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Clearly you did an excellent job of raising an astute son. 🫡 Please send him our regards, and gratitude for his service to his community. OMG. I had been successful in not thinking about Nick's balls. Had. Thanks a lot, NP.

The napkins at Society had fringe on them too, little pom pom balls. Every time I saw them all I could think about was how much yucky stuff must have collected in those balls. They never made sense to me and I was glad when the show stopped using them. I wonder if there had been complaints because there was a scene where Abby was folding napkins and you could see they were the plain generic kind with no fringe or decorations. Yeah, she's probably due soon. She announced on her insta about a month ago that she was having a little boy and she used the words "getting closer." She's generally kept info about her pregnancy pretty close to the vest. I don't see how going to be near Mattie will cover weeks if not months of CK's maternity leave though. Not unless they've pretaped a bunch of Lily's scenes already, or perhaps Mattie will be hospitalized for an unspecified amount of time.

Bigwig boss lady Jill comes out swinging and Tucker's got jokes. Whee! And then mood killer Mamie showed up. 😒 Well now, I gotta admit Billy was looking rather dapper today. His suit wasn't hanging too loosely on him for a change. Apparently it didn't occur to Devon that Victor, Nikki, and Nick had a deliberate agenda against Nate. Hmmm. Blind faith can be dangerous, Devon. Oh please, as if Mamie could afford to buy Chancellor. As if. Looked like she had enough money to get her hair fixed though. It was mostly all the same color and texture today. Mostly. 😼 Billy, rein in your ego. Two local yet international companies are not fighting over who gets to have you on their payroll. You were a nepo baby before nepo babies had their own hashtag. Sounded like Tucker wants to create a reason for Billy to leave Jabot. If Billy's gone Kyle can slide back into the co-CEO position. Then Audra would run Kyle on Tucker's behalf. Okay. Doesn't Lily's daughter Mattie go to Stanford? I didn't realize they had wildfires so near the campus. Instead of his jet, Devon better send Lily on his helicopter in case she needs to drop a rope ladder over the quad and airlift Mattie out of there, lol. Jill said Tucker was swinging his "big dog energy." Heh, I have it on good authority the Wiki page for BDE has Tucker's photo on it and the "d" doesn't refer to canines. 😏 A random mention of Lily's ex, Cane. Bleh. But the closed captioning misspelled his name as "Kane." Tee hee, the disrespect is still real.

Thing is though, unless they were raw and left out in the sun for several hours, many people would appreciate the gift of such a "delicacy." Victor probably thinks they give him an extra jolt of testosterone. (They don't.) Because JG is a hack. He thinks he's being ever so clever mining Y&R's history for storyline and plot point ideas. However, he also seems to expect the viewers who actually remember what happened to develop amnesia. Sigh.

Poor Nate. He better get a job soon so he can keep up his monthly payments on the penthouse. 😏 Lol, Nate looking at Tucker like, "M.f.-er, please." Nikki put the used shot glass in her purse when she heard Victor's footsteps. I hope the glass didn't have some dregs of vodka still in it or she might have to toss the bag and its contents. OMG, STOP SAYING MY BABY, Victor. Stop! Nate, have you met Tucker before? He probably bought the Spelling Clinic in Lake Geneva just to get access to Victor's registration info. OMG, STOP ANSWERING CALLS FROM UNKNOWN, Nikki. Stop! Yes, Lily, call Nick out on his Newman cult b.s. Seems to me he should've been keeping himself at home while he's recuperating instead of running all over town. The show actually hired extras for Nikki's AA meeting. Wow. But Chance couldn't even get a breathing tube when he was in the hospital. 🫤 Sure, Victor, you all should stick together as family. That is unless your name is Adam or Abby, amirite? FOH with your self-serving, controlling nonsense. Worst. Patriarch. Ever. I can't understand why Nikki didn't recognize the stripper tune on her phone. That brassy, swinging music is pretty much an old-school striptease trope now. What the heck, IMO Esther stepped out of her lane with Lily and Devon. Where Nate works is hardly her business, even as a former C/W employee. Quoting myself to say, "Called it!" Exactly one week. Thanks, JG! 😉

