Getting to Genoa You All Over Again: Y&R Daily Chat

[tanyak]

The actress playing Lucy is actually 16. I can tell she's trying to act younger. I'm surprised they couldn't find an actual 13-year-old, or a 12- or 14-year old. But she is pretty and looks like Daniel's child. Maybe that's what got her the job. 

However, as the mother of an actual 13-year-old, the phone thing made me laugh at loud. I swear my son's phone is glued to his hand. I'll ask him to help me move something in the house and he shows up with his phone. "No son, you'll need BOTH your hands." 😂

 

[MsMalin]

Spoiler: future guest appearances from the past for 50 th anniversary

Spoiler

Mamie!!!

Leanne Love

Gina Romalotti

Nina

Danny

 

[SweePea59]

2 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

jabuttbiscuit

I smell a new nickname!

@NinjaPenguinsYour recaps are sublime.

 

[babyhouseman]

18 hours ago, paisley said:

Primrose Deville. 

It was a callback to her aunt Rose Deville who stole Nina's baby Ronan.

5 hours ago, MollyB said:

Wasn't there a face cream that killed people?

Gloria, Michael and Kevin's mother, poisoned it when she was in a feud with Jack. 

[Waldo13]

Of course the one real world problem the monkeys with a keyboard get right is a teenager engrossed on their phone oblivious to anything around them. 

Kyle trying to grow a pair and match wits with Adam. The big problem is that Kyle is only a half-wit. 

Sure Copperhead don’t want to intrude but her definition is a lot different than mine. I’m so sick and tired that Copperhead has to lean in whenever she is talking to someone. It’s very rude especially if you have bad breath. Me me me!  Copperhead, get over yourself. 

Summer finally is wearing a leather skirt with the appropriate hem line but the outfit doesn’t flatter her. Seeing Lucy once again she can also be Summer’s sister. 

Lucy is an excellent actress and she actually made Daniel step up his game. Lucy loves her father but she is not ready to forgive him.  Father daughter relationships are sometimes more important than daughter mother relationships or in Lucy’s case, a mother figure relationship.  I have to admit, having 3 daughters of my own, I got a little weepy during the Lucy and Daniel scene. 

The monkeys with a keyboard win. I’m no longer going to question how Stark’s lawyer got him out of jail but what I am going to question is how does Stark have money to pay them or to live at the Grand Albatross. Wouldn’t the feds have froze his bank accounts and if he still had some money stashed away in an unknown bank account, wouldn’t it be a parole violation to use legal obtained funds?  

Next week: and the father is ???? Also, who bought Tucker’s company?  Good times. 

[Desperado]

I’m so annoyed at Adam for letting Kyle off the hook! Now you act like a well adjusted, forgiving human? Just because you didn’t really like your job? I never wanted him to go full torpedoes on someone more. Very disappointed.

And what now, Adam? After playing Victor, asking for Victoria’s job, what will you do?

Did you buy Tucker’s company? Please say yes!

Very well done grown up talk between Lucy and Daniel - kudos to all involved! 

[tinderbox]

4 hours ago, Julyolo said:

…… Somebody should clue in the actor playing Kyle to try not to do anymore 1:1 scenes with Adam. Adam has some serious acting skills (like in his scenes with Victor today) that only highlight Kyle's total lack of ability. I have little energy for the travails of Danny Jr./Heather/Lucy. It may just me, ……

It’s not just you.  Count me in.  Kyle has become even more of an an utter fool and I truly appreciated the way Adam bested him without much effort.  Also, I don’t care one bit about Daniel et al.  Zero interest.  Pffffft

[car8857]

4 hours ago, SweePea59 said:

 

Even though Lucy looks older than 13, she does look like she could be Daniel's daughter. And although she is wise beyond her years, (pet peeve of mine that children aren't written as children and instead speak more like trained psychologists to the adults around them), I like the interaction between Daniel and Lucy. 

When I was watching them I thought she could definitely be April’s daughter.  

[One Tough Cookie]

3 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

 

Heather: … Could you not lean toward me like a hungry vampire?

Ninja--/speechless/--your whole post.

Between MS's stringy hair,orange lips,dress and coat she looked like a deranged pumpkin.

[crowsworks]

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Liked Lucy.

Summer...talking about forgiveness when you killed Adam and Chelsea's baby and got a new car as a reward. Plus nimrod, he saved BOTH your father and sister just last year. But you and Vyle must suck up tp the hidious Diane. I hope the insta-love with jack means Diane is either going to steal Jabot or Handsome Criminal Jeremy is going to plug her or Jack or lil Haircut or (FIngers crossed) Vyle. The new Summer is a non-entity and so who cares.

Is Adam going partner with Blondie to p-off pappy. (Sorry I always think Todd2 when I see the guy) Tucker...yeah that's his name. Has Giraffe ever said "Sorry I ran over your head."

Everyone gets forgiven but Adam. 

Cool storyline if Red went to the cop(s) and set up a sting to get Jeremy for real. Jack torn as she is in danger to help him. Points if Diane shows her snake side and steals his company with Victor.

[Joimiaroxeu]

And of course Grandma Phyllis had to show up looking like a high medium low-priced escort.

Kyle = bug. Adam = cat. See Adam bat Kyle around until he figuratively eats him, or walks away bored, leaving Kyle for dead.

