MarkH, I don't know if I agree. They wrote the story with him in mind. Assuming he quit because of the Kiss (though we don't know), they should have postponed the kiss/Rafe story [surely Adam could have manipulated him without sex], wrapped up the Gaslight story, sent Adam off for a month, and then brought in a new actor to play Adam for the Rafe story [maybe with Rafe as the defense lawyer for the crimes against Ashley]. Recasting in the middle of the gaslight story is more disruptive than postponing a romantic story. The whole reason why Rafe/Adam were going to hot & interesting in the first place was because of the chemistry between CE & YG. I seriously doubt that MM & YG are going to read as hot, especially when MM looks so much older than YG.

Your idea is an interesting one. But logistically, I assume they had banked weeks of outlines, scripts, etc...and that it would have been just too disruptive to go back and rewrite all that.

Let's see what Muhney can do. I think he'll be very sexy. Rafe's apparent "youth" is going to be a liability, I admit.

It looks like Rafe's story is about to start cooking.

MarkH, I don't know if I agree. They wrote the story with him in mind. Assuming he quit because of the Kiss (though we don't know), they should have postponed the kiss/Rafe story [surely Adam could have manipulated him without sex], wrapped up the Gaslight story, sent Adam off for a month, and then brought in a new actor to play Adam for the Rafe story [maybe with Rafe as the defense lawyer for the crimes against Ashley]. Recasting in the middle of the gaslight story is more disruptive than postponing a romantic story.

This doesn't seem like a romance to me. With or without a replacement, I think they are actively gearing up for a whodunit with Adam.

It would take a very clever, interesting writing team to make a despicable character like Adam into a viable love interest for any character(same sex or opposite). And I simply don't think that's what they want to do with this character. Especially if he decides to kill Heather.

In a world where they can turn a character's rapist into a romantic lead, I can see anything.

It would be a weird case of irony if they turned around and did something similar with a gay couple. We've been wanting the same treatment as straight couples. In the world of soaps that can be a dangerous wish.

I'm looking forward to a downright nasty evil vile gay/bi male character. We see it everyday with straight men on the soaps, so why not?

I'm looking forward to a downright nasty evil vile gay/bi male character. We see it everyday with straight men on the soaps, so why not?

I'm taking bets that he is not gay/bi...(Adam) is just opportunistic.

Honestly, I think he'd f*ck Zapato if it would help him in his devious plans. I think he's totally straight, but able to do just about anything (like starve himself to bones) to achieve his objectives.

Even better. One that will stoop to anything to get his way is all kinds of drama that soaps have been lacking for years and now we're getting it. No complaints.

Even better. One that will stoop to anything to get his way is all kinds of drama that soaps have been lacking for years and now we're getting it. No complaints.

Even though I might not have chosen Adam to go down this road, I guess I agree.

I keep saying "The JR Ewing for the new millenium". That could work....

Ah, JR Ewing. Funnily enough, there was something about CE that reminded me of young Larry Hagman, circa I Love Jeannie.

I would love to see a JR Ewing for the new millenium but I don't think this writing for Adam is the way to go about it. JR was a scoundrel but he did love his family and had the occasional soft spot. Adam is about to become a baby-killer and he's torturing the one person who has been unfailingly kind to him. That's not the formula for a long-term villain.

With the rumors about P3 or P4 being gay, I am hoping that we get to see a screen-test with the gay Phillip & MM's Adam. If it's P3 (Thom Bierdz) and P3's a shady character, it could be a cool dynamic.

Ah, JR Ewing. Funnily enough, there was something about CE that reminded me of young Larry Hagman, circa I Love Jeannie.

I would love to see a JR Ewing for the new millenium but I don't think this writing for Adam is the way to go about it. JR was a scoundrel but he did love his family and had the occasional soft spot. Adam is about to become a baby-killer and he's torturing the one person who has been unfailingly kind to him. That's not the formula for a long-term villain.

With the rumors about P3 or P4 being gay, I am hoping that we get to see a screen-test with the gay Phillip & MM's Adam. If it's P3 (Thom Bierdz) and P3's a shady character, it could be a cool dynamic.

Adam is not gay.

Record Hunter over at Usenet said it best this way:

I imagine Adam will just unbuckle his belt and let Rafe give him the Bl*w J*b of the Century. Maybe he'll think of Heather. Or Skye. Or Julie Chen.

He'll be "gay for pay"...in other words, exploiting Rafe's attraction to him for an ulterior motive.

Julie Chen is pretty.

I can't wait to see evil Adam.

Is this thread not dead yet? Well anyway, heard through the grapevine that Muhney's first scenes are with him shirtless in bed after sexual relations

Is this thread not dead yet? Well anyway, heard through the grapevine that Muhney's first scenes are with him shirtless in bed after sexual relations

With Rafe??

Is this thread not dead yet? Well anyway, heard through the grapevine that Muhney's first scenes are with him shirtless in bed after sexual relations

Assuming it is with Rafe, wouldn't it be a LAUGH RIOT if Engen still had to do the kiss or start the bed scene? And Muhney finished it?

Is that why Michael Muhney is saying on his Twitter site that he loves his new job on Y&R?

Because he gets to lie in bed naked?

Having seen this guy shirtless on VERONICA MARS, you guys are gonna enjoy the new Adam.

Wow, haven't seen Michael Muhney since... well since Veronica Mars. I'll probably watch a couple of episodes, just for him.