Jump to content

Y&R: Week of June 8, 2009


Recommended Posts

  • Members

Didn't Phyllis say name one man that believed in her and listed Michael as one of those men who didn't last week?

I don't get that, outside of Jack, Michael is the only man that's consistently been on her side and he always will be. He proved it today when he went off on Nick when he visited Phyllis. Was that just a sloppy writing mistake?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 785
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

This show should just re-name itself the Crazies and the Cheaters, since those are their most relied upon plot devices these days. I'm also really grossed out by these characters going from kissing or screwing one person, straight to kissing and screwing another without bothering to shower and brush their teeth in between.

I think Monday's show bugged me because Billy is just so repulsive now and he and Mac have no chemistry.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Probably, they really are writing each show with no long term vision. To me a sign of good writing is to have your major plot points set out months to maybe even years in advance and just break it down and fill it in as they go. Since when are Ashley and Sharon the same amount pregnant? Wasn't Sharon having one of her many trysts while Ashley told Victor about her pregnancy at his birthday party. It is writing like this that leads to characters like Sharon having a premature baby after 11 months of pregnancy and Jill having a full term baby after 6. How hard is it to say, I want this character to have a baby during this sweeps month and then count back 8-9 months from that depending on the major birth event they have planned. It all seems so sloppy to me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I agree, this show was way beyond convoluted at the moment. They get too caught up in doing "shocking" plots that they make everything up as they go along. Very sloppy and disjointed.

The tone of this show is no different than LML's last year, the only difference is the slower pace and casual mention of history, but even MAB and company have horrible pacing problems and has shown some disrespect for history.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

These are shocking plot twists? I have yet to be shocked about anything other than how my stomach is now turning while watching and how it went from so good to so bad in a very short amount of time. Did they miss that all the praise they were receiving at the end of 2008 and earlier this year was due to the character drama and that the plot points were secondary?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

loved the Noah scene, having him call his parents out as the ho's that they are was karma!! having Noah wanting nothing to do with his parents and their "reunion" puts SHICK in their own little world, where everything is sunshine and roses, and they never had a problem in their marriage before big bad Phyllis stole little bitty Nicky and forced him to have sex with her and leave his tru wuv!

can't wait for MAB to wake up and smell the bad ratings and have this all be a Bobby Ewing in the shower moment!

has anyone noticed that MAB is taking PHICK moments and re-writing them as SHICK moments? the only problem is SHICK just can quite pull em off!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

There is definitely a problem with pacing and timing. Sharon & Ashley both due the same time? PUH-LEEZE! Though I guess a hysterical pregnancy isn't beholden to a reality-based timeline.

EH is a good actress. Honestly though, I could care less if Chloe left town tomorrow. I prefer her to the Scoobies but that's not saying much. Oh, man. The only younger characters I actually care about in any way are Lily (out of habit & because CK does have good chemistry with her men), Noah (KS is so natural & real) and Adam (Stupid CE!). I used to give a damn about Billy but Mac pretty much killed that. Thanks, Mac.

When Phyllis let Mary Jane babysit Summer, it gave me chills! YIKES!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Looks like those few months were just a fluke, and they've started to show their true colours. Though, to be fair, many of these annoying elements existed for a while, but they were balanced by other things. Now? Not so much.

This show is dying for a new creative direction at the moment.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

QUESTION....

When Sharon and Nick divorced, the only thing she wanted, and received ownership of, in their settlement was their house on the ranch (the former stables). Was it ever explained how in the hell Weaktoria and JT are now living there while Sharon turns her suite at the GCAC into the hottest little whore house outside of Texas?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

One of the only characters left holding my interest. Along with Katherine, Nina and to a lesser extent Phyllis and Billy.

I hate how everyone i loved gets regressed and left in their current states for the purposes of the plot, it's ridiculous. It doesn't keep me glued or intrigued or interested in their happenings. `It is what I stopped watching other soaps for, anyway I'm not quite there with Y&R yet but ......

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I think when they tried to be more leisurely, when MAB and Griffith were in charge, the show dropped severely in the ratings, so since then MAB has been afraid of being more methodical. Almost everything is fast, gimmick, sex, violence, sex, gimmick, stunt. They're burning through story like they are afraid of what will happen next. I think a lot of the show is built on sand at the moment, in place of any real vision. I think we're seeing the negative affects of most of those who truly cared about Y&R being removed from the show and not being brought back.

I do wish they'd stop having people have sex, and then go and have sex or almost have sex with someone else. I know it's supposed to be a big dramatic device but I think it's all just very desperate. I wish they could at least give someone an STD.

