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Tamara Tunie was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. I was stunned and impressed with her regal and imposing bearing. It was almost like she was staying in character as Anita Dupree. Colbert usually manages to crack a joke or two with every guest no matter how important they are, but you could see he was not gonna try it with TT. (Also, word may have come down from the CBS bigwigs not to say anything remotely sarcastic or negative about BTG.)

Damian said he'd checked into who Lily Winters is, and he learned they don't share any DNA. Play ball! Lol, Damian offered his hand for Lily to shake and she basically went, "Ew." Look at Sally being all hip to the Paris fashion lingo. "Embroidery atelier"?Okay, writers, stop showing off. 🙄 TMW your boyfriend's ex's kids ruin the romantic mood via long distance. Sally, Phyllis and her family will bring a whole 'nother level of chaos. Get ready. Overconfident much, Audra? You almost outed yourself to Nate about how well you actually know Holden. Nate's spidey senses have started tingling. TMW your girlfriend sashays out to meet with her hot male friend and all you get is a peck on the cheek. Poor Nate. I thought Damian's flirt game reeked of desperation. He probably needs to dial it down at least 10 notches with Lily. Hey, it's Chance. Oh of course Summer guilted GCPD employee Chance into finding out where Phyllis is. Summer, hon, you and Daniel are rich. Hire a private investigator to track your silly mommy. Lily, AFAIC you need to mind your own business, which is not Damian and Amy's fraught relationship. You don't know Damian like that. Or Amy. Amy agreed to let Nate send her medical records to his friend who's an oncology specialist. What are the odds those records will be faked or heavily edited? I'll take Sure Things for $500, Alex. Damian must be down bad for Lily if a possible date with her was what finally compelled him to go see Amy. Hmm.

And again, I don't think the producers are aiming at the average Y&R viewers with those ads. They probably figure the people put off by the commercials were unlikely to watch the show anyway. Yeah, and she should do it like the heart sacrifice ceremony in the movie Apocalypto. (The scene is on YouTube and it's not for weak stomachs.)

Whee, I loved how Daniel was telling Summer about herself and wouldn't let up. He's a good big brother. Lauren's dress. Oy. What was that print, tiger stripes on PCP? I also had to appreciate how Kyle wasn't backing down from Victor's verbal onslaught. Meanwhile, Victor seems to have gotten stuck in neutral, repeating his petty taunts to Kyle over and over and over. Right there with you, Lauren. I too was amazed to learn Michael hadn't told you what happened when Ian shot Victor. Michael acting more loyal to his boss than to his wife is not a good look AFAIC. Geez, Daniel, maybe you could put a GPS tracker on Phyllis' phone (like the one you have on Lucy's). Or, you could accept that Phyllis is a grown@$$ woman who doesn't need to share her every movement with her grown@$$ kids. (Grrr, got me out here defending Red of all people. 😡) Sigh, Diane and Jack, gloating in Victor's face about Glissade is 100% not the way you want to go. Just sayin'. But stop acting brand new, Lauren. You knew Michael was ethically-, legally-, and morally-challenged when you married him. Summer! How are you still trying to be wishy-washy about Chance? Is something wrong with your eyes? Or your cooch? Giiiirrrrllll. Aw, Victor. It looks so sad in your endlessly bitter and vengeful world.

Not really. The Real Housewives shows are fairly cookie-cutter, thanks to the proven formula. BTG will have some specific cultural and historical references, right down to the set decoration, character names, and the location. I don't think BTG intended to appeal to the type of audience Y&R has. In fact, I'd surmise a key part of Y&R's audience is offended by the very concept of a predominantly Black daytime soap.

Heh, I wish Kyle did have the stones to talk such trash to Victor. But I figure he's going to be beaten on that score by Uncle Billy. The only Newman granddaughters Billy hasn't screwed yet are Faith and Claire. (Katie is verboten since she's Billy's kid.) Faith is probably still a longshot since she's fairly young but I bet Billy could get with Claire when she finally gives up on Kyle.

