Y&R: Potpourri Thread 4

[YRBB]

A new month! Let's compensate for the awful craptasticness onscreen.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

As I mentioned in the episode thread, this current writing team is so offensive and transparent.

Gotta roll my eyes at Rafe and his token boyfriend, though Rafe is only on for 5 minutes every 3 months.

You know these hacks didn't expect the backlash they got over that horrible Adam/Rafe and Phillip III is gay story...

Y&R is being driven into the ground by clueless idiots who wouldn't know how to writing a f.ucking suicide note...

[DeeeDee]

Rafe DID get his onscreen kiss.

[DRW50]

The peck on the cheek will now be used to prove how tolerant MAB and the others were after all and how we should have been patient, and that they would love to show gay stories but Bloom and Sony simply will not let them, and their hands are tied, poor them.

[dm.]

Yeah, riiiight.

Anything that comes out of MAB's mouth is probably a lie.

[DeeeDee]

+1.

[Paul Raven]

Ron is slapped with a subpoena. He immediately calls his lawyer, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson first asks Ron if it’s true that he took Karen and when Ron responds in the positive, Mr. Johnson zaps him. He tells Ron he’ll most likely be sent to jail. The judge warned him he’d be cited for contempt if he went near Karen and Ron chose to disobey this warning. He’ll now have to pay the consequences for his actions.

This news is too much for Ron to bear. He feels his world begin to collapse around him. He can’t go to jail. If he’s incarcerated he’ll never see his sweet young daughter again. He doesn’t want to go on living if he can’t see Karen. Ron then swallows a poisonous substance. His mother Marion later finds him unconscious on the floor. She calls the only doctor she knows: Snapper Foster. Snapper rushes to the apartment not knowing the son the woman is talking about is Ron Becker. At first, Snapped refuses to treat Ron, but Marion convinces him saying he should do it for Karen’ sake. She adores her father. Snapper does all he can and then tells Marion, Ron is hanging on to life by a very thin thread.

Liz finds out from Jill that Derek is the young man with whom Mrs. Chancellor is in love. Liz confronts Kay and urges her not to fight Jill for this man. She has to remember what happened when they fought over her deceased husband Phillip. Kay will not be swayed. She tells Liz she loves the man and she’ll fight for him with every breath in her body.

It looks like Kay is in for a very though fight. Derek seems to be falling for Jill, not her. Derek tells Jill she has come to mean a lot to him. He proves how much by going to see Kay and urging her to resolve her past differences with Jill – bury the past. He cares about Jill. He doesn’t want her to suffer anymore.

Will Kay listen to Derek? Let’s hope she does.

Lorie picks up the newspaper. On the front page there’s a huge headline and lengthy report about a major Hong Kong hotel fire. There’s also a photo of one of the fire’s victims: a badly burned young man. Lorie’s heart quickens and skips a beat. She runs and grabs the Prentiss family album. She pulls out a picture of Lucas, Lance’s younger – and long missing – brother. Could it be? Could the man in the photo be Lucas? She shows the photo to Lance and Vanessa. They don’t see the resemblance – but that in no way squelches her suspicions. When Lorie feels she’s right; she feels she’s right. She goes to see her father, the editor of the newspaper. She tells Stu of her suspicions and asks him to get the original photo. Stu tells his daughter he feels she’s getting her hopes up for nothing, but he’ll help her get the photo anyway. Lorie then points out that the man in the photo seems to have a tattoo like the one Lucas has. She’ll be able to tell for sure once she gets the original photo.

REBORN???

Ron’s suicide attempt has failed. He’s going to be okay. He opens his eyes and sees his mother leaning over his bed. Marion is gently caressing his face and telling him how much she loves him, and how she never meant to make him feel unloved as a child. Ron reaches out to his mother and hugs her. She returns the embrace, flooding Ron with her long repressed love. His mother’s confession seems to have given Ron a new lease on life. He no longer seems to think of himself as such a nothing. He may be about to leave his past behind him. The evil person seems to have left his body with the poison. Ron feels reborn.

A trip back in time to better days-late 77

Leslie’s divorce from Brad is going to be final in about a week. Brock realizes this and tells Leslie what’s on his mind and in his heart. Tenderly he touches her face and says, “Leslie, I love you.” Leslie tells Brock she isn’t ready for an involvement, but when she is he could definitely be the man.

The doctor starts to remove the bandages. Anxiously observing this procedure is beautiful R.N., Cynthia Harris. Her heart leaps to her throat as she hears Brad jubilantly should, “I can see!” Cynthia’s joy is genuine…but tainted. She loves the man. His regaining his sight means she has lost him. He’ll now be returning to his wife Leslie. Before returning to Genoa City, Cynthia tells Brad of her love. Brad tells Cynthia she’s a sensitive, caring woman and he’s glad she was there when he needed someone.

Will Cynthia follow Brad’s doctor’s request and tell Leslie? She enters The Allegro prepared to do just that, but Leslie’s words to her put a quick end to this dreaded deed. Leslie tells Cynthia her divorce from Brad will be final the next day. Cynthia had no idea Brad was divorcing Leslie. It will now be to her advantage not to say a word…and she doesn’t. Cynthia prays her decision will buy her Brad’s love.