Jeremy finally got a scene with TGVN. At least he didn't have to meet Victor in a boxing ring.

What a freaking lunatic. I don't know how Lucy didn't laugh in Phyllis' clueless face but maybe she's had better home training than her granny.

More mentions of Paul. He's not dead yet! 😏

Okay, Summer was working the color burgundy hard today. <golf claps>

Diane, you stay gloating and you know it. IMO it's still not a good look for you.

Phyllis is being dismissed and ignored left and right and it's starting to puzzle her. Is she creeping toward some kind of epiphany? 😱

I think the young actress playing Lucy is doing great. She's portraying a desperately sad yet hopeful teenaged girl in a way Faith wasn't really allowed to. I hope she sticks around for a while.

Ugh, I am beyond tired of Summer and Kyle's fight. They just say the same things over and over. #marriagegoals they are not.

Whee! Jeremy is like walking, talking, bundle of Gloat Stop™. New from Johnson & Johnson!

Jeremy told Phyllis he sees himself in her. Lol, I love when the jokes write themselves.

Re the previews: Billy back at Jabot? As co-CEO? Jackie, nooooooo!!!!!!

[rcc]

Pretty good young actress playing Lucy. I am no Phyllis fan as played by MS but I kinda felt sorry for her when she was trying to talk to Daniel and his family at the table.

[Waldo13]

33 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Jeremy told Phyllis he sees himself in her. Lol, I love when the jokes write themselves.

Re the previews: Billy back at Jabot? As co-CEO? Jackie, nooooooo!!!!!!

When Jeremy see himself in her does he mean literally or figuratively 😜. 
 

Kyle, you get rid of Adam but you get Nostrils who had carnal knowledge of your wife.  

[boes]

I've really enjoyed Heather and Lucy.  I think both of them slid right into Daniel's current backstory and filled it out with appropriate emotion and behavior.  I think it's tough to appear suddenly in the middle of a storyline, mainly to give it exposition and not have it feel like something tacked on but IMO they both made it believable and touching.  

And of course, both of them, and Daniel, politely and not so politely kicking Grannie Panties to the curb did my heart good.  How great was it to hear Phyllis pout, "Wait, you've made plans with Christine but not ME"?  Maybe now is the time for Lucy to hear the family history part about when Granny Panties ran down Grampa Paul and Christine cuz she was nutz.  At least nothing's changed.

Stark has a great wardrobe and barber for a parolee, and it looks like he managed to get a new supply of hair product ASAP after release.  I can't get too worked up about the guy since he seems like little more than a hulking plot device with good biceps.

Talk about plot device, poor Kyle, huh?  He's not Jack's bouncing baby boy anymore, is he?  Not even those pouty chipmunk cheeks and his Dolly Parton hair height are working on his Pops or Summer.  Again, Lola dodged SUCH a bullet with this guy.

Previews - What JaFuk, Jack?  ButtBiscuit as CEO again????  Gloria would be better, and way more fun.  How many times can they all make the same mistakes?  If ButtBiscuit comes back, Captain and Tennille hat, white tennies and flood pants, the whole package, you KNOW Chelsea 3.0 won't be far behind, dragging her designs to Marchetti Dress for Less.  Show's gotta find something for those two to do, since, apparently, disappearing underground or being kidnapped by aliens is off the table.  

Please please PLEASE let Jaboat float one more time, only for all Nostrils and ManJaws to be lost at sea.  And soon.

I hope Adam bought McCall unlimited!  Neither Newman Episiotomy and Hair Removal Inc., nor Chancellor/Whiners deserves it.  

[NinjaPenguins]

I loved the look on Victor’s face when Adam asked for Victoria’s job. The Newman smug gets real old, real fast. It would be amazing if Adam bought Tucker’s company, but I don’t know if interesting writing is in this show’s wheelhouse.

Phyllis is going to start sleeping and scheming with Jeremy and blame it on everyone quite rightly rejecting her. Maybe she and Jack are destined to be together because they keep doing the same stupid shit over and over again - Phyllis due to narcissism and Jack due to his eternal naïveté. Sure, hire Buttbiscuit back. He’ll be banging Diane in no time and spending company cabbage on a fleet of jaboats. The only fleet Billy needs is the enema kind.

Kyle gave me some mild secondhand embarrassment trying to verbally joust with Adam. You could just feel how close he was to spitting out “I know you are but what am I?” And the fool is clearly not even remotely sorry; he’s barely sorry he got caught. Jack made another goof letting his first goof off the hook.

Daniel and Lucy and Heather remind me of Elena in that they’re very authentic and grounded in real, relatable feelings. Even though we haven’t seen them together in years, Heather and Daniel come across to me as a couple with history who have been through a lot.  It seems like Heather did a fine job raising Lucy while Daniel was engaged in [redacted] douchebaggery. Minimal exposure to Nana the Narcissist probably helped. I know Daniel is old enough to be Lucy’s father and he’s got some silvery scruff, but he just strikes me as younger. 

[Snaporaz]

Coco-CEO Billy Munster no doubt will fancy himself as Genital City's version of Egads Muskrat.  His first order of business will be to launch JaSpaceShuttle and coat the moon in Allie's new shade of lipstick.  But I thought Billy had no interest in corporate life?  Or did he just not want to answer to anybody at all, not even Lily?

