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A train. Hmm, where in the fancy French boonies does Aristotle Dumas live that the hostages guests need to take a train to get there? Holden is still in GC. Still. Whatever, Holden, what exactly are these skills of which you speak? Best I can tell, all you excel at is lurking, guzzling Vespers, and copping a bad attitude. Funny how Chelsea and Adam without question accepted Victor's statement about Tucker being in prison in India. Everyone knows Victor lies. #freetucker Heh, I bet Sally and Phyllis could make a luggage switcheroo work, but Nikki and Audra trying to wear each other's clothes? Or Victor and Kyle? Hijinks would ensue!

Worn on TV says it's a caftan but I would've called Nikki's top a dashiki. Generally, caftans fall below the knee and dashikis are at the knee or above. Of course, Nikki probably bought it at Fenmores where it was described as "resort wear."

Damian's To Do List for his trip to France: Visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Stop into a boulangerie and have a freshly baked croissant. Tell Aristotle Dumas he can't fire me because I already quit. Buy two new wigs for Amy, one for everyday and one for special occasions.

No because then I'd have to wonder which one of them would end up squealing like a pig.

It's puzzling why JG is going back to that well since it wasn't received with great enthusiasm the first time. I think he needs to put down the edibles and stop watching The White Lotus on endless repeat.

Yeah, I forgot about that. But why did Phyllis have such a big reaction when Tessa brought up that Sharon was going too? I was kinda hoping Damian would invite Amy to be his plus one at the Dumas party. Then Amy would have an excuse to buy a better wig. Maybe Damian can bring one back for her as a souvenir.

Darn, I was hoping Nick would be the one to inform Phyllis that Sharon is his plus one to the Dumas party. Oh well. Thanks anyway, Tessa. This bish. Abby actually tossed out Neil's name to try to defend Victor's honor before the Winters. IMO all the Newmans need to stop using Neil's memory as their excuse to mistreat Neil's family. Danny, have you met your mommy before? Of course Phyllis' intentions toward Dumas are for the wrong reasons. She's already been lording Dumas' non-existent interest in her business fantasies over everyone she can force to listen to her. Hee! When Danny showed up today I was expecting him to say he and Cricket were on their way to Nice because he was the entertainment for the Dumas soirée. But then I realized Dumas probably has better taste in music. 😈

Hey, it's Abby. She also said she was going to wait and buy new clothes in France. Maybe she, Sharon, and Sally will bump into each other in one of the chic boutiques and get into a catfight over a leather catsuit. FFS, how many more times are Amy and Damian going to have the same conversation? It's done, Amy. Damian and Nate are forming a brotherly bond due to your lies and manipulations. What more do you want, a Nobel Prize? 😒 Not sure why Phyllis thinks it's okay to put so much responsibility for Daniel's mental health on Tessa. Tessa's got her own troubles to deal with. Apparently Devon doesn't know Tucker is in prison in India. One would think his FIL would've told him but perhaps Victor didn't want Devon getting involved. Hmm. My heart says YES but my mind says prolly not. 😕 Though it is strange how Victor's tidbit about the Indian prison hasn't reached Tucker's son.

Danny and Christine just dropped back into GC and Daniel had no clue. Weird. Doesn't Danny live in Daniel's apartment? Meanwhile, has Mariah moved out from her home with Tessa? From Tessa's side of her phone convo, it sounded like they hadn't seen each other in a while. Gosh, Mariah, what did you do that was so awful? And just when Tessa hoped her day couldn't get any worse, hypermanic Phyllis showed up. 😱😱😱 Amy recently recovered from a dire, potentially fatal illness. But now all she wants to talk about is some guy she doesn't know and a party on the French Riviera she wasn't invited to. Okay. I have a feeling Amy knows. She seems to be obsessed with social media gossip about Dumas. Ehh.

Of course Victor already knows who Dumas is. Chelsea, hon, you never had an ace up your sleeve. Victor is the president of the international billionaire fraternity, doncha know. 🤡 Dang, IMO all the Tucker fans just got a huge slap in the face today. JG, do you hate us this much? You couldn't let us have our dreams for another day or two? And ditto comments upthread, how the holey hail did Tucker end up imprisoned in India? That usually means human trafficking or drug running. Nope, not my Tucker. 🤬🤬🤬🤬 That's what I do suspect. Tucker probably would've gotten in the way of Victor snatching Chancellor, and he likely would be helping Billy get it back.

