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Mando flies in to save the day all cool like, "Hey, gang! Whassup?" Season 3 definitely got a bigger budget. Nevarro looked amazing. That's High Magistrate to you. Boken. So glad this show is back. It's Pedro Pascal's world; we just live in it. I keep seeing that this episode had some references to TBOBF. Is it necessary to have watched TBOBF in addition to the previous two seasons of The Mandalorian? I had decidedly chosen to skip the Boba Fett series because I had already gotten overwhelmed trying to keep up with Star Trek and MCU canon across multiple TV shows and movies. I picked up on the Belters reference but then sort of shrugged it off, so I'm glad to see that bit of dialogue confirmed as an actual nod to The Expanse. The Expanse must be highly respected among sci-fi producers because this is like the 4th or 5th TV show I've seen point to it.

Gangster Looney Tunes. Please tell me that's a real thing.* Janine is a messy dork. Erika knows. Mr. Johnson can hit a curveball, unlike the other bald MJ. 😏 Only Jacob would mention Will Smith in the same breath as John Contrane. 🙄 I didn't realize how mechanical charter schools are. Teaching on a script? Sounds like they want to churn out little robots. I was really hoping after Janine and Greg confessed to him, Mo would sarcastically suggest a 3-way. They were so wrong for tag-teaming him like that just to relieve their guilt. Buzzfeed has done several Abbott Elementary-related quizzes so IMO it was nice of the show to give them a little nod back. *ETA: It is!

Ruddy-faced Jack again. Ease up on the Jabot for Men face serum, my guy. Not sure what Summer being born in an elevator has to do with anything, Phyllis. At least it wasn't a dumpster, you lunatic. Yay, Tessa and Mariah are officially mommies now. Nick can miss me with his "Sup" stuff. Kewl Dad he is not. A filet mignon panini. I dunno, sounds like a fancy schmancy Philly cheesesteak to me. Heh, it was nice of the show to acknowledge how people go to the coffeehouse and later leave without buying anything. Today Sharon finally noticed, lol. Adam, Sharon didn't tell you about Sally's pregnancy because Sally has been taken under Nick's wing now. Sharon never gossips about Nick's business. So life is zero-sum for Phyllis, and as far as she's concerned, she and Diane cannot exist simultaneously in anyone's friend group. How old is she, 12? OH NO HE DIDN'T! Nick ragged on Adam for showing up announced at Sally's hotel room. M.f.-er (😼) you are the king of randomly dropping by with no warning. STF all the way U. Sally told Adam there's nothing she needs from him before the baby's born. Oof, bet she's going to have to eat those cruel words later. Gee, Nick, maybe Adam doesn't want to watch you steal another one of his kids. Try being straight with Sally about the Christian factor instead of issuing vague warnings. Come on! Stark let himself into Phyllis' room while she was passed out? AFAIC trespassing = immediate 9-1-1 call. Okay, I have to commend MS on her performance today. She was bringing it with Phyllis' drunken breakdown and it didn't feel like a blatant Emmy grab. TEB and CLB were clearly trying not to inch into her spotlight though. @NinjaPenguins, we're all dead! Show some mercy! 🥴🥳🥴🥳

I know a number of Y&R fans don't like Devon for a variety of reasons but this ^^^ is the one I cannot understand. Tyra was not Devon's sister's mother, and she was not Devon's mother's sister. Not biologically, not by adoption, and not by marriage. Devon and Tyra were not related in any way. The only possible moral issue was that she was sort of with Neil but they had been off and on so application of the bro code was iffy at best IMO. Plus, it wasn't as if Devon had to force himself on Tyra; she made a choice too. IRL, I think Devon would have no trouble getting women or achieving business success. Sure he's somewhat height- and hair-challenged but a bit of swagger can overcome a multitude of lackings in other areas. O hai Jeff Bezos. And finally, of the longstanding characters currently in GC, the only ones which have never been recasted even temporarily are Chelsea, Christine, Devon, Esther, Mariah, Michael, Nick, Traci, and Victor. I think this must speak to TPTB's solid satisfaction with the portrayal and acceptance of all these characters--especially the ones who are still seen reguarly.

