OK, so I have got to thinking about the ever popular and infamous "Victor's Sperm" Storyline that went on for years and years on Y&R. Many people ridicule this S/L (as if there aren't worse ones) but I don't think they're right.
Surely, the premise can sound really laughable, but, whoever watched the show for years and watched the story unravel and evolve, would definitely think that it was very well done, no? Obviously, people's opinions are respected, but those who actually watched it whole, what did you think? Sure, the whole sperm-chasing thing was funny, but the way it was set up and carried was classic soap.
I loved how the story was set: Jack gets a scare of testicular cancer, so he deposits sperm in case he wants to have kids later on. Meanwhile, Victor receives a letter from the lab, telling him that the sperm he deposited before his vasectomy (in case he wanted to have another kid) would be destroyed, unless Victor wanted it otherwise. Diane, who was at the time living in the penthouse, found out about this and decided to have Victor's child (insert short laugh). She took the sperm (pretending to still be Mrs. Newman), bought this freezer and kept the sperm in the penthouse because she wanted to impregnate herself. Nikki snooped around the office that Diane kept the sperm and found the freezer. Victor found out his sperm was missing from the lab and went ballistic. While all this was going on, Jack treated Ashley with a Christmas cruise. Shock of shocks, Ashley had a 6 hour waiting period between her flight and the cruise, but, for some reason, didn't mind it. Ashley went on a cruise and she came back pregnant. She wouldn't tell anyone who the father of the baby was, explained it was a one-night-stand and decided to keep the baby. Anyways, Diane got pregnant and all and she told Victor that the baby was his. Furious, Victor waited until Kyle was born to take a paternity test, which shockingly revealed to him that he wasn't the father (and even more so to Diane). Victor ran Diane out of town. But not before Diane accused Nikki of switching the samples and they got into the fabulous "Sperm Catfight." When Diane returned, the shocker was revealed: Jack was Kyle's father (I knew that for 2 years, even since that episode ended with Victor's sample and, underneath it, Jack's).
But, what I couldn't have foreseen is that Ashley took the sperm! I don't remember how she found out. And I'm not too sure I liked it that she did.
But, wasn't it so awesome? If any other soap did this S/L, it would have been hideous. But, Y&R managed to perfectly balance the craziness of the plot with the stellar writing.
OK, so I have got to thinking about the ever popular and infamous "Victor's Sperm" Storyline that went on for years and years on Y&R. Many people ridicule this S/L (as if there aren't worse ones) but I don't think they're right.
Surely, the premise can sound really laughable, but, whoever watched the show for years and watched the story unravel and evolve, would definitely think that it was very well done, no? Obviously, people's opinions are respected, but those who actually watched it whole, what did you think? Sure, the whole sperm-chasing thing was funny, but the way it was set up and carried was classic soap.
I loved how the story was set: Jack gets a scare of testicular cancer, so he deposits sperm in case he wants to have kids later on. Meanwhile, Victor receives a letter from the lab, telling him that the sperm he deposited before his vasectomy (in case he wanted to have another kid) would be destroyed, unless Victor wanted it otherwise. Diane, who was at the time living in the penthouse, found out about this and decided to have Victor's child (insert short laugh). She took the sperm (pretending to still be Mrs. Newman), bought this freezer and kept the sperm in the penthouse because she wanted to impregnate herself. Nikki snooped around the office that Diane kept the sperm and found the freezer. Victor found out his sperm was missing from the lab and went ballistic. While all this was going on, Jack treated Ashley with a Christmas cruise. Shock of shocks, Ashley had a 6 hour waiting period between her flight and the cruise, but, for some reason, didn't mind it. Ashley went on a cruise and she came back pregnant. She wouldn't tell anyone who the father of the baby was, explained it was a one-night-stand and decided to keep the baby. Anyways, Diane got pregnant and all and she told Victor that the baby was his. Furious, Victor waited until Kyle was born to take a paternity test, which shockingly revealed to him that he wasn't the father (and even more so to Diane). Victor ran Diane out of town. But not before Diane accused Nikki of switching the samples and they got into the fabulous "Sperm Catfight." When Diane returned, the shocker was revealed: Jack was Kyle's father (I knew that for 2 years, even since that episode ended with Victor's sample and, underneath it, Jack's).
But, what I couldn't have foreseen is that Ashley took the sperm! I don't remember how she found out. And I'm not too sure I liked it that she did.
But, wasn't it so awesome? If any other soap did this S/L, it would have been hideous. But, Y&R managed to perfectly balance the craziness of the plot with the stellar writing.
What do you guys think? Am I just crazy? lol