53 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

If only today's Y&R writers could figure out that you need other compelling stories going on so you don't have to keep hammering the same old ones five days a week.

 

 

The only thing I'm interested in tuning in for is "The Black Kiss" so that I can drop by all the message boards and watch the Lane heads that will explode.

 

"The Black Kiss"...dead! 

 

 

1 hour ago, GMac said:

 

Ditto.  The momentum it felt like the show had after LA is gone and we're back to a haphazard mess.  

 

I'm disliking Tess more and more everyday.  I like CG, but it sucks that they've taken away Mariah's snark and transformed her into Cassie 2.0.  I'm sick of the writing for Hilary.  I'm tired of watching Victoria every.freakin.day.  Nick and Chelsea continue to bore the living hell out of me.  Phyllis is a Stepford Wife.  Of the new cast members that have potential (Charlie, Juliet and Reed), they are being wasted.  Cane's fall from grace has similarly run out of steam.

 

 

+1

 

The only reason to watch right now is Dina.

 

 

Hey darling! I miss chatting with you more than I miss the show. 

 

I'm really sick of the writing for Hilary. Just when I think they may turn a corner with her, the next week it's like nothing happened and they write the same crap. I'm tired of it. 

 

Chelsea and Nick are just not good. And making Victor their villain won't help their chemistry. It's a waste. 

 

Dina is charming. But they've played the "what ails Dina" story too long so now it's flat. 

 

And it's obvious they don't know what to do with Cane now that they've given us the pay off.  I can see that he's being turned away by everyone. Is that going to make him desperate enough to do something really heinous? Or is he just in limbo so the show can finally play  "the black triangle" with Lily vs Hilary that they've been salivating to play for years now IMO?

 

And I maintain that Jordan isn't worth lily or Hilary fighting over. 

 

Villy vs Philly has got to be the most boring triangle ever. You'd think Sally would have made it semi exciting being that she likes to claim phick as the crowning glory of her daytime career. The Phyllis that we've known do long has just disappeared.  And the story setup doesn't make sense. I mean, we've got Hilary exposing Vikki slept with The Hoch. Isn't that something that should be used by Phyllis to drive Villy apart? 

 

5 minutes ago, ajsp35801 said:

 

Hey darling! I miss chatting with you more than I miss the show. 

 

I'm really sick of the writing for Hilary. Just when I think they may turn a corner with her, the next week it's like nothing happened and they write the same crap. I'm tired of it. 

 

Chelsea and Nick are just not good. And making Victor their villain won't help their chemistry. It's a waste. 

 

Dina is charming. But they've played the "what ails Dina" story too long so now it's flat. 

 

And it's obvious they don't know what to do with Cane now that they've given us the pay off.  I can see that he's being turned away by everyone. Is that going to make him desperate enough to do something really heinous? Or is he just in limbo so the show can finally play  "the black triangle" with Lily vs Hilary that they've been salivating to play for years now IMO?

 

And I maintain that Jordan isn't worth lily or Hilary fighting over. 

 

Villy vs Philly has got to be the most boring triangle ever. You'd think Sally would have made it semi exciting being that she likes to claim phick as the crowning glory of her daytime career. The Phyllis that we've known do long has just disappeared.  And the story setup doesn't make sense. I mean, we've got Hilary exposing Vikki slept with The Hoch. Isn't that something that should be used by Phyllis to drive Villy apart? 

 

 

  Same here, buddy!  

 

You've hit the nail on the head with this post.  ICAM +1

 

12 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

+1

 

Reed = meh

Tessa = meh

Ben = awful

Ravi = meh

Juliet = wasted, now a plot device (the one with the most potential)

Mattie = blah

Charlie = underused

Scott = miscast

Jordan = blah

Zach = plot device

Crystal = plot device

Graham = boring

 

(meh, blah, and boring = all had slight potential but not so much anymore)

 

And not to mention most above are played by lackluster actors

 

I do think the actor who plays Graham has some 'silver fox' charm but other than that, it's like the casting director called the agents saying "I want you to send me your blandest, most generic actors. Ones who appear in DulcoLax commercials. You know the ones."

As several have posted, it's ridiculous that Jill would give Cane a place to live and not offer him a job.  Maybe Billy needs to tell her ALL that he did and get his ass kicked out of the mansion.

Eileen Davidson. we feel your pain.  It's funny that the media has covered the negative reaction to Tessa and Mariah which has turned out to be a bright spot in Sally's reign of error and boredom.  Ash and Ravi scenes and the kiss, OMG, just awful.  He may be a fine actor in a different role but the EWWW factor was off the charts with them.  And on the same day they had that ridiculous flashback with young fey John Abbot and teen Ash sitting on his hairy lap. Double EWWW.  This is where I hold Mal accountable for not putting his foot down.  Those flashbacks are dumb anyway, poorly directed.  They plop LA models in the current sets and give them wooden dialog and we are supposed to believe it's a memory.  Hey production team: go to youtube and watch snippets of Edge of Night when April went back to her family home to confront the memories.  

4 hours ago, Cat said:

 

I do think the actor who plays Graham has some 'silver fox' charm but other than that, it's like the casting director called the agents saying "I want you to send me your blandest, most generic actors. Ones who appear in DulcoLax commercials. You know the ones."

 

LOL sounds about right ... I agree Graham has a bit of charm but man ... talk about bland.

There is so much wrong with the show, it's only worth pointing repeatedly to Marla Adams. She just does it. It's still a shame that SSM's hatred of strong women that even a savvy business executive like Dina relies on a man - especially an unqualified one - to 'help' her.

 

I was truly surprised at how naturally she worked with JT. I enjoyed the Billy/Dina conversation- two flawed outsiders who actually have a huge impact on the 'insiders.' Jill should be back for this and Cane. JW would be killing it as usual. 

 

On a side note, I'm glad they 'tested' Neil with both Ashley and Victoria. It won't go anywhere, but, like Sharon, Neil was a character who was destroyed by multiple regimes and this reset feels right. 

I need Ash and Neil!

After partial pre-emptions (15 min +) on Thursday and Friday and now full preemption on Monday for eclipse (really?), I realized I didn't even 'miss' the missing sections. Just like CBS broke me of B&B habit in July with two full preemptions back-to-back (OJ and Jared 2-min statement turned into full half hour CBS 'reporter' blabbing), this looks like a good time to step away from Y&R too. If I wanted the so-called news CBS is pushing forth, I can find it on plenty of cable stations and online. If Y&R was good, I'd ride it out, but like B&B, it has declined significantly. CBS clearly doesn't care, so why should I? So back to daily recaps. 

It took 15 years but Lily finally kissed a Black man.

Edited August 18, 20178 yr by kalbir

6 minutes ago, kalbir said:

It took 15 years but Lily finally kissed a Black man.

 

How was it!?

3 minutes ago, MoTheGreat said:

 

How was it!?

It was in the last 30 seconds of today's episode. It wasn't off the charts heat generating or anything like that. Besides, Jordan doesn't appeal to me anyway.

 

4 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

LOL sounds about right ... I agree Graham has a bit of charm but man ... talk about bland.

40 minutes ago, kalbir said:

It took 15 years but Lily finally kissed a Black man.

 

40 minutes ago, kalbir said:

It took 15 years but Lily finally kissed a Black man.

 

Lily kissed Tyler a few years ago.