Arriving late to party: Bowen was born to play Santos. Or Dr. Tony Goldman. Goodbye Congress Queen! Emma Stone is married to Lorne Michaels. Figures. Maybe he'll quit and let her take over SNL. She could probably fit it in between her piddly Hollywood jobs. So they give you a previously worn Five Timers jacket? I thought everyone got their own new one. Adolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. No. Just no. I did not have a music video about fully naked NYC public service workers on my Things That Will Render Me Speechless bingo card. Oh noes, the Hermès suede scooter boots! Wait, Emma and that guy Martin from Please Don't Destroy are in love? Wonder if her husband Lorne knows she's cheating on him with one of his employees? The handmade pottery sketch was slightly reminiscent of Schweddy Balls. But then it took a turn. WU: Huh, I thought the orange jesus thing originated on reddit. SNL left a joke on the table during the cigarette bit. It's been recently reported that scientists are on the verge of bringing back the dodo from extinction. So there's hope for cigarettes too. I'll never forget the first time I heard David Beckham talk, years ago. I initially thought he was joking. But I heard him again recently and it sounded like he had gotten some voice training. SNL and Mikey did him kinda wrong. Emma tried hard but it probably would've taken five five-timers to save this episode.

The way Lucy was gushing over her bedroom in Daniel's place, I can't wait to see it. Sounds like a portal to Oz, the Looking-Glass World, and Wonkaville all wrapped up into one! Oh Nate, you really don't want to be throwing attitude at the person you hope will hire you. Especially if it's the cousin who you already tried to screw over. There Victor goes with the "my baby" crap again. KMN. Dang, did Victoria and Cole teleport over to Oregon? When last we saw them they were sitting in the coffeehouse patio. The Newman jet has been getting quite a workout over the past few days. Carbon footprint says what? Lily, you've already assumed the worst regarding Nate getting fired from NE. Why ask Nate to tell the truth now? At this point no matter what he says will be wrong to you. Nikki zeroed right in on various bottles of liquor Victor keeps in their living room. How hard would it be for him to put it all in a cabinet, at least temporarily? Gah. Ehh, I'm not sure I liked the lowkey accusatory way Victoria was coming at Claire. Claire was already on the defensive about the what Aunt Jordan did to them. Why rub it in? Heather noted Lily giving Daniel keys to her penthouse. Hmm. Nikki, you know better than to answer a call from Unknown. Unknown is almost always trouble. Geez, what difference does it make whether or not Claire bought Jordan's lies? A DNA test will settle the question. Let's go! Nikki hasn't eased up on her stank attitude toward Nate, and Victor still thinks he was justified in setting Nate up to be fired. I can't with those two. And neither can the karma bus, apparently. Audra's argument with Nate still made no sense to me. Why should he admit to doing something he didn't do, merely to satisfy people whose minds won't be changed either way? Lol, Lily eyeballing at Heather like, "Sure, bish. You are not fooling me." I thought Nikki would at least try to cover with Irish coffee or a mimosa. Nah, she went straight to shotgunning the vodka. Oy.

ICAM. Every time Victor starts up with his "my baby" stuff with Nikki I struggle to keep my eyes from rolling right out of my head. AFAIC, his terms of endearment = distraction from his emotional abuse. I'd like to think Victor considers himself helping Nikki maintain strength in her sobriety by constantly having her see alcohol but not drink. Yeah, no, he's simply a selfish pig. If Nikki succumbs to her addiction because her husband has to knock back the booze at home, oh well that's her problem. Bet Victor would be fine with Nikki going away to dry out so no one has to see her while she's sloppy drunk and embarrassing the family. But Nate suggesting Victor temporarily leave to get help for his "fake" mental issues was the worst thing ever! Ugh.