I think Sharon and Nikki briefly lived together, then Sharon let Nikki have the place, then Nikki let Victoria and JT have it. I'm probably wrong though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • For any military veterans and family: Military discount for *NEW* subscribers for any type of ParamountPlus subscription, "for the life of the subscription" (whatever that means). Includes: active duty, retirees, reservists and National Guard, veterans, dependents and spouses. Military veterans will receive 50% off new subscriptions (They have a verification process) https://help.paramountplus.com/s/article/Does-Paramount-offer-Military-discounts
    • What a lovely gif!!!!!! @Maxim

      Please register in order to view this content

        @Maxim  
    • I didn’t find it that interesting

      Please register in order to view this content

    • I can't watch until later (Canada issues). What is Philip's motivation for stealing the drug? Only plot I cared about today and you did not mention it 
    • Doug III’s first day of work. Hope he does a good job… or that Tate tries to sabotage him somehow

      Please register in order to view this content

      His scenes with Holly were nice though. They’re sweet together and I understand why some people think that they have more chemistry than Tate/Holly do. And I liked that Doug III opened up to her about his past. Maybe that could lead to something good happening in the future.  I also enjoyed Roman and Kate, and how they’re both being tied into EJ’s shooting. The mystery of it all is really compelling. I don’t think Roman is the shooter though either.  I didn’t have much sympathy for Kristen though. She has no one to blame for Rachel’s problems than herself. But at the same time, I’m really surprised that Days actually remembered the Alex/Kristen fling. I thought Ron had erased that from existence. I’m not shipping them at all, but I’m definitely shipping a permanent end to Brady/Kristen but after today, I’m not so sure about that either.  And, Johnny and Chanel were still great together
    • https://parade.com/news/beyond-the-gates-actor-flexes-like-a-wrestler-in-viral-shirtless-photo
    • Some country club revelation thoughts from a casual watcher no one asked for. The Great: Daphnee Duplaix gave the best performance we've seen yet. Nicole's dialogue was also well thought out and felt character specific. TJ Maxx Ted was also pretty good. Trisha Mann-Grant steals every scene she's in. Often without even trying. Carrying multiple episodes worth of exposition heavy soap dialogue with starts and stops and recapping and drama and humor is no small feat and she nailed. Vernon telling Lesliana to STFU.  The Bad: So much of the dialogue for the rest of the cast was overly written. Martin said "You are a vile human being with a hole in your heart!". Marty, what are we doing? It's SO dramatic and sounds so silly coming from this grown man. Do Bill and Hayley do anything but talk about the Duprees? And the nerve of her to get so excited to find out Ted is a cheater when she and her husband are too. There should be a hint of shame mixed in with your glee, ma'am. The Questionable: Coffee and a rendition of Amazing Grace after finding out Nicole was betrayed by her husband. The Duprees are an odd bunch. The stinger of one segment had Anita prepared to lambast Lesliana, when we came back someone else was talking. When Anita eventually said something to Wig, it was a lukewarm at best. And then of course she thought singing a song about something that should absolutely not be extended to her son-in-law. The entire family allowing this deranged woman to speech at them in their own was...nuts. I know she said something about what would the neighbors say but my GOD. Is she just going to be allowed to trespass whenever she feels like it now? The focus on Leslie and her wig usage as an oddity is...odd. I think Chelsea said something like "and she wears wigs!" (while wearing a buss down middle part). Okay? It's just not that odd for a black woman to change up her hair. It's the different names that's the problem. I know it's meant to be humorous, in a throwback soap kind of way, but it fell flat for me.  I'm sorry I find the whole family to be WEIRD. It's like they want us to see them as ruthless yet benevolent, open yet furtive, snobbish yet tooth achingly sweet all at the same time. I cannot get a lock on the family dynamics. Everyone is just there.  I'm gonna cry if this show doesn't start giving us ages (or close to it!) for these characters. Because if Eva is 21-22 then Martin was being given crayons, a soda pop and blinders when he was 15-17 years old. Martin had to have been under 8 for me to buy this story, which would make Eva and Kat late 20s (Martin is at least 35 since he wants to run for president), which I don't think they're meant to be. It's honestly minor but it bothers me. I've mentioned this to @Vee but I think the optics on opening the show with both sisters discovering their husbands of over 30 years are cheaters should've been considered. I doubt there was any intention behind it, no one's rubbing their hands together as they scheme to say the married black men can't stay loyal but how does it look? Maybe it's just me. Honestly it's probably just me!
    • Thank you very much!!!! I really appreciate it!!! I also have read the GH coffee table book from the 90s!!!
    • For a homeless woman, June sure has nice teeth. I agree Ted didn't bring the power in the fallout scenes but to can him and leave Tomas, Martin and Derek onscreen? i'm not looking forward to Martin's secret being revealed and have him flail in the spotlight scenes. Yes, he's got a little better, but... When someone like Timon delivers with every line reading, you wonder how some other casting decisions were made. And I need sunglasses every time characters are at Uptown-is that green paint left over from GL's Cedars Hospital makeover? And for the cliffhanger, instead of the Door dash nonsense, simply have Leslie encounter Vanessa on her way out and push past her to enter. As there is no front door have Leslie barge into the living room, with Vanessa following.  Then Nicole can tell Vanessa- it's OK she can leave them alone.
    • My question was basically is Dani the only character to have a bedroom? And then the response was Jacob and Naomi ONLY have a bedroom as their set .
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy