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I see what you mean! And you are right - it's what Aback called the 'winning Y&R formula': There's usually a psycho on the show... sometimes two at the same time! It's to the show's immense credit that it doesn't necessarily feel like it was done too much. I think it's something that fitted the show's dark, gothic elements well and also provided a lot of "action" in a decidedly slow-paced show.

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Haha Yeah it makes sense now, they are just "Promos" but still a good idea...I wonder if next week they will air the 1996 one with Paul and Christine's honeymoon? I'm sure Doug Davidson and Lauralee Bell, maybe even Michelle Stafford will do a promo for that? 

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I just think that was the first story where a woman accused a man of rape/harassment in a decade. It was insulting because it was a false accusation (many women still get the message they shouldn't report because they won't be believed) and it came right after the sperm saga, which I loved but I could see why it was considered a misogynistic story.

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Well when you say it like that, yes definitely a pattern. But like I said, they did such a good job of making the psychos gradually that way or make them tick.

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But like @YRBB said above me, it is a testimony to the excellent writing and plotting that it was so not noticeable at all. 

 

 

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My cable on-screen TV guide added a description of the episode today. The other classics just had a generic description of a soap set in Genoa City. Pretty cool to see Sheila mentioned! It says

 

"David wears the same disguise as Danny to the masquerade ball; Paul and Lauren see Scott and Sheila."

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"Holly Hollywood and the Wolf" clearly being Marilyn Monroe and the Beast from the Beauty of the Beast is cracking me up. So is Esther trying to be a sexy French maid and then just scurrying to follow Katherine's coattails.

 

The costumes are so cute and fun. This is great.

Katherine, Rex, and that damn necklace

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 I'm suddenly back in my grandma's kitchen.

Jeanne Cooper, man. What a great woman who could just do it all.

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Pre-empted in NJ for Cuomo's press conference. I was going to wait to watch the episode b/c I'm on September 1991, but wanted to catch a glimpse of HD Y&R. A shame for those tuning in. Hopefully someone will upload just like last episode.

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