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

[One Tough Cookie]

27 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Kyle and Claire take their lukewarm passions upstairs, where the sexiness reaches “plunging a toilet” levels

stop. stop right there.  tea snorted onto screen.

[MollyB]

16 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

Phyllis didn’t you do the same thing, kill someone and blame someone else?  Killing yourself and blaming Diane?  How about covering up the killing of your therapist by wrapping him up in a carpet and getting rid of the body. 

16 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

I guess Phyllis🕷️’s probation is over.  Isn’t stalking a crime?  If Sharon gets the restraining order and Phyllis🕷️ violates it, isn’t that a crime also?  I’m sure the judge will turn a blind eye since Phyllis 🕷️ will turn the tears back on and profess it was for my child. 

 

 

And let's not forget the lab tech who disappeared/died.  Or all the little Crickets and Tighty Pants that won't be seeing the light of day when she tried to run them over.

As to Phyllis's 'probation' and subsequent community service:  it hasn't been mentioned in forever. Maybe she flashed her tennis balls to get someone to sign off on it for her.  In fact, Daniel should be mentioning all her bad acts, just to keep her in line.

11 hours ago, taavir40 said:

she's always wanted to do in a scene with Joshua Morrow.

Slap him?  Teach him how to dress like a Csuite employee? Shave the grizzle off his muzzle?

[Denize]

I agree Daniel & Phyllis should stay away from Crimson Lights, but I also wondered if Sharon had imagined that scene, since in the very next scene they were settled into the GCAC dining area not acting like they had just left CL and Sharon & Nick were back at her place. Or it was just a bunch of continuity errors?

Claire told Kyle she really liked what they did upstairs (implying that was not why she was leaving?), so was he cockblocked by Summer's arrival or did they enjoy a few seconds of lukewarm passion upstairs before Summer arrived?

Edited November 5 by Denize

[ezzylin]

On 11/4/2024 at 8:41 AM, Kemper said:

I don't know why they are bringing in relatives of current characters that viewers (at least me) have never heard of and have no interest in. Because Mamie was such a success. They aren't even writing stories/plots for most of the characters they already have. 

Bringing in relatives of current characters is an old soap trope, but it requires good storytelling. Years ago when Mamie was living and working in the the Abbott house, she had close relationships with Jack and Ashley (Billy was a still a child), but she was also close with her neices Dru and Olivia. When they brought Mamie back, I assumed she would have her own storyline, but also be the matriarch of the Barbers/Winters family. Lily, Nate, and Devon (I think she had already left town when he first met the Winters family) have no parental figures or other relatives in Genoa City, so I felt Mamie could step into that role. Instead, JG wrote a ridiculous story for her, and completely undermined her history on the show by having those kids refer to her as "Mamie", instead of "Aunt Mamie" if you know, you know. 

[One Tough Cookie]

I missed yesterday and today.  Should I just delete?  Has Chancesome showed up in his speedo?

[Joimiaroxeu]

It was Say What Now? Tuesday for me. I was:

Surprised to discover Nate's new brother's name is spelled as "Damian." Pretty sure the closed captioning on my TV was originally showing it as "Damien."

Surprised Billy was actually trying to schmooze Lily.

Surprised Amy was still wearing such a bad wig.

Surprised Nate was again subjected to Amy's barrage of woe.

Surprised Phyllis borrowed one of Nikki's gigantic belts.

Surprised Summer keeps saying she and Daniel are going to find the real killer. Are they going search all the local golf courses?

Surprised Lily turned down Billy's job offer. He's basically handing her another opportunity to sabotage him from right inside the A-C C-suite..

Surprised Amy gave Nate a lock of Damian's hair. Why is the onus on Nate to prove anything about some rando she claims is his brother?

Surprised by Traci giving Billy a such forceful pep talk. She might be a better big sis than he deserves.

Surprised the GCAC bartender didn't close the bar and hightail it outta there. Poor guy was just trying to wind down for the evening. Then psycho "it's all about meeee!" Phyllis had to make him listen to her fiery, teary-eyed speech about how tomorrow is another day, fiddle-dee-dee! 😉

[Waldo13]

What is the purpose of Natey Nate Nate and Amy in trying to find his 1/2 brother other than to waist airtime?  

 

Once again arguing with Manic Phyllis🕷️is like arguing with a grizzly bear before it eats you.  It does seem that Manic Phyllis🕷️ is even more Manic today.  