Ashley believes she's the boss of Tucker but he knows he's got what she really wants--in his pants. (And it's not his wallet or his cell phone. 😏) Ashley's jumpsuit was kind of weird to me. It looked like something left over from one of the Star Trek shows. She'd fit right in as an aging space cadet, lol. Lily, you may have built C-W (more like stapled them together, amirite?) but at the end of the day you're merely an employee, serving at the pleasure of Jill. Shut up Audra is so shady, gushing about working for/with Nate, and then putting it in Elena's head that there's something extra about Nate and Victoria's relationship. There is but why would Audra take it upon herself to poke Elena about it? You are not slick, Vikki. How are you practically going to be sitting on Nate's lap like that? In the office too. Giirrrlll. So I was watching my recording of today's episode and at around the 12- minute mark it started showing Let's Make a Deal. ????? (I went and watched the missing scenes online. It was mostly just more of Devon and Lily's fight, Elena trying to let Audra know she's not insecure about her man, and Audra continuing to make innuendos about Victoria and Nate.) Not a fan of Victoria's fillers. The apple-cheeked look does not suit her icy personality IMO. Dang, the way Victoria kept pushing up on Nate even after he told her he's committed to Elena. But then again, Nate had been kind of sending her mixed messages. Weak d-bag. Audra all but assured Elena that Nate is going screw Victoria to get promoted. Have to give Elena props for managing to maintain her composure. And there it is. Lily admitted, "This is all I have left!" Yep. Smells like desperation mixed with generous portions of jealousy and depression to me. Victoria doesn't think much of Devon, huh? Or have respect for Nate if she wants to send him in as her live corporate assault weapon against his cousin. Welp, time to put on your big boy pants, Nate. #youtoo

Loved Kyle's "say what now?" face when Diane and Jack told him Jeremy Stark was back in town. Doofus. Summer apparently got the bottom of her skirt caught in the car door again. And again she was clomping around like a drunken moose. IMO she just doesn't have the legs and hips for tight mini skirts. Who do Victoria and Victor think they are summoning Ashley to their office to give her the third degree? FOH. Man, Jack and Kyle really whipped themselves up into a frenzy over not much actual Stark threat. (Not yet, anyway). Meanwhile, Diane gained herself some cozy alone time with Jack away from The Danger. Father and son = putty in her hands. Ashley held her own quite calmly against those two Newman clowns. I don't how she managed not to laugh in their self-entitled faces. Kyle trying to throw down with Stark. I can't. Phyllis telling Summer she'll never change sounded like threat to me. Just when you think she can't go any lower or loonier, Red proves you 100% wrong. Ehhh, I think Tucker offering McCall Unlimited to Devon as a consolation prize probably wasn't the way to go. He should've couched it as icing on the cake. As if schmoopy Jack isn't bad enough, today we had post-coital, berobed Jack basking in the afterglow. 🙄 And Diane still brought up Jeremy! She's relentless. Oh, soap deities, please tell me Tucker is running a long con on everybody. Things are thisclose to falling perfectly into place for him with Ashley and Devon. Even Abby is softening toward him.

Yes, I've been thinking the same thing. Maybe that's why Christian is being mentioned so much more lately, and why Sally seems so clueless about his significance to Adam. But man, I wish Nick would pull such a boneheaded move. Adam would basically eviscerate Nick for trying to use Adam's kids as chess pieces.

I zoned out during that scene because Devon's tats skeeve me out. Did Devon really say that? Geez, I wonder what it meant when he and Mariah had sex on the staircase back when they were dating. That's like halfway between the couch and the bed. There seems to be a lot Sally doesn't know about Nick, and the Newmans in general. She should be more scared of all of them than of Adam.

Devon said "home" instead of "my place" when he and Abby were talking about getting dessert to go. Does that mean Abby is living at the penthouse now? Nikki's skirt. Yikes. Fashion don't ever. Sally and Nick having secksay times, again. Vom. It. 🤮🤮🤮🤮 Lol, wonder if Adam has ever seen Nick naked? Or vice versa? Meanwhile, it sounded to me like Sally wanted to make a live porn video with Nick. KMN. Nikki rattled off the names of several international debt buyers in Canada, Europe, or Asia which may purchased Tucker's loans. Are we to believe Ashley can swim with those sharks? Where did she get so much money? Sally in jeggings. She likely won't be fitting in those much longer. So Sally realizes that Connor and Chelsea will be part of her baby's extended family. But does she know Christian will be her child's half-sibling? It seems like an elephant in the room to me. Victor was quite surprised by the possibility of Ashley having scooped the Newmans wrt Tucker's loans. However, her having the financial wherewithal to do so didn't faze him. I don't get it, dagnabbit! 🤨 Okay, Devon, it's time to pull that stick out of your hiney. For once Abby is talking sense about Tucker. Listen. Victor said he intends to buy McCall Unlimited and hand it over to Adam to run, independent of NE. But yesterday Victoria told Nate that once NE acquires MU she plans to break it up and part it out to various NE entities, including Newman Media. Huh? Hey! Abby and Devon were getting down in a bed instead of on the couch. Stop the presses! Nick is starting to look a bit insecure about his place in Sally's life since he knows Adam will be a permanent part of it. Hmm. I'm thinking Tucker should reach back and see if he can find some old dirt on Jill he could use to get her to drop the lawsuit and let Devon take back H/W.

