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I did not like seeing Nate selling Neil's penthouse to Adam and then giving all of the money away to charity. I wish he would have kept the penthouse or at least kept the money from the sale (or most of the money, if he wanted to give some to Charity.) He barely batted an eyelash when he sold the penthouse though he did explain his reasoning a bit more later on in the episode. I still don't like that he sold the penthouse.

And Devon was a bit harsh today towards Ana. I think he should direct some of that feeling towards Mariah, who came up with the idea. If Ana isn't ready to manage artists on her own, then what does that say about Mariah, who came up with the idea, and is heading a company that she is not qualified for. I wonder if Devon will direct that energy with her or is he mostly only allowed to be mad at family members. I do think that he was already in bad mood before he learned about Mariah/Kyle's idea and I believe that stemmed from him still grieving Hilary and Neil. He was looking at a picture of both of them before he got angry with Ana.

I do hope that him hiring someone to mentor her will lead to her having a love interest. Or at least someone else to interact with besides Tessa and Mariah. It would be nice if the person he hired to mentor her was a handsome, mature, intelligent man in either his late 20's or early 30s. Also, I was surprised to see Jett come back so quickly. I wasn't sure if he would ever be back. But it was nice to see him again and I enjoyed his and Ana's performance.

Also, I thought that Summer's business date looked like Shawn Mendez, lol.

And The writing for Kyle and Lola continues to be terrible. They are getting such goofy, plotlines. Today, Kyle was actually arguing with Abby about what the color of Lola's bridesmaid's dresses should be. He was going hard for that stone cold blue color, lol. But seriously it is unfortunate to see him written like this. And then on top of all of that he ended up digging through the trash to find Lola's ring. Kyle has been reduced to these silly storylines and I feel bad for his character. This pairing with Lola is really dragging him down:

It's unfortunate, that this is the type of stuff that the show is doing with Kyle:

15 minutes ago, rlj said:

Ana looks pretty.

10 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

Hopefully no one is out over Mishael's return. Are either of Loren/Brytni in any danger, since you know they have a quota.

Some people are fearful they will get rid of Loren. Especially since she doesn't have much of a storyline and still doesn't have a love interest. I hope not, but you never know with this show. They did get rid of Alice Hunter/Kerry around the time they decided to bring on Brytni/Elena.

54 minutes ago, rlj said:

I don't care for Kevin or Chloe, but I do think that is a nice picture of them on the cover of SID. Chloe in particular looks good.

Here are some more upcoming spoilers from SOD:

Abby will throw Lola a wedding shower. Mariah, Tessa, Ana and Elena will attend it. Summer will end up crashing the shower and Lola will invite her to stay. Summer will end up doing something at the shower that surprises the guests and herself.

Also, Victor will make amends, Phyllis will push Adam's buttons, Devon and Elena's relationship will be tested and Cane/Traci will celebrate her success. Billy's world will be rocked, Nick and Rey will dig up dirt on Adam and a familiar face will return to GC.

I'm glad to see Ana and Elena interacting with more people. Also, I wonder what Summer ends up doing at the shower that surprises people, including herself.

Here are a few upcoming spoilers from SOD that someone (who got the magazine early) had posted on another site:

Summer will end up pushing her luck, Chelsea will give Adam an ultimatum, Victoria will plot to destroy Dark Horse, and Victor will take a risk. Kevin will also reunite with Chloe and Chelsea will meet with Nick and Adam. 

If this is true, I welcome Mishael back. I do wonder what type of role she may end up playing. And I wonder what will happen with Devon/Elena. I do believe that Elena may end up getting closer to Nate, but he is also getting closer to Abby. If Mishael returns maybe they will move Elena into a triangle with Nate and Abby (after having Devon be a bit torn between Elena and MM's character.)

8 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Well, behind the scenes economics dictated this as there was probably no money to give Adam a new set and he is a main character whereas Nate is not.

