Y&R January 2017 Discussion Thread

[ajsp35801]

Bwahahaha at both will be Faith. 

[slick jones]

Four people not related to Devon were talking about his accident because they are part of a community, and they interact with him. It's what I always thought of as a "trickle-down" passing of info throughout the show. If they didn't talk about it, it would seem like no one cared. 

[YRfan23]

I liked how they used a classic camera shot, where they focus on the character's reactions from the front, while people are having conversations in the background...like today with Victoria, Reed and Billy at B&S.

[Darn]

 

You misunderstand what I'm saying. The show seemed to grind to a halt when Mariah tripped but Devon's accident has been given lip service by a small handful of characters. Hillary had to be comforted by Stitch of all people.

[slick jones]

Oh, sorry, I have wondered why no one else was there, too.  Not even Cane.

 

I missed the first half of today's episode because the governor was on here in CT. I got home at one and set the NY station to record the rest of the show. Was anyone else there in the first half hour?

 

[ajsp35801]

 

Why has Jack not shown up for his "friend"? I understand that the narrative is Hilary is desperately in love with Devon so much so that she will spend every minute at the hospital by his side. But, they should also play the beats of other people coming by to check on his condition. Jack stopping by for one scene would not have taken away from that. Victor coming to shake Neil's hand, pass out Newman stock, and call him "Ole boy" surely wouldn't. Michael coming by to discuss devon's living will would make total sense. 

 

For some reason, I think Stitch's support  for her will come back in play in a none romantic way.  However,  I see folks wanting them paired and talking about chemistry. Surely Sally wouldn't pair Hilary with Stitch. I can't see it. 

[ajsp35801]

 

No. Hilary spent the night and was woken up by Stitch. Just them talking  about devon's condition and hilary at devon's bedside. 

[GMac]

 

It is strange that no one else has popped by the hospital, esp Jack.  Didn't he say something about having to stop over there to see Hilary?  To Ashley?  Hmm.  

 

That is a miss.

 

[Juliajms]

I agree. Very odd that Jack, Nikki and Abby haven't stopped by the hospital.  Maybe it'll happen in the coming days. I guess I can see why they might feel like it's an intrusion to go the very first day, but if it doesn't happen at all that's off.

 

 

[DramatistDreamer]

Even Ashley. How come she hasn't stopped by to lend some comforting words to Neil?  Surely it's all over the news that a local billionaire has had a near fatal accident?  Everyone was talking about the "trip seen around the world" and Hillary's inadvertant teleprompter confession, but not this? 

[ajsp35801]

I can see why they didn't have a parade if people coming in to support Hilary. They wanted to show her as alone and worried. Garner some sympathy. But having her only friend stop by wouldn't have taken away from that. 

[ChitHappens]

I don't buy that one damn bit!  Devon's accident shows the huge disservice to POC in Daytime, especially AA characters. These scenes show the lack of importance AA characters have to the canvas. They are really not connected to the canvas as a whole which makes them easy to ignore and eventually write out. Nikki was Katherine's bestie so surely she can take a minute for Katherine's grandson. Jack is supposedly Hill's friend and Ash benefited greatly from Devon's money.  That waiting room should have had more than just black people there worried. So [!@#$%^&*] ridiculous!  

 

Sal is not impressing me much!  This was a huge passed opportunity to truly connect these characters to GC and the white citizens!  

[Juliajms]

^ I wonder if the new writers even know about some of these relationships. Abbey and Devon were pretty good friends, that never should have been dropped. Nikki has been close with Neil and should be there lending her support.

[ajsp35801]

 

I get why it was written this way from a story purpose stand point. Essentially it showed that everyone but hilary (neil and lily)  could go on with their lives if Devon died. And that's very true. That speaks to the larger problem of POC not having any true connections in that town. But i think yourr saying the story could have been far bigger for the canvas than it was had they made it so. And I agree with that too. 

 

The true disservice was how Neil and Lily were handled. That's the biggest problem. Lily and neil sits down at Devon's bedside and all they can think about is his marriage to hilary and wanting it to end? Puh-lease. These folks have a lifetime of history prior to a hilary coming to town.  She should have been an afterthought. Their conversations should have been about their relationships with Devon complete with 13 year old flashbacks. 

[YRBB]

Sharon's "sort of" regarding her parents felt significant. I wonder if they're doing something with that, since they clearly arranged it in a way to lead to Faith ask about them. Maybe this whole "I am divorcing you" story was to lead to this?

 

Reed is working out perfectly so far, although the joviality of Victor meeting him and then telling Nikki and Noah felt a little fake. They didn't really pull it off. I'm glad Victoria's acting cool about the whole thing but, in some moments, she's too relaxed about it. But that's more AH than the writing. Big surprise.

 

LOL at Sharon and Nikki arguing. Always fun, despite the Sharon character assassination. 

 

They did a GREAT job with the hospital scenes. Those felt classic Y&R. And even though I wish Lily was in that bed dying, I really liked how, by the end, they held on to each other (and Hilary calling their differences 'petty,' because they are). The show's makeup department did its thing again with Devon. It's funny when you compare it to say, GENERAL HOSPITAL, which is supposed to be all about a hospital, and whenever someone's hurt, they splash some bright red over someone's cheek and call it a day.