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Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria! Several characters in Paris! 😱 I've never understood why this show treats Europe like Valhalla, only available by invitation of the gods. For those in GC without private jets, it's probably still only one non-stop commercial flight away. Gravity was not his friend. I too was kind of surprised at the unfortunate way that scene was staged.

Chelsea sure spoke glowingly of Sally's track record as a lead designer. And of course nepo baby Summer felt some type of way about it. Ehh, Tucker, you know better than to try to step to Jack, especially regarding Ashley. OMG, enough with the nanny nonsense. Claire is not qualified to be anyone's nanny, least of all a child with PTSD who shouldn't be making adult decisions. I don't understand why Claire is entitled to have her way over an Abbott. Grrr. How small is Paris? Jack was acting like the City of Light isn't big enough for Ashley and Tucker to be there at the same time. Chelsea cosigning Summer's "my son" bIather. KMN. Sally and Adam had a weird afterglow, to me. You'd think they both had cooties or something. Claire again claimed she'd been doing extensive research on childcare. She schmoozed Summer like a pro. Meanwhile, Wikipedia sends its regards. "His biological mother"? That's what Tara has been reduced to? They made it sound like she's been deliberately avoiding Harrison. Fcuk all that sh!t, J.G. All of it. Hey, it's Sharon. She must've escaped from whatever storyline-less cubbyhole the writers had stashed her in. Did Sally borrow one of Audra's bras? (RHETORICAL QUESTION.) Okay, I'll give the show points for not having the most obvious Paris landmarks behind Audra while she and Tucker were having their videocall. But that was the Seine flowing, no? Audra. Girl. Have you met Tucker before? He will burn Glissade to the ground before he lets you steal it from him. Countdown until Claire brainwashes Harrison into doing something to get rid of Summer. José Feliciano could see it coming. Adam praying for Connor. Whoa. Unexpected.

When Alan first showed up in GC from Paris he told Traci he was no longer licensed to practice therapy. But today Jack said Alan wants to do a full medical workup on Ashley. I don't know how that would be legal unless the rules are different in France. Ashley was okay with getting psychiatric treatment but not at Fairview, the local mental asylum. Not sure I get what the problem is with Fairview unless it holds bad memories for her. Or maybe she's afraid of running into someone she knows, tee hee. Meanwhile, Victor has lost his whole bag of marbles. He actually admitted to Michael and Cole he intended to let Jordan starve to death in the wine cellar jail while he watched every day. Yikes. Yeah, no, the last thing I needed to see was CZ chewing the scenery AGAIN. The second to the last thing I needed to see was Chelsea turning on her teary-eyed angst AGAIN. Aargh, make it stop! TMW your alters are practically having a cage match inside your head. Belle and Ms. Abbott were making me dizzy too. Those two are a lot. Hey, Sally, maybe the first thing you need to do is lose the black nail polish. You're not goth. Sally possibly covering for Chelsea as lead designer at Marchetti. Oy, Summer's brain will explode when she finds out. She doesn't like being reminded that Sally pretty much got her the job running Marchetti. So Alan, Ashley, Traci, Audra, and Tucker will all be in Paris soon. Okay, cue up the CGI Eiffel Tower! Okay, who's taking bets on whether Jordan will escape?

Finally finished Part 5. That was some major product placement by Wells Fargo right off the bat. Surprising given the trouble they got into last year for systematically discriminating against Black customers seeking home mortgages. The show seems to have gotten a bigger budget for hair styling. Loved the sly dig at Tyler Perry's style of sitcom. Tony the mechanic is quite the unexpected polygot. He apparently speaks both French and Spanish fluently, in addition to English. That was funny how they didn't show Tony's ex-girlfriend's face. Guess she was so beautiful no actress could do her justice. Didn't the previous season also end with Lucretia going to Atlanta to be with Frank?

Quoting my own post to say that at the time I posted it I had not made the barrister > barrista connection. It was an inadvertent lapse on my part, not an attempt to snark on someone's spelling mistake/autocorrect mishap. Sorry for the confusion.

