Y&R: May 2025 Discussion Thread

[ranger1rg]

The stories are awful. I'm not enjoying any of them.

All I'm left with is Sally in a plastic dress.

[Taoboi]

You are getting like me. It's getting to the point that without any Damian sightings...it's been the fashion that is holding my interest. And it should not be that way at all. 

[Ryanc2]

I only watch for Sharon and she’s barely on. The only good thing going at the moment is Jack and Diane scenes and they’ve made Diane such a wuss lately which is making that unbearable to watch too 

[kalbir]

The fact that there's so little action in the Y&R threads whereas I can barely keep up with the Beyond the Gates threads says a lot right there.

[Antoyne]

The number 1 rated soap, and no one seems to like it.

I don’t remember the last episode I watched. The Damian story was the only thing keeping me watching but I just gave up on the show altogether again.

[edgeofnik]

I'd checked out of Y&R for a couple of years because it was boring as... I returned in August because the Sharon story sounded intriguing. I know some hated it, but let's face at least something was happening! It was a solid use of vets and on-screen history.

I honestly don't get the Dumas storyline at all or the premature end to the Sharon/Phyllis kidnapping. The latter story actually could've gone on for months. Alan playing cat-and-mouse. 

It's like they also did a 180 on Billy/Phyllis - the Valentine's Day dream, Billy *saving* Phyllis and a month later he kicks to the curb! What??? That's completely illogical based on their history.

Please let Mariah's secret be a good one. At least, Daniel/Tessa/Mariah have a non-business related storyline!

[Taoboi]

Which has also slowed down from 100 pages a day, but I digress.

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Yeah. When even I am getting annoyed with it (and still need to catch up on DAYS new team...two weeks behind now grrr) enough to take a break...and B&B holds my interest more for a show where nothing is going on...it's a BAD sign.

 

Seriously thinking about that break until 

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 Then we go from there. I just can't believe JG just went and lost all the momentum that was built up over the last month. And during May Sweeps, too? No, ma'am.

[Paul Raven]

I would wager that was because it was a new character for the likes of Devon, Lily and Nate to interact with.

Watching the likes of Billy fall in love again-Phyllis, Chelsea,Lily and now Sally is repetitive, especially when he is no prize.

Josh doesn't really do long term couples. So every year or so they swap partners. It diminishes them as characters as they don't seem to grow or learn from the past.

We know those characters so well and they've been through just about everything, so the only solution is to involve them with new characters and have them react to the newbies drama.

They tried with Ashland and the Rosales but Josh dumped the latter and wrote so badly for Ashland who could have been a long term antagonist.

All we got was another short lived marriage for Victoria and another accidental killing.

And Josh thinks having them sit in restaraunts for the whole episode talking business, mergers, takeovers and job switching is interestring. It's not.

I feel sorry for the actors who must know they are serving shite.

[Taoboi]

And you would be correct re: Damian. I've said the same. And Bonus...he had a story with twists. So I for one got annoyed, but cautious when the Dumas twist happened because it immediately felt like the best current story going on on the canvas was about to be hijack. And...looks like I was right. 

 

 

[Ponds]

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that thinks this is a boring soap!  I still read the daily spoiler, but I couldn't sit through an hour of watching.  Also, I always wanted to scream when Phyllis was on the screen, and now I don't have put up with her.

I have definitely become a BTG fan.  I record both GH & BTG, but I'm now watching BTG first.