Ashley didn't know Abby and Devon were pretty much a couple now. Apparently she and Abby don't communicate much. Nate making bedroom eyes at his boss. Chile, please. 🙄 And ditto comments upthread, he looks like he's wearing at least 19 layers of clothing. Well, Lily, Daniel is freshly on the rebound. There would be red flags even your judgment wasn't impaired by your recent business misfortunes. I just don't understand why Abby is so concerned about Devon and Lily's relationship. IMO she needs to shut up about it instead of going behind his back and running her mouth. Oh Audra, a corporate Mata Hari you are not. The trick is not to be too obvious. You practically have a flashing neon sign on your forehead. Didn't Tucker tell Victoria McCall Unlimited was no longer for sale? She's still acting like the deal is in play. Have some scenes been shown out of order? And now Chelsea bum rushes someone else's life. How convenient that Daniel needs new inspiration for Omega Sphere RIGHT NOW! Meh, it's like Ashland all over again. Now Tucker is bankrupt and has no assets at all. How is he even affording the hotel suite then? Nate is straight trash. It's bad enough for him to be making out with his boss in what is known to be a rather open office. But what about Elena? He's in a committed relationship even if Victoria isn't. 🤨🤬 Whee! Audra looking at Vikki and Nate like, "Hey, hoes." Lily does not seem to be fully on board Chelsea's big gaming idea. Will she be the one to bust Chelsea's bubble, finally? <fingers crossed> Wait, what? Ashley and Abby are pushing for Tucker and Devon to reconcile. Gee, that came out of the blue. Thumbs up from me, though.

This guy: He fired his staff so it's all up to him now.

Janine went to Penn? Wow, Ivy League. Did we know that before now? A carafe of Sex Ed on the Beach. No half measures for Ava, lol. "The Rules of Science are Meant to Be Followed." Goodness, why does that need to be a lecture? Of course Jacob went to Oberlin. That Ring light photographer was hilarious. They should bring him back to do the annual school photos at Abbott. Don't come for the Schemmenti sisters unless they send for you. Bad parking lot extensions lady got it with both barrels. A classroom made of flowers. Oy, seeing that almost set off my sneeze reflex. TJW seems to be getting thinner by the week. Hope he's okay. I'm still trying to figure out how he automatically connected it to Kamala Harris though. She's not the face of AKA even though she may be its most famous soror right now.

No, the name used on WU was fake but I recognized some of the stuff she said. What I read was from the point of view of one of her daughters who didn't like being expected to cater to her brother the way their mother did.

The Ohio River = Fenty beauty water. (Image my surprise to learn there is a skin serum called Fenty Skin Fat Water. SNL left an easy joke on the table.) So was SNL insinuating that goofy lead juror in GA was paid off to nullify the trial? Bowen and the Borzois would make great band name. I wonder if those were actually his beautiful dogs in the opening credits? Wait, PDD's Ben Marshall might be the father of Carla Jean's baby. He's tall and he has red hair. Travis Kelce is hosting next week. Good thing he's hot AF because I predict the cue cards will be a challenge for him. Unlike the Philadelphia Eagles defensive line. 😏 I did not have "anthropomorphic scat fetish used in product placement skit" on my bingo card for this SNL episode. Do the people running the Academy Awards really think viewers will tune in to see if someone gets slapped again this year? If so maybe they shouldn't have publicized their new crisis team. High doses of Vitamin C to end a pregnancy. Hmm, perhaps the tablets are supposed to be inserted instead of swallowed. <i keed, i keed> Koons ain't safe in Florida. Pretty sure the Gina Bianchi bit in WU was inspired by a reddit post by one of the daighters. Scarlett Johansson is a five-timer? Low bar. 😒

^^^Right? I like Jeremy a lot, he's a zaddy. But he is hardly the big scary villain Y&R keeps telling the audience he is. He hasn't done anything since he's been in GC except swan around looking amusedly menacing, in between his visits to Society and the coffehouse. IMO this is another case where the show seems to have thought they could create a character largely via exposition. Fail. Diane has to keep Jack and Kyle on the hook. If she lets up they might figure out what a vortex of panic and hysteria she's brought into their lives and start to push her away. If she makes it seem like everyone is in danger again then they'll go into protective mode again, and see someone else as the problem instead of her.