Mr. Johnson drives a G-Wagon. How much money does he make as a janitor? Dang. Lol, Mr Johnson was supposed to be a judge on American Idol but Paula Abdul aced him out. Janine & Gregory. Finally. Hope this wasn't the last we've seen of Manny though. He is pleasing to my eyes and ears. Wait, the Abbott gang--minus the lovebirds of course--pulled an all-nighter? That's hilarious. At least it wasn't a school night, ha ha. Barbara must've still been a little tipsy because if she did a headstand her coworkers probably got to see her drawers. Or they found out the church lady goes commando.

I wouldn't hate the outfit so much if it were in a different color. That mousey brown doesn't flatter anyone IMO. May I ask who this refers to? I know what a barrister is but the shrink part is not linking up for me. kthxbye!

Lol, Shakespeare's ghost out here catching strays. But didn't Y&R do an episode once that was based on one of his plays? It wasn't Romeo and Juliet.

Guess Summer and Phyllis are raiding each other's closets now. Nah, Phyllis would never wear that goofy off-the-shoulder schmatta Summer had on today. Nikki, you owe Lauren way more than a long, expensive lunch. I'm thinking a huge donation to an addiction-prevention charity in her son Fen's name might be more apt. Harrison thought chickens could fly. Heh, one of the writers must have been watching classic WKRP reruns recently. Victoria, what Cole was secretly doing was calling in a drone strike on your aluminum foil blouse. Oh wait, that was only in my dreams. Geez, Cole can't act non-suspicious to save his life. He must be horrible at poker. Claire was seeing right through him, but she didn't know what she was seeing. Hey Summer, speaking of instincts, I have one about you. You're a self-centered dim bulb who thinks you're entitled to own another woman's child. FOH. Victor has the entry to his wine cellar jail on a text alert system. There's nothing like high-tech to help you hold someone hostage, right Vic? The Newman ranch CGI background again. It's so awful, it has to be a Y&R inside joke. Was that a Guernsey cow behind Claire's left shoulder, or a pinto horse? And there's more ridiculous CGI. Did the the audience really need to see Claire, Harrison, and Cole Kyle riding on a fake Ferris wheel? Snooze, lose, Cole and Michael. While you two were dawdling over at Society you could've had Jordan handled before Victor had time to intervene. Good grief.

@surfgirl, I'll have what you're having, ha ha. (That one psycho can stay over on B&B though. AFAIC, GC doesn't need her and Y&R doesn't need her either.) About Claire's education, when Nikki hired her as an assistant at Newman Media, via her resume she told Nikki and Audra she had an MBA from Wharton. If that was true, she won't have any trouble getting into another graduate program, even in a different discipline. Odds are she'll attend GCU, which has never sounded to me like it was anything close to Ivy League-level.

Yeesh, I can't with Jordan always finding a possible way to escape. Victor should've had her sleeping on a plain cloth pallet on the floor or a thin layer of memory foam. The real Ashley's back. Yay. Wait, how did Ashley end up in different clothes after she fainted? What happened to the lacy, low-cut jumpsuit she had on yesterday? Oh thank goodness, Victor caught Jordan before she could jimmy the lock to the cell. But, yikes, Nikki's back. Surprise, Nik! Guess who's not only alive, she's in your basement?! Something was off about Claire to me. I think she suspects if not hopes Jordan isn't actually dead. FFS, Jack, climb off your high horse. Tucker might've just saved Ashley's life, or at least kept her from taking his. Ungrateful much? Hey Cole and Michael, you ASAP need to be calling law enforcement authorities, not leisurely agonizing over how to protect Victor from them. You know what Jack, Nikki would probably be better off if she never saw you again. Tucker's handling of troubled Ashley ain't got nothing on your alcoholism-enabling skills. Time to let Ashley go, Tucker. Sounds like Audra and Glissade are your main problems now. Is it possible Alan did something back in Paris to cause Ashley's mental break? His trying to talk her into returning there while she's in such a vulnerable state seemed iffy to me.