[One Tough Cookie]

3 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

 

 

3 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Coco-CEO Billy Munster no doubt will fancy himself as Genital City's version of Egads Muskrat.  His first order of business will be to launch JaSpaceShuttle and coat the moon in Allie's new shade of lipstick.  But I thought Billy had no interest in corporate life?  Or did he just not want to answer to anybody at all, not even Lily?

I AM DEAD,DEAD I tell ya.

Edited February 18, 2023 by One Tough Cookie

[SweePea59]

JaSpaceShuttle's what got me!

[Joimiaroxeu]

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Lucy was going to school in Portugal? Heather and Lucy learned to speak Portuguese?

Lucy probably attends an International School, of which there are several in Portugal according to Wikipedia. A significant number of International Schools serve the children of American ambassadors and other diplomtic staff employed by U.S. embassies around the world. Sometimes the children of people employed by major global businesses (think IBM or Ford, not NE or Jabot) also attend those schools.

Odds are though, Lucy does speak some Portuguese because kids usually pick up local languages easily. Furthermore, an International School primarily serving American children would typically include the native language as part of their curriculum. (Note, however, in many International Schools English is treated as the foreign language, and their students may receive specific instruction in how to speak British and/or American English.)

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thought Billy had no interest in corporate life?

Billy's got bills to pay, hah hah. I don't think he's as well off as his siblings since he gambled a lot of his money away. He also may be looking out for Chelsea. If he's back as a top executive at Jabot he can give her a job there too. Hmm, do Chelsea and DIane have history?

Also, I wonder if Lily bought out Billy's half of the condo they lived in? Or if we'll ever see that set again.

Edited February 19, 2023 by Joimiaroxeu

[MsMalin]

Maybe Victor should.go to one of those schools to learn how to enunciate clearly.

[Joimiaroxeu]

^^^It's odd because early in his TV and movie career EB spoke quite clearly, albeit with a German accent. For example, I'm always intrigued when Escape from the Planet of the Apes runs on one of the oldies stations and EB is in it playing a scientist. His character has long lines of dialogue with a bunch of technical jargon and he speaks very crisply. I have to laugh though because it's clear EB is often reading his lines from something off-camera. No cell phones or tablets back in the 1970s, lol.

[SweePea59]

1 hour ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Hmm, do Chelsea and Diane have history?

IIRC, Chelsea was included in the idiotic Diane murder story. I don't recall her being a player, just being lumped in. She may even have received an embroidered pillow. But I'm not sure. The story was ridiculously convoluted and I can't stand Gaspy McTalksTooFast, so no room in my memory for that.

[Skarzero]

On 2/17/2023 at 11:13 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

I'm pretty much sitting on my hands for this discussion. However, I will note that as far as potential pairings are concerned, the writers sometimes have to work around limitations imposed by the actors themselves. Some actors won't "allow" their characters to be put in interracial romances. One actor in particular has all but bragged about it and the character they play has never had a non-White partner.

Very true, I thought of that, and I avoided bringing that up on purpose. Because I could go on & on about how ridiculous & cowardly I find that to be. 

It was very amusing to see how much Kyle fails at trying to spar with someone smarter than him. He really takes after his uncle. His little "I'm not you" line was so woefully ignorant in the face of what Adam was trying to tell him about working with Victor. But fuck him, let Kyle learn that the hard way(again). 

Unless Adam or maybe Ashley, bought Tucker's company I'm already uninterested in who attained it. 

The writers are so unimaginative... seriously ButtBiscuit in corporate again? Aren't they privy to the budget cuts? They have to be if they're pointlessly shoving every character in the business direction because I assume those are the main sets the show can afford. But if that's the case, why do they purposefully write Nostrils as someone who is not only dissatisfied with corporate jobs but is grossly incompetent at them as well? If they're just gonna push him back in that direction anyway, why the whiplash? 

Is it bad that I kinda want Adam to lose the paternity sweepstakes this time? :/ Sally got on my nerves a few too many times during her transition from Adam to Nick & the months following. It sucks cos I know the writers ruined her character just so Nick would have something(one) to do. But that doesn't wipe the slate clean enough for me. How do the writers plan to bring her back from this? I'm sure they don't plan to, but just hypothetically speaking. I'm not into the idea of Adam being sold as a biggger mess than Nick, so him & super messy Sally are perfect for each other anyway. That just makes Nick look like some hapless victim. 

I also don't want Adam to take Sally back without some repentance on her part. Adam has his own faults but they are usually multiplied or become more intense when his family starts fucking with him. That's the part Sally never seemed to fully understand & if she had, I might still like her as much as I did a year ago. 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Skarzero

[MollyB]

Rant time:

Pick a trauma, monkeys.  Either it is Daniel's Mid-Life Crisis Abusing the Family or his "dealing with Phyllis' coma" (and Poor Lucy witnessing how her daddums almost smothered Granny Phylth).  

HOWEVER, it is going to take a lot for me to believe that Lucy was traumatized in any way since she would not have been old enough to be present when said attempt at smothering occurred.  Daniel's career was going full tilt after Phylth woke up. (We know this because she visited them many times, albeit off camera, over the years and bragged on Daniel's success.)  She was not in the coma that long.  In fact, Phylth hitched all the way to GC to stop the wedding of Nick and Sharon.  Faith (who we may remember is in college now, so much older than Lucy) was having her own trauma about the marriage because she was about eight years old.  I doubt that Baby Lucy was a) present at smothering attempt or b) able to comprehend the meaning of someone standing over a person with a pillow.

