Y&R: Episode Discussion for the week of August 10

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Cliffhangers that they have no intention of following up on in the next episode...

[ian]

Nikki was leaving town anyway (to coincide with, at the time, a possible MTS departure.)

SO WHY THE CAR THING?

It's a cliffhanger they don't even follow up on. Just let her leave until things are ironed out. Oh, right. Maria can talk about how much she loves her and wants her to stay... so leave it open ended. We know MTS is coming back so what's the point?

Have her go off for awhile then come back and decide she's found her happily ever after with Paul.

Is that sooo hard???

[dm.]

Of course. When they think of stories their primary thought is "how can we make this shocking and cliffhanger-ish," so of course they came up with this. There is no substance involved.

[Southofnowhere]

I thought they were gearing up for a babyswitch but know that the Klepto blonde chick is in the Nut Hut i don't know what's going on?????????

When she was givng her jewlary to Rafe , i was saying to myself she doesn't need she'll just steal some more.

[dm.]

Isn't it obvious? Somehow I feel Ashley and Mary Jane will both end up in the mental institution and that's where MJ will do the switch.

[Soapsuds]

I have a feeling Patty will wind up athe same Nut Hut as Sharon and thus the babyswitch begins....mark my words...LOL

[ClassicsSoapFan]

Y&RWorldTurner I agree with everything you've said.

MarkH the rush-rush lack of beats has Hogan Sheffer's prints all over it,especially the last year at ATWT.

This Mary Jane and Adam gaslights Ashley has got to go like yesterday.

[Soapsuds]

So it will be Ashley, Patty and Sharon all in the same Nut Hut...oh dear..what a mess

[Southofnowhere]

Here i was thinking that they just sent the Klepto there to give her character a break now it may turn out we might get 3 of them in the Looney Bin and of course the entire Newman and Abbott Familes going in and out of the place like it's a freaking Hotel.

[MarkH]

Perfect umbrella location for the baby switch/baby napping.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

After all the crap she's pulled, now is not the time for some inane baby switch story.

[rhythmchyc]

I think the other reason why we haven't seen what happened to Nikki is because THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO NIKKI.

They'll most likely figure it out when MTS returns and when they do, it'll make no sense, the reason being incredibly mind-numbing, which will illicit a totally inappropriate response from the cast.

On Vail's performance during Thursday's scene with Rafe: it was so imbalanced. There were moments when she evoked something incredibly heartbreaking and others when she acted like a petulant brat, particularly because of the way she used her hands, as someone stated earlier. It was kinda like a metaphor of the writing: sometimes good but mostly bad, to the point of irritation.

So Devon said today that Tyra packed and left. He didn't include Ana at all in his entirely composed, as-if-he-were-revealing-that-he-failed-a-midterm discussion with Neil. Were Ana's whereabouts addressed at all during the episodethatshallnotbenamed?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

SingingChild is supposed to be in music camp.

Can you imagine how much worse this show would be if she was singing every single day like she pretty much did last summer? But the show is bad for very different reasons this summer anyway.

[DRW50]

I don't understand why they need to do this in a mental institution. This story has already been so depressing and seems so endless. And with Sheffer's obsession with bad camp and Rauch's previous mental institution stories, I'm afraid they will try to make the place look like a laugh riot.

[alphanguy74]

What's the problem with Vail's hands? I thought the scene was great, and you know something, she wasn't "hiding" her face with them like Marcille was, unlike what Alvin would have you believe with his post yesterday, it wasn't a big deal. She had her hands around her face for FOUR SECONDS in that scene with Rafe. I timed it. But anyway... on to today... first the good:

Tatyiana Ali, she was GREAT... her performance was real, emotional, genuine... and it's too bad theyr'e writing her out most likely, because I wouldv'e loved to see more of her. The character was cute and sweet.... and this show needs another good girl besides Mac. Desperately. And of course, in that scene... she made Marcille look like a cowpie steaming in the pasture. Her performance was that much better.

Yani Gellman: FINALLY he gets some scenes, and I thought he did really good today. He's not the most demonstrative sort, but I like a subtle actor... and his confrontation with Victor was fabulous. The look on Gellman's face after Victor barked "You Got That!" was priceless, he looked like he wanted POUND HIM.

Kevin Schmidt: This boy is just a good all around actor, and one of the best young actor's I've seen in a while. I'm glad the writers chose his dialogue well, a teenager would really use terms like "Funny farm". This boy nails every scene he's in. Just keep him away from Hayley Erin, she seems to suck the life out of him.

Now the bad:

Bryton the bitch with no last name: TERRIBLE. When he told Neil he screwed his girlfriend, it was like he was making him breakfast, and had to tell him that he burned the bacon. Take his chrome-dome and rabbit turd upper lip and tell him to get to steppin!

Marcille: I can't even find the words. I think in the first scenes, Tatyiana Ali was practically the only one in the room. Everyone else seemed dead. I hope they cut this talentless thang loose and do it FAST.

I usually love Haiduk.... but her final scene, it reminded me of something... oh YEAH!!!!

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4VOyRZI-A&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4VOyRZI-A&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4VOyRZI-A&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>