I just realized I used the wrong pronouns for LJ. Not sure I can still edit my posts but if I can I'll correct the pronouns. ETA: unfortunately the editing window is closed. Sorry for my mistake. It was unintentional.

"Probably of destruction: 100%". Hate when that happens, lol. Ditto comments upthread, Raffi's storyline is not interesting me much. It's like she's on a separate show. Maybe Worf's arrival will help. The bounty hunter Vadic throws a literal ship at them and then everyone looks at Jack like "Dafuq?" Hilarious. Picard is back and in charge, baby! Playing cat and mouse with a shrike inside a nebula. Here comes the fun. My favorite comment from reddit:

There's another one coming, I'm just waiting until the actual NCAA Sweet 16 bracket starts.

Hey there, Chance. How you doin'?😏 Abby's gigantic bell-bottom pants. They're like a throwback to the disco era, lol. Why would someone leave a package on the Abbotts' doorstep for Harrison? That makes no sense, Diane. But way to make it keep seeming like Stark could pose a threat to your and Jack's grandson. I wish Abby would stop nagging Devon about possibly destroying his relationship with his sister due to his lawsuit against C-W. Someone needs to remind her about that time she sued her father for her $500M trust fund. Nate, listen to Elena. You are The Very Last person who should be stepping into what's going on between Lily and Devon. Geez. Loved how Chance swaggered in to lay down the law with Diane and Jack. He is so over the Newmans and Abbotts treating him like a non-entity. Guess Stark's needling was affective. Puhleeze, I bet Diane sent that book to herself. There's no proof Jeremy had anything to do with it. The drama queen continues to reign. Daniel keeps telling Phyllis about herself but she won't stop ducking and swerving and allow the truth to land on its target. She's hopeless. Talk to the hand, Nate, 'cause Miss Lily ain't trying to hear it. Hee. Nate: so, cuz, Imma just throw my d!ck on the table and tell you what you're doing wrong. Devon: put that cocktail weenie back in your pants, Nate. Whatever you think you've got going on will never measure up to mine. Elena: I know that's right! You should've taken my advice, honey! Re the previews: please tell me that's a dream sequence in NE CEO office. Ugh, Victoria and Nick heard about #metoo at the C-suite level and said "Hold our cabernet sauvignons!"

Nick told Sally she was lucky he just happened to be in the neighborhood. Gee, what was his excuse the other 935,741 times he showed up at her hotel room unannounced? Sally, don't lay on the bed with your boots on. Ew. After he watched his date walk off with his worst enemy, Billy should've ordered some toast to sop up the jelly with. Tee. Nick has to be one of the most insecure men in GC. Sally is constantly having to reassure him that he's her hero, she wishes the baby was his, Adam is a PITA, yadda, yadda, yadda. He's pretty obtuse too because Sally has told Nick she wants to be more than his fcuk buddy. She just hasn't said it in plain enough words. I liked Chelsea's soft suede coat. Maybe in a different color though. Devastated? Oh come on, Nick. You wouldn't know devastation if a 2-ton slab of it dropped off the Top of the Tower onto your thick head. Heh, Diane must be sucking Jack's brains out at night. Offering the Jabot co-CEO job to Billy is insanely stupid and I give Billy credit for admitting it. Kyle is a tool. You're married to a tool, Summer. Tool. Wonder why Billy didn't mention to Jack that he and Chelsea were also spending time with Johnny? Or that Adam wasn't thrilled about Billy presuming to be a father figure for Connor? Jack actually looked proud and happy for Billy after he encouraged Billy to follow his heart with Chelsea, but cautiously. Ehhh. Nick having sex with Sally now, knowing that Adam's baby in there makes me want to vomit. I dunno, it just seems disrespectful to me. <shrugs>

Union-busting is definitely happening but I think the harmful impact of having JG do All the Jobs can't be underestimated. Imagine the baristas at your local Starbucks are trying to unionize. Starbucks/the store owner preemptively fires all the baristas and has the manager run the store until the unionizing is shut down. That's the manager taking orders, making the drinks, running the cash register, and handling the drive-thru. I'm thinking that store could not remain open for very long. This is what I bet will happen to Y&R unless they can hold out and hire new writers after the anticipated strike is settled. Allegedly though Sony/CBS wants to keep cutting the budget to its bare bones. Some fans are speculating Y&R will move to streaming like DOOL did. Since its audience skews older and less technically savvy, the success would be doubtful IMO. That's largely why AMC and OLTL didn't survive on Hulu. (Not to mention expecting people to start paying for a program they got for free for 50 years. Apparently DOOL has lost a huge chunk of its audience since it moved to Peacock.) On a slightly tangential note, I had already jokingly wondered whether some of Y&R's character dialogue was being written by AI. Now I'm more confident that'll happen with JG trying to do All the Jobs.

