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From SoapDirt: Imani executes a scheme of sabotage and seduction as she vows to get into Nate’s pants and CRUSH her competition Elena! Phyllis’ latest scheme quickly unravels in a shocking manner, and she loses her sanity! When Diane becomes a victim of Phyllis rage attack, everyone sides with Diane including Jack and Summer. Diane may be the town trouble maker, but Phyllis is now the town psycho! Kyle and Summer are excited about the prospects of Chelsea working for their company, but Summer quickly suspects something is looney with Chelsea as she continues her descent….can Billy and Lauren save the day? The Locke Ness Monster is disgusted when he gets conned, but the Newman family will be taken off guard when he sows the seeds of discord to cause the Newmans to self-implode! Tessa and Mariah look for a summer miracle as Tessa’s career hangs in the balance! Noah and Allie grow closer, but Allie suspects something is not quite right about Noah… A familiar but disturbing presence will run amok this summer in Genoa City! B&B: Steffy returns and continues to mourn the loss of Finn but feels a strange cosmic connection to him! Mike and Sheila make a valiant effort with electric shock paddles, and Finn is revived!!! But the revival will bring back Finn’s horrific memories! Will Finn confront Sheila or play along with her lies? A power outage darkens LA, leading to both turmoil and steamy passionate encounters in the dark between both familiar couples as well as unlikely ones! When Li is discovered to be missing, Jack returns and connects with Taylor to search for Li while the truth about Thomas’ aid to Sheila will boil again to the surface! Quinn interrupts Carter and Paris’ wedding in a shocking manner, and the wedding is called off! Paris’s heart may be broken if Carter decides to put true love ahead of whatever this is with Paris. Will Zende be waiting for her again? All hell breaks loose as the denizens of LA will make their way to Monte Carlo!

LOL lord I doubt it would get that bad but then again maybe we’ll see Newman and Jabot move their HQ to LA just so the can film outdoors for be cheap. Speaking of Newman ya the ping pong of who is going to run Newman is getting old, and I’m glad Nick actually made the point of how the constant CEO changes will affect public opinion along with shareholders opinions, something that rarely gets brought up with these internal power struggles. Tessa’s medical crisis is horribly written PSA material.

I was thinking of when the country started to go downhill and yeah it was the early 00’s. Oh don’t get me wrong I knew there was issues in the 80’s and 90’s but that was really the first time I was absolutely disgusted and appalled with this country as a whole as everyone fell line behind Bush and his ilk as opponents were silenced.

What no Deacon reunion with Nikki and Diane? 🤣

5 years is a long time these days I can’t even imagine what Y&R would look like in 2027 if it’s still on the air.

Thanks so much @DRW50!!

Same it’s a shame they haven’t fleshed out the Benedict family more…I mean have we even seen Naya’s husband/Imani’s dad? I really don’t remember now except maybe once..? Yeesh. I feel like there could be at least another Benedict sibling. Yawn. Predictable. FF material. I think a revenge story could work, with Ashland having Diane by his side but Victoria would need an equally strong male partner to fit the bill, something the show doesn’t have to offer at the moment.

6-23: Again Diane, Summer, and Imani were the driving force for the show today. I loved the pivotal moment when Imani overheard Elena talking on the phone about going to be gone for a week as the wheels clearly were spinning in Imani’s head. Allison Lanier as Summer has been such a breath of fresh air and I like the more mature edgier take she has as Summer. It’s interesting to see Lanier hold her own against Stafford. Just as Summer was unamused and unimpressed with Phyllis, I get the feeling Lanier is completely unphased by Stafford’s ramping up her acting tics. It really does make it look like Phyllis is the batshit crazy one here. Phyllis and Michael scenes were hilarious though. I don’t think either Get it On or Hot Enough For You were bad campaigns overall, just maybe a couple had a few cringeworthy moments that got overblown looking back. Hot Enough For You I think was fairly successful as it also came at a time when Y&R, B&B, and ATWT were on a creative and ratings upswing as the three rounded out the top 3 soaps in the Nielsen ratings that summer. Other than the lousy GL performance I was neutral on the song. I don’t think the singer ever enjoyed the same success his sister got though.

Thank you @kalbir and @DRW50 I may have to look back for sure myself. I know the following year 2003’s “Hot Enough For You” with that Daniel Bedingfield song also generated some controversy as well for racy content, mainly for a B&B ad that showed Amber holding Little Eric over a cliff with the announcer yelling “Is this hot enough for you?!” and that Bedingfield appeared on GL to sing his song (very poorly) at the Bauer BBQ or something.