Such a pity that Nate is not a priority as he is a very sexy capable actor. Why he can't be driving story is such a waste. He is a legacy character with a clean slate in terms of writing for him, unlike Adam who has years of ugly backstory to deal with.

They should have just let Adam stay in the tack house since they brought that set back. But I guess they wanted him to get the penthouse back so him and Chelsea/Connor and maybe Christian could live in it. Though they all could have lived in the tack house.

Here's something they could do for Nate but probably won't do it. They could have Victor offer for Nate to stay in the tack house rent free, so he could be closer to him, while he's treating him as his physician. And then if Nate and Abby become more serious, like get engaged/married they could stay in the tack house. And that could be their own spot on the property. But that's probably not going to happen and Nate will end either living in the penthouse with Devon or staying at the GCAC. And then if him and Abby get serious and live together it will probably be at the Abbott mansion. 

14 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

That reminds me of a joke Wanda Sykes told once about some of the TV series that had been offered to her over the years: "She's the maid for a rich, white family, who wins the lottery.  But she loves the family sooooooooooo much....". And I'm sure you can fill in the blank, lol.

 

But seriously.  Nate's selling a penthouse that he lives in RENT-FREE and giving away the proceeds of that sale to charity.  Now, would Y&R have one of their WHITE characters behaving this way?  I think not!

 

I miss the days when shows didn't bother with minorities.  They were a lot less offensive than this bullshit.

Hardly any of the white characters would act this way, neither female or males. An exception might be Nick who does foolish stuff sometimes and gave away all of his trust fund. Outside of Nick I can't think of a white character who would do this. Nate is not going to have a home, may very well have to pay rent wherever he goes, and doesn't get to keep the money from the sale of the penthouse. I mean, what the heck. 

Josh is having the black/minority characters (including Lola) have some unsettling views about wealth. It's like hardly any of them outside of Devon think they deserve to have nice things. Ana didn't want to take help from Devon to help Jett, though Devon is her own brother. Elena and Lola are chastising their boyfriends for wanting to help them out financially/buy them gifts and Nate is giving away a rent free home and the money he got for the sale of it. Even though that means he will be left without a home/and may very well have to pay rent wherever he goes.

I guess Josh had him do this, not to make him look opportunistic for selling Neil's penthouse. (Adam offers to give him double what it's worth). But this decision doesn't make a lot of sense and he should have kept the penthouse. Or at the very least kept at least most of the money from the sale. (if he wanted to give some to charity that could have been okay,, but not the whole amount. He should have at least kept most of it, and it would have been fine if he kept all of it).

12 minutes ago, Khan said:

Of COURSE they would have a WHITE guy take over Neil's penthouse.  I JFC with this show.

8 minutes ago, Darn said:

 

They just need Neil to give Nate SOMETHING in his will. They had no intention to have him live there. And he will never get a home of his own. This show man...

It really is ridiculous. Spoilers say that Nate will give the money that Adam will pay him to the hospital. And while that is nice, I still find this whole thing ridiculous. Nate can find other ways to give back to the hospital, especially now that he is on the Board of Directors for Hamilton-Winters. He could have arranged with Devon to have money donated to them.

It doesn't make any sense that he would give up living in a very nice penthouse rent free, so he could take the money Adam pays him and give it all away. Where he is going to live,now? Is he going to crowd into Devon's penthouse or go live somewhere like the GCAC where he may have to pay to live. (Unless Devon lets him live there free because he owns it.)

Either way, I don't like them having Nate give away a rent free home that was given to him by a loved one. All so rich Adam could get the penthouse back. Adam can go live in the GCAC. And then maybe move back into the tackhouse w/Chelsea and Connor should they reunite and he smooths things over with Victor. 

