Y&R: Week of May 04, 2009

May 8, 200916 yr

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I also wonder if Jana's headaches is going to be a dropped story. I thought she might be having a relapse. At times, I've found her boring, but she's sort of growing on me.

I think they said that Jana had headaches only due to her being separated from the love of her life. The distance that she had was torturing her and now that Kevin is back home, they're gone.

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The distance that [Jana] had was torturing her and now that Kevin is back home, [her headaches are] gone.

For me, I think it'd be the opposite.

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Sharon's depression and Kevin's psychosis have all been forgotten because Hogie didn't know how to end those stories.

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Was Sharon actually "depressed" though? The only angle that probably got dropped there was her stealing and black-outs, but who knows if that won't re-appear later, her storyline hasn't ended yet. Her life is still a hot mess and I don't think she's happy at all right now.

Kevin's "psychosis" was wrapped up, albeit rushed and stupidly.

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Sharon's depression and Kevin's psychosis have all been forgotten because Hogie didn't know how to end those stories.

I love how (with the exception of Y&RWorldTurner's posts) when something is good, MAB gets the credit, but when something is bad, Sheffer gets the blame. :lol: :lol:

I don't think either have been dropped, to be honest. But that's just my opinion.

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I love how (with the exception of Y&RWorldTurner's posts) when something is good, MAB gets the credit, but when something is bad, Sheffer gets the blame. :lol:

Everyone on that team deserves credit/blame. However, since Maria is both HW and Co-EP, she will get the brunt of my criticism/blame/praise. At the end of the day, all roads lead back to her. Right now, I'm not too happy with her work at all in some storylines.

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Everyone on that team deserves credit/blame. However, since Maria is both HW and Co-EP, she will get the brunt of my criticism/blame/praise. At the end of the day, all roads lead back to her. Right now, I'm not too happy with her work at all in some storylines.

Agreed. All writers will have good ideas and bad ideas, but it's up to MAB to either approve them, or veto them.

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I'm just glad to see Kevin got that ~~chipmunk~~ monkey off his back.

Amber's still there.

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Amber's still there.

Not to mention, his mother is still around.

Amber is, essentially, a less annoying and more tolerable version of Gloria.

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All writers will have good ideas and bad ideas, but it's up to MAB to either approve them, or veto them.

You know who I blame? Tom Casiello. He was supposed to lead Y&R and all of daytime out of tyranny, 'member? Why hasn't he done that? Why hast thou forsaken us, Moses?!

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Not to mention, his mother is still around.

Amber is, essentially, a less annoying and more tolerable version of Gloria.

Pretty much!

May 8, 200916 yr

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.......................... I wonder what Adam injected himself with? It must be some sort of drug that causes temporary blindness.

It can/could be plain H2O for all I care, the fact that he would to do such a thing, makes him one demented puppy. Like other posters have said-- I too want Adam to be dark, but I don't want him to be crazy. Because if that's where TIIC are taking him, he won't last to long and I want to see him around for a while.

Heather OTOH is another story. Can't wait for TGVN to get that TRO.

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Adam and Heather made my day today. I love them.

As for the mole talk, it bothers me sometimes. I think if was a little further away from her mouth it wouldn't be an issue. But for me, her voice is so sexy I completely forget about it. It's like Sophia Bush hot.

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I love how (with the exception of Y&RWorldTurner's posts) when something is good, MAB gets the credit, but when something is bad, Sheffer gets the blame. :lol:

I don't think either have been dropped, to be honest. But that's just my opinion.

Oh no, she gets as much of the blame as everyone else on the writing team. However as someone who has seen Hogan's material before, on both ATWT and DAYS, he has the tendency to drop stories or end them in the most anticlimactic way.

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For a minute, Amello, I thought you said VB's voice was "Barbara Bush hot", lol.

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Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

I love those old TV movies, especially the ones from the 70's and 80's. The ABC movie of the week had a ton of them. Like
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
All My Darling Daughter's (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped (1974)
The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Death Cruise (1974)
Here is the 70's ABC opening. The theme music "Nikki" was composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter with Angie Dickinson.

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What a painful, unnecessary slide it was. But once these shows seemed to lose their identities, their sense of self, their momentum into the dung heap couldn't be slowed.

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