 

Billy👃is so full of shit in wanting Lily back. It’s only because Jill has mandated it. If I was Lily, I would only come back if I was the sole CEO and Billy👃 was kept out of the C Suite and put him in the D Suite. 

 

Manic Phyllis🕷️ doesn’t offend easily?  WTF?  That’s the understatement of the year.  Every time you disagree with Manic Phyllis🕷️she gets offended.  

[boes]

That poor bartender.  That poor man was stuck, being stutterbarked at by Phyllis at her looniest and all he could do was polish a glass and hope it would be an effective weapon if she jumped over the bar in hungry velociraptor mode.

I know Sharon's the one having the delusions but Phyllis is nothing but delusional, ever. 

Also, I hate MS's newest acting tic, you know, the almost-crying taut voice she now uses to end every scene, as if she's Scarlett O'Hara declaring she'll never be hungry again.  STFU, please.

Pity Party Central didn't end with her, though.  Billy is back to being full Biscuit with his constant whine of "nobody respects me" b.s.  No shit, Sherlock, nobody respects you because you've screwed up your life to this point, so why would anyone believe anything different?  Also, you've been handed every job, every position on a silver platter, from either your brother or your mom. 

Those two roam the streets of Genoa City, free and clear, and it's Connor and Ashley who end up in institutions??

I can't get into this Nate's long lost brother storyline at all.  I did a lot of ff'ding with those scenes.  It's hard to care about previously unheard of characters.

Edited November 6 by boes

[boes]

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Edited November 6 by boes

[Js Nana]

Joimiaroxeu 9 hours ago: Surprised Amy was still wearing such a bad wig.

Well, the character's supposed to be dying, so maybe they chose a fake looking wig as a way of saying that Amy's hair fell out from chemotherapy, if that makes sense. 

11 hours ago, boes said:

I can't get into this Nate's long lost brother storyline at all.

Yeah, what's up with that?

[Joimiaroxeu]

11 hours ago, boes said:

Also, I hate MS's newest acting tic, you know, the almost-crying taut voice she now uses to end every scene, as if she's Scarlett O'Hara declaring she'll never be hungry again.  STFU, please.

Right? Was she actually trying to channel Vivian Leigh?!?!? I couldn't believe it. Someone is trying too hard to grab themselves a Daytime Emmy, IMO. And again I feel like it's a certain B&B actress' trophy to lose next year unless the fix is already in bts.

11 hours ago, boes said:

I can't get into this Nate's long lost brother storyline at all.  I did a lot of ff'ding with those scenes.  It's hard to care about previously unheard of characters.

Yeah, the hard sell is annoying me. It's almost worse than the build ups for Ashland Locke and Jeremy Stark. Plus, I think this new character is a lowkey panic response to the new soap opera coming to CBS.

[Sake614]

23 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Someone is trying too hard to grab themselves a Daytime Emmy, IMO. And again I feel like it's a certain B&B actress' trophy to lose next year unless the fix is already in bts.

I don’t watch B&B but after the last week on GH, I think it’s NLG’s award to lose. 

[Joimiaroxeu]

Only Phyllis would make sure she was showing cleavage and thigh in her mourning outfit. 🙄

I guess Faith went to the funeral because she considers Heather's daughter Lucy her friend. Ehhh.

Geez, Sharon, when everyone is telling you not to go to Heather's funeral, perhaps you shouldn't insist on going anyway. Kinda obnoxious, hon.

The background CGI at the cemetery was laughably bad.

Hey, it's Lauren. Dressed properly for the occasion with no backless top or sideboob. <golf claps>

Oof, Chance had to set Summer straight on his right to attend the memorial. But I'm thinking he might should've sat this one out. Summer had plenty of other support.

The middle of the GCAC dining room seemed like an odd place to stage a wake. I guess the other patrons of the hotel were told to get room service or eat elsewhere.

So where was Lily? I know they broke up over Heather's return to GC but Lily and Daniel have a long history together, both platonically and romantically.

Also, no Abbotts at the memorial. Hmm.

[NinjaPenguins]

A Simple Recap - Green Screen Funeral

Wow, we’re really doing the whole “Phyllis is a warrior goddess, earth mother champion of justice” clown routine, huh? Get fucked, show. We know exactly who and what Phyllis is.

Behold! Gaze upon the clunky plot contrivances that force Sharon to attend Heather’s service despite everyone telling her it’s a bad idea. Damn, where is Dead Cameron and his slick advice when you need him?

