Y&R: Week of April 06, 2009

[y&r_fan]

Really? I'd take this Diane over AD's 'miserable old bat' Diane any day...

[juniorz1]

Oh hell no. Alex Donnely is a goddess- her Diane Jenkins was simply divine. Susan Walters, though no slouch, pales in comparison.

[MarkH]

Alex!

[MarkH]

And I get the sense that the mess-ups will keep on coming.

Based on previews for Monday at the end of the ep (Phyllis in maid's costume)...Sharon is about to drive Phyllis insane...which is so pleasurable to contemplate.

Wacko meet nutjob!

But I want Phyllis fierce and angry and resolute...not crying and pleading. At this point, she needs to see that she has lost herself with him, and kick him to the curb.

[JackPeyton]

Lauren

[Adam]

Amen! I still cannot believe when they brought the character of Diane Jenkins back in 2001.... they did not even ask Alex Donnelly to reprise

Isn't it though? I have waited like over a decade for this facet of the character to be exposed. Phyllis was always best as an out of control, BSC psycho!

[Heyou]

I've been thinking this since this storyline started; Case has been outstanding!

The BUG... please.GOD.NO. not in this lifetime do I ever want to see her back although I did like the idea of Paul leaving Nikki for her but that's only if and when they decide to write him off the show.

Victor and Nikki... not again, please. She's more tolerable with Paul than she has ever been with Victor.

I wouldn't mind the character of Diane Jenkins coming back with preferably Alex Donnely in the role although Susan Walters was good too.

I could care less about Raul returning, I don't see the need even if it is for Billy and Mac.

[juniorz1]

Once they put Phyllis into Nick's orbit, I knew eventually it would emerge. Nick is just the kind of guy who elicits this type of response out of Phyllis. Watching it play out in the hands of MAB instead of LML is going to be delicious.

[Cat]

Not to sound like Snobbie McSnoberson, but the "hired help" have been bugging me the past couple of days.

First we had Esther listening behind the door to hear Mac and Kay's conversation in order to relay it back to Chloe. Now, I love me some Liz Hendricksen and Chloe bitchtastic-ness but I also think that Mac & Billy are major Unfinished Business. Why is the nice-but-dumb Esther being roped in to spy on her beloved employer's granddaughter?

And then we have Estella's supercilious attitude towards Ashley. Don't even get me started on this woman's eye-rolling snootyness, heavy sighs of disdain and general freezing out of a precariously-pregnant woman who --gasp!-- happens not to be Victor'sOneTrueLoveAndTheTrueMistressOfTheRanch Nikki Newman. If Victor caught sight of that, Estella would be out on her ass.

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[JSROCKS]

I don't consider Esther "hired help", and I'm hoping that when all is said and done she's allowed to keep part of her "inheritance. As a matter of fact I thought I heard both Kay and Murphy ask Esther not to wait on them but she refused their pleas. I also don't view Esther listening behind the door as being roped into spying. Instead I see a mother looking out for her daugthers' interest especially since her(Esther) new son-in-laws' beloved ex has just come back to town and has decided to stay.

[BadZoe]

That's how I see it too. I don't think we're going to see Esther back in the maids uniform, she's now a mistress of the manner. Actually it doesn't seem to me that Kay is going to demand any one's inheritance back except, Jill's and the Jabot stock.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Hasn't Katherine told Esther for years that she doesn't want her in that maid uniform and now considers her apart of the family?

[BadZoe]

She probably meant that black one which is why she bought her the blue one, lol.

[Cashton]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Mary Jane asked about Jack's former wives! She only mentioned Phyllis and Sharon! Well - sounded like a clue to me. I could easily see it being Emma Gibbs too - although she has children and I'd think they'd be her primary concern, unless Victor's taking care of them. She sort of flinched when Jack asked her if she had any kids. And I just don't see her beef being with Jack -it should be Gloria, right? Although MJ hasn't had any scenes yet with Gloria so I can't be for sure. But she's very loyal to Victor - something he loves. And if he saved her from death and is taking care of her kids and she's got some twisted motive for gunning for Jack, I'd buy Emma. But Patty would be so much more. And do we really want this face cream fiasco to have even longer legs? Either way though SH is killing it and she's being set up to be a wonderful villainess.

I really like that MAB is giving us all these clues. So many times soaps never want you to figure out anything (cause they don't have anything figured out yet, Carmen Mesta's murderer for example). Does anyone know when her identity will be revealed? May sweeps?

[MarkH]

1. Other former wives are Patty and Luan.

2. Patty was pregnant with Jack's child, but when she spied him with Diane in his office, she dashed out of his office and crashed into a standup ashtray. She later miscarried.

3. Patty could reasonably blame Jack for never being able to have children, getting a screwed up start in life, and feeling like she had to stay away from her family and Genoa City out of remembered pain.

You have convinced me this is Patty.