A side note:  I'm pretty sure that one can obtain a divorce if the person cannot be found.  Seven years comes to mind to declare someone legally dead, but I think the same may hold true for divorce.  Especially, since Daisy has been MIA forever and not in contact with Lucy.  Daniel and Heather should have petitioned the court.  Which makes me rant again, because Heather is a fucking lawyer and should know this.

Edited February 19, 2023 by MollyB

[NinjaPenguins]

9 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Billy's got bills to pay, hah hah

You ain’t lying. When you need an HVAC team to show up once a month just to blow your nose, that shit adds up.

6 hours ago, Skarzero said:

Is it bad that I kinda want Adam to lose the paternity sweepstakes this time

Yes! When Nick wins, we all lose. Just kidding. About it being bad that you want a certain outcome. I get it. Sally acts like Nick walks on water(albeit with all the joy and lightness of a pallbearer) while treating  Adam like he’s a venomous sake. It’s hard to watch. I want Nick to lose because I am sick unto vomiting of his I’m a Dad! bullshit and very much uninterested in watching him beat his chest over his supposed virility.

Now, a confession: I may have taken liberties with Lucy’s and Daniel’s conversation in my recap. I deployed a device called wishful thinking. As far as I know, Daniel never tried to smother Phyllis in Georgia. But he should have.

Edited February 19, 2023 by NinjaPenguins

[One Tough Cookie]

39 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

ou ain’t lying. When you need an HVAC team to show up once a month just to blow your nose, that shit adds up.

OK, I just give up...

[MollyB]

1 hour ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I may have taken liberties with Lucy’s and Daniel’s conversation in my recap.

It's a credit to your writing that I actually thought I saw it in the show!  I agree with the rest of the Preverts that you should be writing it.  We'd have even more fun.

[MsMalin]

Daniel: pink is your favorite color

Lucy: not anymore.  Now its white.

Daniel: you stupid bitch, white is not a color.

Lucy: and you wonder why I don't want to live with you.🤔

[gingerella]

On 2/19/2023 at 8:58 AM, Skarzero said:

On 2/17/2023 at 8:13 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

I'm pretty much sitting on my hands for this discussion. However, I will note that as far as potential pairings are concerned, the writers sometimes have to work around limitations imposed by the actors themselves. Some actors won't "allow" their characters to be put in interracial romances. One actor in particular has all but bragged about it and the character they play has never had a non-White partner.

Very true, I thought of that, and I avoided bringing that up on purpose. Because I could go on & on about how ridiculous & cowardly I find that to be. 

In this day and age, I find it unbelievable that any employee would be able to say, "I will not pretend to be married to someone of a different skin color, religion, LGBTQ, etc." How is that even a possibility today? These are actors, and mostly bad ones at that, so how could they tell their employers they wont pretend something that is in their character's scripts?

[One Tough Cookie]

On 2/19/2023 at 8:41 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Billy's got bills to pay

He also has karma to pay...just saying..

[NinjaPenguins]

Sally: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Jill said she’d think about which Newman male she wants to piss off the least.

Chloe: She didn’t tell us to go fuck ourselves. Let’s celebrate!

Sally: I’d like to, but I’m now completely consumed with this whole baby thing. Like what will the dad think? What will the dad’s family think?

Chloe: What about… what you think?

Sally: Lol. Are you new to this show?

Chloe: Right? Babies are awesome. Babies are the best! 

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Daniel: Thanks for the bracelet. I could never forget you, especially after what your ratched ass grandma did to bring us together.

Lucy: Yeah, cool.

Daniel: Here’s some “you’re my light in the darkness” glurge that could gag a maggot. These writers can really beat a theme to death.

Lucy: Gross.

Heather: It’s me, Lady Killjoy. Daniel, you gotta ease up on the cornball drivel before Lucy hops a tramp steamer to the moon.

Daniel: i’m trying. It’s just that these things come out of my mouth almost against my will.

Lucy: I’m back with my phone and a cute sweater! I can’t wait to see if Granddad’s pants-ectomy was a success!

Heather: He’s been counting the minutes. And the scraps of denim pulled out of his thighs.

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Abby: Oh, Christine. I have a child that conveniently needs tending. Sorry I hit you with a fly swatter when you came in.

Devon: We gonna sue some motherfuckers or what?

Christine: Maybe. Let me raise all the concerns and questions everyone you’ve discussed this topic with has already covered.

Devon: This isn’t your husband’s pants. Let’s just rip the bandaid off.

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Victoria: Wheeee! We’re getting McCall Unlimited!

Nate: The hell?

Nick: My expression should be ‘serious businessman’. Tell me what you see, guys.

Victoria: I see a loaf of banana bread you’re just dying to pinch off in the executive washroom. Nate?

Nate: Could be his new dress pants have been sucked into a rectal vortex. Look, Victoria and I tried to pimp Audra out and she straight up told Tucker our plan.

Nick: Classy.

Victoria: She wanted to gauge his reaction. All of a sudden, Tucker shows up at the restaurant, clam jams me with Nate and offers his company up on a silver platter. Sounds on the level to me.

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Adam: Can I have Vic’s job?