Summer seems to have felt a way upon hearing Kyle was having dinner with Claire, Victor, and Nikki. Does Summer have an issue with Nikki? Diane mentioned how Jabot used to sell rose-scented face powder. Yikes. Sounded to me like an allergic reaction waiting to happen. I'm thinking maybe Diane should've waited to tell her husband about the Abbott manse renovation until after the work was done. Jack wouldn't stop being a Nervous Nellie about it. According to Michael there were spies planted in Glissade before it was sold for parts. Of course there were. Sigh, I don't know why Jack didn't fire everyone and start over when he bought it. He knew Glissade had the taint of Victor on it. Yo, Chance, come get your sorta girlfriend. She's staying obsessed with her ex and his new squeeze for no logical reason. You could probably distract Summer in your special way. 😍 "I'll decide when the Abbotts have suffered enough!" Yeah, that sounded like the ravings of a lunatic. Looking at you, Victor. Come at me. Man, those eye daggers Claire and Summer were shooting at each in Society. Everyone duck! Not a fan of Claire's dress with its giant polka dots. I thought it was too loud of a print for her and she didn't look thrilled to be wearing it. Hey, Jack took off his watch while he was boinking Diane. 'Twas a miracle!

A new Moroccan vibe in the Abbott manse interior decoration. For the straight-laced Abbotts? Oh Diane, you're hilarious. They are not trying to live in a 19th century bordello. AFAIC Lily should've told Nikki and Victor to go fcuk themselves sideways with WD-40 as lube. Kyle, I don't understand why Claire was so upset either. She just had lunch with you and Harrison a few hours ago. Relax, Claire. Claire insisting Kyle bow down to Victor's dinner invitation felt sus to me. It was like she was using Victor an excuse to exert her will over Kyle. Hmm. Wait, so Diane and Jack have to vacate the premises but Kyle and Harrison don't? IMO that makes zero sense. Audra sure looked worried about Nate trying to convince Damian and Holden to stick around GC. Hon, sometimes the best way to get ahead of a lie is to come clean before you're exposed. Aw, Jack's wistful glance over the Abbott manse living room before he left. It's been a good run, Jackie. The ghosts of John and Dina would want you to embrace change. Holden's thirstiness. Bleh, not attractive. Calm down, Holden; Audra ain't all that.

Doesn't MCE have some kind of breathing issue? She used to gasp a lot between sentences. Now she just does it silently so it sounds like she's leaving odd pauses.

Why did Janine make a face when Manny gave her and Greg his blessing a couple?

Nah, the HR department has been mentioned. And I don't think the resumes would've gone straight to Nikki. Yeah, Nikki and Audra did interview Claire at Society but didn't Claire sorta engineer that? She wanted to jumpstart a seemingly cozier relationship so she could maneuver Nikki to Oregon.

Yes, Audra told Nikki her resume said that but other things have also been claimed about Claire's education. None of it may be true but clearly she's no dummy despite having been brainwashed by Jordan. However, I remember wondering how Claire could've lied about an Ivy League education on her resume. Wouldn't NE's HR department have checked, and wouldn't she have needed to provide a copy of her diploma and/or transcripts? At that point in time it wasn't known yet she was a Newman, though Nikki had sorta taken a shine to her. Whenever one of the Newmans mentions NE's vaunted position in the business world I just roll my eyes. Imagine if Google or Amazon operated the way NE does, with family members put in jobs they aren't qualified for and the CEO changing every few months. They'd be the laughingstock of the world.

Re Cady McClain, I'd be curious to know who approached whom. Did the BTG producers recruit her or did she make the first overture? She's become a known show-hopper so I'd be surprised if she stuck around beyond the next sweeps period if that long. But anyways...All My Children fans represent for Dixie!