Audra and Nate were actually eating ice cream. Soft serve. I kept waiting for a big embarrassing glop of it to end up on someone's lap, lol. Now that he's sticking around a while longer it looked like Alan was given a slight wardrobe upgrade. Aren't horses fairly easily spooked? I would've expected Claire's mare to catch a bad vibe off her and kick Claire in the face. Right between her doe eyes. 😼 Ditto comments upthread, I also continue not to see why the Abbotts don't simply 5150 Ashley. If they leave it up to her she'll never agree to seek treatment because the alters won't let her. Yeah Victoria's top was so awful I almost thought it was a joke. I did like Audra's. She sure wears a lot of black outfits though.

Wow, when was the last time Jack and Devon had a scene together? Surely Tucker knows the person he's talking to isn't Ashley. Ashley isn't so handsy. And she'd never wear a black, lowcut, form-fitting outfit Morticia Addams wouldn't even be caught dead in. Whoa, Cole was proper stunned and horrified. Was it because he now knows Jordan's not dead? Or because he realized Victor's gone psycho? "Think of what Neil would do." Seriously, Jack, that's your best advice for Devon? Neil likely wouldn't have merged his company with Jill's to begin with. Please, I'll never believe in a million years Nate considers Elena to be The One Who Got Away. Didn't seem like Audra really bought it either. Guess Cole wasn't worried Jordan would tell Victor Cole had found her in the secret jail cell. Hmm. OK, Tucker does know about Ashley's alters, he just can't address them by name yet. Apparently smartypants Claire has read the Wikipedia page on theories of childhood education. Victoria was eating it up as Claire was dropping all the key jargon. This is my unimpressed face. Uh oh, Cole called the Newman family fixer, Michael Baldwin. Bet he wants to work out a way for Jordan to leave without facing legal repercussions. Ehhh. I think Cole needs to let Victor handle his own crap.

There's a whole world outside of the GCAC dining room or the jazz lounge. I didn't get why Tucker was putting up with crazypants Ashley instead of just going somewhere else. Meanwhile, helping yourself to the booze in a closed bar has to be illegal, no? One would think the GCAC would keep the jazz club locked while the bar is closed. Stale brussel sprouts must have a pungent odor. Strong enough to be vomit-inducing. It's a wonder to me Jordan didn't puke her guts out, especially since she hasn't been consuming anything but vodka.

Audra was wearing different clothes at breakfast. A new day in GC, finally! Tucker. Just because Audra was in the dining room with Nate it didn't necessarily mean they'd spent the night together. Yeesh, get over yourself. One of the Ashley alters lurking nearby during Audra and Tucker's embarrassing public scene. The people she was staring at must have no peripheral vision. Geez, Cole, Victor is the last person you want to threaten. Have you met him before? You better Pull. Up! Connor almost sounded like he was losing the will to keep trying to get better. Poor kid. I think his problem is way more complicated than OCD. Okay, so Audra and Nate didn't do the dirty deed last night after all. Still though, I don't know about Nate allowing himself to be used as a tool in Audra's hunger games with Tucker. Oh please, Jordan. You're sorry? Seriously? You'd likely still be trying to kill Nikki and other Newmans if you weren't locked up in the wine cellar. Wah, wah, wah. For a minute it looked to me like Tucker suspected he was dealing with one of Ashley's alters again. Ehhh, maybe not. Whoo chile, Ms. Abbott went hard at Tucker's resistance. Don't fall for it, T! Cole. Now you've stepped in it. Uncovering Victor's huge secret puts you in danger too.

The clothes the actresses wear are expensive when they're bought fresh off the catwalk, as it were. I think Y&R is buying most of the womens' clothing a season or two later, after they've been marked down. A lot of that stuff does show up at places like TJ Maxx, Marshall's, and Ross so it wouldn't surprise me if Y&R's wardrobe people do hit those stores to save money. And in the case of really big name designers, I think Y&R is probably working a product placement deal, especially at big events like a wedding or gala.

Whee, don't hold back @boes, tell us what you really think of Nate! Smoke started coming out of my tablet when your post showed up, lol. Yep. I think Claire is the classic case of too good to be true. She was raised by a murderous psycho for a couple of decades and had then maybe a couple of weeks of treatment in a psychiatric facility. The only reason she's considered cured is because her new parents Vikki and Cole are running all over town caping for her. There's no way Claire should be allowed alone with children, and certainly not a child who's attracted to her on an unhealthy level. But she puts on her wide-eyed innocent victim look and most people give her a pass. I'm solidly with Summer on Claire not being Harrison's nanny but aargh!