Victor: I admire the way you made me crap my pants with your demand. And I want to make you feel valued, just not as valued as Victoria.

Adam: Pound sand, old man.

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Tucker: I have put my company up for sale. That’s quite a panty dropping bit of news isn’t it?

Ashley: Whooop dee do. You couldn’t afford to pay attention.

Tucker: Goddamn it, woman. Does my grand gesture mean nothing to you?

Ashley: I like watching you squirm. And writhe.

Tucker: Well, I like watching you watch me squirm. Holy shit! Someone bought up my debt.

Ashley: Fascinating.

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Daniel: I really need a friendly shoulder.

Lily: I really need to get some motivational cliches off my chest.

Daniel: I’m feeling meh about this whole Omega Sphere thing. It just takes so much… energy and ambition and shit. Let’s back burner it while I wallow in my vague, self-created misery.

Lily: Oh god. It’s Buttbiscuit II: The Douchebag Strikes Back.

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Nick: I still can’t get that big shot executive look down, babe. But! I didn’t catch my lemonade spout in the zipper today, so I consider it a win.

Sally: Oh, it’s you. How wonderful. What a delight.

Nick: I cracked a rat in the meeting today. Fortunately for me, it died silently.

Sally: I’m worried about the paternity test.

Nick: We’ll make it work no matter what. Adam’s kids are easy to raise. Trust me. Just keep a few sacks of animal crackers in the garage.

Adam: Hello, you two. I can’t decide whether you emit a sibling thing or more of a father-daughter vibe.

Nick: I’m rubber and you’re glue, what bounces off me sticks to you.

Sally: We were just leaving. Bye.

Nick: This is my ‘don’t mess with me’ face.

Adam: No, no it isn’t. See you soon, Sally.

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Christine: I can find my way out. The door is like three feet away.

Devon: I hate that it’s come to this.

Abby: You know, I don’t feel you’ve heard the concerns about your family harmony enough.

Devon: I’d like Dom to work at my company someday. Business is the only possible field to get into around here, so it’s important to secure a position for him early.

Abby: I run a restaurant.

Devon: That’s like being Queen Shit of Turd Mountain in Genoa City.

Elevators

Nate: Well, Christine, how nice to see you. I assume you just came from my cousin’s condo.

Christine: Geez, no wonder they think so highly of your instincts at Newman. Again, the door is three feet from me.

Nate: Business call? Friendly visit?

Christine: Devon introduced me to his new associate, Nunya. Nunya Business.

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Daniel: Here I am, in a park the size of a phone booth. Am I old enough to know what a phone booth is? I somberly touch the symbol of my daughter’s and my fragile relationship, the blue bracelet. I ponder how to extricate myself from this Omega Sphere nonsense without alienating Lily and disappointing Lucy. I’m such a choad. Am I baking myself into a buttbiscuit? I have to get home and check the circumference of my nostrils.

Meanwhile…

Lily: Amanda? Let us embark on a scorched earth campaign of vengeance against Devon. It’ll be fun.

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Sally: Thanks for rescuing me from that dastardly villain, Nick. I just can’t have him near me. My heart starts racing, my knees go weak, and I get all flushed.

Nick: Haha. That reminds me. Good luck to my dad flushing his office throne today. He’ll need a plunger the size of a patio umbrella.

Sally: Well, they have food here, so it’s all good.

Nick: What does the baby want? I find treating a fetus like it has more agency than the mother is a pretty charming move.

Sally: OH MY GOD THE PATERNITY TEST RESULTS ARE IN. That was kind of public and loud.

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Tucker: You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?

Ashley: A little. A lot. Whatever.

Tucker: The Newmans are a known quantity. But this mystery buyer… I hate not having any information. Who knows what the hell this person is after.

Ashley: It was me. I own you. And I am not going to make it easy for you.

Tucker: No, you’ve made it very, very hard.

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Victor: Tucker is reacting very erratically to knowing we’re after his debt. Offering to sell when you’re leveraged out your ass is clearly a diabolical, insane move. Trying to get money when you need money makes NO sense.

Victoria: You’re right. Let’s buy that debt immediately before he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. Oh no. You’re not going to believe this.

Victor: I had a rabbit once. It was named Bunnicula.

Victoria: Somebody else bought out McCall! I smell a rat.

Victor: Sorry. I had beans for lunch.

 

Edited February 20, 2023 by NinjaPenguins

[Sake614]

Why. IsAbbu dressed like she’s going to a wedding? And why must Sally and Nick be such complete asses toward Adam every time they see him?

and Ashley? You own Tucker’s company, not him. But I suppose this is the writers’ idea of a love story. 🙄

Edited February 20, 2023 by Sake614

[Stpauliegirl]

Victor must have been suffering from amnesia when he disparaged Adam working at Jabot.  He seems to have forgotten that NE owned Jabot for many years. When the Abbots finally were eventually able to buy it back, NE bought another cosmetics company, called Beaty of Nature, to compete with Jabot….

[rcc]

Ashley now owns Tucker's company. Should be interesting. I like their scenes together. Enough with the Nick and Sally scenes. I always liked Adam and Sally together but can't watch Nick and Sally when Adam is in a scene with them. Show needs to find Adam a new love interest. 

