Y&R: Week of October 27, 2008

[VictorJrAngelBoy]

Really I find DD to get hotter as the years go by. He was drop dead sexy back in the day and still is to this very moment IMO.

I just think there are so many other characters with storylines going on right now that they don't know what to do with him. He could be a very interesting character and be part of a major storyline if the writers just used him.

Personally I think him and Phyllis would be hot. But I don't want Phyllis to cheat on Nick for Brad. Maybe they can get separated or w/e but I would hate if they had Phyllis cheat on Nick or vice versa. Phyllis can be self destructive but not to that extent.

[Cat]

LOL. Maybe DD's shorter buzz-cut made his face look smoother.

I did like Sharon & Brad, though. TPTB should play with these two some more... give both Jack and Nick a bit of a reality check. Cause you know Nick knows that Sharon still has feelings for him and could probably get back with her if he really wanted to.

I'm really excited about Kay's book coming out and all the relevations and history being dredged up again. The dementia SL is good too but it hurts to watch sometimes.

[baller]

I liked yesterday. Yea, the Halloween scenes were filler, but I needed something else this week, and that totally worked for me. It was a nice change of pace, and still leaves me wanting more.

The Eden and Noah scenes were cute and fun--I liked they they got busted and had the moment out on the curb.

[Cat]

Eric Braeden gave Nelson Brano a pretty good interview. Yagotdat?

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Dirty+Sexy...n_NB.htm?isfa=1

I think I've become an EB Fan.

[YRBB]

I remember a diner from the early 00s, were Tricia and Matt met a couple of times and then in 2002, with some Neil/Brad/Nate stuff. I think this was the same set, only different decorations and painting....

[BadZoe]

I really doubt that Phyllis would ever get together with the man who sent her to jail. If she did it would be it with me and Y&R.

[YRBB]

So. much. Word!

For some reason, I really like them too!

[Toups]

I love that "Victor Newman" background music (I guess it's his since they often play it for him) that played during the end of Friday's episode. It's like going off to battle music. lol

[DaytimeFan]

Heather is now officially dead to me. She's a loser and her apparent vendetta against the Newmans is just pathetic. She's a little fish in a BIG pond. She's outta her league. The sad thing is that a character like her, if I wrote a soap, would get pummeled and disappear. But that, unfortunately, doesn't look like it's going to happen. I can't root for Heather. At all. She just bothers me with her pathetic self more than I can describe. She's Adrian Korbell 2.0.

Kay and her "memwahs" is good. Jess Walton is really working herself, Jill is conflicted, torn between protecting her mother and her own self interest. I REALLY hope that Katherine's dementia somehow resolves itself. If MAB, SH, HS and PR go forward with this storyline too much further we can kiss Jeanne Cooper goodbye because the character will be effectively useless.

I love how Melody Thomas Scott is playing Nikki. She's in control and is looking out for Victor and I am really buying Nick and Victoria as her kids. Thad Luckinbill fits pretty seamlessly into the fold. And again, Amelia Heinle...my mind boggles but she's somehow got Heather Tom's 'dignified bitchery' (someone on YouTube wrote that, it's a great description!) down pat. It took her 3 years but I'll be damned if she hasn't won me over.

Sharon and Brad, as I have always felt, are HOT together. They're both needy people who are made for each other. Hot Hot Hot. C'mon MAB, do it, hook them up. I totally buy them together in the long term. Not a supercouple...but a SLUTERCOUPLE!

I really hope Tonya Lee Williams does a Tracey Bregman take on recurring...she's been a wonderful addition!

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Does the lighting on the show seem a little brighter to some of you? It's not tacky, cheap, and like the way Rauch lit other shows, but a little brighter than it was a few months ago to me. It doesn't look bad at all though.

And is Nikki's London hotel room the cheap motel room redecorated in a more glamorous style?

Eileen Davidson looked great during Friday's cliffhanger, she looks rejuvenated and younger than she's looked in recent years.

[Rhiannon]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembers it.....

The lighting seems to be dark at times and light at others, but in both situations I've yet to find it to dark or to light; it's been a nice balance.....

I didn't really look at Nikki's hotel room that closely, but will be paying closer attention on Monday now that you mentioned something about it looking like the cheap motel room.....

Eileen did look really pretty and well rested, maybe she and Don D both went on a trip to get "refreshed" together.......

[Paul Raven]

Loved Friday's ep

Sharon sneaking around Heather's office

Katherine/Jill & Marge

Jeanne Cooper is a legend.An 80 yr old woman in a front burner story!!

Yes,there was sun streaming in the window of Nikki's hotel room.There wasn't much of a chance to check out the set.

I even liked Victor's scenes in the church...I'm getting that Sabrina represented his last chance for happiness and could feel his pain.

MAB and team need to work on the youngsters stories as the vets are hitting it out of the park...

[MichaelGL]

Serious question:

I wonder if Hogan does breakdowns himself at times, or influences them somehow?

Bc IMO, they're very good just like when he was at ATWT and DAYS, however this time around he doesn't appear to have the same team that were with him at both soaps with him.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Yes, I believe Hogan or Natalie Minardi Slater writes a huge amount of breakdowns these days. Y&R doesn't appear to use many of it's breakdown writers as consistently anymore. These days, you'll usually only see the scriptwriter credited for each episode, which means Hogan, Natalie, or Marla Kanelos wrote the breakdowns for those episodes.

[Cat]

Ashley!!

The promos didn't feature it but what I would give to see MTS and ED go toe-to-toe in a scene. The fact that Nikki is asking for her help really adds layers to that antagonistic relationship. And I really want Victor & Ashley to end up together, too.

Seeing Olivia again makes me happy. And this week I realized what a subtle and attuned actress Nia Peeples is. I mean, here's a relative newbie (from the Lynn Marie Troll era, no less) with a backstory that is being delivered entirely through exposition -- she doesn't have the luxury of the "flashbacks" being accorded Gloria and River's story. Well, I bought her pain more than I buy the Gloria stuff. I really believed the feelings of love and pain and powerlessness that she expressed about her mother. Now I'm wondering... does Olivia know something more? Is she worried about her ex-patient's mental fragility? Where is this going to lead? To jealousy of Tyra?

I love Sharon and Brad and the idea of the two of them giving into temptation! You know that is what Brad was softly pushing for at the coffee house on Wednesday. In a lot of ways, they are so perfectly suited (once both outsiders looking in on the wealthier Newmans/Abbotts) -- more so than Jack & Sharon who are a real stuporcouple. And sexually, Brad & Sharon strike me as extremely compatable.

Heather getting her bitch on with Adam was really interesting. She seems to miss the boorish, powerful, dominating Adam who pushed her around. Now she's pushing him around.

On the other hand -- what an IDIOT for leaving her office open and unlocked when she left it.