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Not that Bell likely know this, but letter writing is making a comeback as of late.

Derek pushes Leslie's buttons in a way that no one else does and he is at his best when he's up against her. Jacob is a bit naive and sheltered for such an assignment. He's not hot headed like Calvin Stoner on EON, but he has the same hero complex that can really lead to trouble.

Hayley's fake fear and fragility is classic undercover villain. The fact that she was willing to send an innocent man to prison for a staged attack makes her even worse now. But her comeuppance is Lynette's constant shake down. Vanessa being upset that Deanna had utilized the escort service was priceless. And Diego being the escort made it even more messy.

Jennifer's positive vibes keep her on the air. In a time with little to smile about that counts for a lot. Plus she books a lot of good guests. Of course I'm a little biased because I've been a couple of tapings and thorougly enjoyed myself.

Madison isn't going to like what Bill did and it's going to cause more friction between her and Chelsea. Anita's look during the interview was defintely inspired by Patti LaBelle's present style. Patti will wear vibrant pantsuits and wears a similar hair do at times. Lynette has done enough scheming to shake Hayley down for a lot. Not that Hayley doesn't deserve it.

Anastasia is so nasty and she looks as bad as Leslie does with her interrupting people's lunches. Vanessa's scruples are so low that it's understandable that Nicole would think she was recommended an escort for Samantha's date. Mona is trying to be a Tyler Perry play heroine by flipping Randy's life around with church. She definitely is approaching him very wrong.

Eric Martsolf (he hosted an event I sang at and is so down to earth) Austin Peck Lawrence St. Victor Texas Battle Gone but not forgotten Kristoff St. John Joel Crothers Billy Miller

With that hairstyle, Tomas looks like Leslie has nothing better to do than push people's buttons and in the most tasteless ways. Jacob was too anxious to move out and it was about way more than the case.

From that perspective I see your point. A monthly thread does become clogged when it reaches 10 or more pages. A new user would definitely see that as a hard place to join in on the discussion.

Beyond The Gates and General Hospital are the only monthly threads that generate high discussion so I can't see individual boards working when the other soaps have very anemic discussions. Less than 15 years ago we had daily threads then that devolved to weekly and finally monthly.

This is probably just a lazy way to remind viewers that Y&R once had a lot of Black characters on the front burner now that Beyond The Gates is on the air. Y&R is number one, but never underestimtate how some shows like to maintain certain demographics and a sense of achievement.

I was going to say "How much more cracked can she get?" lol but then I compare how a lot of her behavior is entitlement vs actually being hurt like she was yesterday.

Vanessa looked hilarious in that wig. Breaking a mirror is a classic device when a character has serious turmoil. Leslie has never looked that defeated before.

Joey has been an issue for me because he has so much control over the powerful Black characters including the family that built the community. The hospital chief of staff seemed like a standard rule enforcer, but the Black characters didn't really seems all that threatened by her. The character prototype for Vanessa was initially listed as being Black so that probably accounts for a lot of how Dani and Nicole interact with her. Depending on the order of casting they may have switched Vanessa to being White because it would have looked really problematic for a successful Black woman to crap all over her successful Black husband for a criminal White man.

I went to KSJ's homegoing service and it really moved me to see how much he impacted his castmates even the ones he didn't share a lot of scenes with. He would have definitely been a good part of BTG.