Christine buys Phyllis’ theory that Sharon killed Heather… depending on what scene she’s in. Daniel reveals that his Word of the Day app is stuck on “justice”.

You guys… the outdoor funeral backdrop is fucking terrible. Just hold it indoors, you cretins. There are boilerplate speeches, tears and white roses placed on the casket. Phyllis reveals her brilliant, insightful plan: to kill Sharon with kindness. You have to admit, no one will ever see it coming.

Oh, the plan has changed! Phyllis shifts tactics and confronts Sharon at the post-funeral gathering until Nick mumbles at her to cut the crap. Faith wants to know what Phyllis’ damage is. Her mind is blown by the accusations of murder.

Chance and Summer have a tense moment because wtf is Chance even doing at a memorial service where the bereaved is also the main suspect in the deceased’s slaying? He arrested Daniel himself! Summer makes her dumb pout face, a sure sign of trouble.

Sharon needs air, but Phyllis chases her through a revolving door, crying and begging her to confess to killing Heather.

Just a weird, contrived and cheap ass episode.

[Waldo13]

What the fuck is wrong with Manic Phyllis🕷️. Rhetorical question. Who goes to a funeral wearing a plunging neck line and a slit up to her thigh?  Even Lauren has her chest covered.  

 

Manic Phyllis🕷️can be arrested for assault and even be sued for liable but of course this won’t happen.  Not even a restraining order. 

[Peppermint]

Made myself watch today [🤮] just to see if the killer was lurking in the shrubbery at the funeral, or was disguised as a server at the "memorial". No luck. No Daisy. 45 minutes wasted. 

And where were the bluebonnets for Daniel, to commemorate Heather's love for that flower ?? All he got was a stinkin' white rose. Summer had one job....

Again, is there no Starbucks in this hick town ?? Don't the hotel restaurants serve coffee ?? Everyone is living in a hotel anyway. No, gotta go to Crimson Lights to poke the bear...

[Joimiaroxeu]

2 hours ago, Peppermint said:

And where were the bluebonnets for Daniel, to commemorate Heather's love for that flower ?? All he got was a stinkin' white rose. Summer had one job....

Yeah, I was puzzled by the emphasis on Texas bluebonnets when all the flowers the audience saw where white. So I hit up the googles and learned there are mutated bluebonnets which are white or other colors. Sometimes they look somewhat similar to a bloomed rose but with fewer petals. Apparently bluebonnet varieties grow all over the country, and I guess that's why Summer could just walk into the GCAC floral shop and buy one. Whatever, the focus on that particular flower was an odd choice to me. Maybe it was significant to JG or someone else behind the scenes.

4 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Daniel reveals that his Word of the Day app is stuck on “justice”.

The show seem to be doing this thing where the characters repeat the same words and phrases over and over and over. For example, Lily keeps saying she owns Chancellor even though that's an exaggeration to put it mildly. I'm still wondering if there's some AI writing application involved in preparation of the scripts.

[ScoobieDoobs]

OK, Sharon insisting on going to the funeral was just oddball -- even for loopy Sharon.  By her own admission she barely knew Heather & she made clear she didn't like or respect her -- certainly for her shitty non-mothering skills.  So was it cuz she wanted to not look guilty?  We don't know cuz ghost Cam isn't appearing anymore, and she has nobody else to tell us what she's thinking.  Very confusing & cruddy writing here.

Show stylists used the same flat iron on pouty Summer & nutso Phyllis, so they each had similar strings hangin' from their heads. 

Poor Lauren.  Yeah, she was dressed appropriately.  No one-shoulder cave-lady dress, but she struggled (I mean REALLY struggled) to move her face & make some (ANY) expression -- but alas, she just couldn't.  Nice effort tho, hun.

Phyllis's ridiculously inappropriate dress?  Well, Elvira would kill for it!

Um, can Nick EVER be useful, rather than useless?  Uh, no.

So once again, idiot Phyllis probably accomplished the exact opposite of what she was going for.  Because of this public attack on Sharon & the likely sympathy for her, it will now make it much harder for Christine to build up Sharon as reason for doubt in defending Daniel.  Great move, Phyllis, you fool.

Can't say I'm diggin' Lils' non-stop pissy act, but Billy's kiss-up routine was lame, lame, lame.