[gingerella]

Dear @NinjaPenguinsThank you for making me laugh out loud today. I am home sick and feeling shitty and your recraps are EVERYTHING. Every.Thing. Thank you from every fiber of my being. I lerve you. xo

[Chatty Cake]

Does Abby live with Devon now? 
Nate is nosy! He bombarded poor Christine when he saw her. Also he should be fired for bringing Audra on.

Ooooooh Victoria may be in trouble with daddy. 

[boes]

54 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Sally: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Jill said she’d think about which Newman male she wants to piss off the least.

Chloe: She didn’t tell us to go fuck ourselves. Let’s celebrate!

Sally: I’d like to, but I’m now completely consumed with this whole baby thing. Like what will the dad think? What will the dad’s family think?

Chloe: What about… what you think?

Sally: Lol. Are you new to this show?

Chloe: Right? Babies are awesome. Babies are the best! 

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Daniel: Thanks for the bracelet. I could never forget you, especially after what your ratched ass grandma did to bring us together.

Lucy: Yeah, cool.

Daniel: Here’s some “you’re my light in the darkness” glurge that could gag a maggot. These writers can really beat a theme to death.

Lucy: Gross.

Heather: It’s me, Lady Killjoy. Daniel, you gotta ease up on the cornball drivel before Lucy hops a tramp steamer to the moon.

Daniel: i’m trying. It’s just that these things come out of my mouth almost against my will.

Lucy: I’m back with my phone and a cute sweater! I can’t wait to see if Granddad’s pants-ectomy was a success!

Heather: He’s been counting the minutes. And the scraps of denim pulled out of his thighs.

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Abby: Oh, Christine. I have a child that conveniently needs tending. Sorry I hit you with a fly swatter when you came in.

Devon: We gonna sue some motherfuckers or what?

Christine: Maybe. Let me raise all the concerns and questions everyone you’ve discussed this topic with has already covered.

Devon: This isn’t your husband’s pants. Let’s just rip the bandaid off.

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Victoria: Wheeee! We’re getting McCall Unlimited!

Nate: The hell?

Nick: My expression should be ‘serious businessman’. Tell me what you see, guys.

Victoria: I see a loaf of banana bread you’re just dying to pinch off in the executive washroom. Nate?

Nate: Could be his new dress pants have been sucked into a rectal vortex. Look, Victoria and I tried to pimp Audra out and she straight up told Tucker our plan.

Nick: Classy.

Victoria: She wanted to gauge his reaction. All of a sudden, Tucker shows up at the restaurant, clam jams me with Nate and offers his company up on a silver platter. Sounds on the level to me.

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Adam: Can I have Vic’s job?

Victor: I admire the way you made me crap my pants with your demand. And I want to make you feel valued, just not as valued as Victoria.

Adam: Pound sand, old man.

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Tucker: I have put my company up for sale. That’s quite a panty dropping bit of news isn’t it?

Ashley: Whooop dee do. You couldn’t afford to pay attention.

Tucker: Goddamn it, woman. Does my grand gesture mean nothing to you?

Ashley: I like watching you squirm. And writhe.

Tucker: Well, I like watching you watch me squirm. Holy shit! Someone bought up my debt.

Ashley: Fascinating.

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Daniel: I really need a friendly shoulder.

Lily: I really need to get some motivational cliches off my chest.

Daniel: I’m feeling meh about this whole Omega Sphere thing. It just takes so much… energy and ambition and shit. Let’s back burner it while I wallow in my vague, self-created misery.

Lily: Oh god. It’s Buttbiscuit II: The Douchebag Strikes Back.

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Nick: I still can’t get that big shot executive look down, babe. But! I didn’t catch my lemonade spout in the zipper today, so I consider it a win.

Sally: Oh, it’s you. How wonderful. What a delight.

Nick: I cracked a rat in the meeting today. Fortunately for me, it died silently.

Sally: I’m worried about the paternity test.

Nick: We’ll make it work no matter what. Adam’s kids are easy to raise. Trust me. Just keep a few sacks of animal crackers in the garage.

Adam: Hello, you two. I can’t decide whether you emit a sibling thing or more of a father-daughter vibe.

Nick: I’m rubber and you’re glue, what bounces off me sticks to you.

Sally: We were just leaving. Bye.

Nick: This is my ‘don’t mess with me’ face.

Adam: No, no it isn’t. See you soon, Sally.

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Christine: I can find my way out. The door is like three feet away.

Devon: I hate that it’s come to this.

Abby: You know, I don’t feel you’ve heard the concerns about your family harmony enough.

Devon: I’d like Dom to work at my company someday. Business is the only possible field to get into around here, so it’s important to secure a position for him early.

Abby: I run a restaurant.

Devon: That’s like being Queen Shit of Turd Mountain in Genoa City.

Elevators

Nate: Well, Christine, how nice to see you. I assume you just came from my cousin’s condo.

Christine: Geez, no wonder they think so highly of your instincts at Newman. Again, the door is three feet from me.

Nate: Business call? Friendly visit?

Christine: Devon introduced me to his new associate, Nunya. Nunya Business.

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Daniel: Here I am, in a park the size of a phone booth. Am I old enough to know what a phone booth is? I somberly touch the symbol of my daughter’s and my fragile relationship, the blue bracelet. I ponder how to extricate myself from this Omega Sphere nonsense without alienating Lily and disappointing Lucy. I’m such a choad. Am I baking myself into a buttbiscuit? I have to get home and check the circumference of my nostrils.

