Jump to content

Y&R: Old Articles


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 13.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • Members

IIRC, the plot - and that's what it was, too, a plot, one that was in no way driven by character, lol - occurred during the '81 WGA strike.  Edward was some obsessed fan of Nikki's who, at one point, kidnapped her and brought her home to meet his "mother."  As soon as the strike was over, though, and the writers returned to work, the whole story was wrapped up and then forgotten.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Edward was a neighbor of Nikki and Casey's. He started out stalking Casey and sending her gifts. It was a mystery who it was. At one point she thought it was Cash (Kay's lover, who worked at the Bayou) and Greg Foster was getting mysterious headaches that implied it could be him. He escalates to phone calls and one day Nikki picks up and lets him have it. He sends Casey tickets to a concert and Nikki goes in his place (though he does not reveal himself). Casey leaves town and eventually he transfers his attention to Nikki.

 

The stalker has an incel vibe (before that was a thing). There's a scene where he sneaks into the house while she's in the shower and starts touching her undergarments. He also cuts up one of her stripper costumes. Edward manages to be around all the time to "help." He doesn't like all the men that come to Nikki's house all the time (Cash, Jonas, Paul, Andy, etc). Jonas gets shot and Andy gets poisoned. Edward also sets a trap so Nikki will sprain her ankle and can't dance anymore. 

 

Nikki is supposed to go on a trip when Edward invites her for a picnic. He proposes to her and gets angry when she laughs at him. She runs away into the woods and chases her around to a cabin and she also finds a group of guys in the woods but they're high and can't help her (wish we could see these scenes to see if they were on location). Edward wants to kill her and she stalls by asking to meet his mother that he's always talking about. Nikki realizes when she gets there he has a tape recorder making the calls and he was the stalker. He brings her to meet "mother" which is the scene you have there. At that point Carl, Paul and the gang have figured it out but Edward has set up dynamite, he intends to "purify" and kill Nikki and himself. He tells Nikki she's trash and needs to apologize to "mother" but she grabs the urn, throws the ashes in his eyes, and runs outside where Paul is waiting. Then Edward runs out and blows himself up.

 

A few days later, Cash encourages her to come back to the Bayou, Douglas Austin invites Victor to see her, and the rest, as they say, is history!

Edited by BoldRestless
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Ah!  I knew there was more to that insane story than what I remembered!  Thanks, @BoldRestless!

I can see why Bill Bell moved the hell on from that story.  Even for a show like Y&R, which could be creepy and gothic on occasion, that story in particular feels more exploitative than your lowest budget slasher movie.

"I smell pizza.  Does anyone else smell pizza?"

"Dude, you are SO high!"

"...Wut?"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy