Y&R: November 2013 Discussion Thread

November 13, 201312 yr

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So in the live chat Jess Walton said that she is responsible for the creation of Cane.

Question: Do you ever get to come up with plot or storyline?

Jess Walton: I have! The Cane storyline, actually.

MTS: It's yours?

Jess Walton: I came up with the storyline that she [Katherine] had stolen Phillip. Phillip wasn't really dead, she had stolen that baby. That's how we came up with Cane and that whole thing! I read it to the Producer at the time who said OH MY GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH she pitched it immediately and she came back an hour later saying everybody loved it! And that's how the whole Cane thing came to be.

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November 13, 201312 yr

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Jess Walton just lost my love.

November 13, 201312 yr

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Jess Walton just lost my love.

LMAO! This is what happens when actors try to write the show and TPTB allow it.

November 13, 201312 yr

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I have to give kudos to Shelly Altman the wonderful veterans day episodes they were extremely well done and respectful.

November 13, 201312 yr

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Jess Walton just lost my love.

I knew that she loves DG like a son and that she and Jeanne kept him on the show but damn she's is the reason we're stuck with that turd of a character. Just today alone Cane was bringing down a decent episode with his lameness.

November 13, 201312 yr

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I have to give kudos to Shelly Altman the wonderful veterans day episodes they were extremely well done and respectful.

November 13, 201312 yr

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So in the live chat Jess Walton said that she is responsible for the creation of Cane.

Question: Do you ever get to come up with plot or storyline?

Jess Walton: I have! The Cane storyline, actually.

MTS: It's yours?

Jess Walton: I came up with the storyline that she [Katherine] had stolen Phillip. Phillip wasn't really dead, she had stolen that baby. That's how we came up with Cane and that whole thing! I read it to the Producer at the time who said OH MY GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH she pitched it immediately and she came back an hour later saying everybody loved it! And that's how the whole Cane thing came to be.

So we have Jess to thank for that Cane is Philip mess and his character period. SMDH.

November 13, 201312 yr

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This is too funny! Cane is hated by many (not me) and it was Jess, The Great, who pretty much sired him? Love it!

November 13, 201312 yr

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This is too funny! Cane is hated by many (not me) and it was Jess, The Great, who pretty much sired him? Love it!

This really cracks me up. Plus, I remember that there were rumors DG was resented by some onset. He seems like a really nice guy IRL, so I never quite got it. Perhaps this is a peace of the puzzle.

November 13, 201312 yr

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This is too funny! Cane is hated by many (not me) and it was Jess, The Great, who pretty much sired him? Love it!

We haven't hated the idea but the execution. That Cane is a no wrong doer, super hero and yet he originally was A FRAUD. A FRAUD. Not enough retcons could make this disappear.

November 13, 201312 yr

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We haven't hated the idea but the execution. That Cane is a no wrong doer, super hero and yet he originally was A FRAUD. A FRAUD. Not enough retcons could make this disappear.

Exactly. Actors come up with (stupid) ideas all the time. Linder once proposed that Kay died and Esther inherited everything. It's up to the HW to control this & to write it well, if it comes to pass. Am I happy that Walton came up with this? Not really. But that hack bitch from Hell LML made it what it was.

November 13, 201312 yr

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It would've been better if when they made him Phillip they would've kept the real Phillip dead. Because resurrecting Phillip was a horrible pointless idea. And the reasoning behind Phillip pretending to be dead and sending Cane was so damn stupid! The absolute point of no return for Cane as a character was the Aussie cow mafia family lie.

November 13, 201312 yr

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We haven't hated the idea but the execution. That Cane is a no wrong doer, super hero and yet he originally was A FRAUD. A FRAUD. Not enough retcons could make this disappear.

I hated the idea.

November 14, 201312 yr

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LMAO! This is what happens when actors try to write the show and TPTB allow it.

You just said a mouthful...

November 14, 201312 yr

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Exactly. Actors come up with (stupid) ideas all the time. Linder once proposed that Kay died and Esther inherited everything. It's up to the HW to control this & to write it well, if it comes to pass. Am I happy that Walton came up with this? Not really. But that hack bitch from Hell LML made it what it was.

No, MAB made it what it is with the retcon and moofia. I am sure Jess had every intention of cane actually being Phillip.

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