Luved how Dead Martin was dithering about moving into the Abbott manse cuz of Ashley.  Er, maybe cuz Ashley is gonna recognize that this guy is absolutely NOTHING like the formal, humorless stiff Alan was & she's gonna be suspicious somethin' is up?  And Traci was even more annoyingly over-bearing than usual.  Still say the writers are so mean to set up her crash landing for the Dead Martin reveal.

The look on that bartender's mug when Phyllis was giving her crazy Scarlett O'Hara soliloquy was priceless.  It said, "Man, why do I get all crazy GC women?"  Well, there so many to choose from, fella.

[boes]

All of you most excellent preverts covered the Wagnerian Opera that was Heather's Taco Bell Drive-thru Funeral complete with white Texas Bluebells so well I've got nothing to add, except......I'd have loved to see Sharon respond, when Daniel told her not to come to funeral with "I'll stay away from the funeral when you and your troll family get your coffee somewhere else".

GCAC -  nothing says "fine dining" like an accompanying funeral.  

Rather than all those tributes to Heather, I think a little polka party with Myron Floren and Co. could have really livened things up, given Heather the sendoff she deserved, and one that Paulie Tightpockets would have wanted.

You gotta give the people what they want.

Edited November 7 by boes

[MollyB]

19 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

The middle of the GCAC dining room seemed like an odd place to stage a wake. I guess the other patrons of the hotel were told to get room service or eat elsewhere.

Phyllis's privilege knows no bounds. 

I thought the three guys in the same tie/shirt/suits that were there were probably newly arrived guests that thought they had stumbled on the Manager's Happy Hour at the GCAC.  I mean, who were they? Professional mourners? Pallbearer?  She didn't work long enough in GC to have friends at work who would attend her funeral and it doesn't seem as if the happy little Romalotti family has any friends outside the family circle.

19 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Only Phyllis would make sure she was showing cleavage and thigh in her mourning outfit.

And make a point of putting her leg forward when she stands to be sure we get to see the knobbiness.  That dress is not for her.

 

19 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Sharon needs air, but Phyllis chases her through a revolving door, crying and begging her to confess to killing Heather.

For a brief moment I thought we were going to have another 'runs blindly into the street and gets hit by a car' scenario as we had with Adam and the guy he pushed in front of a car at the Noname Bar.  Could have solved a lot of problems but I bet Phyllis would have said Sharon's dying words were "I killed Heather".

Edited November 7 by MollyB

[Denize]

Ever since Diane returned to town I've wondered if she was playing a long game to take Jabot from the Abbotts. So if it wasn't Jack on the phone, was it a colleague in LA?

[Joimiaroxeu]

Chance, you're fine AF but you have to admit you blew it arresting your girlfriend's brother. You should've stepped back and let someone else handle that case once you knew how close you were to all the involved parties. Oh wait, I forgot, you're the only detective at the GCPD. My bad. 🤡

Nikki vs. Diane redux. Let's go!

Kyle, could you be more smarmy? Yes. The answer will forever be yes.

"I didn't have a choice." Nah, Chance, you always have a choice. You just opted to go with the most iffy one.

Hah hah, Kyle. Look at you getting manipulated and strung along by Victor. You are such a tool.

Real talk from Diane to Nikki. Nikki can't have it both ways, supporting her husband while remaining friends with his archenemy. Especially not with wild card Diane in the frame.

I don't think there's a shovel big enough to handle the pile of bovine excrement Chance was dumping on Summer today. Yo, Phillip IV, "I was just following orders" has not aged well as an excuse for bad actions. Stop it.

Summer deftly continued to work Chance to make him reconsider Phyllis' theory of Heather's murder. Too bad Chance has zero objectivity wrt his ex-lover, Sharon.

Victor staring at Nikki like "How dare you question my decisions and actions? I have everything under control!" Grr.

Kids Harrison's age still play Go Fish. Okay.

Wow, Diane. The Newmans might have to get a restraining order on you if you don't calm down and hang back a minute.

What a funny way for Nikki to find out Victor is indeed the owner of Glissade: that is, from the woman Victor claims to be setting up for a massive fall. Something in the milk ain't clean, Nik.

Heck yeah Summer has a problem seeing Claire and Kyle on a date, Chance. But she'll always couch it terms of the potential effect on Harrison since she's his mommy. <free Tara!> 

So now Claire and Kyle are officially going to the big wedding together. Cash money on the table, I bet Claire will catch the bouquet at the reception.

[Joimiaroxeu]

28 minutes ago, Denize said:

So if it wasn't Jack on the phone, was it a colleague in LA?

