I wanna like the cancer story, really I do.

But today was just beyond the pale. If Lily goes off to privately pray, why does half the town converge on her?

When we say we want meaningful conversations and touching stories, that DOESN'T mean this sappy bullsh!t. They are similarly ruining Jack and Emily with this sappiness. I'd rather see the two of them talk smack about supporting different sides in the SuperBowl than this cuddle crap. I'd buy it more if they knew each other...but they don't.

I found the Malcolm-Phyllis scenes well intentioned, and not too badly played. But Malcolm's dynamic with Phyllis always involved teasing and sexy banter. I didn't feel any of that yet. This constant mention of the nameless fiancee is unrealistic (you'd say "My fiance Janet" or whatever). It's Tyra. I am sure of it, LOL.

I'm almost sad that we all figured out that Victor-Adam were working together, but I kind of like that the men may bond in their shared subterfuge. I have no clue why Victor wants his family to turn against him.

Is what Ashley said true? Did Victor really "give up" the ranch again? Of course, if he did, I'm sure he's just thinking "Wait till I own Jabot, b!tch!"

It is appalling that there is no Nikki in any of this. But I guess that's what DeeeDee said before. If they are going to cheap out on Nikki, I'd rather she just left town. This sporadic appearance stuff is too irritating for words.

Monday shows (highest rated every week) should be your STRONGEST. Best actors, best stories. Alas, we got Lily overdose.

Billy-Chloe's banter was nice enough...but unless we have some sense of where the story is building...not so interesting. Hendrickson's playing the subtext heavily, but I'm not reading it as much from Miller.

And what was the point of showing us Tucker changing from a suit jacket into a sweater?? Why did the camera stay with him? I'm wondering if Adam planted an unseen bug or something. It was a little weird...

I thought I would just piggyback onto your lovely post as I just finished watching today's eppy. I have unfortunately accepted that I shouldn't set expectations too high with these writers but I think the stuff we see is what they want us to see, it's the stuff we don't see that's got me piqued.

Not going to complain about Lily or Lame because I have never watched any scenes they are in..either FF'd or MUTE for me LOL!!

I am rooting for Patty to kill Emily!! And I want her to get away with it!!

Phyllis/Malcolm scenes were nice, well played, yes..but it suddenly hit me how much I wished it was Shemar in that scene. But I guess I will have to get used to Darius (having a bit of a hard time understanding what he is saying though) but I appreciated the mention of Dru, I don't believe Phyllis was looking for a free pass since obviously she still blame herself for it that's a whole lot better than the MWI would ever say ).

And YES, where the bloody heck is Nikki!!!

Billy/Chloe is starting to get annoying now..ITA, do something with them already or drop it!!

And lastly, my dysfunctional Newman family is in rare form I see and I LOVE IT!!! Though it's not hard to tell that nothing is at it seems!!

And not last but not least, I am ecstatic that Stephen Nichols is on Y&R..can't tell the last time I have been this excited about anything.

Now if we can just get rid of the actress who plays Daisy, I will be happy. They can keep Ryder if I had to make a choice here.

They don't know how to play to their audience, do they? If they'd been SMART They'd have used that scene to have Tucker completely change, so we get a chance to see Nichols shirtless and in nothing but his underwear.

+1 and raise DeeeDee 49!!

So Emily's pregnant already and is planning to tell Jack at their wedding? Why oh why did they have to go this stupid cliche route of doubles and baby switches? Soaps got their audience through slightly more extreme examples of true to life emotional family situations, not through stupid out of this world garbage. This show has lost its heart and sold its soul.

Lily sucks, die already.

I'd sooner Malcolm be engaged to Yolanda than to ever see that Tyra back on my screen.

This baby better die! Jack already has too kids and this show has too many old people with babies! Phyllis, Lauren, Victoria, SpermPig.

Phyllis, Lauren, Victoria, SpermPig.

*cough*Grambo*cough*

This baby better die! Jack already has too kids and this show has too many old people with babies! Phyllis, Lauren, Victoria, SpermPig.

Summer and Fen are far from babies and Victoria is far from old (actually so are Lauren and Phyllis, but whatever), Sharon is probably older than Vikki (not that I think Sharon is old either). Now Ashley having a baby was totally unrealistic, but Emily looks about 40 to me and lots of people that age have babies.

Now I do think it would be nice if the show mentioned the risks of having a baby over 40 or even did a story about a child with autism or Down syndrome, but they won't. If they didn't really acknowledge that it might be an issue for Ashley they won't mention it's an issue for Emily, and a show that won't give us decent minority characters sure won't give us mentally challenged ones ( is that the proper term? If not I stand corrected and meant no offense). And Summer doesn't count because we all know she'll be good as new soon enough. But then maybe that's for the best because I doubt Y&R in it's current state can handle that kind of social issue.

It's time for the cancer story to come to an end. A miraculous remission is needed to end this travesty because we all know CkLily isn't going to her reward any time soon.

OMG! Christel nailed it yesterday!

Can there be a more bland, less expressive actress? Well, maybe Yvonne Zima. Actually, I'll give CK credit for finding the eye drops and squeezing out a couple of saline tears. Half the time she can't cry.

