1 hour ago, BetterForgotten said:

I’m seriously hoping that now that Sally McDonald is the sole EP, she micromanages the sh!t out of Josh Griffith and makes his working life hell, thus forcing him to quit or have another nervous breakdown. If they won’t fire his ass, he deserves hell for dishing out the crap he’s dishing and his hand forced to leave.

If only her having the sole EP title meant more change, but it isn't, unfortunately. 😪 Only way he'll go is with ratings/demos plummeting. We can only hope.

I don't want any soaps ratings to go down even if it did mean changes get made. I'd rather have the changes before that happens. The sad part is that most of the cast when they mention JG in interviews seem to love him. I doubt that many would be as appreciative of him if they were faking it for the cameras.

All this show does now is hold people hostage and talk about who wants to take over another's company. What happened to romance? Family drama (not involving business)? Where's the scrappy character who has hopes and dreams trying to make his/her way up into the higher society of GC that one can root for? Both Sally and Audra have been included now...even if not necessarily liked by all.

6 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

I’m seriously hoping that now that Sally McDonald is the sole EP, she micromanages the sh!t out of Josh Griffith and makes his working life hell, thus forcing him to quit or have another nervous breakdown. If they won’t fire his ass, he deserves hell for dishing out the crap he’s dishing and his hand forced to leave.

Unfortunately Josh Griffith is going nowhere as long as Y&R remains #1 and within budget.

5 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Unfortunately Josh Griffith is going nowhere as long as Y&R remains #1 and within budget.

That's the frustrating part. We can only hope that he tires of the job and resigns. But why would you, when you ate are earning a huge amount and don't have to put much creativity into the job?

If Nikki and Victor re-unite again after this current bust up where hard truths are being delivered...

And on a shallow note, Jack is suddenly looking much older to me.

This storyline with Diane/Jack/Patty is AWFUL. It truly makes no sense.

I'm over a week behind. I see I have lots to look forward to!

Carolyn Hinsey rants at SOD: "Enough With the Kidnappings!"
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Very happy we're circling back to Nicholas' addiction storyline. This is by far the best-working storyline on this soap right now, and I do think it's because if Griffith f**ks this up, he must know the amount of backlash that will come from it, from both viewers and press. Ugh, but not him running into his former dealer just after a meeting. That has got to be such a gut-punch. I pray he is strong enough to not fall back into the out.

Victor does not have a right to know what's going on with Nikki. He thinks it is a one-way street for him to know things that are going on, and yet, he does not extend the same to others in his life. They're really speed-rushing Nikki's illness now, and it feels like that is happening for a multitude of reasons and none of them are worth exploring. Either commit to the story in its entirety, or scrap it.

They are really reaching to try and revisit the Roger Howarth and Michelle Stafford pairing from General Hospital, and it will not work. Nothing about Matt Clark and Phyllis Summers gels. Plus, Phyllis was around during Matt's reign of terror in Genoa City in the 1990s, so she should surely be aware of how dangerously she is teetering on the line of no return. It is beyond stupid. They're only being paired because of the actors' histories and the fact that both characters are so far misaligned from the circles they would normally be associated with. That, to me, does not equate to good storytelling.