Nikki, Nick, and Victor are going to Nice. Victoria and Claire are in Chicago where Cole is hospitalized. So, who's going to be running NE and Chancellor in their absence, Adam? Party animal Nick doesn't seem worried at all. Nate described Dumas as, "...the epitome of an enigma." Dear writer who came up with that turn of phrase: stop patting yourself on the back. AFAIC it wasn't clever. You should've stuck with the original quote. Audra compared Aristotle Dumas to Jay Gatsby. Hear tell, somewhere out there Fitzgerald's ghost is screaming, "Don't drag me into this mess, JG!" Trevor St. John, according to the googles, wasn't really old enough to portray Devon's bio-dad either, not unless Tucker got Devon's mommy pregnant when he was in middle school. I think the ages of YR characters warped the space-time continuum decades ago, lol.

Oh look, Y&R used the sexist trope of a woman packing too many clothes for a trip. This is my FOH face. Furthermore, I was surprised Diane was dragging around her own luggage. Don't the Abbotts have domestic help? Audra, doing something to steal the spotlight at an event you weren't actually invited to is kind of rude. Dumas could take unkindly to your behavior and ruin your little perfume startup. 🙄 And now I can't unsee it. 😱

Lily's dress was fine but I was annoyed by the matchy colors with Damian's shirt. Audra's dress felt too familiar to me and sure enough, per Worn on TV she sported something similar in blue about a month ago. But what truly horrified me were Jack and Victor's suits. They were both in shades of gray, with white shirts and mauve neckties. Ugh. AFAIC those two should never be dressed alike unless they're at a wedding, a funeral, or a fancy ball.

Hmm, did Nikki put the idea of having another baby with Adam into Chelsea's head? I doubt Victor would value a new grandkid over revenge against the Abbotts. He can barely sort out all the heirs he already has. Gah, Billy, why are you still lying to Sally? You know you're going act an utter fool at the Dumas party. Don't make come over there and smack you. Big whoop, Chelsea. You think you've figured out who Dumas is? Everyone who cares in GC is about to find out anyway. Yawn. Dru would be the only person who would both surprise and impress me if she were revealed to be Dumas. Especially if Y&R brought back Victoria Rowell to reprise the role. But is there a lot of bad water under that bridge, behind the scenes between VR and certain cast members. Oy.

Nikki, maybe you need to be wondering why Victor remains obsessed with the Abbotts, but he can't remember your name. Stop apologizing for him to people like Chelsea who know better. I know Billy was only spitballing during his chat with Sally. However, if Dumas is indeed summoning the three elite GC families to his chateau in order to have them witness his public humiliation of Victor, I am here for it. Especially since Victor seems to think Dumas is his avenue to ending the Abbotts once and for all. Oops! Johnny is an Abbott by birth and a Newman by adoption. So Chelsea likening Johnny & Connor to Billy & Adam didn't work for me. I was surprised Nikki didn't argue the point. Aw yiss. Claire would find out what it's like to get with a man who has both superior equipment and skill, if my drift is caught.

Sally picking out her and Billy's outfits for the French Rivieria. Yes! Prepare to slay, queen. And, you too, um, queen consort. 😒 Good lord, Victor seemed about ready to fall into a coma when he slithered into Adam's office. Why does he always sit in a chair like his spine is made of Silly Putty? Billy confirmed today he has spoken to Dumas. So Dumas probably isn't Cane because Billy would've recognized Cane's Australian accent, no? Lily is such an overconfident idiot. I almost hope Damian and Holden clean Winters Inc. out but there are probably safeguards in place to keep them from doing too much damage. Heh.

@KLovestoShop, I'll have what you're having. 😵‍💫 Well they gotta give Holden something to do since apparently he can't leave GC. He must be bored out of his mind. Pretty sure France doesn't want her either. Maybe Neptune will take her.

Hi, Holden. 🥰 Don't you have a job now? You shouldn't have time to be lurking around Audra, again. Whatever, Holden was on Audra like butter on toast. Too bad the bread was stale, lol. According to Kyle, Claire can't go to the Aristotle Dumas bash because Cole is finally getting critical medical treatment. In Chicago. Shucks. Audra's path to Victor-mandated shenanigans just got cleared though. Schmoozer Damian gave Lily a book about the history of jazz. Ehh. IMO the best way to learn about jazz is listen to it, and watch one of the excellent documentaries about its development. PBS has several good ones. Is it remotely possible Victor arranged for Cole to get pneumonia in order to distract Claire? Seems like that's what Diane and Jack were lowkey suggesting to Kyle. 🤔 WTF did Audra do to Holden when they lived in L.A.? Her alluding to it shut him up with a quickness today. Holden couldn't get away from Audra fast enough, tee hee. Punch him, Holden! Damian disposed of you quicker than yesterday's coffee grounds. Or not. I'm thinking their fight in the middle of the coffeehouse might've been staged for Lily's benefit.