Meanwhile…

Lily: Amanda? Let us embark on a scorched earth campaign of vengeance against Devon. It’ll be fun.

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Sally: Thanks for rescuing me from that dastardly villain, Nick. I just can’t have him near me. My heart starts racing, my knees go weak, and I get all flushed.

Nick: Haha. That reminds me. Good luck to my dad flushing his office throne today. He’ll need a plunger the size of a patio umbrella.

Sally: Well, they have food here, so it’s all good.

Nick: What does the baby want? I find treating a fetus like it has more agency than the mother is a pretty charming move.

Sally: OH MY GOD THE PATERNITY TEST RESULTS ARE IN. That was kind of public and loud.

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Tucker: You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?

Ashley: A little. A lot. Whatever.

Tucker: The Newmans are a known quantity. But this mystery buyer… I hate not having any information. Who knows what the hell this person is after.

Ashley: It was me. I own you. And I am not going to make it easy for you.

Tucker: No, you’ve made it very, very hard.

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Victor: Tucker is reacting very erratically to knowing we’re after his debt. Offering to sell when you’re leveraged out your ass is clearly a diabolical, insane move. Trying to get money when you need money makes NO sense.

Victoria: You’re right. Let’s buy that debt immediately before he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. Oh no. You’re not going to believe this.

Victor: I had a rabbit once. It was named Bunnicula.

Victoria: Somebody else bought out McCall! I smell a rat.

Victor: Sorry. I had beans for lunch.

 

NinjaPenguins, you already had me on life support before I'd read a third of your post and by the middle, I was as ####DEAD#### as those dumpster raccoons that had the misfortune to witness Phyllis and Deacon coupling over the Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets, but then, you wouldn't or couldn't stop..... by the time I got to 

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Victoria: Somebody else bought out McCall! I smell a rat.

Victor: Sorry. I had beans for lunch.

 

you had me cremated and in a Dairy Queen urn, ready for scattering.

Fantastic post!!!

Edited February 20, 2023 by boes

[gingerella]

Ummm, what is UP with Dickolas speaking out of the side of his banana-loving gob hole? Such a weird affection.

I did find extreme amusement with The Great American Newman Brain Trust PowWow of 2023, with Mop and Dick discussing business with Natey Nate Nate. Nate acts like a big doofus sitting at the adults table when clearly he should be seated at the kiddie table with the other tots. What a buffoon, how that actor manages to hone is cocked eyebrow, and the meaningfully gazing into the middle distance looks is beyond me.

Sal, if you're dying your hair Bozo the Clown orange, then blood red knitwear is your Glamour Don't.

The Cadbury Bunny...that shit looks so gross to me. Why would I want to eat a runny ass fake egg? Answer: I would not.

Back to this shit show:

Lily, girrrl, a CEO of a global corporation does NOT wear a miniskirt that almost shows her ass. Just no girl, NO. You look like a cheapass hooker.

It was sooo delicious to watch Mop and PeePaw grumble over being bested about buying McCall Unlimited. Now that was good TV, what a couple of chumps those two are.

I guess buying someone's massive debt is Assley's aphrodisiac?

[Js Nana]

On 2/16/2023 at 8:23 AM, MsMalin said:

Yeah, but I think Heather is old enough to choose and at her age may prefer living with the woman who has raised her whether or not she adopted her. I have the feeling Daniel may have had an additction or something. And Heather mentioned forgiving him, so he did something not so good.

Daniel's daughter is named Lucy, Heather is his life partner who absconded to Portugal with Lucy and has now found a new soul mate.

[NinjaPenguins]

I hope you feel better, gingerella!

What’s sad is that Nate is more believable at the executive table than dumbass Nick. I can buy Banana Butt running a dive bar or being the head of beer pong at a fraternity house. I can’t take him seriously in a suit meeting with big shots or perusing spreadsheets.

[MsMalin]

Heather: Come on Lucy. We are going to see Dad and Christine.

Next Scene:  Christine is at Devons.

Scene after that: Christine is meeting with Lily to tell her she's suing her ass.

I guess Christine is trying to avoid seeing her step.daughter???

[Aurora2]

6 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I hope you feel better, gingerella!

What’s sad is that Nate is more believable at the executive table than dumbass Nick. I can buy Banana Butt running a dive bar or being the head of beer pong at a fraternity house. I can’t take him seriously in a suit meeting with big shots or perusing spreadsheets.

 

Nate has often had a dull, professorial, sometimes egotistcal and usually serious tone which gives him gravitas at business meetings - but which also shown him to miss the mark at small talk and attempts to tell jokes.

When compared to Nick, Nate is the stodgy professor and Nick is the frat boy jock. 

[One Tough Cookie]

OK fellow posters - should we build a cemetery and call it Ninja's Final Resting Place  For Posters Who Have Died Laughing?

1 minute ago, One Tough Cookie said:

 

 

Edited February 20, 2023 by One Tough Cookie

[Joimiaroxeu]

Christine is Devon's lawyer? Oh well, he can kiss Hamilton/Winters goodbye. Was Brittany Hodges not available?

I think Adam is fcuking with Victor. He knows Victor isn't going to choose him over Victoria.

The law of averages, Chloe? Human conception doesn't work like that, ya moron. Sorry but Nick only has a 50% chance at best of being the baby daddy. Maybe less if his boys don't swim as well as they used to.

