Y&R: Week of August 04, 2008

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Those deaths were open-ended (well, not Taylor's, but that IS B&.

Drucillia's body has yet to be found, so in soap world, that means she's alive and can be brought back.

[MarkH]

Hey, Y&R's weekly thread has almost double the # of posts of OLTL's (I know it is just Monday). Does this mean something? I know Roman commented on this earlier. Is there actually....excitement...about the show?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Sabrina's not coming back, at least not with Reya in the role.

From Daytime Confidential.

http://www.daytimeconfidential.com/2008/08...stands#comments

[MarkH]

I read that story.

To be clear, she was gracious and grateful and thankful. She said she was surprised, but only for a day. Then she made peace with it and understood it was her time to move on.

She was asked if she would come back to daytime and she basically said "never say never" but she felt she had to try for movies and series.

But it was the most totally non-bitter interview I ever saw. She loved Eric Braeden, and it sounds like their offscreen relationship was a lot like onscreen

[Ryan]

Congratulations to Thom racina on a fantastic first episode.

[denniel]

Ditto. There was something about the scene that I found terribly engaging. It was Peter and Eric. It was Jack and Victor. It was their unique history wrapped up in a moment. And I loved it.

[Sylph]

It means - OLTL sucks, people just couldn't wait to get rid of it and watch a real soap.

[dm.]

No need to be harsh, or bash the show. I still like it and enjoy watching it.

But this year, Y&R should be taking the title of the most improved show.

[Ann_SS]

I lost interest in OLTL a few weeks ago. Unlike others, I think that RC is doing a good job storywise, but I think that he is constantly let down by the mediocre performances from his featured actors.

Raya isn't alone. I was shocked when she was fired given how Eric Braeden was relishing Victor's romance with Sabrina. Y&R's market research must have shown that Victor and Sabrina's romance was very unpopular.

[dm.]

Braeden was only relishing it because he wanted a young woman near him for his ego....... it actually wasn't that hard to notice how unpopular the couple was. Constant boring French talk and nothing else in their scenes really made it hard for me to like them.

[Cat]

I'm sorry. I really want to like the Winters family. Kristoff St John is such a good actor. I can feel it in my bones. But watching him and Devon and Karen and Tyra and "YAY!"x3 Ahhhhhhhhhna yesterday was torture. I had to prop my eyelids open on matchsticks when Devon talked about Michael Jackson impersonationmusic being his "passion." I did manage to swallow a yawn when Karen told Tyra to start looking for a place to live. But without Drucilla, this family is one big PSA. There is no quirk or soapiness to them.

The Victor/Nikki scenes on the other hand? I got shivers when Victor grabbed her arm. Eric Braeden was so convincing. He really is TGVN inside and out.

Nice scene with Jack standing behind Victor, about to speak, then thinking better of it and slipping silently away. That scene, with the haunting opera music swirling in the air, spoke volumes.

[dm.]

Yeah, Dru's absence is the reason why the Winters have been boring for a year and 4 months. And they'll never be interesting until she returns. Hopefully.

[Cat]

Forgot to mention that I am damn near overdosing on the sugar Y&R is force-feeding me everytime Ana has a scene. The little tyke didn't break into song this time (although I did get nervous when they announced it was bedtime) but she squealed about five times over getting Neil some chocolate and when Devon promised to tuck her in. It's like being accosted by an army of orphaned moppets from Annie. Even Tyra had to fight the urge to backhand her by the end of the episode.

[dm.]

She annoys me too. They're trying to make her into this young child star, but she's just annoying. In every episode she either has to sing, or has to constantly make some jokes that all the adults have to laugh about. I wish Tyra came to Genoa City alone.

[Ann_SS]

I have overdosed on that kid also. Is she on the Sony label? Because that is the only thing that explains her constant singing inappropriate songs.

I do think that the Winters can be revived as they await Dru's return, but they are going to have to give Karen some backbone to stir things up.

But Victor and Sabrina aren't the first unpopular couple to hit Y&R. It doesn't mean that TPTB are going to kill or write out one of the characters. At some point, TPTB must have felt that despite Eric Braeden's ego, they had to dump Sabrina. I was surprised that TPTB went as far as to kill her off. She could have been a love interest for Brad who has been single forever or even Cane or Jack.