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Those spoilers - do they really expect me to believe that Carly is going to have more than a moment's upset that Sonny is still in the business? She has never cared.

I haven't seen today yet, did they really explain Jake's resurrection during a commercial break? Do we need to seek out Helena's Twitter account to find out the details?

I agree - I can see Sam thinking Patrick is the kind of guy she should want to be with and giving it a go since he's willing, they're both single, and they both have young kids they can raise together. But even if Jason was really, most sincerely, dead, I can't see her actually sticking with him long term. Someone more exciting would come along.

I didn't even think of that (probably because Carly only spends time with Joss about once every 3-4 months). That shit will piss me off. I refuse to tolerate Jax's daughter living in the Moobster's house. Fuck that.

My UO is that I still don't see any real chemistry between Jakeson and Sam. I think part of it is that BM is playing Jake very joke-y and not at all "into" Sam at this point. And part of it is that he's still not remotely "Jason" to me, so he doesn't seem like Sam's type at all. (Of course, neither does Patrick. With both men, I just can't see Sam being into them.) I think she had better chemistry with Silas (although oddly I didn't see it with McBain). And I think he has better chemistry with Liz and, unfortunately, Carly. Add in that I'm always a bit squicked out by real life couples, and, given the new relationship btw KM and BM, I'd much prefer we just get a retcon that he's not Jason after all, so we can avoid the pairing completely.

Maybe it was Jerry. And, in that case, I kind of want to see the footage.

Carly, Sonny, and the next kid who's going to be shot/blown up due to Sonny. Gotta throw the baby who will no doubt be in a coma at some point before she hits driving age to up the cute factor.

Pretty much. (Would it be surprising?) So Nik knows? Yeah, if he's not wondering why Robin hasn't told anyone yet, he's a dumbass. If he was wondering, but realizes (or at least thinks it's possible) that his grandmother has Robin locked away somewhere, then he's the biggest ass ever. I could see him not telling Liz, because no way in hell he wants Liz to know that he knows Robin is being held by his grandmother, and he's doing nothing about it (beyond putting Grandma in a timeout on the island where she's no doubt screwing the pool boy and still commanding her army of minions to do her bidding). Keeping Jason from re-discovering his life as the Holy Hitman is one thing, but enabling Robin's continued captivity is another.

So, basically, Billy Miller is Kristen Alderson - "I'll just date whatever co-star strikes my fancy. Makes it easier to schedule work and personal time."

Do they know that Robin unfroze him? This shit has gotten so convoluted that I have no idea who knows what any more. But, if Nik and/or Liz knew that Robin knows Jason is alive, then they'd have to wonder why the hell she hasn't told anyone, like, say, his wife, or his mother. The only way either of them knowing would make sense is if Nik knows that Helena has Robin stashed somewhere. And that would make Nik the absolute worst human being on this show. I believe it was them and Lulu/Dillon for sure. I think Robin's pregnancy was also a result of them, but I could be wrong there. But I seem to remember that there were a lot of "oops!" pregnancies thanks to the Q's defective condoms, not just the one.

I'm going to go with "Rocco needs stem cells and Val's baby is, naturally, a perfect match."

As much as I'm disgusted by Dante, DZ did do a good job. I don't know if it was in the writing or not, but his performance had me sold that Dante started aggressively talking over Lulu when she started denying she cheated because if she didn't cheat, then he screwed her cousin and blew up his marriage for no reason.

Has a hazmat team been to the Q crypt yet?

When Dante said something about Lulu being too focused on being Luke Spencer's daughter, I yelled back at my TV "and you certainly jumped right to being Sonny's son!" So, basically, he's pissed at her because he jumped the gun and took her lie as an excuse to jump into bed with her cousin before finding out what the hell was going on. And now it turns out Lulu wasn't cheating, so he's the only one who actually cheated. I mean, I defend the Liz/Jason thing, because they each actually witnessed Lucky and Sam in the act with Maxie and Ric. Dante saw Lulu and Dillon's clothes on a bed. Their shirts weren't even holding hands, dude.

I picture her looking over his shoulder saying "you tell 'em, Babe!" Then she posts an instagram shot of him tweeting with #Proud #ThatsMyMan

Shockingly, Bryan's not very good at arguing/debating. "I just said they do it, I didn't say they do it!"

Jeff Branson is a Y&R actor, though, so six of one... Plus, he seems to not remotely be interested in committing to a soap. He'd maybe be willing to come and go, but then we'd just end up with the same crappy writing Ron gives every other character who's portrayed by someone who comes and goes.

Knowing Ron, it will be more like that conversation happened off screen and we never get a whiff of it until he has to tell someone on Twitter that Lucky told Luke and Laura off screen.

I don't think Rick and Maya are solely responsible for Aly's most recent breakdown, but they certainly contributed to it. If you know a family member has a mental illness, you don't keep poking and poking at them because you're pissed off at other family members. Yes, Steffy's reappearance in town pushed Aly over the edge, but Rick and Maya had her all primed for it. Of course, I blame Eric, too. He knew at least the gist of what was going on at FC (and at home), and he knows his granddaughter is fragile. But all he did was reinforce Rick's authority at work and his right to act like a shitty lord of the manor at home.

You know, that scene of Maxie talking to Dillon about Georgie could have been good...with Scott Clifton. As for Dante, it's like Ron looked around at the show and said "what's the one thing left I haven't ruined for KerleyQ?"

I kind of laughed through the rather obvious "Aly is going to try to kill Steffy!!!" setup. Because, please, Aly, do us all a favor. Then we can have a FUN!!!! funeral. Waffle Pong can look constipated as he replays all those happy special moments he was with Steffy because she manipulated him away from the woman he preferred. Bill can lament that he only got to bang her with his son's dick. It'll be so touching.

And today was the first sign that this has all been a giant misdirection before Ron puts Sam back with Silas. (I kid! I think... I put nothing past Ron.) Lucky and Laura!! That's all I've got.

ML is the only Lucky recast I'll accept at this point. He would be perfect. And he and Dante partnered up as adorable pocket cop partners? Has to happen.

Isn't he living with one of his Y&R co-stars, though? "OK, who's going to the beach this weekend? Bring a pail and get as much sand as you can. Bring it in Monday."

It's kind of a perfect storm here - both JaSam and Liason have fans that can be a bit over the top, and KeMo has fans who think that every man in the world wants to be with her, regardless of whatever relationship those men may already be in. Add in that KeMo is one of those women who is generally kind of flirty/touchy, and we get people on all sides losing their shit over a few pictures at the beach.