Does Christine live at the GCAC? Not sure why she'd take her mail to the dining room to open and sort. Look who's back. And she's already making everything about herself and casting herself as the victim. Poor Summer. 🎶Ain't no weekend like a Newman family weekend!🎶 You get held hostage, poisoned, knocked out, stabbed, and have booze mainlined right into your veins! Whee! Why did Cole go to the ranch with the Newmans? Guess he hopped a ride on their jet but he'll have to find his own rest of the way back home, ha ha. Danny, you idiot! Why do you keep bringing up Phyllis to the woman she tried to kill? You think your mind is like a steel trap but today it was looking more like a tin foil swan full of cold leftovers. Wow, Jill. You want to bring your son into the corporate lion's den that C/W will become once Nate, Mamie, and Tucker dig their claws in? Surprisingly though, I don't hate the idea. 🤔 IMO Victoria must subconsciously believe Claire is her child. She was speaking quite sympathetically of Claire's plight in having been raised by psycho Jordan. Cole might as well go buy It's a Girl! cigars to pass out as the new proud papa, lol. Summer discussing her fraught love life with Phyllis. Yikes. Fatal mistake unless she actually wants her mommy to interfere. Which Phyllis will likely do regardless. TMW you walk up on your old crush publicly smooching your longtime nemesis. Oy, Cricket, be careful. Re comments upthread, Jill dated Jack more than once. Were any of those time frames after Billy was born? That would mean Billy's mommy got with his half-brother. (Who was one slow swimmer away from being Billy's daddy.) Eeeeeeeee! 😱😱😱

Yeah, I remember that moment between Summer and Sharon. It was unclear to me whether Summer actually said to Sharon she was falling for Chance, or if Sharon imagined it. I know Summer can be a bit of a dim bulb. However, she's aware of the circumstances of her conception and the messy history between her parents and Sharon. I don't see Summer going all gooey-eyed and making a confession to Sharon about her feelings for Chance. Meanwhile, Sharon has noticed Summer and Chance acting friendly toward each other. I think Sharon is just insecure enough about potentially losing a man to Phyllis' daughter that she's perhaps getting ahead of the actual threat. In love triangles I always say the person in the middle is the one who holds the power. IMO Chance still seems all in with Sharon and hasn't done anything particularly sus toward Summer. (Though there was that one time in the park where he and Summer started leaning in like they were going to kiss but Sharon showed up and the spell was broken.) I'm guessing Sharon will either voluntarily bow out or she'll do something that will make Chance break up with her. The wild card is Phyllis. Red might step in and try to force the issue so Summer can win but keep her hands clean. Soapy!

Soap Opera Digest recently interviewed Josh Griffith (Y&R Executive Producer/Head Writer) and it was an eye-opener. JG apparently thinks he's daytime TV's Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe all wrapped up into one. The article is posted here: Exclusive: YOUNG AND RESTLESS's Josh Griffith On The Eve Shocker! As example of the interview's what the whatery, there was this exchange (bold part = SOD question): Oh FFS, it might as well have been a Bratz doll if no one without a certain historical knowledge of dolls would get the reference. I mean, doesn't this look just like Victoria: I'd posit the interview proved the Peter Principle is still in effect. JG has arguably reached his highest level of incompetence in the soap opera business.