That Lauren and Michael scene looked pretty cringeworthy and silly….let me guess Michael ends up having a heart attack having sex with Lauren? 🤣 Wouldn’t be a first for Lauren… Thanks for sharing that!! I remember CBS’ “Get it On” campaign was widely criticized back in 2002 for some racy ATWT and GL ads, but here we are 20 years later and I’m wondering what the fuss was all about now. Maybe @kalbir or @DRW50 remember why lol?

I still want to know why Li’s car just randomly caught on fire yet Sheila’s car was undamaged. 🤣🤣🤣

Ya I mentioned something a few weeks ago when Summer brought up Marchetti’s woes how unbelievable that story was. It would have been easier to say Summer was tired of working for Angelina despite the experience and wanted to go back to a family business. As for Kyle it could be easily said he has new ideas for new Jabot and wants to come to home test them out and work with Jack hand in hand with it. Instead, a famous glamorous premiere fashion of Milan gets moved to….Genoa City Wisconsin….? LMAO WTH? Even moving like that to say Chicago would be a bit of a stretch lol. Er a no here as well. Billy just got engaged with Lily and isn’t over Victoria yet. Not to mention they have been clearly testing out Kyle & Chelsea too as of late lol. Chelsea should have died with Rey.

LOL how times change. Just was saying that because the Abbott family has been decimated and aside from Johnny and Katie none of those other kids have any relevance to the Abbotts not to mention except for Reed should continue to SOARLess. I think Y&R should have been the one soap that should have aged it’s kids naturally but that’s a different conversation for another day. LMAO they show flashbacks in reverse for Victor & Ashley arguing over the abortion to showing Victor giving Ashley a watch. Ashley was clearly one of Bill Bell’s favorite characters he had ever written for. Now onto 6/20 wow Lauren is such a busybody. Actually the way how Lauren described on how she has been “keeps tabs on Diane” sounded borderline stalking. I am glad Summer despite her doubts kept her cool and her perseverance for peace though. Amazing how new Summer actually comes off as more mature, classy and sophisticated compared to Nikki and Lauren. As always the Diane scenes with Kyle and Harrison were definitely the highlight of the episode.

LOL why doesn’t Li’s car abruptly ignite in the back no less after being rammed in the rear by Sheila? Shouldn’t it have been Sheila’s car to explode? 🤣 Nice well done stunt overall though, so much better than Steffy’s motorcycle accident a couple years back. My guess is Li will come back disfigured with a veil or a recast with plastic surgery lol.

Victoria starting a rival business to Newman? LOL that makes zero sense and is pretty unbelievable/unrealistic. At the very least why not have the two start their own successful high end consulting firm? Victoria and Ashland probably could be written off for a while there or just have their roles reduced to a couple eps a month as they build back their relationship and sure start a high end art auction house/business. The real kicker is that Victor actually misses Victoria’s business savvy but she refuses to get back involved with Newman again.

@janea4old Remember there was that funny spoiler a month or so back about “Phyllis weaves a tangled web when she practices to deceive”? I wonder if this is what they were talking about lol. But I agree with your assessment and it will be interesting to see Phyllis again in her true form, something we haven’t seen in quite some time. Seeing Phyllis stalk around in a big hat is hilarious. I figured she would be the one to become unhinged at some point which she already has a bit when she has lost it a bit talking to Summer. At the very least should be a fun summer on this end. Gloria, Chelsea, and Chloe? 😴😴😴 I thought there was a spoiler about Chelsea going nuts too but so far she’s barely appeared this month. Not that I am complaining lol. It would be interesting to see if Imani and Amanda have some type of schism.

Actually pretty good at the moment, especially since new Summer is such a breath of fresh air, Kyle is more mature now and the return of Diane has really changed up the dynamics. The Abbott family has definitely been energized again, something that’s been needed for a long time now. As Y&R’s 50th anniversary approaches it would be great to see Allie and Ashley work in the lab together to come up with a new potion for Jabot while Traci writes a book and finally snags up washed up Danny along the way lol. Agreed!! Amazingly the current regime hasn’t shied away from Brad flashbacks before, Idk if it was the Covid reruns or not but Brad flashbacks occurred in the 12000th episode and a couple times last year as well. If there is one thing current Y&R does really well it is nostalgia and acknowledging its past.

