Y&R: December 2024 Discussion Thread

[Paul Raven]

They need to dump that bulky cheap looking sofa for something more elegant and slim lined.

And a different side chair also. 

And showing the front door from the living room entrance just points out how the set has shrunk. They need a different set up so it appears the front door is further away and there is a grander foyer.

[Taoboi]

In total agreement. I blame on Billy doing this revamp for having that sofa.

 

See? Showing the front door to me...though I was happy for the camera angle...just showed that it looked...well...cheap. But a different setup...I think it is totally possible. I saw a whole other section was just added to the Abbott living room set and seeing this set again, they widened out the left area. Ed Scott just needs to keep right on going. 

[Liberty City]

Finally catching up.. almost done with November, then into December.

[Taoboi]

12-13

 

Yeah, that week was very much giving...setting up the next set of dominos to drop. Like GH, Y&R totally lost the momentum they had going with the wedding. But...at least it looks pretty. 

 

I'll give Billy this much. At least he's a good enough friend that he went to deal with the Giggly Heffa. But ugh at a Sally/Billy/Giggly Heffa triangle. Other than that...did they just completely get rid of the Chancellor Park set for us to be still dealing with this cgi cuz darn.

 

I love the Audra moment. But I loved that whole dynamic throughout this episode. I think it was THE story beat this week actually. We saw Nate and Audra growing closer as a couple all week. And it felt like a nice climax to that on Friday with Audra opening up in front of Devon and Lily and them accepting her. I'm sure there will still be some drama between them all, but it was a nice moment of growth. 

 

I was Team Michael in the Michael vs Phyllis scenes. We rarely get the fire from him and Lauren anymore. 

[Faulkner]

The overly theatrical way Michael Mealor speaks as Kyle irritates me. He’s taking all the wrong lessons from PB. I hate Billy, but I like the way Jason Thompson’s more naturalistic delivery contrasts with Peter’s overenunciation.

[Soapsuds]

Both suck for me. MM acting just doesn't move me. JT was better at GH.

I was bored to tears watching the show the other day.

[Taoboi]

Oh, lord...don't tell me they are trying to pit Kyle against Billy already.

[Faulkner]

More like Billy against all the Abbotts. He had a very tense scene with Jack yesterday.

Re: today’s episode: The Jack/Traci scene was a great idea—linking Diane’s abandonment of Kyle to Dina’s abandonment of her children—but the dialogue was sooooo stilted. Probably sounded eloquent on paper. There are still so many things that need to be fixed on this show beyond how it looks.

[Taoboi]

Meh. He stays having 'issues' with Jack. He can go away. 

[Beachstorm]

This show today (US) was the most boring, sappy bunch of nonsense dialogue I have ever heard. What a failure of a filler show. Kyle/Clair ("I'd like to be your boyfriend". Please. RME) Nikki/Victoria, Tracy/Jack, and wtf with Ester and Diane? An entire episode of FF.

[kalbir]

There was so much momentum from the unveiling of the original ranch and the 13,000th episode but it didn't last, and now it seems we're back to garbage time.

[Taoboi]

Yeah, it seems like all the soaps lost their November momentum. 
 

It's sad to watch.

[Taoboi]

12-16

 

Oh my God! Don't tell me that Mariah is about to get a story. Not that it's the first time she's been kidnapped. lol. 

 

I'm happy they played the beat of Alan hypnotized Sharon. And yes...another plot movement in Sharon remembering that she did not run the Giggly Heffa off the road. Finally something!!! And I liked that Sharon is willing to do it again to see if Heather was really killed by her. Go on plot...THICKEN. That said...I could have done without those Jordan/Ian flashbacks and that horrible cgi, but at least it explains how they came together. It should have just been done sooner than now. 

 

Billy and the Giggly Heffa was background noise until she gave Billy a reason to back down from losing to fighting Victor. That resonated actually. And we know how I feel about Billy and his woe is me act. 

[Antoyne]

The fact that the number 1 soap is obsessed with this awful CGI mess when you have GH with just countless sets, is pathetic. Y&R probably has as many sets now as it did in the 70’s. Redoing the Newman Ranch doesn’t make it less stupid that everyone in this damn town spends all day at Society or Crimson Lights. Even Days of our Lives has more sets and it’s the cheapest looking of all the soaps.

[Taoboi]

Agree. I wil at least said the cgi did not look bad in the Ian/Jordan flashback. But it's an eyesore otherwise.