Y&R: Episodes discussion., Week of June 29,2009

[brimike]

Or Rafe - we already know they're good friends. I love the idea of a gay guy/straight guy close friendship. (That doesn't have any sexual chemistry at all) It's a great dynamic that you never see, ever.

[MarkH]

Terrific idea! They both need guys to talk to. Send 'em to the basketball court pronto!

[Cheap21]

How old is Jill? 10? She is so childish and her hate for Katherine is beyond annoying. I wanted to smack her when she started ranting and yelled at Kat "Why do you hate me so much?" Um could it be bc you are an overbearing hateful, spiteful bitch? I hate that she cant seem to acknowledge that the only one carrying on a feud here is Jill and Kat has tried to reach out to her several times since the DNA reveal. Jill just looks stupid bc this so called hate is one sided

[DRW50]

This makes me a very unfair person, but the longer this goes on, it just makes me resent Katherine, because they have this incessant idea that they need to make Jill look small for Katherine's sake.

To the other posts, more scenes between Billy and Rafe would be great. I thought that's why they made them friends in the first place. Was that before their license fee was cut?

[MarkH]

They should not be afraid to play the Jill-Kay love. And also the hate. That makes their togetherness easier to understand...and all the more intolerable for them...because they will always bump against one another.

I do suspect economics is at the root of a lot of what we are wishing-for and not getting.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Yep, I love Katherine and Jill, but now I'd rather they stay the hell away from each other. The aftermath of the them not being related was botched, and it's so plot-driven and stupid to have them fight over little stupid stuff. I want to just GAG whenever Jill suddenly overhears Katherine talking about how happy she is that Jill isn't her daughter, like what happened today in the hospital. It's just stupid and it's ruining these legends of the show and it happens ALL the time now.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

According to Christian LeBlanc's Twitter, Amelia and Thad are expecting again.

http://twitter.com/cjleblanc

Great, there goes any hope of Amelia being fired over the next 9 months.

I don't see Maria pulling a JFP and firing a pregnant woman.

PLEASE Y&R, DO NOT WRITE THIS PREGNANCY INTO THE SHOW!!!!

[brimike]

And see the Bafe boards pop up within 10 minutes of the closing credits. LOL!

[rhythmchyc]

Whoa, did anyone see this?

[brimike]

I totally have chills... thanks, rhythmchyc!! I even liked Goddard in that clip.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Die CANE! DIE!

I'm not impressed by Goddard, looks like he had to pull a nose out to convey that little bit of emotion. I cannot stress how much MORE useless this character is after this reveal.

[DeeeDee]

[cara mia]

Victoria is the worst thing to every happen to JT.

I barely notice when Billy is on [i used that time to surf, woo hoo!] but I'll agree with everyone that the soap chapel confession scene is way overused on Y&R. IMO, the only characters I could remotely buy as honest-to-God churchgoers are the Winters, Adam (due to Hope's religiosity & influence), Mac (minister Brock's influence) and Sharon (working class background, Doris' influence). The very idea that Nick, Cane, Chloe, Billy or any of these other heathens are in church confessing their sins or begging for the Almighty's help is the most unbelievable thing on a very unbelievable show. Theses writers clearly don't go to church -- if they did, they would be a lot more judicious about which characters use God as a "talk-to". It's cheap and lazy writing. If Billy's coming clean to anyone, it should be a bartender.

[brimike]

Not that we ever see her except special occasions, but I would add Traci to that list too. I don't know why. I don't particularly remember Traci being all that religious from my childhood. But I think she's a pray-er. LOL!

[rhythmchyc]

You're welcome, brimike. Friday can't come soon enough.

About Wednesday's U.S. episode, I couldn't hold my attention to any of these story lines. It was really trying to sit through the entire thing. There was very little that I didn't predict, which is always bad in a soap.

I'm with MarkH. That retcon, if you will, is terribly gross and has ruined a potentially great pairing/triangle. I don't want them together. Tyra should leave town with Anna. Write a damn letter and don't say where you're going, simple as that. Damn.

After Kevin has tampered with the evidence, can Heather get her comeuppance, sentence him for 15, and he'll just hang himself during the trial? And can Jana please go crazy, run into Crimson Lights while Michael, Gloria, Jeffrey, Amber, Daniel, and Cane are miserable over Kevin's death (it'll be revealed that Cane is Jeffrey and that Korean woman's lovechild from their travails to Australia many moons ago), and torch the place to the ground a la Carrie? There could be pigs blood, too, if TPTB want to be as shocking as possible.

Ali is such a great actress. So much better than a lot of other young 20&30 somethings, working with what little she has.

And I don't know what you guys are talking about. Devon did NOT have sex with Roxanne. She was just wearing his shirt because they were playing dress up after putting their tea set and dolls and GIJoe figures away.