Overall the tribute episode was pretty good but it also showed the shortcomings of failing to properly expand the Abbott family as well as the the destruction of the Abbotts over the years. Ashley should have had at least one more kid in there somewhere…maybe a son by Stephen Lassiter that was raised by Victor while Traci should have had at least two other kids fathered by Steve Connelly. Brad and Colleen should have never been killed off. Actually Ashley’s son Robert could have easily lived as well. Jack Smith, Latham, MAB, and Mal Young all have Abbott blood on their hands. I’m still holding out hope that Allie’s mystery mother turns out to be Mari Jo Mason 😁@YRfan23

The Synder exodus of 1994 was sad but was a sign of changing times for ATWT for sure. I think I recall there was a planned Frannie recast but it was dropped along the way who knows why. I always forget the Kasnoffs were Marland’s creation in his long term story Bible although I don’t know if they were supposed to turn out like the way they did, especially Sarah lol. I do recall reading the Kasnoffs were supposed to be victims of abuse as kids, but that idea seems like overkill to me after following all the stuff involving Angel and then Debbie Simon. Marland must have really gone through something. I could easily him trying to write for AW 1997 or something like OLTL at the time and getting the same shaft Claire Labine got around the same time period. But hey, maybe Marland could have ended his career on a high note as the celebrated writer who fixed/saved Days in the aftermath of the Tom Langan era 😁

Great summarization @DRW50!!! I am wondering if Marland sensed on some level that his time was ending soon and left him in a dark place for much of 1992. Margo’s rape, prejudiced and haunted Lisa, Holden’s amnesia, Ellie’s abortion and leaving town being on bad terms with everyone, Hal’s death, Frannie leaving town with being on bad terms with everyone, and mousy mild-mannered Vicki Harper being the one to order Carolyn Crawford’s murder? Yikes! It was a lot in succession all at one time. On the flip side it was well acclaimed, well acted and for the most part well written, except for the part where Rosanna couldn’t choose between Evan and Hutch while did we need Tonio back from the dead…? I got sick of Montega plots lol. But figured if Marland had lived he definitely would have been gone from ATWT at least by 1994 at the earliest and definitely gone by the end of 1995 as P&G soaps just all unraveled at once. I figured Marland would have retired after that unless some soap lured him lol. I can see the headlines now “Plan to save DAYS: Marland in as HW!” or “Good News! Marland back to ATWT!”.

I really don’t remember Jill and MW’s Diane interacting at all. Jill was dealing with Colin and the death of Cane followed by arrival of Genevieve 🤢, while Diane was in bed with all the Newmans. I suppose the only interaction if they had any would be some party or something, so weird to think Diane was also having the occasional one nighters with Tucker. Speaking of Lauren, when’s the last time Jill interacted with her? 🤣

Not too much exactly. Jill was married into the Abbotts when the original Patty/Jack/Diane triangle went down but I don’t know much Jill had to say in that matter except to complain about Patty moping around all the time lol. Jill and Diane were definitely on opposing sides during the time Brad and Jack took over Newman and had some words with each other for sure, but nothing major. The two overall existed in separate orbits and never had much reason to intersect.

Thanks @DRW50 for the tag!! 🙂 I know a some people didn’t care for Angel but I enjoyed her time in Oakdale and always thought Haining did a good job so I’m glad to see this here, even though this is the start of Marland’s dark era during his final two years before he passed.

+1. Didn’t mean to diminish the hearings in anyway as they are significant and need to be held in full public view. My second option from that post is the most sensible really; news is important but I still need to escape to my happy place at the end of the day. The three of them were definitely the highlights of the last two episodes. I actually loved the scenes of where Imani met Jill just classic. The Jack & Diane scenes are a breath of fresh air as they were last week. LMAO at a very hypocritical Nikki on why “do people like Ashland and Diane” get forgiven. Having an actually large crowd of extras for launch party was a pleasant surprise and gave a more natural feel and noise for the scenes opposed to all the canned noise.

1) The congressional hearings are pretty significant, but really should be on CBSN exclusive instead. With the news competition being so tight these days I think CBS would be fine to air regular programming on its main network. And 2) CBS/Paramount+ needs to follow what NBC/Peacock does and goes ahead to release the same day episode via streaming and/or late night rebroadcast. Heck with it being summer reruns just show it in primetime lol. It’s 2022 yet CBS is the one network that insists like it’s still like 1982. Maybe it’s catering to the 55+ demos LOL, but it does get obnoxious, especially since CBS had been airing soccer matches pre-emptying the soaps in large swathes of the country that apparently got extremely abysmal ratings.