That's not the only one I've noticed. It's the first one I chose to say I noticed. On Abby, I don't particularly care if she wears white or pastels every single day. Someone staged that photo with her sitting on couch in someone else's home, in between four Black people who were all dressed in dark colors. Additionally, Daniel looked like he was Photoshopped in afterward, as if someone later realized how that photo could be misinterpreted if Abby were the only non-Black person in the room. In real life with real people, I absolutely doubt a mainstream publication would've printed a photo staged that way because they'd know they'd get called on it. If there was a background explanation they would've included it an accompanying article or blurb. Meanwhile, Y&R has never indicated Abby was playing peacemaker in that moment or why she would've taken it upon herself to do so. It's interesting though that just this week, they had Abby trying to explain to Devon why she thinks he should reconcile with Tucker. She's mainly worried if Tucker succeeds in taking C/W he'll make a successful grab at Jabot too. Her having issues with Tucker makes sense IMO, because history. (She also acknowledges the possible effect on her son if his father is estranged from his grandfather.) However, Abby barely knows Mamie, compared to Ashley, Traci and Jack who grew up with her. Nate is Abby's former lover but so far the show seems to have forgotten that. I think Abby positioning herself as the DMZ of the Winters family needs some work if that's the way the audience is supposed to see her.

Mileage varies. It took me less than a minute to jump over to Worn on TV and find five outfits of Abby's that were not white or pastel. Whatever, I'm choosing to stand by my initial interpretation of that photo's iffy subtext. Re the avatar: I'm prepared to argue about the statement it's making too but this isn't the time or place.

Sure, Devon was a man of integrity when he slept with his father's girlfriend; when he slept with his cousin's girlfriend; and, when he slept with Abby while she was still married to Chance. GMAFB. Devon's peen doesn't seem to have a moral code. Hmm, are we to assume Nate spent the night in Audra's room? It looked like a wrestling match had gone on in those bed linens. Tucker, I wanna be in your corner but ease up with the manspreading. No one but Ashley wants a clear and direct view of your crotchular area. Holey hail, Billy. You're climbing up Kyle's a$$ for being late to work? Executive-level staff usually don't punch a time clock, especially in their own home. I have to hand it to Billy; his skills as the Abbott family instigator are unparalleled. Chance, don't kid yourself. Your getting shot was the universe's way of opening up more time for you to work on your gorgeous hair. 😻 Meanwhile, Audra, sorry to inform you but cats don't always land on their feet. Sometimes they're not high enough from the ground to make the physics work. Be careful. Oy, I hope Audra didn't just get with Nate if today she was about to hop on Tucker's joystick. That'd be like some unpaid overtime for her lady parts. 😱 Apparently Tucker took a shower after he and Audra boinked because Ashley didn't appear to a have caught a whiff of eau de sex wafting from him. Hey, Ashley, you asked Tucker what changed in his attitude. The answer you were looking for is "got his d!ck wet." Yeah, Devon, Abby can go head-to-head with Tucker. She can also go two tons of automotive steel and rubber on his body, lol. Wonder if Devon knows Abby tried to run over his daddy back in the day? If Kay was whispering in Chance's ear I bet she'd be telling him to leave Sharon and go after the one closer to his own age. I loved the "I will kill you" look on Sharon's face when Summer dared to act chummy with Chance right in front of her. Shut up, Chelsea. Harrison is not Summer's son. Free Tara! Heh, guess Sharon better not meet Summer in any dark alleys. Summer stared over at Sharon like, "I know how to handle you. My mommy taught me before I was even born." Re the previews: Cole wants DNA tests. Yay! Let the test results shenanigans begin!

Say it louder so the people in the back can hear. I know the term "gaslighting" gets tossed around too much now, and usually inaccurately. However, what is it when we're told we're seeing a flashback but the scene has never been shown before? The average viewer probably sits there thinking their memory is going bad. No wonder Y&R has ads for Prevagen and Neuriva running nonstop. 😵‍💫 I don't mind retcons as long as the writers are reasonably upfront about what they're doing. JG's flashbacks are something more pernicious I think. At best, they're an artsy-fartsy use of the sepia-toned styling which will probably earn Y&R an undeserved Daytime Emmy. At worst, the audience is being trained to accept whatever they see, even when it's mostly fake/false/fantasy. IMO there are potentially dangerous IRL implications. On a lighter note, how much did I love it when Abby's father and half-siblings were probably back in town after having made a quick trip to Oregon to get poisoned and stabbed, and she had no flipping clue? THIS MUCH! And Abby still doesn't know her daddy may or may not be losing his mental faculties and just pulled a huge scheme to cover it up. Why did the show even bother making Abby a Newman if she's barely included on the family group texts?