Va-va-voom, Audra! A bit much for a first date though. That was a social event gown to me. TMW you're a growna$$ man getting grief from your cousins about who you're going to dinner with. Yeah, it sounded like Audra mainly wanted to use Nate to make Tucker jealous. I love the way Tucker tried to work Diane for info about Billy and she was like "Lol, no." Ooo, Kyle, you're in trouble now. Undercutting your mommy's big business deal for Jabot was a throwing-the-gauntlet-down move. Kyle. Harrison needs professional help, not play dates with someone still dealing with PTSD herself. WTAF. Tara, come get YOUR son! Damb, Billy ain't playing! I think his sending that bouquet to Lily and Devon was deliciously cold-blooded. (He must have used the Abbotts' 24-hour delivery florist, tee hee.) Audra told Nate she used to be a lyrical dancer. Hmmm. I'm having a hard time visualizing it. Achievement unlocked, Audra. Tucker was indeed gutted to find you on a very public date with Nate. Hold fast, Summer. Claire is going full-tilt Machiavellian on you and unfortunately she likely has the intellectual advantage. Why was Sally at Society AGAIN? She must be on a first-name basis with all the staff given how often she goes there in a single day. OMG, Tucker, stop! You looked like such a p-whipped mope at Audra's door while she was entertaining her gentleman suitor. Lily's idea has one possible hitch: Billy might want her to sign a non-compete clause. That could prevent her from jumping over to H/W after she gets Billy and Jill to let Devon take his company back. Cue the slow saxophone music. Nate might be finally about to get him some Audra.

Thing is, I can't figure out who was being trolled: Jake, the audience, or the Swifties. The last time Taylor was on SNL she performed that 10-minute music video which basically crapped on Jake. But not only was he not cancelled, he seemed to have gone on with his life unbothered. So why would he go back there now by appearing with one of Taylor's acolytes? Was there some kind of rapprochement achieved behind the scenes? Yes, I have been giving this way too much thought. 😵‍💫

It's a bug that I think can be avoided by taking the extra care to quote from the original comment and not from a comment on a comment. "Care" being the operative word.

According to Conner Floyd's IMDb page he's been working on other projects but none of them seem to be big deals to me. I agree, this show could've written a temporary exit for Chance but for some reason they've chosen not to. If CF has been let go and it wasn't due to some backstage problems, I think it's a weird way to treat the portrayer of a semi-legacy character. FYI, there's quote upthread attributed to me but I did not make the comment quoted. I think it'd be great if that didn't continue to happen.

The second suspect said Baxter doesn't make deals. But the previous episode was about an old deal Baxter made which became a current problem. Huh? Nevermind A community gun. Is that really a thing? I don't know about Baxter offering up himself and his daughter at what sounded like serious peril to both of their reputations and livelihoods. What if the prosecution had lost the case? The jury foreman was so dramatic when he read the verdict. He almost acted like he was surprised. Heh, I got that reference. I wish Billions would be rebooted too.

Surely Janine knows how adults use the term "swingers." Sometimes her naivete is not believable to me. Greg still motivated by jealousy of Manny. Ehh, not a good look, Gregory. Ava pretending to take off her earrings like she was about to fight her snotty soror Crystal. Mr. Johnson probably should've never told Ava he'd abused her secret toilet. And she probably should've had a better security lock. Why was Mr. Johnson wearing his pants hiked up to his armpits? If anyone's taking a vote, I'm over Janine and Gregory. I want her to date Manny, and maybe Greg can get with soror Crystal. (Even though she's from the enemy school.)

It's who Phyllis is, it's what Phyllis does. Years ago when she was still with Jack and she was first introduced to a young Kyle, she had on a low-cut outfit. As she leaned down to greet him she basically waved her cleavage in his face. It was appalling. I get that it's a part of Phyllis' characterization to flaunt her sexuality but IMO hard lines should be drawn with children. I'll never understand why the show continues to have Phyllis behave that way around kids.

That was interesting. Sabrina is quite creative. And I didn't realize she was on the Eras tour. Wonder how it was decided to have her on SNL with Jake Gyllenhaal?