Y&R: March 2015 Discussion Thread

[redontop4]

From this week's GH Soapzone:

"Billy Miller (Jake/Jason), not so peachy-keen? 'Apparently BM has been showing up 2-4 hours late for work lately because of auditions. This week LW and BH had to take notes on blocking for him because he wasn't there and they were pissed. Cast/crew mad, but higher ups still love BM so letting it slide for now'"

[ajsp35801]

Y&R was right to let him go. I know a lot of fans love him but he just wants to be somewhere else. let him!

[Toups]

Looks like this came from Daytime Dish - please don't bring anything over from that site.

[detroitpiston]

Agreed. These shows don't have time to be accommodating actors ready to jump ship the moment pilot season comes around. If that story is true he's completely unprofessional.

[edgeofnik]

It is disgusting, but so was the unjust firing of ART. Again, the producers completely underestimated the audiences' affection for an actor/character with 'going in a different direction.' That's what the end result has been with Billy now. The character under both DT/BM had a mischievous side, yet was very emotional and passionate. The character now has NONE of these qualities. Honestly, Billy could be off-canvas now and I wouldn't care and that's a real shame since he is the product of John/Jill, etc.

[Soapsuds]

Steve Burton what suckage he is…the guy needs to leave TV all together….

Paul and Christine…blah…so boring together. So sick of Christine and her holler than thou attitude...

Steve Burton sucks…I had to repeat it twice…what an awful actor. He gets paid to suck the life out of Y&R.

[detroitpiston]

Doug Davidson and Lauralee Bell are knocking this story out of the park.

Nikki should just tell Victor the truth. I'm glad finally got all the booze out of the house.

Ugh @ Joe/Avery/Dullan. Wrap this mess up already no one cares

[GMac]

Had to LOL Burton's line today "no one thinks I'm a fun guy" to Avery. The character sucks, it's time to pull the plug on this FOJ experiment.

IA detroit. These two are turning a halfwitted story (by the writers) into a credible one and their scenes today at the station were powerful.

Did the last scene at the GCAC come off as a bit awkward to anyone? Kelly's walking up there in the middle of everything was just dumb.

How Avery can compare Sharon to Joe...WTF?!? I don't think so, sissy!

[dragonflies]

I like Dylan, but he really is just Jason Quartermaine lol

[slick jones]

Joe hasn't been on in how long? He doesn't need a loft, just a one way ticket out of town. And he can take Avery, Dylan, Cane, Pornhub Courtney, Kevin, Snortoria, Stitch, Gabby, Grandpa Bill Abbott(please recast with someone who appears to be under 50) with him. I'm sure there are others, but that's my start!

Oh, and I see from yesterday's cast list that we go another week without Jill. Great. Jill should have at least one day per week Phelpsie. Jess Walton is the heart of the show, treat her like it!

[edgeofnik]

Joe can stay. However, my (realistic) cut list starts: with Porney, Kevin, Michael, Sage, Billy (recast or just send for a rest), Dylan (recast or send away), Kelly (though I do like Psycho/Unstable Cady, who is actually making the role better than it is - a true professional).

Make Kevin the killer and send him away, or better, Porney is the real killer.

I'm willing to cut the show some slack because they are continuing the high octane energy or moving things along - not just the disaster week - so I'm willing to forgive plotholes in lieu of constantly rehashing dialogue, angst, etc. I know it won't last, but at least it's not boring.

[detroitpiston]

Victor just watching as the Phyllis/Jack/Kelly & Paul & The Bug scenes went down was hilarious!

Summer vs Mariah As I say everyday though this story is ridiculously stupid and contrived.

Hillary Kind of odd how fast Neil causing the car accident is being revealed and to whom. I guess Devon and Hillary will keep it to themselves out of guilt? Bleh, Neil's a POS.

[ajsp35801]

I was expecting Neil's kids finding out about this to be a full story arc. It seems rushed. I think that's because

Besides that, without Devon and Lily, Neil doesn't have anyone else in a natural orbit. This mess with Nikki seems so contrived because Neil hasn't really shared scenes with anyone besides his children and love interests in half a decade.

[kenerly1]

Remember when Detective Hardy was so angry with Paul for Austin not getting any jailtime? and how taken his was with Abby? and the kiss he laid on her on New Years eve? Do you think he found out about Abby and Austin's affair and killed him? I have gone over all the players and unless it was a stranger we have not seen that had a motive we do not know about I cannot think of anyone else..Kyle is too obvious.

[detroitpiston]

This cabin story is Pratt just doing the typical [!@#$%^&*] he used to churn out for ABC Family and on GH with JFP & Guza back in the Georgie/Dillon/Brooklynn teen set days. Abby getting hit is hilarious, and now you have Barbie Cop standing over her during questioning and looking suspicious. Yeah I'm still betting she'll be the one behind all of this for some ridiculous out of thin air reason.

The reason these regimes keep Sharon a little off the hinge is because they know the viewers and characters will always forgive her and move past whatever she does. That's a credit to Sharon Case.

Victoria sure loves showing up at the Jabot lab. Man I wish Amelia Heinle was a better actress, this character should be getting the same reaction her father gets. She has such a rich history of being ruthless to the town/competition (look at her and Ashley's dynamic, her and Sharon, Nina, even Chelsea etc) but AH never brings any meat or grit to her scenes so it all falls flat.And she's been this way for damn near 10 years.

I really hope this cancer story ends with Michael's death. I've only seen a couple of shows actually do that, I say go for it. Plus Michael is tired and its time for Lauren to be single.

Phyllis & Avery I actually like Jessica Collins and Steve Burton on the show, but together as a forced on us couple we're supposed to see as some kind of tentpole pairing? Boring, it doesn't work and the Joe guy isn't helping. Whenever they put Dylan and Sharon together (and you know its happening) I hope they can find a decent story for JC, I didn't see her intro story under MAB but she's fit in nicely on the show since JFP's been here, which wasn't the case and continues not to be with a lot of cast members on this show.