Well the new regime hasn't passed any tests. I say they're done. 

Just now, kalbir said:

Well the new regime hasn't passed any tests. I say they're done. 

 

I'm not sure why anyone thought Mal would be a good head writer when he greenlit Zzzzzzzzally's stuff and probably initiated a considerable amount of it.  Usually, EP's find a new HW, not become the HW!  It just might be time for Angie McD to exit as well.  

This might sound stupid, but if I were writing I would just have to find a way to end this whole "Ashley isn't an Abbott" garbage when John raised her as his own and she was his favorite.  Can we please find out that paternity test was screwed up, and Ashley actually is John's daughter...I hate to "rewrite history" but it's been done before and it's not like any of that actually was seen on screen.  Dina's affair with Brent or whoever was backstory we never saw.  Ashley was an adult when she was introduced.

 

I say Jack has complete kidney failure, and Ashley is a perfect match and somehow through a DNA test they find out they share paternity somehow.  I'd have to do research but there must be some way.

Edited December 22, 20177 yr by Fevuh

1 hour ago, Fevuh said:

This might sound stupid, but if I were writing I would just have to find a way to end this whole "Ashley isn't an Abbott" garbage when John raised her as his own and she was his favorite.  Can we please find out that paternity test was screwed up, and Ashley actually is John's daughter...I hate to "rewrite history" but it's been done before and it's not like any of that actually was seen on screen.  Dina's affair with Brent or whoever was backstory we never saw.  Ashley was an adult when she was introduced.

 

I say Jack has complete kidney failure, and Ashley is a perfect match and somehow through a DNA test they find out they share paternity somehow.  I'd have to do research but there must be some way.

 

I don't recall a paternity test being done, but who cares? I've been arguing for this twist since Dina returned. It would be awesome. It's also plausible since clearly Dina and John were sleeping together since Traci was born years later. 

 

The whole Abbott story has turned so ugly now - from Dina's rapid decline, Jack being Victor, Ashley turning into a ice-cold B, Billy is completely lost and Traci is being wasted - she should be taking numbers and calling them out left and right - but she's just there with zero impact.

 

And Jack's biggest allies are Phyllis who cheated on him and The Worm who 'killed' John and poisoned his half-niece? Insane. 

Edited December 22, 20177 yr by edgeofnik

17 minutes ago, edgeofnik said:

The whole Abbott story has turned so ugly now - from Dina's rapid decline, Jack being Victor, Ashley turning into a ice-cold B, Billy is completely lost and Traci is being wasted - she should be taking numbers and calling them out left and right - but she's just there with zero impact.

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If done correctly, that ultimate irony of Jack turning into Victor, could be excellent. But it seems like they don't know who Jack is going to be. One minute, he's a doting son who is ready to drop everything to be by his mother's ailing side. The next minute, he's on a rampage. Sure, it can be said that Ashley provoked him, but that's just an easy cop out. 

Give the characters some depth, please.

I'd like to strangle the wardrobe person who is dressing Nikki.  They put her in the most unflattering clothes.  She needs to find the person that's dressing Dina because she looks marvelous!

Strumpets in stereo was hilarious.

 

Good lord every time they have Paul and Christine accuse Victor of having a part in the sex ring I just roll my eyes. These two idiots get worse by the episode.

Edited December 23, 20177 yr by Antoyne

And it what world does a police chief share an office with a district attorney?! 

Friday's episode was a new low for Y&R.  Mal is now nearly on par with Latham.  The Jack/Ash scenes, culminating in the slap, just total poop. And they decide to put Billy beefcake in his xmas undies on the Christmas Eve episode.  William Bell was all for daily partial male nudity but I think he drew the line at having his main characters prance around the living room on Christmas Eve!  

Edited December 23, 20177 yr by RavenWhitney

3 minutes ago, RavenWhitney said:

Friday's episode was a new low for Y&R. 

The Jack and Ashley scenes at the end were terrible. Mal needs to go!

The idea behind most of the current stories is solid.

 

The execution of them however is atrocious.

The Nikki/Paul/Christine stuff felt labored and who cares about Cane/Lily, but I thought the Jack/Ashley scenes were ok in isolation. I prefer seeing them battle instead of another Jack/Victor rehash, and it follows up on story that Sally had set up. The details seem not to be fully thought through, though.

20 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

 

I'm not sure why anyone thought Mal would be a good head writer when he greenlit Zzzzzzzzally's stuff and probably initiated a considerable amount of it.  Usually, EP's find a new HW, not become the HW!  It just might be time for Angie McD to exit as well.  

 

+1

Just tuned in to see Jill's scenes and...

 

...WHAT DO YOU MEAN JILL WANTS TO SELL THE COMPANY?!?

 

W?HIDFOHWHHHHAT????

Watched today's Christmas Special and it was surprisingly well done and actually felt heartwarming especially coming off of Friday's disastrous episode, despite its flaws like the glaring lack of any family time in these vignettes. 

 

Somebody needs to do a complete overhaul of the Abbott family at this point in time. Mal Young is NOT the person to do it though. 

 

Edited December 26, 20177 yr by soapfan770