I enjoyed a few things today.

I also really liked Billy Miller today. The best moment was when Kevin stood up to say something. He did a little thing with his arms that just spoke volumes--hilarious exasperation. He really is very good. It was also interesting to see Jack at peace...but Billy and Ashley fuming about Victor. The tide seems to be turning.

Yeah allow me to theorize. Billy vs Adam or Nick. Ashley vs Nikki (throw Victoria somewhere int he mix with Abby caught in the middle) and Jack vs. Adam or upto something. i wonder how they are trying to set it up with EB temp out the mix (I don't think that's gonna last)

I am enjoying JT connecting with the sense of how wrong his union to the Newmans is. I hope he gravitates toward Sharon, although I could tolerate it being Mac.

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! (for me) He's bland and boring Sharon has too many issues she needs an interesting lead male character opposite the character to have the story be interesting. The only reason y Nick no longwer cuts it is well, because we are mostly tired of the same old tune. Mac as written now is another Vicki she needs to be redeveloped properly and a mature woman character. JT won't help that maybe I'lls ee him in a good pairing if the character is given a lil bit more spice though I did see him with Colleen but tptb took away that vision

Victor's letter was a massive letdown. Where was the apology??

I'm sure somewhere somebody's theory is EB must have wrote the actual letter lol

The balloon bit was interesting, but I confess I felt sorry for the birds that would die, choking on that rubber.

I found myself disappointed, in the previews, to see the return of Patty, and the return of Adam to corporate shenanigans.

That's a good summary. I didn't hear that line from Traci. It's very well-written.

I wonder if this is part of phasing Jack out and having Billy as the new nemesis for the Newmans. I'm not really sure who Billy will feud against, as none of the Newman kids are that believable in rivalries. I just hope this rivalry is more exciting than the one with Cane, I thought that fell flat from the start. Much too contrived and not based on history. At least this might be less contrived, I guess.

PB is next ont he target list I'm sure

I think Sharon needs a stable man, not an interesting one. Interesting with this team means that he will rape her and she'll secretly like it.

I think Sharon needs a stable man, not an interesting one. Interesting with this team means that he will rape her and she'll secretly like it.

Lmao Good point & stable is right however I believe a woman like the Sharon character have a lot to work onw ithin themselves before a man

I completely agree. Sharon needs to work on herself. I just don't think that can happen on soaps now. I would like to see her have a stable relationship, no drama, and then she builds her life up and battles her demons.

Kudos to the team for bringing back Beth and allowing her center stage.

It was so refreshing to see a veteran character,a 'middle age',plus size woman taking the lead,and bringing it home.

Traci should definitely stay on in a revived Jabot/Abbott storyline.

A pity we didn't see flashbacks of Colleen's birth.

Thank God Ashley is being presented as a stronger woman.It seems the whole breakdown will be forgotten,now she is a mother.

If they had to go the baby switch route,I think it would have worked better had Adam developed an obsession for Ashley because of her kindness,and she had a phantom pregnancy from the beginning,with Adam switching babies to save her the painful reality.

We need to see Ashley questioning the delivery.

Now that the transplant,baby switch and Patty's reign of terror are over,the show has a chance to go in a new positive direction.

Please,please,please get rid of Amber and the whole story.

Start writing for Mac,Chloe,Chance,Noah.

Have Paul investigate Patty's past and have him and Lauren grow closer.

I think Sharon needs a stable man, not an interesting one. Interesting with this team means that he will rape her and she'll secretly like it.

Good heavens too funny!!!! Actually from my perspective it is Sharon who needs to be stable..doesn't she have a teenager she needs to take care of, find a home, get a job, pick up a hobby or something. Watching the writers pass around the Sharon character for the past few years is like watching someone trying on pairs & pairs of shoes that are two sizes too small!!

I cannot stand the character but I would give the writers my left eye if they can make her interesting and not the same one note character that she has been for well over a decade now. Though I am not going to lie, I love the Nick Newman obsession story for so many reasons!! I mean Y&R comes on, cue Sharon and her WOE IS ME and CRYING!! If rumors are true and there is a Sharon and Adam pairing that just might cure me of my carpal tunnel syndrome whenever the character appears (it gets really hard when you have to press & hold the FF button).

Edited October 10, 200916 yr by JimTolkien

The balloon bit was interesting, but I confess I felt sorry for the birds that would die, choking on that rubber.

Mark, that's only really a problem in coastal states, as some sea birds mistake floating deflated balloons for jellyfish, and try to eat them. In Wisconsin, that's not any kind of an issue as a balloon would never reach the ocean. You'd be surprised how animals choke and die on even natural things. Cows choke all the time on Hedge apples, but they still keep eating them!

Edited October 10, 200916 yr by alphanguy74

I have to admit that due to real life situations that I've been unable to watch the show for a week now and I've not missed it, one bit!

Mark, that's only really a problem in coastal states, as some sea birds mistake floating deflated balloons for jellyfish, and try to eat them. In Wisconsin, that's not any kind of an issue as a balloon would never reach the ocean. You'd be surprised how animals choke and die on even natural things. Cows choke all the time on Hedge apples, but they still keep eating them!

Perhaps they should chop up various useless characters and see if the cows choke.

I have to admit that due to real life situations that I've been unable to watch the show for a week now and I've not missed it, one bit!

Nothing to miss, we really saw the same scene at Kay's memorial and that is still fresh in my mind. Pointless is the only word for all of this.

Beth better win an Emmy.

I have to admit that due to real life situations that I've been unable to watch the show for a week now and I've not missed it, one bit!

IF you watch nothing else this week, see the end of FRiday's show, where Beth sings that song that is used in the last scene. Truly special.

Beth better win an Emmy.

I just hope she knows how many fans were affected by her performance.

Back when I started with Y&R I could watch the show -- and I would usually just watch. Like a pretty painting. Everything was very well put together and impressively crafted. There were a lot of characters, even if I liked them, I had no real reaction towards. Traci, she was always a character who made me feel her pain or her joy. Even all this time later, it's the same. With Traci, I'm not bored, or annoyed, or sad about wasted potential. I just feel what she is feeling. It's what soaps should be about.

Beth better win an Emmy.

Beth better get a pre-nom from her cast. Oops. I think it went to Michelle Stafford and Adrienne Frantz (or maybe, this year, Judith Chapman) instead!

We should send in some scripts where Traci falls in love with Daniel, finds Deacon irresistible, and frequently screams in frustration as her plans to keep the valuable first edition of Flowers in the Attic all to herself are foiled by Victoria, who says the book oddly inspires her. Traci then makes plans with Steve, dressed up as Estella and Miguel, to steal the very valuable blue plate hanging in Victor's (or as he will now be known, "Mr. N") ranch house.

Look out Adrienne Frantz and Judith Chapman.

Edited October 10, 200916 yr by CarlD2