Yuck, it's looking more and more like Mariah got extra friendly with the man who sidled up to her while she was sloshed. Sharon made sure to let Phyllis know she went to Nikki's birthday bash as Nick's date guest. And Nick just stood there between them with his thumb up his hiney. Gee, Mariah, if you want Tessa to stop pressuring you about your secret, perhaps you could stop bringing it up. Dang, that face Sharon made when she heard Phyllis had been invited to the Dumas party! It was textbook "bish whet?" Brava, SC. And IMO Phyllis looked like an even bigger fool acting like she knew exactly what he was talking about when he rattled off the full name of it.

Ian Ward!?!?! Gosh, Mariah, nobody wants to go there again, least of all, you. Enough about bad old history, what happened on your business trip with that guy in the bar? So Sharon isn't going to the big party in Nice because she's worried about Mariah. Now Nick is short a plus one. Batter up, Phyllis! Phyllis thought being called a shark by Daniel was an insult. Good thing the Shark Tank TV show is on ABC instead of CBS, lol. Sure, Phyllis, Aristotle Dumas will be begging you all right. Begging you to get off his junk. And then off his property. Bet this is where Nick will step in to offer himself as a reference. Didn't he lend Phyllis tens of millions of dollars to buy the hotel she used to run? I'm sure Dumas will be hella impressed. 😉

Aw geez, Daniel mentioned Danny. Here we go again with the aging wannabe rock star. 😒 What are the odds Mariah will tell Tessa what her big regretful mystery is by the end of this episode? I'm guessing somewhere between slim and none. Phyllis' was using her hair as a prop today. She was touching it and moving it around like she was trying to flirt with her own son. Ehhh. "How do you plan on leveraging something that doesn't exist?" Daniel out here asking the real questions. Go for the jugular, my guy. Isn't it odd how none of the invitees have wondered if it might be Tucker? He is someone who lives in France and has a connection to the three families invited to the soirée. <shrugs >

I don't know from Black Flag but I did notice Coop's son t-shirt for The Police 1981/82 tour. It was for their Ghost in the Machine album. I have the album but not the t-shirt, and I immediately envied the kid wearing it. Yeah, it was perfect. I've long loved that song, mainly because of Merry Clayton's collabo. However, it seems like every show or movie I've watched on Netflix or Amazon Prime lately uses it. Did the Rolling Stones recently sell their catalog? Ali may be bipolar be surely she has enough sense not to commit vandalism where there are likely security cameras. The graffiti may cause problems for Bruce with his wife but Ali would be in bigger trouble if the cops get involved. The season finale felt lukewarm to me. I know Coop is now addicted to thieving but taking a painting just because he hates his former boss? Meh. Jon Hamm was made for this role. I'm looking forward to Season 2 and I hope Coop gets a new car with a better trunk, lol.

Ditto sentiments expressed upthread: Good grief, Mariah. What would be worse to Tessa than cheating on her? Did you accidentally kill her sister? Out with it! Tessa's impromptu song. Okay. I don't think Billie Eilish has anything to worry about as far as competition from GC is concerned. Oooh, an ominous B&W flashback. So did Mariah have drinks with some geezer barfly and it turned into a drunken ONS? Or is she feeling extra guilty because it was a man? 😕 Enquiring minds want to...drop kick this storyline into Lake Winnebago. Not only that, they seem to be repeating scenes, just in different locations and/or different clothes. Mariah and Sharon had basically the same conversation a little over a month ago at the coffeehouse. Today the writers finally made a tiny bit of progress with it but the new details will probably be stuck on repeat for the next month. Yeesh.

Your GC day is off to a bad start when: a Xenomorph masquerading as a pterodactyl sneaks up on you and takes a noisy sniff of your neck. Geez what a lunatic Phyllis is. She's lucky Sally didn't elbow her in the chest, "accidentally." Apparently Victoria has never seen an ailing person before. Cole may be seriously ill but it's not as if he got sick all of a sudden. Calm down, Vikki. Nick talking tough about facing Aristotle Dumas eye-to-eye at the big bash. Yeah, we'll see about that, Nicholas. You're probably gonna have your hands full refereeing Sharon and Phyllis. WTF indeed. There's wide speculation Victor stuck a wording trick in the fine print, something like "5 million shares" instead of "5 million dollars." After Kyle gets set up by Audra and Claire's heart is broken (😒), Victor would end up owning a chunk of Jabot. Yikes.

For a second I thought Tessa was Summer. Same dishwater blonde hair, with a center part. Meanwhile, Sally's coiffure. Surely she couldn't have done all that elaborate twisting and braiding by herself. I didn't hate it though, at least not as much I detested her suit with the holes in the shoulders. Ehhh. Looked like Phyllis has gone blonde-ish too. It's okay, Red, no one was confusing you for Sally anyway. Hee! It probably was, given how cheap this show is now. The props person probably bought blank cards by the gross at Joann's going-out-of-business sale.