Y&R: Week of June 1, 2009

[cara mia]

A daytime soap couple just based on sex is pretty limited. If this were HBO or Showtime, then yes, a very sexual couple would certainly have its reason for being. This is post-Janet Jackson daytime though. Phick's sex scenes are going to be very limited so most of their "relationship" is implied. And I for one don't find watching couples play video games to be intrinsically entertaining.

That's why I prefer Phack and Shick. Phack has a fiery in your face dynamic. These two can throw down and, on a soap with no-nudity and limited sex, that's more entertaining to me than Phick. As for Shick, I like that it brings Sharon back into the Newman fold. Their relationship is also more about romance than sex. If Y&R were on HBO, I might have a totally different opinion. Within the constraints of daytime though, Phick is just not that interesting.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Friday's US episode is beautifully produced. The lighting, directing, music, and everything else was really good and top notch.

[classicmoment]

That sounds depressing geez, maybe they just need to separate all of em

[BadZoe]

Sharinitwitheveryoneandtheirbrother has to be one of the lamest pieces of shite this show has ever had. Her and Nick really deserve each other. Hopefully they move the interesting characters out of their orbit soon so they can sink or swim on their own.

Friday's US has some good dialogue, who wrote it?

[soapydoc]

The douch-ier Nick is the most I am convinced that's not his baby. I don't care if the test comes back as Nick's first time. With MJ floating around, Chloe pissed beyond measure and Phyllis about to explode, there are too many variables. Plus, Nick is such a jerk, by the time baby comes around no one is going to want to see him with any child, even his own.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Does Nick care at this point if that baby is his? He's already left Phyllis because he's not "over" Sharon, he's got nothing left to "save."

[Juliajms]

You would think so, but some people seem unable to handle that.

Are we really supposed to believe that you aren't biased? Several people have asked you to stop picking on Mark. I'm not sure why you feel the need to keep up the disrespect.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I hate that couple, so that is a clear bias. I don't need to be constanly rationalized as to what their motivations are for being in that pairing.

Did I wish death on Mark or call him some silly name? All I suggested was him to stop trying to rationalize Phick to me, because I'll never like that pairing.

[Juliajms]

Umm yeah. Fanboi. And just because he responded to your post does not mean he was directly speaking to you. It's a public message board. If you don't want a response you don't agree with, those are the breaks.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I was referring to this thread alone. I didn't call Mark one name.

I assume if he responded to my message, his post was directed to me in the first place, as well as others, so I responded.

He's free to have his opinions and post them, but my post didn't attack Mark personally. I simply pointed out that he constantly rationalizes that couple to me and in general. I am free to point out what I perceive, right?

[JackPeyton]

Phyliss is desperate, needy, and clings onto any happiness she has ever had.

her obsession with keeping Nick is very true to who Phyliss has always been, IMHO.

That is the only thing i find compelling about this storyline. At all. I am so sick of phyliss/nick/sharon/jack already tho. And im already starting to be sick of Billy is Love.

This show needs some MAJOR balance.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Phyllis asks Nick to

in Friday's US episode. If she regresses and

, I've lost whatever respect I have left for that character. It's one thing to be clingy and desperate, but when you make a bold move and stand your ground, like Phyllis does tomorrow, and if you regress from it, you become an hypocrite and an idiot. I hope she stands firm, Nick doesn't deserve her, especially after the way he acts in Friday's US episode.

[Skin]

I want Phyllis to be miserable.

[JackPeyton]

How did you have respect for her in the first place? LOL.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

LOL! I liked the Phyllis who tried to make a better life for herself, but struggled with her demons that she could never really get rid of. I guess I always used to respect her willingness to try and be better, even if she didn't always succeed.