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Y&R: Week of February 09, 2009

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It's like a cliffhanger Friday EVERY freaking day and I love it!

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It's weird how little leaks out from Y&R these days and the weekly spoilers we get are so vague that it hardly gives anything away. I guess it's a good thing, since it builds some type of suspense for the audience. Someone who knows what they're doing much be on top of everything behind the scenes.

This is the total opposite of the Latham administration when everything leaked and she didn't give two f-ucks about it.

How about any idea presented during meetings was up on soaps.com.

Back then the spoilers were much better than the show IMO.

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How about any idea presented during meetings was up on soaps.com.

Back then the spoilers were much better than the show IMO.

Actually they were both bad. I remember reading almost every spoiler during 2007 and just knowing it will be a flop. And it was, IMO.

I just love it when they try to keep things hidden and then surprise us with it.

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How about any idea presented during meetings was up on soaps.com.

:lol:

Back then the spoilers were much better than the show IMO.

Latham had some good IDEAS, but her execution was all wrong and you could tell that midway into her stint, she just didn't care anymore and never wanted to learn who these characters were and what made them tick.

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:lol:

Latham had some good IDEAS, but her execution was all wrong and you could tell that midway into her stint, she just didn't care anymore and never wanted to learn who these characters were and what made them tick.

I mean, you read a spoiler like 'Jack is Summer's real dad' and you think to yourself, "this could work".

But I agree the execution was all wrong, and the majority of good ideas were scrapped after they struggled to tie everything together with that damn reliquary.

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But isn't it just so much better now knowing that those times are behind us? And they will always be there to remind us just how bad it can get.

Back to happy thoughts. :)

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Yes, I know, I've read it. I never said that she's out for a long time. She needs to be there for the will reading.

But if she is included in the business storylines, that'll just be..... funny. And sad.

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See, this is perfectly right, and it speaks to the Colleen issue too. Tammin Sursock is NOT the weakest, greenest actress on this show. Indeed, I think (and trust me...I'm shocked a bit to be writing this) she even has some strengths vis-a-vis Christel Khalil.

I think it is admirable that, rather than just shuck her, the show is trying to evolve the role to fit her.

As for Eden, it goes beyond her being "annoying" at times. The actress is really quite weak, and this is all the more evident when she plays next to Noah....who is a FIND. At the same time, two separate castings of Eden have now yielded a similar "type"...which makes it fairly clear that that's how the show WANTS Eden to be. So, then, we should all just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Abby is also terribly weak. I mean, sometimes, I think "Charity Rahmer weak". But...she's 14, and I buy her as a stuck up, privileged, clueless little girl. She is going to make LOTS of mistakes...and that is the whole point of soap opera.

It does look like the show is trying to evolve the role to fit Tammin, an actress in her 20's who has had over a year to fit into the role, so I think the actress playing Eden should be allowed some time to fit into her role. I actually liked Tammin this week, but she was pretty weak for much of her time on screen. Christel Kalil has been on for years and yet I don't see her improving at the rate I think she should after so many years and so many stories. It's just too early to tell how bad or good the actresses who play Eden and Abby are although for me Abby seems the far weaker actress at this point.

The actress playing Eden has been on the show less than two months and she has not recieved heavy play. She just turned 16 in real life and plays an irritating character. Noah is the chosen child being a Newman and Eden is one of those Baldwins, so she has a tougher job.

I think what I like with Eden and Noah's story is that the young man playing Noah is quite a find. He has really impressed me this week. The second thing I enjoy, another poster stated above. I like to see Bregman/LeBlanc playing this happily married couple who have had this irritating teen dumped on them and they are struggling to become a family. It shouldn't be easy and it isn't. Eden is very difficult and Michael and Lauren don't have all the answers and are making mistakes, but they are dealing with this together. It's a pretty realistic story which fits in with Lauren and Michael, who play the most realistic couple on the show.

Half the time, Noah just seems to be used as an excuse for Sharon and Nick to get together to drive Phyllis nuts, but the fact that they lost Cassie would make them overprotective and I can see why they are that way. They are setting up nicely, conflict between Sharon and Nick and Michael and Lauren as well as developing the young romance of Noah and Eden.

If this was just a teen storyline, I would probably FF, but I like how we are seeing these parents deal with tough issues.

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yes Eden is truly dreadful. I never saw the first one but why did they recast her? Doesnt seem like it was worth it since the current one in the role isnt that good

What does Traci think of Gloria? I have no idea what her opinions ever were of her

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The writers isolated Colleen and they can (and should) just as easily un-isolate her. Hopefully now they'll see that they struck a gold mine when they hired Tammin. :)

She has had some good scenes that I have liked this past week or so, but that is a long way from the show striking a gold mine. She needs to prove herself in a longer story and maybe they will give her that but Tammin has to prove it. This is the first time I have seen her step up. Now let's see if she can sustain it.

On the accent issue, to me if she has chosen to play an American she needs to work on her American accent. And her accent is not consistant and it should be at this point. The problem with the accent is that it makes people feel like they are watching Tammin not Colleen when she pronounces words in her native accent.

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What does Traci think of Gloria? I have no idea what her opinions ever were of her

Traci never dealt much with Gloria, at least not the way Jack and Ashley have. She tolerated Gloria for John's sake, but after he died, she was civil to Gloria, but you could tell she didn't like her. Like in November when the Abbot's had their breakfast, and Gloria popped in to say she had to leave to Katherine's will reading and Traci said sarcastically, "Well, don't let us keep you."

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I honesly do not notice the Australian accent when I listen to her. She's doing fine to me

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Yes, I know, I've read it. I never said that she's out for a long time. She needs to be there for the will reading.

But if she is included in the business storylines, that'll just be..... funny. And sad.

Incredibly sad considering Lauren" freakin" Fenmore can't buy a business story to save her life.

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Incredibly sad considering Lauren" freakin" Fenmore can't buy a business story to save her life.

Has Lauren ever had a serious business story? Since Newman and Jabot are the big businesses in town, it only makes sense they'd be the ones dominating storylines, not a department store chain like Fenmore's. Who would her rival and competition be? It's a little too late and useless to add one now.

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