I thought Jack would be too obvious so I figured it was Audra. She's the one who wants Glissade back so badly. What I can't imagine is what Diane would be getting out of the deal besides Kyle's likely return to Jabot.

A long shot would be--sigh--Tucker.

16 hours ago, ScoobieDoobs said:

Phyllis's ridiculously inappropriate dress?  Well, Elvira would kill for it!

Elvira definitely had a better body for that look.

[Js Nana]

On 11/6/2024 at 12:25 AM, surfgirl said:

Why, for the love of all that's right and holy, are we being forced to watch SyPh give a lame-o soliloquy to a random barkeep??

Because we've been bad, and this is our punishment?

[Sake614]

1 hour ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Cash money on the table, I bet Claire will catch the bouquet at the reception.

and of course Kyle will propose shortly thereafter 🤣

forgot to mention the new raunch. I barely remember the old one but this is just the gcAs without a revolving door.

Edited November 8 by Sake614

[Waldo13]

Summer❄️x5, how many times does Chance have to tell you?  It was the DA who issued a warrant for Daniel’s arrest.  If you have a problem, speak to the DA. 

Summer❄️x5, the fear you saw, in Sharon, was the result of your mother’s intimidation.  Sharon’s grief was for Cassie, not Heather.  Sharon was reminded of Cassie’s funeral.  I’m not trying to defend Sharon but it’s the fact that Manic Phyllis🕷️ skirts the law and mostly gets away with it.  

 

[ScoobieDoobs]

Ah, so who was Diane on the phone with?  She was abrupt & sorta nasty (with a disrespectful tone) & even made somewhat of a stank-face.  Would she speak to Jackie that way -- even in this angry mode (real or not) she's in now?  Probably not. 

Could it be Audra?  Maybe.  BUT Audra, like half the cast now, also lives in GCAC.  Couldn't Diane just stop by her room?  Not sure it makes sense for it to be Audra cuz she may want revenge, but she needs a job first & foremost.

I'm betting it's Tuck!  Remember the convo Audra had with Sally, when she said everyone has been cancelling their meetings with her, and she thought it could be Tuck exacting revenge on her?  Hmmm, maybe Show was saying to us -- hint, hint, hint . . . Tuck's a-comin' back!

And whether it's Tuck or Audra, what if Diane is planning with Jackie to double-cross whoever it is?  Eh, think I just gave myself a headache trying to figure this one.  Thanks Show!

 

[surfgirl]

1 hour ago, ScoobieDoobs said:

And whether it's Tuck or Audra, what if Diane is planning with Jackie to double-cross whoever it is?  Eh, think I just gave myself a headache trying to figure this one.  Thanks Show!

I thinknits Jack she was talking to, and they are planning to get control of Glissade, the new condom lube company making a splash across Europe. Sorry, it was too easy not to. It's either Jack or Tucker, but I don't want a new Ru ker and I thought old Tucker pleaced put on SHOW didn't he?

[Joimiaroxeu]

1 hour ago, NinjaPenguins said:

A Simple Recap - Pish Tosh

I don’t even know where to begin. If scenes of Victor playing Candy Crush on his phone and leaking arrogance and embalming fluid out of every pore turns your crank, you’re about to to trip balls on aphrodisiacs.

Pricks of misery Kyle and Victor meet, and Kyle has launch party fever. He’s feeling himself over Glissade and his punk ass move stealing from his father’s company. Victor wants Kyle to step off because Diane might sue their asses over the stolen product formula. Rage rodent Kyle is about to slip his leash; when his lips disappear into his face, it’s time to run.

Nikki pays Diane a visit to explain that she’s pissed all over both Victor and Jack and she’ll have Nicholas pelt her with poop if she doesn’t cease and desist. Diane’s all… “Whatevs, bish.” She reminds her ladyship that she can’t stay married to the undead eel who torments her beloved bud Jack and think that shit’s going to work. Diane advises her to pick a lane, preferably in front of Rexx Rugs.

Summer reverts to Dumber as she frets and whines about Chance doing his job. On the other hand, Chance needs to bundle up the phrase “I was just following orders” and shove it up his beautifully sculpted backside. That is never an excuse for anything. In this situation, Chance is admittedly following some pretty damning forensic evidence, but those words never need leave his gorgeous lips again. Summer points out how scared Sharon looked when her psycho mother confronted her. Chance is like, “You ever had a hyena/pterodactyl hybrid screeching in your grill?” He asks if the whole Daniel thing is going to affect their relationship, but he honestly doesn’t seem to give a fuck.