Here are some spoilers from the soaps.com day ahead recap for tomorrow's show (about Devon/Ana/Nate):

Nate will indeed sell the penthouse to Adam. Adam will want to buy it and Nate will initially not want to sell it, but will end up doing so because he thinks about what he could do with the money. Devon will end up being upset with Nate that he sold Adam Neil's penthouse and didn't give Devon a chance to buy it back. 

Also, Jett will return and him and Ana will sing together again. Devon will not like Mariah's idea and will feel that Ana let herself be talked into a bad idea and that she is also being used to hawk Jabot's products. He will tell Ana he wants to hire a Senior person, who will help her manage artists. Ana will end up giving him the cold shoulder and tell him that she thinks he's making a mistake hiring someone to babysit her.

Also, Devon will dedicate the stage to Neil at Society. 

I wonder what Nate intends to do with the money he will get for the sale of the penthouse. Neil already set it up so he could live rent free, which frees up money for him. I wonder what he wants/needs the money for that he would sell it. I could understand why Devon would be upset about that, especially since Neil left it to Nate in the will. I wonder where Nate will end up living now that he sold the penthouse to Adam. I also wonder if he has some sort of financial issues, which would give him something to bond with Elena over.

Also, I think that Devon needs to take up the issues he has with Mariah's idea up with Mariah, instead of just criticizing Ana for it. But he hired Mariah in a position she was not qualified for and gave her power that she didn't deserve. Here's hoping he at least mentions to Mariah as well, that he's not fond of the idea. I also wonder if whoever he hires to baby sit Ana, might turn into a love interest for her. And I'm surprised they bought Jett back so quickly.

10 minutes ago, Darn said:

 

Malcolm WAS a father to him! At Neil's funeral they acted like they barely knew each other. This show is so stupid.

 

And Devon and Nate will only clash so they can fight over Elena. Mark my words.

He was, though on today's show they were painting a picture that Neil also was. Nate said that Neil took him to father son stuff/after Malcolm/Olivia divorced and that Neil used to check up on him. He told Abby he seemed lost without Neil and said that Neil stepped up after these things happened and went with him to father/son banquets, attended graduations and texted him. It looks like a lot of this happened offscreen.

It's kind of strange though that the show had Neil mostly refer to Nate as his "Godson" before he died (When BD came and took over the role) and didn't mention that Nate was his nephew in two different ways. (through his marriage to Dru and Malcolm's marriage to Olivia). Hardly anyone referred to Nate as Neil's nephew (Which I believe is what he should have been referred to) except for Jack at the reading of Neil's will.

But it looks like they are changing how close their relationship was to help build a rivalry between Devon/Nate. I could see this causing problems between these two, in addition to Nate being on the Board of Directors at Hamilton-Winters. And also Nate's growing closer to Elena, which I think will bother Devon. Though I wonder how Abby will factor into things, maybe there will be a quad.

I thought that the scenes of Abby and Nate opening up to each other were nice scenes today. (And Nate is so handsome and appealing) It was interesting to hear Abby express her insecurities about not fully fitting in with the Newman families. And how she's always wanted Victor to view her like his other kids (Especially since he loved Ashley) but how she feels he doesn't. It was also nice to hear her mention Brad. 

And I thought it was interesting how on Nate's end, he mentioned that Neil was like a father to him. And even listed some examples of him bonding with Neil after Nate Sr. died and Malcolm and Olivia divorced. Nate mentioned how Neil made him feel special. I actually think his feelings about Neil could end up causing some conflict with Devon. Spoilers says that:

Also, it was nice to see Nikki and Paul talk and Nikki lean on him a bit. I liked seeing the show feature their friendship today.

Regarding whether it's worth checking out, I honestly think that this show does have some potential. I actually thought that Robin wasn't as OTT as I thought she might be. And the preview made it look like she really would be. Though she still was a bit much. IMO, some of the supporting characters were the most appealing thus far, and so was Amara's husband Titus. I really like him and at (least right now) definitely prefer him over Stefanie's husband Evan. Also, I had thought that Essence Atkins's character Amara would kind of ground this show a bit. I thought she was okay, though maybe a bit underwhelming. 

