Y&R: April 2025 Discussion Thread

19 hours ago, Longtime Viewer said:

I've been enjoying this whole storyline with Traci and creepy Martin, and I haven't really been invested in a y&r storyline in ages, so that's saying something.

Does anyone have ideas how this Martin/Alan/Traci plot is going to play out?  Do we already have the answer?  Or is there going to be a twist at the end?  It has been so predictable since day-one, I sort of hope there will be a surprise ending and the audience has been wrong all along. 

Bergman, Davidson and Maitland are amazing at playing siblings. 

So, there are two Jack Abbot(t)s on TV now, apparently. I was watching The Pitt, and actor Shawn Hatosy is playing Dr. Jack Abbot! (Although some write ups spell it as Abbott.)

I just find the coincidence amusing. Trying to think of any other daytime/prime time characters with the same name but am failing. By the way, if you're into realistic medical dramas [per doctors and nurses that have watched], The Pitt may be the new show for you.

Edited April 11Apr 11 by Wendy

55 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:

Bergman, Davidson and Maitland are amazing at playing siblings. 

Amen.

Do Kyle and Claire ever do anything but go for coffee at Crimson Lights?

18 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

Bergman, Davidson and Maitland are amazing at playing siblings. 

 

17 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Amen.

Double amen here…they were amazing this week and definitely the highlight 

12 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Do Kyle and Claire ever do anything but go for coffee at Crimson Lights?

Josh Griffith’s way of telling a G-rated (or TVY7?) “love” on a show that was once historically sexy. 

2 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

 

Double amen here…they were amazing this week and definitely the highlight 

Josh Griffith’s way of telling a G-rated (or TVY7?) “love” on a show that was once historically sexy. 

This head-writer has no idea how to write a romance.  And seems to have absolutely no interest in writing any type of long-term romantic plot.  Characters change romantic partners, and characters change jobs at billion-dollar companies -- ad nauseam.  It's all willy-nilly with no purpose, and with no long-term effect on anything.   Big YAWN...

18 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

Bergman, Davidson and Maitland are amazing at playing siblings. 

There’s such an easy and believable chemistry between them all.

-- I said this before: Audra is an absolute moron for again going into business with Victor. We're told repeatedly how great a business guru she is, yet she goes into business with a guy who destroyed her. I have whiplash from all the times Audra's character has changed.

-- Victor himself is stupid for hiring Audra to break up Insipid Kyle and Amish Claire. He'd be better off hiring someone no one knows.

53 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Josh Griffith’s way of telling a G-rated (or TVY7?) “love” on a show that was once historically sexy. 

Kyle and Claire love scenes were not off the charts heat generating.

12 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- I said this before: Audra is an absolute moron for again going into business with Victor. We're told repeatedly how great a business guru she is, yet she goes into business with a guy who destroyed her. I have whiplash from all the times Audra's character has changed.

-- Victor himself is stupid for hiring Audra to break up Insipid Kyle and Amish Claire. He'd be better off hiring someone no one knows.

Somehow we forced to accept this drivel because for whatever reason Griffith didn’t want Audra and Summer on a collision course.

 

6 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Kyle and Claire love scenes were not off the charts heat generating.

Pretty much…not to mention unlike ZS or AL who at least have passion, HE has the chemistry of a cold wet sock the way Claire is written too. 

19 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

Bergman, Davidson and Maitland are amazing at playing siblings. 

Third or maybe fourth Amen.

Maitland is the heart of the show for me. I wish Tracy could get a decent romance. 

 

Claire/Kyle are a snooze. She needs some spark of a personality. 

Edited April 12Apr 12 by CrazySexyQ

The Claire character from inception has been a misfire,

Did Victoria need another child when she has nothing to do with those she already had?

Cole has disappeared.

Reed could have returned or  if we wanted a new character to mix it up with the Newmans have Matt return to announce he has discovered a daughter. Matt brings her to GC and then is tragically killed. 'Claire' joins her newfound family.

Beth stated in an interview that they are still taping 5 eps in 4 days, which has been the practice for a few years now. But good to have that clarification as I was worried they might have gone further.

So that averages out at an extra 9-10 minutes each day which should be manageable considering that episodes are shorter these days than previously.

I would love to know the daily routine as it seems there is one rehearsal and then taping.

BITD I think there was  a read through, camera blocking, dress rehearsal and taping.

32 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

 

I would love to know the daily routine as it seems there is one rehearsal and then taping.

 

I may be wrong, but I believe they're actually taping the rehearsals now, and if the rehearsal of the scene is error-free, it goes on the reel so they don't have to run it again.  Someone (Jeanne Cooper, I think) mentioned that sometimes the rehearsal ends up being the only take.