And did I miss all the riveting scenes spent bonding with Harry over his Korean War experiences? I have missed a few episodes so maybe they got a day player in but... it looks to me like we have the Winters reminiscing about somebody the audience never met or even heard of until now. FAIL, Maria.

Y&R needs to stop trying to make Emily happen. I like Stacy Haiduk but Patty and her lookalike were played out right around the time Zapato was killed.

Peter Bergman doing romantic, schmaltzy scenes, with that "I'm so moved, I'm about to cry" voice -- no. Don't do it, Peter. You can't. Business and Abbott family drama, yes. Absolutely. This? No.

It's the ultimate in lazy writing. I hate when someone dies on a show and we never see them yet we hear all about how wonderful they were.

Speaking of laziness, apparently the piece of purple fabric seen on yesterday's show, in the same episode where Ashley started getting flashbacks, was supposed to be from Victor's tie. Michael Muhney confirmed this.

The purple cloth at the GCAC came from the scuffle with Victor. It was a shred of the tie Victor was wearing. I had purposely worked with the stunt man to try and find the right moment to rip the piece off of my dad's tie. It was not clear to the audience, once edited, and there was no good angle it was filmed from that could have shown all that happened.

It is a similar editing/camera-angle issue with Dr. Taylor walking into the street. With editing and lack of multiple camera angles and minimal budget and time restraints the audience never got to see what we saw...that the Dr. walked out into the street on his own and was about 5-7 paces out into traffic and that is when he was struck by a car and knocked back near the curb.

Considering the lack of time and money every scene is allowed, I think the show does one hell of a phenomenal job fitting so many things into an episode, each and every day.

So once again the actors have to explain something the show does not bother to explain. Kind of like throwing the fetus into the fire.

Lmao at this Lame attempt of putting Victor in alignment with Adam, epic fail sorry. Adam still sucks as a charcter good guy or villain. The best thing about todays show was Sharon/Phyllis only tolerable because I still love both actresses (the scene wasn't as good as I wanted it to be otherwise) and ED today as Ashley and the previews with her tomorrow looks great!

It's time for the cancer story to come to an end. A miraculous remission is needed to end this travesty because we all know CkLily isn't going to her reward any time soon.

Actually, that's what I'm dreading. Because I can totally see this playing out.

-Christel does her best cough&shiver on that grody sofa in Lane's Beige Barbie Dream House.

-Cane calls Kay for help. "LookINeedYourHelpGrandmuthuh. IReallyNeedYourHelpOK? Lily iz dyin'."

-Cue a billion scenes with Kay/Phyllis/Jack/Emily/Billy/the Fisher-Baldwins and other randoms yapping about poor Lily and how much she has contributed to their lives.

-Gloria, Sharon, Phyllis (and sundry other types woefully inadequate to the task at hand) lead the town in a mass candle vigil/prayer circle.

-Neil prays for a miracle while failing to inform Liv that her beloved niece is on the brink of death.

-Kevin harnesses the power of the Silver Chipmunk to urge Lily to Fight On. Paul Rauch excitedly lights up a new Habana in anticipation of some more psychedelic CGI.

-A rainbow light shines down on the Lane sofa. Hark! Whose voice is that I hear? Why, it is Kim Fields (Tootie from The Facts of Life) playing AngelDrucilla. "Lily. You don't belong here," she tells our beret-clad heroine. "Away! Your cancer is gone!"

-Lily pulls off her hat to find her hair has miraculously grown back to the length it was before she had cancer! And she, like, feels totally great!

-Cane drones on for the remaining 25 minutes of the episode about wot a miracle this iz wotawonderfulmiraclethisizOKSweetheart? in a failed attempt at an Emmy reel.

-Gloria, Sharon, Phyllis (and sundry other types woefully inadequate to the task at hand) lead the town in a mass candle vigil/prayer circle.

Will they sing Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand, like after ATWT's church assault? I'm sure Ana can return for that.

When they wanted to end a cancer story on Rauch-era GL, they had little Lizzie Spaulding, who had leukemia, slay a dragon in her dream. After that she was all better.

Will they sing Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand, like after ATWT's church assault? I'm sure Ana can return for that.

I guess they could trot out Ana for a few minutes but at least she can sing. the rest of the vigil will probably be spent with Gloria, Kevin, Billy and others making it All About Them.

When they wanted to end a cancer story on Rauch-era GL, they had little Lizzie Spaulding, who had leukemia, slay a dragon in her dream. After that she was all better.

Rauch could replace "dragon" with "Victoria Rowell" and see if that would trigger Christel to get into the moment.

Rauch could replace "dragon" with "Victoria Rowell" and see if that would trigger Christel to get into the moment.

LMAO not even in Lily's dreams could I picture this for CK

Will they sing Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand, like after ATWT's church assault? I'm sure Ana can return for that.

When they wanted to end a cancer story on Rauch-era GL, they had little Lizzie Spaulding, who had leukemia, slay a dragon in her dream. After that she was all better.

CKLily going to get better when Cane give her the magic stick on Valentine Day. Watch and see!

the rest of the vigil will probably be spent with Gloria, Kevin, Billy and others making it All About Them.

John would have wanted them to be there!

CKLily going to get better when Cane give her the magic stick on Valentine Day. Watch and see!

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