Kyle’s lips have been fully absorbed by his magically invisible chin, so he’s ready to rumble when Diane chases Nikki into the restaurant. Victor, having crop dusted the table with his durian scented ectoplasmic gas emissions, ushers Nikki out. He has a surprise for her, and fortunately it’s not that he found a necromancer to reanimate his dead dick. Kyle unloads some more bile on his mother and then parades his pompadour home for some AI generated twee treacle that would gag a vulture. Claire and Harrison are having a syrupy game of Go Fish. Harrison is so well-behaved and precocious that I’m 100% sure he ain’t Kyle’s.

Nikki and Victor are at the office when Diane storms in and demands to know why the King of the Plague Rats ratted her out to Kyle? Victor wonders where his security is, not realizing they’re still in the sewers hunting for Faith and Cameron. Nikki learns that Victor is definitely Glissade’s mystery investor. She extracts a sort of, but not really, promise from Victor to lay off the Abbott family. He never utters the words aloud, and like the enabler she is, Nikki accepts it. It’s surprise time!

Poor, victimized corporate thief Kyle asks Claire to go to Abby’s wedding and she accepts. They go to dinner at the same place Summer is pouting with Chance. Awkward conversation ensues. Chance immediately clocks that Summer is bitterly jealous of the drab sibling chemistry Claire and Kyle have developed.

Diane makes a call, possibly to Jack, that their plan to pry Kyle’s bouffant out of Victor’s colon is backfiring.

Nikki is blindfolded as Victor guides her into the Raunch. Using charred, brimstone runes from the depths of Hell and the dread ichor of a captive demon, Victor has concocted a time reversal spell and restored the Raunch to its past glory.

Quoted in its entirety because it's a killer work of snark art. I love it so much I want to be in cahoots with Tucker to make it return to the family fold.

[ASpring1900]

15 hours ago, Sake614 said:

forgot to mention the new raunch. I barely remember the old one but this is just the gcAs without a revolving door.

100%

I must have missed the dialogue where Nikki and Victor are staying elsewhere while their home is being renovated? Guess we will learn more today.

[MollyB]

Here ya go, Surfs.

Friday Rant:

• Chance is so clueless.  How can he not see that Summer is manipulating him?  The reaction she had to Kyle and Claire being out together should tell him she's not really that into him.
• So Show just dragged all the old Raunch decor out of storage and rearranged it in the new Raunch?  If it was such a big deal for Nikki to have the old place back, why didn't Viktor do that when they rebuilt?
• Why are there only three places to eat dinner in GC?  (I'm counting Crimson Lights as a place to have -well, something that resembles dinner food.)
• If Traci is so into Notwhowemaythinkheis that she wants to move in with him, how about a completely new environment that only the two of them will live in?  It makes me think it's really Martin, who we know loves chaos.
• Oh, the Royal Couple has been living out and that's why we see them dining out so much?  Could have let us in on that little secret sooner, show, ya know.  I don't think it would have ruined the surprise for me as I would never suspect that the Raunch was being unrenovated.
• Speaking of convoluted plans-what the hell is Viktor's?  Who is he after?  Jack, Diane,Kyle-maybe Nikki?  Finding it hard to put the puzzle together as to how Vik is accomplishing whatever it is he wants to do.
• Back to clueless Chance.  He of all people should know that Phyllis is probably violating her probation.  Arrest her already.
• Also, the mention of peanut butter and banana pancakes, which I realize is some homage to Heather and Lucy (who isn't even there), that Phyllis says she'll be making.  Hmmm, going to serve that up to Summer?  Can't wait.

[Sake614]

So today is just the Nikki and Victor show complete with flashbacks from their youth. And I still say the raunch set is just the GCAC entrance and dining room. I wasn’t watching way back when, but I do remember the entrance being on the other side of the living room. 

[Peppermint]

1 hour ago, MollyB said:

 

• Also, the mention of peanut butter and banana pancakes, which I realize is some homage to Heather and Lucy (who isn't even there), that Phyllis says she'll be making.  Hmmm, going to serve that up to Summer?  Can't wait.

Quick, while the funeral flowers are still fresh...make it a 2-fer.

Yeah, that was tasteless...back to my cave now.

