…also, in an example of how YR has always been the “smarter” soap, did anyone catch the parallels between the “mums” in this episode. 

- Kyle’s joy at Diane homecoming 

- Devon’s surprise at seeing Harmony

- Summer’s anxiety at keeping her secret about Summer 

Each child/mother relationships is unique and drove today’s story forward in different ways. 

17 hours ago, althea-davis said:

Elena should hook up with JT. It would be surprising & shake things up.

This would be so hot. JT and Elena have to be two of the sexiest people I have ever seen. 
…and I would love to see Elena embrace a bit of her darker side. 

57 minutes ago, AMCHistory said:

Night and day - I came here to ask this question. Was there a change in directors recently? The sets and the direction suddenly look “Y&R” again. 
 

The two moments I noticed it today:

- The Jazz Lounge: There is suddenly a depth to the set. The bar in the foreground is far enough upstage to provide perspective. There are suddenly more than three tables, and they were not on top of each other. It’s like a whole new set. 
- The Abbot House: They did the classic YR shot of the character standing behind the sofa instead of in front of it. The decor looks fuller again. It did not look like a play, it looked cinematic. 
 

There are less straight on shots, the cameras are angled, at corners and niches in the set. It is night and day to the episodes that aired 50th anniversary week. Am I being too optimistic that show looks very YR again?

 

…also, this Harmony is so much better than Debbi Morgan. It was a smart move bringing her back. I hope we can see her drop into town more often. 

I really like this version of Harmony and Tucker. Tucker’s aloofness is so endearing. He comes off as an eccentric billionaire. It’s a fun contrast to the always serious and stiff Victor and Jack. It’s like Tucker is the Silicon Valley billionaire to Victor/Jack’s more traditional CEOs. 
 

This Harmony is more subtle. Less scenery chewing. I could see this Harmony and Tucker once being in a romantic pairing. 

Last week, The scenes I really liked was Jack sitting alone in his office while Jack and Phyllis flashbacks played,

 

Elena doing her monologue while the same time showing Nate and Vicotria getting busy.

Also, I was watching James Lott Jr's livestream, he did an interview with Stafford recently and he said, she told him the stuff they are filming now for this Phyllis story gets really controversial. I can only imagine whatever that could be.

Controversial?? Hmmm That could mean so many things.

In Stafford's mind controversial could mean people actually calling Phyllis out on her bs, haha. But I'm keeping an open mind. The show has been solid.

One funny thing about Kyle Abbott is that the portrayer is so tall, that he breaks any of the forced perspective illusions they try to create on the sets. When he ran into the Abbott mansion to the stairs, you could tell they were far from grand and like a ladder with steps. He's just a little too tall and too lanky for the illusions to work.

I just love Allison Lanier as Summer, she wasn't nice to poor Daniel today, telling him he blew up his own life so his opinion doesn't matter. 🤣

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Lauralee is a better social media manager than the actual show!

1 minute ago, AMCHistory said:

Lauralee is a better social media manager than the actual show!

I just want to know how coming back for Sharon's story! Lol

Just now, lucaslesann23 said:

I just want to know how coming back for Sharon's story! Lol

My money's still on Matt Clark.

15 minutes ago, Khan said:

My money's still on Matt Clark.

I think him or, they just asked Susan Walter's husband to come back. so, Matt or Cameron is my guess.

 

I think you've said you'd like or, think Eddie would be the one to play Matt again, if it's him, I have a question. I never saw the Carter Mills plastic surgery story. What was Ric Hearst like as Matt? Was he good or not really.

Edited May 9, 20232 yr by lucaslesann23

In a way, I wish Ric Hearst had played Matt all along.  He's certainly a better actor than Eddie Cibrian, lol.

I'm sure I hated the Carter Mills story at the time, because I've NEVER been fond of stories where characters can deceive others through plastic surgery.  (No one's looks change THAT much, lol).   But, if I were to compare it to Y&R today, I'd probably reconsider it as being among the show's very best, lol.

ETA: I do remember liking Sabryn Genet's work in that storyline, though!  I don't always like when a female character goes insane; I think it's cliched and very misogynistic.  But she played the full-tilt-boogie-crazy stuff very well, lol.

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1 hour ago, lucaslesann23 said:

I think him or, they just asked Susan Walter's husband to come back. so, Matt or Cameron is my guess.

Man, I hope it's not Linden Ashby/Cameron Kirsten.  IIRC, that story between him and Sharon was so ugly and brutal.  If Linden wants to come back to daytime, or to Y&R, I'd much rather it be as a new character.

4 minutes ago, Khan said:

Man, I hope it's not Linden Ashby/Cameron Kirsten.  IIRC, that story between him and Sharon was so ugly and brutal.  If Linden wants to come back to daytime, or to Y&R, I'd much rather it be as a new character.

Maybe it's neither, lol. Just the spoiler was that Sharon faces a threat from her past. So those two are the only names I can think of.