Y&R: February 2017 Discussion Thread

[MichaelGL]

Episode Rankings

You don't care about Jack, Lauren, Devon, Reed, or Sharon? (According to the episode counts those are the ones leading the episode rankings from January.)

[Soapsuds]

I'm surprised Gloria is not #1.  Lauren, Reed and Sharon are being wasted. They may be on top but their stories have been failures.

 

Here is the top 10...Gloria is there and no Ashley and Glo Ho is just one episode behind Lauren....that's insane!  And Amelia Heinle at #1 too....gawd she is awful too.

 

January 2017 Episode Rankings
A total of 21 episodes aired this month.

1. Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) 12
*. Tracey Bregman (Lauren Baldwin) 12
*. Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman) 12
*. Bryton James (Devon Hamilton) 12
*. Tristan Lake Leabu (Reed Hellstrom) 12
6. Sharon Case (Sharon McAvoy) 11
*. Judith Chapman (Gloria Bardwell) 11
*. Mishael Morgan (Hilary Hamilton) 11
*. Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher) 11
10. Doug Davidson (Paul Williams) 10
*. Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott) 10

[ajsp35801]

I can't remember a thing kevin did for the money GR got in January. 

[ranger1rg]

 

+1

 

I don't either. Some people here seem to want just about the entire cast either dumped or recast. That's just insane. 

[Juliajms]

The only thing I remember is that horrid love scene and leaving Sharon alone so she could contact Dylan.

[Soapsuds]

You can put me on ignore too....so sick of posters on here thinking they own this board or that their sh!t don't stink!

[ajsp35801]

 

Ah yeah, I do remember the love scene. Not the other thing though. 

[Juliajms]

I agree. One of the few things Y&R has going for it is a stable cast with vets that are used.

Exactly.

[Vee]

 

You could not pay me to own this board.

 

 

Fortunately, insisting that's the only thing that will help allows people the safety of calling the show irredeemable while knowing that it will never make that kind of sea change which might force them to reevaluate.

[DRW50]

 

I think most of the vets are dead weight at this point, especially on the male side. I wish the show would question whether it's worth the risk even if they get backlash for cutting ties with walking corpses like Jack or Nick or Victoria. 

[ajsp35801]

 

While I'm not fond of old liver spots, I think he's one of the more popular characters played by one of the most popular actors on the show. Getting rid of Jack just isn't a good move. Now killing Victor is much better. Let Nikki lead the family as a nasty diva who will hold the family together or die trying. MTS would love it. 

 

But I do think the Newman tree needs pruning. Not recasting Adam was a good move IMO. It made me ecstatic to see last month's top 10 was not dominated by them and their connections. I can't remember the last time that happened. 

[Juliajms]

They could send Victoria and/or Abby to Europe. I agree there are too many Newman's.  I don't particularly like Victor or Jack at this point, but I think it would be a mistake to get of of them.  That's not to say that their role couldn't be diminished though.

[ajsp35801]

Victor is already diminished. I am loving it. It's time to start phasing him out. But Jack, next to Billy Abbot!ManOfTheYear, seems the be the show's main romantic lead. Time to let that go for PB. 

[RavenWhitney]

Sally just doesn't have a strong vision and with the budget cuts, losing Justin H.  And she inherited a show that found no real success with any Griffith/Passanante/Pratt introduced characters.  They went no where (Kyle, Sage etc.) And now the show is kind of running on empty.  Sally's stunt plot points are just lame or cheesy i.e .Mariah's sabotaged pump, the sabotaged teleprompter, the umpteenth car accident, the sex crazed teen (didn't Latham or Bell do a Daniel is addicted to internet porn plot), Mal's bad hospital lighting, Tognoni's new/bad 80s hairdo.  The show is just fizzling daily.  All the actors are in hyper overdrive mode, trying to elevate the pedestrian material.  Not working.  That's why Gloria is annoying.  When Alden/Smith wrote her stories 12 years ago, she was desperate and sad but determined and it all fit with the melodrama, the vases, the candelabras...But Phelps reduced all that fun Bell/extravagance to Sunset Beach style show.  Hope the show gets its mojo back.  Wondering if Mal is the right choice as the EP.  Had hopes for his tenure a few months ago, but the vision is lacking.

[Soapsuds]

Kyle should have worked since he is Jack and Diane's son. The problem was the writers. I hope Mal is reading the boards as he does and realizes that Sally's material is boring us into comas...well some of us.