[surfgirl]

16 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I don’t even know where to begin. If scenes of Victor playing Candy Crush on his phone and leaking arrogance and embalming fluid out of every pore turns your crank, you’re about to to trip balls on aphrodisiacs.

^This^ needs to be enshrined in the Y&R Prevert Hall of Shame & Fame.I needed a good guffaw after the shitshow that was this week. Thanks for never letting us down Ninj! xo

Edited November 9 by surfgirl

[Joimiaroxeu]

2 hours ago, MollyB said:

Also, the mention of peanut butter and banana pancakes, which I realize is some homage to Heather and Lucy (who isn't even there), that Phyllis says she'll be making.  Hmmm, going to serve that up to Summer?  Can't wait.

I struggle not to tune out when Phyllis is talking so her saying that pretty much flew right by me. Unless MS ad libbed the line, I think this a good example of what can happen when people who don't respect or aren't familiar enough with characters' history are put in charge.

No way would Phyllis have said that to Summer unless she made it clear she was either joking or giving Summer fair warning to stay out of Daniel's kitchen. And no way would Summer not have acknowledged the mention of peanut butter. Ehh.

[Denize]

I'm sick of Summer and would love to see her eat a peanut butter & banana pancake. 

[boes]

7 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Harrison is so well-behaved and precocious that I’m 100% sure he ain’t Kyle’s.

I'm leaning more and more in the direction that Tara somehow successfully mated with a marked down Precious Moments figurine and then passed off the result as Kyle's.  As if.  He's hardly a collectible.

[Joimiaroxeu]

The tongue bath Nikki had to give Victor over the big surprise was making me want to vomit. Plus she was doing her silly baby voice. KMN.

The way Victor conned stripper Nikki into shacking up with him at the ranch was hilarious. Separate bedrooms, ha ha. Not so funny to me was the way he convinced her she had to be remade so she'd be worthy to live up at his level. Ugh.

I thought Nikki's first wedding gown was lovely. And not neon white, natch. 😼

Nikki's big hair back in the day. Whee!

Gosh, Victor screaming at Nikki over her drinking. He's been emotionally abusive to her for a long time. Unfortunately she still thinks it's love.

Apparently the main reason for Victor assuming control of Abby and Devon's wedding was to provide an excuse for him to reveal the return of the original ranch house. Okay. Not self-aggrandizing at all, Vic. 🙄

Of course Abby and Devon had to act ever so grateful to be able to have their wedding at the rebuilt ranch house.

I forgot the original ranch house had a sunroom. Cool.

OMG, Victor, climb off Devon's @$$. Lily doesn't want to be one of your human chess pieces just so you can hurt Billy. And you can miss me with invoking Neil's name to further one of your underhanded ploys.

Not sure why Claire got to be involved in the big reveal. What are her cousins Johnny, Kate, Summer, Connor, and Christian, chopped liver?

Re the previews: finally, JILL vs. VICTOR over who owns Chancellor! Let's go!

Edited November 8 by Joimiaroxeu

[babyhouseman]

Yeah, Abby's getting married where Nikki and Victor argued about his affair with her mother. 

I guess Miguel, their servant, isn't hiding in a closet ready to pop out. 

I don't know, but I wonder if Ed Scott coming back had anything to do with the ranch being rebuilt. He was around that set for years. 

[Kimboweena]

Victor couldn't find another Big Blue Plate?  Isn't Diane the one who broke it?

[NinjaPenguins]

A Simple Recap - The Creeper Chronicles

Did you want to walk down memory lane with Victor and Nikki? No? Too bad. Watch out for guano deposits and DO NOT stray from the marked path. There are… things lurking in the dark. Hungry things… Okay, you got me. It’s just Nick trying to rub one out while eating a Filet o’ Fish. Still… *shudder*

What’s your favorite Victor and Nikki memory? His emotional abuse? His repulsive relationship with Ashley? They left out the very poignant moment when Victor told Nikki he wished she was dead on a slab.

Victor invites his kids over to bask in his triumphant raunch renovation, and I gotta ask? How fucking big is this property that Victor can have a replica raunch built without Nikki noticing? Why, show, do you do dumb, nonsensical shit like this? Anywho, Victoria brings ever earnest Claire with her, Nick and Adam show up, and Abby and Devon drop by. Gosh, what could be happening?

