6-24

 

'What is this?'

 

SAME, Lily. SAME. 

 

So Cane is willing to give all that Dumas power up to Victor for CHANCELLOR?? INCLUDING the name? And now he is speaking in riddle to Lily as if HE is ALSO a figurehead. I can't. Outside of the camera angle on BF's...uh...back, I'm not feeling any of his Cane/Lily scenes though I will admit that Cane would be saying how he misses Lily under DG, too, so yeeeeah NO. Oh, and I do like all the Charlie/Mattie mentions. 

 

Meanwhile, I saw more chemistry in the moments where Damian was comforting Lily over the reveal. Kinda soft. Kinda kind. A little bit easy on those eyes with a smile with her. And I rolled my eyes at the (much needed though it was) recap on Damian's part of this story. And it was nice to hear in dialogue that Dumas did have Damian running all the companies though they never met and only interacted through Cane's assistant. I continue to feel that this would be sooooo much better if Damian truly was Dumas. Sorry. Trivial note...god he looks soooo good in this episode. And so did Chance in that half-open shirt. lol.

 

And then that coda...so we are on our way to a murder mystery...?

 

Le sigh.

-- These people are all on vacation in Nice, yet spend all day behind 15' privacy hedges and walking a maze? Are you kidding me?

-- Cane is so worried about a murder that he calls in Chance -- all the way from Genoa City. Are you kidding me?

THIS IS ALL SO BAD.

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

6-24

 

'What is this?'

 

SAME, Lily. SAME. 

 

So Cane is willing to give all that Dumas power up to Victor for CHANCELLOR?? INCLUDING the name? And now he is speaking in riddle to Lily as if HE is ALSO a figurehead. I can't. Outside of the camera angle on BF's...uh...back, I'm not feeling any of his Cane/Lily scenes though I will admit that Cane would be saying how he misses Lily under DG, too, so yeeeeah NO. Oh, and I do like all the Charlie/Mattie mentions. 

 

Meanwhile, I saw more chemistry in the moments where Damian was comforting Lily over the reveal. Kinda soft. Kinda kind. A little bit easy on those eyes with a smile with her. And I rolled my eyes at the (much needed though it was) recap on Damian's part of this story. And it was nice to hear in dialogue that Dumas did have Damian running all the companies though they never met and only interacted through Cane's assistant. I continue to feel that this would be sooooo much better if Damian truly was Dumas. Sorry. Trivial note...god he looks soooo good in this episode. And so did Chance in that half-open shirt. lol.

 

And then that coda...so we are on our way to a murder mystery...?

 

Le sigh.

Damian and Lily truly do have chemistry. I’d love for them to actually get a fair shot but I don’t see that happening.

 

5 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- These people are all on vacation in Nice, yet spend all day behind 15' privacy hedges and walking a maze? Are you kidding me?

-- Cane is so worried about a murder that he calls in Chance -- all the way from Genoa City. Are you kidding me?

THIS IS ALL SO BAD.

It’s so [!@#$%^&*] stupid, why even mention a chateau if this is what you come up with.

It's so great to see the Sally calling out Billy. This is something CH excels at - being assertive, but not coming across like a B. Not a fan of this pairing, but CH/JT do have a good rapport. 

MM's styling has been impeccable. It's interesting seeing Amanda, who's known for being direct and ethical, being a little tripped up. MM has been sorely missed. 

Audra/Damian - now that was an interesting conversation. Audra thinking she's in total control until Damian turned the tables on her.

I kinda wish Diane would flat out say: 'You've got Jack's and my DNA, you really shouldn't be this dense.' 

 

43 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

Damian and Lily truly do have chemistry. I’d love for them to actually get a fair shot but I don’t see that happening.

Yeah, before this twist...I could see it happening...and I was excited since she was the only reason Damian stayed in town before he found out about his mother. Of course, that was back when he was cunning and using others as decoys rather than being a decoy himself. But let me not get started. 

 

I don't either. I am sorry to say, but I will be surprised if he makes it out of the location shoot alive since all of his scenes with his connections in Genoa City felt final and every part of his storyline including his love interest has gone to BF...making him now irrelevant.

28 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Yeah, before this twist...I could see it happening...and I was excited since she was the only reason Damian stayed in town before he found out about his mother. Of course, that was back when he was cunning and using others as decoys rather than being a decoy himself. But let me not get started. 

