KerleyQ

I suspected him from the start, too. It would fit in with Ron's love of camp, because we all know Anthony was campy as hell. Once TG is back and revealed, I'm sure Ron is going to take advantage of the opportunity to have TG play Anthony pretending to be Luke as the campiest thing ever. (If it is, in fact, Anthony.) And I would't put it past Ron to bring in BW so he can do scenes like Fluke looking in the mirror and seeing Anthony.

If Ron thinks that people having sex with someone, knowing that person has DID and is under the control of an alter (and would not want to have sex with them otherwise), is A-OK, then I'm sure someone's notdead wife trying to get it on with him while he's going under from something she slipped him is just "marital shenanigans, we've all been there, right?" kind of stuff.

God I hope Ron takes this idea and runs with it next time he goes scrolling through message boards. I'd pay to see Nina carrying Sonny up to bed.

The fact that Julian hasn't even attempted to take out Fluke/Mickey by now leaves me a tiny little thread of hope that he is, in fact, undercover. And, as much as he'd like to take them out, he is after something else, and taking them out would compromise his mission. Yeah, I know, leave me to my delusions.

You can only eat so much cheap gray paint before you start to feel queasy.

Exactly. Guza tanked the Dobson story the second he wrote it.

Britt Sam

Your cableguide just made this show WAY more interesting.

What frustrates me most about Ron is that he doesn't get this. Most of the people who complain are complaining because they love this show, and they know what it's capable of, they know what he's capable of, what the actors are capable of. They're not just trying to be mean and pick on him for fun. (And, yes, there are some who are just doing that, but that's not all, or even the majority). People are taking the time to reach out to him because they love this show, and they want to see it at its best. I feel like asking him "isn't there anything you're a fan of? Do you not have shows you watch that are usually good, but sometimes have a lousy episode, a disappointing story arc, etc?" Being a fan isn't about blind devotion.

And that Sexis love scene remains one of the most awkward love scenes I've ever seen. It was awful.

Britt Sam

And I just got an image of Ridge, eyes closed, mid-sex calling out Brooke's name, realizing what he said, and covering with "would really hate that we're doing this!" Which would, naturally, make it even hotter for Katie.

It's a shame, because I think SB can be good, but he hasn't had much opportunity to be as Sonny's flunky. Maybe they can retcon that Shawn and TJ's father looked alike (like Nik/Connor levels of identical), then he can be revealed to be alive, and SB can start over in a non-Sonny suck up role. (Yeah, I know, never happening.)

I agree with this. They shouldn't get a free pass to run rough shod over the writers just because they "know" their character best. But, the writers should be willing to listen and consider their take if they feel strongly that their character would not act in a certain manner. You can't let someone who's popping into the writer's or producer's office on a weekly basis sway you, but if someone who doesn't generally complain speaks up and says "hey, I know I'm just the actor, but, after playing this character for 20 years, I firmly believe that she would NEVER do this, and here's why..." then I think the writer needs to at least engage in a conversation to try and get to a point where the story can go on but the actor doesn't think their character is being ruined to move the story along. But, ultimately, it is up to the writer, because they're the ones who have to take responsibility for what's on the page, and if their continued employment is at least partially contingent on the quality of their writing, then the writing we see on our screens should theirs. The nature of this business is that you have a LOT of actors who have been around playing the same character through multiple writing regimes, spanning many years, even multiple decades. So they are going to know their characters more completely than some writers will. A good writer will take that input into consideration, weigh it against their planned story line, and figure out what is best for the show. A bad writer will either ignore all instances of input from actors or let some actors dictate whatever they want. I live in the Chicago area. A guy my husband used to work with has been in a relationship for years with a woman who is on the writing staff of Y&R. She lives and works out here and ventures out to L.A. here and there. (And my husband's former co-worker gets to go to the Daytime Emmy ceremony every year, which is so cool).

Can Cameron start him on fire? I kind of miss firebug Cam. (And then he can set Spencer's Hugh Hefner smoking jacket collection on fire, while he's at it.)

Britt Sam

As much as Sam can, at times, annoy the hell out of me, I won't lie, I'd watch that.

I heard it was actually only old ladies holding babies or puppies. Things get SO distorted when they go through various sources.

I would think so, as long as you spoiler-tagged any parts of it that might relate to upcoming events on air.

It might make her melancholy. "I miss Jason so much. I remember how we laughed and laughed together when we found out my husband had been raped."

Did she grab him on the red carpet to pose for pictures with her to keep Sonny away from her side?

I'd love if ALL of that stuff comes up when Michael finds out about AJ. It can start with Michael knocking down the idea that he was ever "better off" with Sonny than AJ as his father. Michael throwing all the many ways he's suffered because he's Sonny's son would be so cathartic for those of us who have had to sit through years of propaganda about what a great father Sonny is versus "miserable drunken loser" AJ.

If they want to whitewash Nina, they should have her "save" a kid I actually cared was missing. And I agree with those who said we'll most likely still have Spencer on screen, at minimum, via text messages to Britt. (Which I guess would be somewhat better, since they don't involve a little kid having to creepily say those lines himself).

Ron may as well fully go for it - he's not even Australian. Those Immigration officials? Actors he hired. He grabbed Nathan's phone one day, dialed the number and either hung up or had a short conversation asking some harmless question (so the call log would show that there was actual time spent on the call). Then he hired those guys to come to the apartment and make a scene. It gets Nathan out of his hair and pushes Maxie to marry him.

Britt Sam