Don't care for the Kardashian looking designer/mistress or Stefanie's/Evan's daughter's vapid Lauren Conrad-ish looking love interest. (From the pharmaceutical family). But overall, I think that the show has potential, could be decent.

I think they should give Stefanie more layers and tone her down. Maybe that will happen as she reflects more on what went wrong regarding her younger sister. Plus, they said there was another sister, that wasn't at the event. Maybe she will pop up eventually. I wonder what she's like.

Give Stefanie layers/tone her down some and focus more on the characters who IMO do work so far (Titus, Rondell and Stephen) and I think that would add to the potential of this show.  Greg Peters is interesting too. And I did see chemistry between him and Rondell. It could be interesting if he ends up eventually falling for her.

I thought it was okay. It didn't look as shaky as it did in the previews. I thought that the best characters so far are mostly the supporting ones like Evan's sister Rondell and Stefanie's father, Stephen. I really like Titus. So far I like these three characters better than the leads Stefanie, Amara and Evan. 

Some thoughts about the show.

I actually see some chemistry between Rondell and Peters who is trying to get her to sell the restaurant. There is a lot of animosity between them but it seems like he's flirting with her at times. And I guessed some of the plots very quickly before they revealed, like the daughter and her interest in the family  that owns the pharmaceuticals company's daughter (Purifoys) , and the situation with the designer (Bella)/Evan.

Also, Rick Hearst wasn't on tonight's show, but I look forward to seeing when he does appear.

Ana looked very pretty today. It was nice seeing her interact with all of the 20 somethings on the show. She has never interacted with all of them before. That was a nice (though rare) moment.

I wonder if Adam will end up blackmailing Michael somehow with information about him knowing that Kevin kidnapped Phyllis. 

This show debuts tonight at 10pm EST on OWN. I am going to try and check it out. Also Jamey tweeted that Ric Hearst will be on the premiere tonight. I wonder what other soap alum may end up on this show, especially if it becomes successful.

9 minutes ago, Chris B said:

I wish they'd kept playing the mystery of why Ana wanted to stay behind the scenes. I felt like they were taking it in a more interesting dramatic direction that could've centered on Ana more. They could've done a spin on the R Kelly scandal but instead it went nowhere. 

I would have rather seen them do something with that storyline (like maybe she had problems with an ex boyfriend) and kept Fen and built a romance with him and Ana. But they just ended up using that secret to introduce Elena and give Devon a romance with her, which IMO, right now is a bit of a dud. (Largely because they are IMO giving Elena a weak storyline where she is uncomfortable with his wealth).

I don't think that Josh really wants to invest much in Ana, and that's why she's not getting much of a storyline. He threw her in there with Tessa/Mariah and it looked like that storyline could have taken multiple unappealing directions. And now she's clashing with Devon again over something they really shouldn't be clashing over. I wish she would get a better storyline, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. (if ever).

Here are a couple of spoilers from the Courier Journal for the next couple of weeks. Even though everyone will be happy with the finished product of Tessa's video, Devon will tell Ana she is not ready to manage artists on her own yet. Also, the week after next Lola's mother will pay her a surprise visit.

I don't like seeing Devon/Ana clash again about him doubting her talents/qualifications in the music industry. Even more so because he just hired Mariah to run a whole company, and manage/advocate for artists without any prior experience. At least Ana does have experience working in the music industry. I wonder why exactly Devon think she isn't ready to manage artists on her own yet. 

18 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

 I remember a lot of that. And DEAD at Molly Ringwald lookalike. I can't remember if she ever mellowed, but like all good soap villain she gets good comeuppance I believe.

