jill fake getting pregnant with Stuart? That definitely did go too far in 1979. Imagine Ada and Rachel fighting over the same man LOL. Liz should have been a permanent fixture on the show throughout the 80s and 90’s as Jill needed that. Not sure if the clips are still up but I also loved the rapport of Adair & Cooper too, especially Adair‘a Jill being terrified.

When I first read that Jill was engaged to Andy in 1981 that just didn’t sound right at all. Still doesn’t to this day! Adair definitely held her ground in the role of Jill though for sure. So happy this has been rediscovered!!!!

No idea what’s up with B&B lol. Maybe because Thudley doesn’t want people to remember B&B in its prime or because perhaps Thudley can’t afford/doesn’t want to pay any residual checks out to folks he doesn’t care for. Sound about right?

You're welcome, lol I remember it was the last week of my summer vacation and Y&R had been on fire all summer long. Unfortunately after this the show fell into the doldrums until the following summer.