kenerly1, yes, Max is doing primetime -- as in "Under the Dome" for a couple scenes in a few episodes. He's no Shemar Moore, doing YR a favor in a return. Excelled as an actor? Uh....no.

ajsp, I won't argue with you about Kevin coming across as asexual, but I think that's why he'd be better paired with a guy. We all know YR doesn't have the guts or the discipline to go that route. Michael's "I have cancer" singing scene was not just OTT, it was PAINFUL. Hard to believe no one on the set stopped that mess.

Nothin'ButAttitude, I have to disagree about Crimson Lights. I'm not "attached" to that set, but GC needs a place where characters can run into each other and not have it seem COMPLETELY contrived -- as it did yesterday. If not at the coffeehouse, where would they run into each other?

Pulling Dylan from CL and giving him a job somewhere else won't make you like Steve Burton any more than you do, either. It's not Crimson Lights' fault that Steve Burton doesn't pop for you.

Hold up! I don't bash Greg for playing straight. I bash him because he is pasty and scrawny (all things he could change), and all around unattractive because of it. And I resent that he has gotten yet another pairing when the better choice would be Max Ehric based upon any reason that one can think of (I think he is a good actor too). CLB is none of those things for which I complain about Rikaart. Sure he is OTT and that singing yesterday did him no favors, but I see why a woman would want Michael. Kevin, I can't see it.

Yeah, I don't think anyone here is bashing GR for playing straight. He's a very capable actor who makes the most out of crappy writing more often than he should have to. Y&R is lucky to have him, even if the Kevin character has been treading water for years now. He just shows no romantic chemistry with his leading ladies (but has shown it with some of the guys on the show -- where is Chavez anyway?), and these efforts to pair him off make me roll my eyes on good days and cringe on bad days, I have nothing but respect and affection for GR. I only wish Y&R would use him in a more suitable way.

Yeah, I don't think anyone here is bashing GR for playing straight. He's a very capable actor who makes the most out of crappy writing more often than he should have to. Y&R is lucky to have him, even if the Kevin character has been treading water for years now. He just shows no romantic chemistry with his leading ladies (but has shown it with some of the guys on the show -- where is Chavez anyway?), and these efforts to pair him off make me roll my eyes on good days and cringe on bad days, I have nothing but respect and affection for GR. I only wish Y&R would use him in a more suitable way.

Which brings me to another reason I bash GR. He has no sexual chemistry with any woman and he doesn't even try. He always goes for cutesy and quirky rather than hot. That annoys me for some reason.

Hold up! I don't bash Greg for playing straight. I bash him because he is pasty and scrawny (all things he could change), and all around unattractive because of it. And I resent that he has gotten yet another pairing when the better choice would be Max Ehric based upon any reason that one can think of (I think he is a good actor too). CLB is none of those things for which I complain about Rikaart. Sure he is OTT and that singing yesterday did him no favors, but I see why a woman would want Michael. Kevin, I can't see it.

Like others have said, Max isn't the best choice because he's not committed to the show. How can they write a story for someone who is only on every couple of months for a day or two? This show has rarely written to GR's strength, which is anger and pathos. Making him a good guy has been a fail, imo. Maybe if we're lucky NuKyle will click with Mariah.

Like others have said, Max isn't the best choice because he's not committed to the show. How can they write a story for someone who is only on every couple of months for a day or two? This show has rarely written to GR's strength, which is anger and pathos. Making him a good guy has been a fail, imo. Maybe if we're lucky NuKyle will click with Mariah.

As I said earlier, whose fault is it that ME isn't on contract? It's a cop out and a lame excuse IMO.

I definitely think NuKyle is for Mariah and Summer to fight over.

Edited December 26, 201410 yr by ajsp35801

Not committed? ME has said the past that he'd like to be on contract

I definitely think NuKyle is for Mariah and Summer to fight over.

. . . and give Austin another reason to turn violent and be written out in a Pratt-ian blaze of bloody glory. Just a prediction.

Not committed? ME has said the past that he'd like to be on contract

I don't mean personally committed. I mean contractually committed. Whether he wants to be or not, the powers that be don't seem interested.

Edited December 26, 201410 yr by Juliajms

I don't mean personally committed. I mean contractually committed. Weather he wants to be or not, the powers that be seem uninterested.

Which is a shame

I'm starting to think that Katie's christening is going to be written by Pratt for sweeps

Edited December 26, 201410 yr by cassadine1991

I don't mean personally committed. I mean contractually committed. Whether he wants to be or not, the powers that be don't seem interested.

Which is my gripe...it annoys me that I have to deal with Kevin in yet another passion lacking pairing when it shouldn't even be him anyway. They have other options but refuse to do it

Ashley and Joe is intriguing, they had a bit of spark and I like that they already have a past together.

Nicholas and Sage however, is not. What was the point of that horrible revelation episode in the woods if they're just going to throw him right back into another pairing like this? The Broadway superstar was like a dead fish flopping around in those scenes too, she only works in a minimal capacity helping out and simultaneously manipulating Adam.

Adam working that guilt trip on Jack was great. Such a slimey bastard but Hartley works it better than his pervert predecessor ever did.

The mustache's hands are in too many pots now, there was no need to get him involved with the developers tearing down Crimson Lights story. He and Ashley playing cat and mouse over the Jabot formula is where the money is at.

Is it awful if I want Michael to die at the end of this cancer story?

I definitely think NuKyle is for Mariah and Summer to fight over.

. . . and give Austin another reason to turn violent and be written out in a Pratt-ian blaze of bloody glory. Just a prediction.

However, I have a hard time with the bashing he takes on this board for playing straight. As long as Christian LeBlanc is flamng and camping it up beyond belief as Lauren's straight husband, it seems unfair to trash Rikaart.

The problem isn't him playing straight, its that he has no chemistry with any of the women he's been romantically paired with. Only time he did was Jana, who was great but I heard MAB did a number on, and maybe the third Mac. The character has also far outlasted his welcome. Why are we watching this 30+ year old man write fan fiction on the internet to impress a 20 year old? Chase after bunny's? Does anyone find this entertaining? It doesn't help that everyone in his proper age group is playing much more mature story, and the ones he worked best with are all off the canvas. When a character is just straggling through the canvas like this its just time to say goodbye.

Which brings me to another reason I bash GR. He has no sexual chemistry with any woman and he doesn't even try. He always goes for cutesy and quirky rather than hot. That annoys me for some reason.

I like Kevin, but I don't think he's hot or supposed to be. He's kind of like Spinelli on GH. Quirky and sweet and even romantic in a different way, but not sexy hot.

I like Kevin, but I don't think he's hot or supposed to be. He's kind of like Spinelli on GH. Quirky and sweet and even romantic in a different way, but not sexy hot.

That's not how he was when he was first introduced