 

 

That is really who she looks like lol. I saw a couple of episodes where her friends did call her about for being too mean. Though Kelly her friend in the first season was also pretty mean herself. In one of the episodes I saw, Brooke was talking about trying to be nicer. A lot of the first season is on youtube, so I will try and get around to watching all those episodes. Maybe someone will eventually put more of the later seasons up there and it might be revealed whether she got some comeuppance for her behavior or not.

31 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Me, me, me!!!!

Brooke was THAT bitca back in the day.

 

And everyone was all about Dylan was it? 

 

I think other than Ryan Reynolds, the only other person who went on to star in other things was Laura Harris if I remember correctly. 

I was looking at some episodes today mainly from the first season, and Brooke was indeed messy, lol. She was just mean and messy because she could be. Like trying to prevent Dylan from getting with Courtney just because she could. In the episodes from season one that I'm watching, she doesn't even seem that interested In Dylan, she just wants to make sure that Courtney doesn't have him. Messy Molly Ringwald looking troublemaker, lol.

I did catch a later episode from what appeared to be another season. where Courtney and Matt wanted to be together, but Ashley's return messed with that. Though it looked like Courtney and Matt had some chemistry.

Also, Ashley caught flack for being considered "perfect", but I have liked what I have seen of her. I liked how she genuinely tried to help Matt with his drinking problem. 

And character likes Billy, Olaf, Jake and Janice all seemed to struggle with either not being that mature (in Billy's case), not assertive enough (I Jake's case) or just considered odd/outsiders by many of the other students in (Olaf and Janice's cases)

14 hours ago, Chris B said:

Adam stuff is honestly worse than I could've imagined. AMAZING actor, but damn can he get a day off? As expected he has taken over the show. I still am wanting other storylines to be fleshed out more. Abby/Nate have potential, so do Traci/Cane, I enjoy Lauren with Jack and of course Elena/Devon could use a touch more focus. If they just took two days a week from Adam it would give those other stories (and others like something for Ana, Mariah and Tessa) a chance to develop as well. 

Yeah, the heavy focus on Adam and also the show constantly featuring Kyle and Lola is taking away from the development for potential couples/other storylines. Traci/Cane and Nate/Abby aren't getting hardly any sort of any development. Nate asked Abby out a couple of times, they went on a friendship type of date, and we really haven't seen much of them since. I have a feeling they may end up moving Nate towards Elena and we may get a Nate/Elena/Devon triangle (maybe a quad with Abby). I wonder if they may actually just drop Abby/Nate. Cane and Traci aren't really getting a bunch of screen time together either. And I'm seeing people say they are boring, but they really aren't being given much to do. Elena has barely been shown recently and Ana doesn't have much of a storyline.

This show needs to stop featuring Adam and Kyle/Lola so much. MG is very talented as Adam and he is enjoyable to watch but the character is on too much. And I think that Kyle/Lola are just a big old toxic, boring snooze fest. Them constantly doing boring stuff like paint a wall is not interesting. 

Here are some upcoming spoilers from the Soaps section of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette Newspaper:

Rey will warn Adam to stay away, but that will only strengthen Adam's resolve to remain nearby. Cane and Traci's friendship will become stronger but he will blow her off to go talk to Lily. While Jack is enjoying Lauren's company in LA, he will also meet and bond with a woman who is in a similar situation that he is in. And while Mariah and Ana have put aside their differences, a new project will cause an issue to arrive between Ana and Devon. 

I remember watching it a little back when it aired on Nickeloden. It was kind of a cheesy teenagish,soapy, show. lol. But I think it was entertaining and appropriate for the type of show it was.. There are some videos of clips (and even full episodes) posted on youtube. Here are a few of them:

Honestly, I find this more entertaining than the current version of Bold and Beautiful, lol.

Here is the promo for next week:

I wonder why Mariah looks startled waking out of bed like that. I wonder if she has some type of nightmare. (I hope it has nothing to do with Ana) And her and Kyle have more chemistry in that short clip of him/looking to her than they do with either Lola or Tessa.