Victor offers his replica raunch as the wedding venue. Gee whiz, who even saw that coming. Abby and Devon act like it’s the greatest thing in the world to tie the knot in a place that means diddly squat to either one of them. Victor takes Devon aside to solemnly explain that Neil would absolutely want him deciding Lily’s future for her. Devon is skeptical, to say the least, but Victor is congenitally unable to comprehend a lady making her own decisions.

Victor offers the old house to Nick, who can’t stand the stench of decaying sprouts permeating the place and thus declines. Victor then offers it to Adam, skipping over Victoria entirely.

Previews: Jill and Ashley return to Genoa City. Is Jill about to toast some biscuits de backside?

[boes]

Awww, talk about Precious Moments! 

Vlad rebuilt Castle Transylvania and took us all on a trip down Misogyny Lane.  We got to see Victor build his own Bride of Wigglestein from discounted parts and a voice box ripped out of an old Betsey Wetsey, first lured into his fetid lair by Lurch portrayed by Paul Lynde.  

Through mating rituals designed by the Dark Arts, several monstrous eggs were laid and the Newman Dynasty was born.  The castle was redecorated by a demented Laura Ashley and the only romance ever condemned by the CDC as a public health hazard began, nurtured in a house devoted to the kind of love and family only the Newmans can manage.

Anybody got a match?

 

 

Edited November 9 by boes

[Denize]

My favourite memory at the original ranch was Nikki reading a story to toddler Victoria about a wicked stepmother.  But Nikki altered it to be about Victor's lover, Ashley Abbott.  Based on her genuinely concerned expression, it seemed like the little actress (Ashley Nicole Millan who played Victoria for the first 8 years) was familiar with the book and realized that Nikki was warping it in weird ways.  

Edited November 9 by Denize

[ScoobieDoobs]

46 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Victor offers the old house to Nick, who can’t stand the stench of decaying sprouts permeating the place and thus declines. Victor then offers it to Adam, skipping over Victoria entirely.

Hey, I didn't think about that!  And poor Vicky is squished into a tiny shack with Claire, Johnny & Katie.  And he doesn't even consider offering it to her?  Welp, men first in Vic's world!  And everyone (especially women) have gotta fall in line & follow his orders.  Oh yeah, thanks for the flashbacks, Show, & the reminder of what a charmer Vic is.

So what's Vic's decor inspiration for that creepy joint?  Dark Shadows?  Any Vincent Price movie?  Can we assume the house tour didn't include the requisite basement dungeon?  I can guess the scent of all those 50 million candles -- why brussel sprouts, of course!

Edited November 9 by ScoobieDoobs

[lilmarysunshine]

6 hours ago, boes said:

and a voice box ripped out of an old Betsey Wetsey

:::thud::: 🤣

Not sure what audience segment wanted that whole episode. I have been watching since the late 80s and I did not want that stroll down memory lane. Who likes them as a couple?

And who would want to get married in that dark, cramped living room? Bring back The Colonnade Room if you want to harken back to old time YR splendor. 

[Chatty Cake]

I had to turn it off yesterday. There’s not  one character I want to spend an entire hour with and I definitely don’t want to revisit Victor and Nikki’s creepy love story. How old was he when they got together? 60? 
 

[rcc]

Boring and unnecessary episode. FF it all until the end with the upcoming scenes. Glad to see Ashley and Jill back.

[Denize]

Hopefully Adam will be the sane one and suggest clueless Victor offer the bigger house to Victoria, Cole, Claire, Johnny & Katie.  The Tacky House would fit his family better (if he even wanted to live under surveillance by his father). Though Connor might be good living near Johnny, Katie & nature rather than living in a tiny apartment.

Raunch Reborn looks like it is 1/2 to 3/4 scale of the original with so much old stuff crammed in and archways so close to each other that there is barely room for wallspace in between the moldings.  Let's hope Victor doesn't try to carry Nikki up the stairs to bed again.

[babyhouseman]

Isn't the ranch where Adam gaslit Ashely when she thought she was pregnant? Maybe they can remember that next week.

[Js Nana]

On 11/7/2024 at 5:51 PM, Denize said:

So if it wasn't Jack on the phone

I still think that the highly public "I hate your stinkin' guts and your breath smells like dead skunks" fights were part of a plan to fool Victor into believing that Jack had banished Diane from the Abbottsphere so he'd buy Diane being available to work with him.

4 hours ago, Denize said:

Let's hope Victor doesn't try to carry Nikki up the stairs to bed again.

I seriously thought that's what he was going to try to do when they were doing a tour of the house.