I think the last time we saw a Paris scene with Ashley and Tucker it seemed more like he was the abused party, at least verbally. I'm wondering if this is a classic "she said, he said" situation and we'll never know for sure which one is telling the real truth.

Holy oranges in tube socks, Batman! I think Ashley could've used a better bra under that bodycon dress. Or a bra. Diane and Jack were still treating Kyle like he's a child and hasn't ever held a job before. It's as if Kyle never was co-CEO of Jabot and then CEO of Marchetti. WTH. So did Billy not receive the group text about the electrical issues at the Jabot building? That means he could've gone to the office none the wiser, plugged in his phone recharger, and gotten electrocuted. Instant promotion for Kyle! 😏 Nah, Kyle, you're the one with no clue. Tucker is working you like the rusty tool you are. Flashback Friday came early this week. Meh. Dang, FlashbackTucker WENT AWF, out there screaming and smashing stuff. I'm surprised the cafe didn't call the gendarmes on him. Summer was in their house and Diane and Kyle didn't even know. Seemed kind of rude on Summer's part to me. She truly does take after her mommy. "Poker is not gambling." Billy, that is exactly what a gambling addict would say. Tucker wasn't trying to hide his tells because he's not playing poker, you idiot. More like the expert level of sudoku. 🤠 Billy is really good at provoking Jack's anger. All he has to do is mention Tucker and Ashley or Tucker and Kyle and Jackie starts foaming at the mouth. IMO Diane seriously needs to stop trying to get Summer and Kyle back together. It's likely going to be a bad time for her when Chance enters Summer's frame for reals. (Grandma Not Dead Yet can also STFU on my girl Audra. Grrr.) Tucker offered Kyle a muffin stump. Is that really a thing, or had Tucker pulled an Elaine Benes and already eaten the tops, lol?

Of course. Poor Victor, Nikki, Victoria, and Nick had spent weeks forced to try to trick Adam into shipping Victor off to a funny farm. Otherwise they wouldn't have gotten distracted and fallen for Claire's ruse. Darned Adam! (😉) Frankly I'm kind of hoping uncle Adam takes Claire under his wing, and at least hires a good defense attorney for her. He knows what it's like to be a member of that cult family yet be treated like an outsider. (I'm guessing Claire will be extradited from OR to GC for a trial.)

Isn't it a Friday or Saturday evening in GC? Audra shouldn't be at the office. Aw geez, please tell me self-designated wise old sage Billy isn't going to be the one to figure everything out, again. Nate has been seeing Victoria for months. Billy was just now concerned about Nate hanging around Kate and Johnny? Boy, bye. You were simply being nosy. (😏) Period. When this is all over I think Victoria needs to slap Claire into the 4th dimension. Claire may be a Stanford graduate but she sure was slow on the uptake. Nate definitely put Billy in his place, tee hee. And he was right; I can't think of anyone who should value Billy's opinion on anything. OMG, was Claire just going stand there looking like a naif while people were dying right in front of her eyes? Aargh! Victoria gave the poison antidote to two of the men first. WTAF. I don't see why their lives were more important than hers. 😡 How did Nick know the exact address of the house to give to 9-1-1? I dunno, I'm not so sure Jordan's wackadoodle story about switching babies is false. There needs to be DNA tests run on Claire, Victoria, and Cole, and soon because Claire's probably facing an extended stay behind bars. Billy said Jill was far more vicious than Victor. Ehhh, Jill has her occasional moments but I gotta give the cruel and merciless award to Victor, for all eternity. 🫤 Audra told Nate she facilitates, she negotiates, she cultivates, she disseminates, she dominates, and she looks good doing it. Whoo, Y&R should put her brag to music and hire Sabrina Carpenter to sing it. Instant bop. Countdown until Aunt Jordan pops up in GC. I give it a week, tops.