The lede being buried is that Josh Griffin Griffith is now head writer and executive producer, and he has assumed the role of the breakdown staff. That means it's up to him to ensure continuity among the current plotlines as well as with the historical ones. I think we're going to start seeing more oddly cut off and seemingly missing scenes, as well as weird retcons or simple disregard of past events. Frankly, I don't view this as good news at all. I wouldn't be surprised if Y&R is cancelled later this year after the anniversary celebration.

Okay, it's messy but here goes my understanding of the Who Gets to Own Tucker? Follies : Tucker borrowed a lot of money to try to keep McCall Unlimited (MU) afloat. NE decided to buy that debt at full price to force him to sell his company to them. They figured the lenders would rather get top dollar for the loans instead of bargained prices. Victoria has mentioned having to sell off some NE stuff in order to gather the necessary cash and was concerned that the delay might allow someone else to buy the debt before NE did. Victor said that the only local competition with enough money would be Devon but he didn't think Devon would pull such a move on his own father. He also didn't think Tucker could go to Devon for help because they were currently estranged. Meanwhile, Tucker and Ashley have it out when she gets back from Paris. He ends up telling her in order to make amends he'll sell everything and get out of the tycoon business. Ashley was like, "Whatever, dude" and leaves him hanging. He then runs into Victoria in the evening and offers to sell MU to NE, lock, stock, and barrel. The next day Tucker tells Ashley he has an offer in play to sell MU to NE. He figures he'd get more money doing that versus being forced to sell it after all his loans get called in. That's when Ashley informed him she had bought all his debt. Now Tucker realizes he'd better close the deal with Victoria and NE before they find out his debt has been bought and he loses negotiating power. Ashley tells him nah, he has to tell the Newmans his offer to sell them MU is retracted because there are other plans for it. Victoria finds out Tucker's debt has been grabbed before NE could buy it. However she still wants NE to buy MU. Today Tucker told her that's no longer his decision to make. So: Ashley somehow has become as rich as the Newmans or Devon and was able to swoop in and buy Tucker's loans on her own? No, today she seems to have indicated someone else is involved. I figured whoever it is must have helped her with the debt purchase and is also going to buy MU eventually. It could be Devon I guess but are he and Ashley cool like that? Maybe Abby threw in on it too, or maybe it's someone who hasn't been introduced yet. 🤔 ETA: would Victor have gone behind Victoria's back so he he could hand MU directly to Adam? I don't see Ashley helping him do anything that benefits Adam though.

What's so great about the Newmans? Again, I love it when the jokes write themselves. 🙄 Not a fan of Audra's big suit jacket today. Too sparkly. But dang if she doesn't have gorgeous skin. Why is Ashley being so nasty to Tucker? I feel like her owning him financially should be more entertaining than it is. Mopey Tucker is no fun to me. Chelsea giving life advice to Adam was rich. Nice bit of product placement for that game Billy brought Connor. Sony should just put their entire catalog on Y&R since it's all in the family anyway. Ashley undercutting the Newmans in a business deal is also odd to me. She doesn't generally go against Victor but I'm not sure how she gets along with Victoria. Do those two have beef? Now they've got Chelsea propping the Omega Sphere vaporware. Ehhh. Lol, Audra, "risky and foolish" is accusing your boss of boinking his boss. Besides, you're hardly one to talk given what you had going on with Tucker. I think Baby Newman must've been doing somersaults during Sally and Adam's conversation. Even inside the womb she or he must see that Mommy is using Uncle Nick as a shield against Daddy. So Ashley has someone else lined up to buy McCall Unlimited. They must be the source of the money she used to grab Tucker's outstanding loans. Wow, who could it possibly be? Ugh, I just wanted to kickbox Billy in the junk today. Close your legs, jerk. Nobody wants to see your crotch except maybe your crazypants girlfriend. Poor Adam. He's utterly discombobulated by Sally's news.

Yeah and the song was huge hit, all over radio and TV despite the savage criticism aimed at it. Anka proudly accepted the "Male Chauvinistic Pig of the Year" award from Ms. magazine for it, but he also claimed the song was intended as a tongue-in-cheek shot at the 1970s anti-choice people. As an homage to standard soap opera tropes I generally don't mind WTD? storylines. But knowing that CH & MG's IRL relationship is a factor kind of annoys me. I think Sally is being written out-of-character now.