Looked like the Cheek Filler Fairy struck again. O hai Heather. 😼

I liked Ashley's black suit and tie. Meanwhile, Abby, Lily, and Heather were all wearing white today. Wonder what that was all about?

Victoria basically told Nick to shut up, she's right about Tucker, and daddy's gonna agree with her. Ah, never change, Ice Queen.

What? Victor said McCall Unlimited was "as vast and important as Newman Enterprises." I don't understand how he's planning for NE to buy it and then turn it into a potential competitor by spinning it off for Adam to run.

Sally and Nick: rude much? They acted like they couldn't remove themselves from Adam's vicinity fast enough. Fate may be about to bite both their behinds.

Hah hah, Vikki! You nearly had Tucker roped and tied but his huge debts were butterflies, free to fly to someone else with deep pockets. #mixedmetaphors

Come on, since when is Ashley as wealthy as the Newmans or Devon? Plot contrivance is contrived.

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In this day and age, I find it unbelievable that any employee would be able to say, "I will not pretend to be married to someone of a different skin color, religion, LGBTQ, etc." How is that even a possibility today? These are actors, and mostly bad ones at that, so how could they tell their employers they wont pretend something that is in their character's scripts?

And yet there are facts.

[Waldo13]

I had to smile when Victor said chutzpah with the perfect pronunciation of the way it’s pronounced in Yiddish. Yiddish and German, although they are similar, have unique differences. A person speaking Yiddish can understand a person speaking German and visa versa.  The caveat here is that the German language has dialects that vary by region. In fact, Modern English was derived from the dialects and vocabulary of the Germanic people who settled in Britain around the 5th century. 

Banana Breath is actually a student of history. “Trust but verify” was coined in the late 80’s but it’s as true back than has it has become very important today.  In listening to Banana Breath, I think he’s a more capable CEO than Cruella. I have to give him kudos for a more prudent business sense because he realizes the damage Tucker can do before he leaves his company. 

There are two voices that I can count on to melt my earwax, Mrs Chipmunk and Copperhead.  The way they talk is also off putting. 

Daniel, once a schmuck always a schmuck.  Wasn’t his emotional state that got him in trouble with Heather and Lucy in the first place. Now his emotional space is going to do the same.  The love for a partner can be replaceable but the love of and for your child is irreplaceable.  Lily is right. Set the example for Lucy or you will looser her forever.  

So Ashley bought Tucker’s debt. All well and good, but is Ashley that rich to be able to do so 🤔.  I thought, for sure it was Adam after he caught wind of phase two of Victor’s plan.  Now that Ashley has Tucker’s debt, what’s next?  Does she call the debt and makes sure Tucker is true to his word and sells his company or does Ashley give Tucker more time to pay his loans?  Inquiring minds want to know. 

As an aside:  Mark and Courtney have spent a lot of romantic time together outside of the office. As Sally left Society, with Banana Breath, she gave Adam what I interpreted as a loving look. I don’t think Courtney was acting. That’s a natural way Courtney looks at Mark. 

 

 

[MsMalin]

Now I am curious as to which actor did not want to be involved in an interracial relationship. I thought actors were supposed to be open minded and accepting of that in 2023. Honestly I can't think of any Y and R actors who would feel that way and dont the writers dictate this? Couldn't they fire the actor?

[Kitty Redstone]

5 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Victor: I had a rabbit once. It was named Bunnicula.

Victoria: Somebody else bought out McCall! I smell a rat.

Victor: Sorry. I had beans for lunch.

 

Honestly I can't decide what made me laugh more - this part, or the earlier scene with Nick as a self-wanking loaf of banana bread!  @NinjaPenguins you are brilliant!

1 hour ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

And yet there are facts.

Yes, sadly there are some real retrogrades in daytime. I'm very curious who the person is.

[KLovestoShop]

I’ve been disconnected for a while In hospital for emergency surgery) so I’m not getting the Romalotti hub bub.  Why was Daniel such a bad husband and father?

[gingerella]

26 minutes ago, KLovestoShop said:

I’ve been disconnected for a while In hospital for emergency surgery) so I’m not getting the Romalotti hub bub.  Why was Daniel such a bad husband and father?

Hope you're feeling better now! You haven't missed anything other than weeks of veiled inuendos about what a heinous monster Daniel was bit we have no receipts on anything. It ain't just you...

2 hours ago, MsMalin said:

Now I am curious as to which actor did not want to be involved in an interracial relationship. I thought actors were supposed to be open minded and accepting of that in 2023. Honestly I can't think of any Y and R actors who would feel that way and dont the writers dictate this? Couldn't they fire the actor?

I don't know who is being referred to here wet race BUT didn't OG Adam refuse to be involved in a gay story line and thus was replaced? Which I would think is the correct course of action in such cases.

And as if the cosmos did not have a sense of humor, we're talking about Dickolas and behold what the internet chooses to show me at the bottom of my Preverts screen:

Apparently you can grow them like this!

Edited February 21, 2023 by gingerella

[Kitty Redstone]

1 hour ago, KLovestoShop said:

I’ve been disconnected for a while In hospital for emergency surgery) so I’m not getting the Romalotti hub bub.  Why was Daniel such a bad husband and father?

All the best for a speedy recovery!