All this. The holes in this storyline are big enough to fly space rockets through. Maybe one of those rockets could drop the head writer off on Neptune.

Right? I saw one saying the actress who plays Claire should be nominated for a Daytime Emmy and I was like, "Lol wut?" IMO what she's mainly been doing is mugging while they do close-ups on her. I don't know about getting awarded for the ability to make faces; not unless you're a comedian or you're doing improv. Now CZ and MTS? They both better be nominated AFAIC. Back to the storyline so far, Jordan said she stole newborn Claire/Eve and replaced her with another couple's dying baby. Ditto comments upthread, I still can't stop wondering: wouldn't those parents or the hospital have wondered where that baby disappeared to?

Geez Claire, how do you expect someone to know something they don't know? You are a complete loon and not half as entertaining as your crazypants aunt. Getting knocked the eff out didn't do much for Cole's appearance, lol. IMO he looked almost as bad as Nikki. I was thinking someone should've found a way to start a house fire. Jordan and Claire likely have a secret escape route for their own safety. Just follow them. Was it my TV or had Nikki's hair turned kinda orange--or at least strawberry blonde, heavy on the strawberry? I didn't know excessive alcohol consumption could cause that. 😼 Claire may have taken the captives' cell phones but it seemed to me Victor's was on long enough for his security people to have tracked him. I can't imagine someone of his wealth and status wouldn't have a security team monitoring his location at all times. Or at least whenever he's traveling out of town. Oh please, one simple DNA test (un-tampered with, natch) would prove whether Claire is related to Victoria and Cole. Has one even been done or are Jordan and Claire just on a "what I want = the truth" trip? This is stupid, JG. Pull yourself together, Victor. It's time to lay some of your tough guy boxing moves on that nutbag Jordan, ha ha. I've said it before and I'll say it eleventy-zillion more times: the entire Newman clan should get 23andMe reports so stuff like surprise undead children doesn't keep happening. Gah.

It's official: Aunt Jordan and Claire can feel free to end Nick Newman, at least according to the November 2023 Newman Exit Poll. Here's how the voting turned out: I think Nick held a solid lead for the most part but near the end Victor tried to make a run for the gold. Youth triumphed over experience so buh bye, Nick! Thank you to everyone who voted!

Yikes, Adam. If your relationship with Daddy Vic has never been closer then it must be awful. You might not want to brag. How did Cole not know whose house that was if Jordan is his aunt? Whatever, it's probably never a good idea to let yourself into a stranger's home. Cole's lucky he only got conked out instead of shot. Meanwhile, a hammer upside the head would likely crack the skull, no? I get that Jordan wanted to disable Cole but she could've killed him, or rendered him comatose. Heh, Audra was not holding back on Nate. He needs a friend like her, especially one he's not sleeping with. Sally, stop acting brand new. You know Adam loves you and you knew it when you bedded him again after Nick dumped your hiney. Adam has the patience of a saint as far as you're concerned. Ugh, Jordan said "ruse." Did a memo go out from TPTB telling the writers to use that word at least once an episode? Brings to mind the dreaded reliquary from days of GC yore. WAIT, WHAT!???!!! Claire called Victoria "Mother"!!!! So Cole is her father? Well, kudos everyone who'd already guessed it. 🫡🥂🏆 I think CZ is slaying it as Jordan. She gives me hella creeps through the TV screen. AFAIC Jeremy Star and Ashland Locke were rank amateurs compared to her. Go Jordan, you unbridled psycho!

Hi Day Aheaders! Come over and check out my new Y&R storyline poll, here. It's about the Newmans versus Claire and Aunt Jordan.