Aw, geez, that corny-sounding French harmonica music. I do not love having 1940s B&W movie flashbacks. Quoting myself to say: called it! Oh wait a minute...a fantasy? Never mind. 😐 Dream Billy, normally I wouldn't advocate a man getting violent with a woman but sometimes awful times call for awful measures. You needed to grab Nightmare Phyllis by her extensions and drop-kick her out the door. #notevenkidding Phyllis, you wondered where your dream about Billy came from? It came from Hell! Pull yourself together, succubus. So did Sharon fall asleep in the coffeehouse and dream up Sally, Billy, Phyllis, Chelsea, and Adam too? Darn that PCP! I think the Chadam and Shick fan bases must've been thrilled when they watched today's episode. Meanwhile, where was Niktor? Or Dack? Or Clayle? Or Dabby? Or, uh, Naudra? 🤡

Hey, it's Lily and Devon Yes, Damian, you should've stayed in L.A. No argument from me. Sally, if you're already at the point where you're eavesdropping around corners on your man's phone conversations, the romance is probably on the downslope. Sorry. Holden, why are you defending Amy? She led you into a trap too. Billy, stop kowtowing to Phyllis. Give her an inch and she'll take 4100 miles, nonstop. I liked Sally's satiny floral print robe. She usually doesn't wear such simple looks. Phyllis chatting up Billy and Abbott Communications to Nick was a thoughtless move. Billy's gonna be hella pissed when he finds out. WAIT, WHAT!!?!!?? Audra and Holden have a past! Messiness! 😱😱😱 And mentions of Tucker, by Holden no less. Be still my heart. Bygones, Nick? Bygones? AFAIC the stuff your mommy and daddy pulled wrt snatching Chancellor is way past bygones. FOH, you kool-aid-drinking simp. WAIT, WHAT!!?!!?? Billy has a someone on the inside at Chancellor spying for him. So he's been lying to Sally about letting it go. Aw, man. Lily and Damian had a meet cute at Society and he seems to have liked it. Darn, I wanted him for Audra and Lily for Holden.

IKR? Between Nate's extra perky nips and Devon's manspreading, that room was chock full o' nope. Who do they think wants to see that?

So I haven't watched today's episode yet but I did catch a little bit at the top. All I got to say is, Billy in gray sweats tho. The only way that could've been better is if Tucker had showed up in his slim jeans. 🤪

I'm confused by the references to "heir." All of Victor's children and grandchildren* are his heirs unless he disinherits them. Was the meaning to be read as "heir to the throne"? If so, I agree that at one time the heir to the NE throne was Victoria. But Victor used to say that young Faith was as smart as a whip and she'd be running his empire one day. I wondered if that would lead to Faith and Victoria fighting for control, especially since SORASed Faith is now getting an excellent business degree at UMichigan. (But poor Faith may end up finishing her schooling at GCU if Sharon doesn't stop being a whackadoodle.) Then there's Adam with his Harvard MBA, while allegedly Claire has an Ivy League MBA** too. Claire's already let Adam know they won't be teaming up. She doesn't need Adam's help. *Today Summer made a huge point of telling Claire how Victor immediately accepted Harrison as his great-grandson. This apparently happened after Summer claims to have adopted Harrison despite the existence of Tara. 🙄 **Information about Claire's educational background has been all over the place. She's also said she attended college in Chicago. So if she went to, say, UChicago for undergrad, and also has a Harvard MBA, I think Claire's way more qualified to be running NE than either Victoria or Adam.