 

I don't either. I am sorry to say, but I will be surprised if he makes it out of the location shoot alive since all of his scenes with his connections in Genoa City felt final and every part of his storyline including his love interest has gone to BF...making him now irrelevant.

The Damian story was the whole reason I was watching before they gave it to Cane. Truly felt like they were serious about a new black character and then they gave it all to fuc.king Cane.

2 hours ago, Antoyne said:

The Damian story was the whole reason I was watching before they gave it to Cane. Truly felt like they were serious about a new black character and then they gave it all to fuc.king Cane.

IKR!!! No matter how much the HW himself seem to be trying to drown his own story in the water due to focusing on every story with tired characters, that story STILL had legs. It was actually different, refreshing, and actually involved characters who did not usually get stuff to go. And strong actors and actresses. 

 

But...same. Damian was actually something different. And I was looking forward to him mixing it up with Victor, romancing Lily, and what he would be up to next with Amy. And the fact this was all happening with a new character AND a black character...I was in awe.

 

Still in shock at how it all fell apart. For Cane. CANE??? 

I swear, I'm really trying but Y&R is just so bad. Having the cast sent to Nice, with these abysmal production values, isn't helping move along the stupidity of this story. The saving grace for me??? I love the new costume designer and hopefully we never hear the name Aristotle Dumas again!

I feel that!!!

59 minutes ago, skiman12082004 said:

I swear, I'm really trying but Y&R is just so bad. Having the cast sent to Nice, with these abysmal production values, isn't helping move along the stupidity of this story. The saving grace for me??? I love the new costume designer and hopefully we never hear the name Aristotle Dumas again!

Just wait till we get back to GC and characters hopping from Society to GCAC and then Crimson Lights for midnight coffee.

 

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

IKR!!! No matter how much the HW himself seem to be trying to drown his own story in the water due to focusing on every story with tired characters, that story STILL had legs. It was actually different, refreshing, and actually involved characters who did not usually get stuff to go. And strong actors and actresses. 

 

But...same. Damian was actually something different. And I was looking forward to him mixing it up with Victor, romancing Lily, and what he would be up to next with Amy. And the fact this was all happening with a new character AND a black character...I was in awe.

 

Still in shock at how it all fell apart. For Cane. CANE??? 

It was a shockingly strong story from JG when it wasn’t being backburnered. Him ruining it for fuc.king Cane is why I’m glad BTG exists. 

9 hours ago, Antoyne said:

t was a shockingly strong story from JG when it wasn’t being backburnered. Him ruining it for fuc.king Cane is why I’m glad BTG exists.

I know!! I am still thinking of me having to explain it here and seeing how structured it was. I was shocked at how it was good and had a twist every few weeks. And I enjoyed it cuz I at least guessed the first one...that Damian already knew who Nate was when they 'met' and played him. Little did I know, that it wasn't Damian at all. It was good soap.

 

In this run, the best JG has done writing wise other than this story (until now) has been Ashley's Alters...and that's mostly to the strength of Eileen Davidson as an actress...and the original Takeover story with Nate to Imani's Lady Macbeth and how it was Nate vs Devon and how it played on their drama with Elena. Not to mention the rift between Devon and Lily and how vicious that got because it also played on their history.

 

Ugh. Cane. 

Oh, lord...not Cane doing what I wanted Damian to be doing. lol smh.

6-25

 

Well, BF's Cane might not have chemistry with Lily, but you know who he has chemistry with? MM's Amanda. I admit they were great, but you know I love a good henchwoman. And I LOVE Amanda checking him about her relationship with Devon. One thing Amanda doesn't do is mix business and pleasure so that was so her. Ugh at Giggly Heffa interrupting them.

 

And you know who Lily has chemistry with? DAMIAN. I enjoyed every scene they had this episode...basically being the equivalent of a phone book since all they did was play cards. God, they looked so good together. And JR was giving so much swagger. Let me fan myself. lol. 

 

That was all that was there. Other than those boring Adam/Chelesa scenes that was only relevant because Adam found out that Cane is doing what I was saying Damian should have been doing behind everyone's back back when he was the head of Dumas...buying up stuff without anyone knowing. And then could have revealed this on this trip. And that just irked me more cuz again...it's so clear Cane is where Damian should be. Just ugh. 

6-26

 

Outside of the parade of shirtless men and possible friction between Sally and Audra...nothing to see here. smh.

 

I cannot believe that they are playing this whole Cole storyline off-screen.