Vanessa overhears Lorie telling an unidentified person on the telephone that she has to get away for a while, without telling Lance exactly where she’s headed. Vanessa assumes Lorie is cheating on Lance. She plots revenge. She calls a certain Mr. Andrews and asks him how she would go about making a book a bestseller. The success of “In Her Sister’s Shadow” is certain to destroy Lorie’s very happy existence.

A VERY WRONG TACTIC

Vanessa should only know it’s the wrong course of action. The person Lorie was talking to was her father, and the person she plans to see is the man in the photo. She got the original photo, but Lorie still isn’t sure the man is Lucas. Rather than disappoint Lance or Vanessa, Lorie is flying to Hong Kong to make certain of the man’s identity. Her subterfuge is being done in the name of love; not adultery.

Jill and Kay agree to put an end to their hostilities. Jill makes it very clear that it’s the only choice they have. If they continue on the same path, neither one of them will get Derek.

Kay offers Joann a job at her and Derek’s soon-to-be-opened styling salon. There will be a health club facility and Joann is the perfect person to head it. Her great weight loss is sure to be an inspiration to many women. Joann accepts the offer. It’s a very happy time in her life.

The nurse leaves, and Lorie slowly enters the man’s hospital room. The young bearded gent opens his eyes. The sight of Lorie’s sexy form lifts is spirits to the skies. He immediately starts flirting with her. Lorie returns the banter, anxious to create an open mood. She has to find out if this man is Lucas. Lorie probes, but the man doesn’t want to talk. He was admitted to the hospital as a John Doe and that’ show he wants to remain. He doesn’t even blink when Lorie says her full name: Lorie Prentiss. He then asks Lorie why exactly she is looking for this Lucas character. Lorie tells him the sad story. She says many years ago Lucas started a fire which left his mother’s face badly scarred and sentenced her a life being a veil. He felt guilty and ran away from home…and has kept running all these years. The reason why she is now so anxious to find Lucas is that she wants to tell him he’s his mother’s only hope. This woman is her mother-in-law, Vanessa Prentiss, and she cares very deeply for her – despite the fact that the woman doesn’t return her affection. Vanessa can now have plastic surgery, but she’ll only do it for Lucas. She wants to relieve him of his guilt. The man still won’t admit he’s Lucas, and Lorie was all set to believe him until the nurse removes the bandage from his arm. It was then that Lorie saw the tattoo! The skull and crossbones with the name “Luke” inscribed underneath. Lorie is now 100% positive that she found her brother-in-law. Lucas is not at all glad to have been found. Lorie leaves the room and he utters a loud “Damn” to the heavens.

Jill tells Derek, Kay is in love with him – but the results of her revelations are not at all to her liking. Derek goes to see Kay and emerges from their encounter even more impressed with the woman. He later tells Jill Kay handled herself with such style, class and strength. Jill should have seen her. He has never admired a woman so much. She didn’t admit she was in love with him, but she didn’t deny it either. She just made it very clear that isn’t the reason she’s giving him his dream. She’s backing his salon because it’s now her dream also. It has given her purpose in life. Jill shudders. She feels Derek’s respect and admiration could turn to love. She could lose him to Kay.

Snapper and Chris are confronted with the new Ron – and it’s quite a shock! They can’t believe what Ron is telling them! He apologizes for all the pain he has caused them and says how he now realizes the best thing for Karen is for her to stay with them. He’s going to help them adopt Karen and then he and his mother are leaving Genoa City. He’ll never bother them again. Chris weeps tears of joy. The nightmare is finally over.

[DRW50]

I had always thought of Derek as more of a golddigger. So he had genuine feelings for Katherine?

Was this before the aborted lesbian relationship between JoAnn and Katherine?

[MarkH]

Derek was later revealed to be "George", on the run from the mob. Kay got shot during the reveal. It was some time after that that he transformed into a Chancellor-Industries seeking golddigger. But he was initially noble. Indeed, after Kay got him drunk and married him, he decided to STAY with her because of her promise: If Derek stayed with her for a year, she would give Jill's son, P3, a million dollars. Derek had NOTHING to gain from that, but he did it for Jill and P3.

This was one beat in Joanne/Kay's relationship, as they grew closer. 1977 was the year they fired Joann (after the ratings fell), so I don't know specifically if this was before or after that.

[DRW50]

Did you prefer Derek before or after he became more of a money seeker?

[Cat]

I don't wish to revive the Britney/Cricket horrow that filled the last few pages on the previous Potpuri thread -- but I've got to give my support to MarkH here. Mark. I feel your pain. I'd rather have the Bug return any day of the week before StripperPole. Please, no Twitney!

[Paul Raven]

BTW Ron Becker's mother Marian was played by Carolyn Conwell,who would later return as Mary Williams.

She also played a hooker when Greg Foster was entangled with Gwen,his prostitute girlfriend.

[Juliajms]

I like things the way they are. It's almost as if neither of them ever existed. But if I were forced to bring one of them back it would be Britney.

[MoTheGreat]

Everything that comes out of MAB is shitty justl ike her writing skills.

I thought they got rid of Rafe. Did he ever get his aunt out of jail?

Could they be bring back Britney to kill her off. These writing group love to kill people off at the lake. then Mark won't have to worry about Britney anymore.

[Sylph]

When is Maria Arena's interview with Fairman coming?