Sharon, stop trying to convince Summer to feel okay with your being exonerated for everything related to Heather's death. Summer's concern for Daniel will always top your need for forgiveness. Huh, there's a Latin Quarter in Paris. Gee, no wonder Billy said, "Laissez les bon temps rouler" last week. He confused Paris with NOLA's French Quarter. Sure. 😏 The way Phyllis spent 10 minutes rooting around in her tote bag for her cell, she must have quite a junkyard dumped in there. Pshht, Phyllis, the only thing Sally is taking shots at right now is Billy's peen. You're not even the same galaxy of her current focus. Oh well. Watch yourself, Summer. Claire is way better at dealing with the kind of 3-D mind games your Grandpa likes to play. You are light work for her. Not sure why Phyllis and Daniel were talking like neither of them remembers Phyllis is on Billy's long list of exes. HoIey moley, Sally & Billy were smokin'. Yowza. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Oh no, Sally! No!!! It's too soon for the "L" word! Stop!!!! Meanwhile, apparently Billy couldn't be bothered to take off his watch while he was having secksay times. Kyle and Jack do the same thing. What is it with these Abbott men?

I think it would've been great if this bit of info had been spoiler-tagged. Probably most viewers assume though that Lily will be coupled with either Damian or Holden since she's been single for a long time by soap standards. I'd prefer Holden for Lily, and a Nate/Audra/Damian love triangle.

And that's just it. There's a certain type of abuser, particularly an emotional abuser, who is very good at presenting an innocent face to the outside world. They also might be good at denying to themselves or to their victim that what they're doing is harmful. Also, in certain cultures there's a group mentality where people believe that if they grew up being abused and in their mind they survived it, then they're entitled to treat their kids in similar ways. So the abuse easily becomes multi-generational until people learn better and do better. At least Victor's children don't seem to be pushing their dysfunctional upbringing on their kids. Victor just tries to get to the grandkids directly with his Family! nonsense, via gifts of horses, cars, houses, and jobs they're barely qualified for. And now we have Claire, who so far seems to be like "Or so you thought, Grandpa." She's appreciating what being a Newman brings but her loyalty is not for sale.

Huh, it hadn't occurred to me that having Victor be so strongly opposed to Claire dating Kyle was a reverse psychology move. I agree, his disapproval doesn't help them. IMO it's actually damaging Victor by making him look oddly irrational. I'm wondering if this is leading to some kind of serious illness that's effecting Victor's brain.

I think it's possible to be dying of a terminal illness and also be a bad person who's not worthy of sympathy. In my opinion Amy is that kind of person and she's using her alleged illness to manipulate both Nate and Damian. If Amy and Damian have a long history of her mistreating him enough that he wanted nothing to do with her, I'm fine with Damian not submitting to her overtures. A parent is not entitled to have their kid as their lifelong object of emotional abuse. O hai Victor. But, this being a daytime soap, Damian will eventually come around. It'll likely be right before Amy kicks the bucket.

Jack shaded Victor right to Victoria's face. Rude much, Jackie? Even if what you said was true. Damian, 🎶Every party needs a pooper. That's why Nate invited you. Party pooper!🎶 It'll never make sense, Victor! If Kyle the Abbott isn't good enough for Claire he can't be magically right for her cousin Summer. And miss me with the Harrison excuse because everyone knows his real mommy is Tara. #freetara! Hey Vikki, you left out the part about how you were pregnant when your daddy had you arrested on your wedding day to Billy. There should've been no coming back from that but here we are with you still defending Victor. Victor. If you believe people who share children belong together, why aren't you with Abby's mommy? Remember Ashley? FOH with your hypocrisy. Shut up, Nate. How Damian has been living his life is none of your busines. So he's independently wealthy and you're not. You mad? Um, Victor, Summer is not only co-parenting with an Abbott, she runs a company owned by them. Meanwhile, Claire is a basically an executive assistant at a company you had to steal from an Abbott. It's the Abbotts' world, you're just living in it, lol. Sure hope Kyle cleans up the dining room when Harrison's school project is completed. Mrs. Martinez already has enough to do keeping Harrison loaded up on pastries. I'm with Damian: finding out at his age that he's had a sibling kept hidden from him his whole life is a non-starter. Amy should've left it alone instead of making this near deathbed confession.

In Victor's world the rules he applies to everyone else don't apply to him. He built his empire for his Family! Except Abby because she's 50% Abbott. And Claire if she doesn't stop being defiant.