Victoria: Mixed Signals??

I’d never feel sorry for Brad, but I came close when Victoria went off to eat dinner with JT right in front of him. Yesterday (today, in the soap’s timeline) she was making out with Brad. WTF?

When will Kevin ever get in trouble for breaking into people’s computers? This hacker should have been in prison several times by now.

Gloria is so transparent when she’s talking to Bardwell. How can he even have the slightest bit of interest in her? Also, who is that guy she’s been hanging around really? There’s something shady about him.

Victor Jr.

It’s nice that Victor forgot about his son until now.  Why is he having so much trouble finding him? You’d think Hope would know. It seems he has turned out pretty badly…maybe Hope was “blind” to his shortcomings. HA!

How old is he now, anyway? I’ve totally lost track of time. Of course, the writers will make him as old/young as they darn well please.

Is Victoria COMPLETELY stupid?

She tells Brad that she trusts him. They make out. What the hell??

That guy is the ultimate sleaze! Maybe the guilt she has over cheating on him with JT recently has overwhelmed her anger over Brad cheating on her with Sharon. Or maybe she’s just an idiot.

Monday’s Episode (5/14/07)

Wasn’t Monday’s episode a tearjerker?? I’d argue it’s the best of the season, and that’s saying a lot. With all the crazy storylines we’ve had to deal with lately, it was nice to see the show get back to good acting and believable drama. I’ve always felt the show was best when it wasn’t trying to be a “soap” (with cheesy storylines involving evil twins or psychopaths disguising themselves with plastic surgery to look like people they’ve never met. Uh-huh…) and instead giving us realistic storylines that we can follow and identify with.  I hope we’ll see more of this, but I have a feeling we’ll be back to the crazy stuff soon enough.

Spoiler Alert from Soap Opera Digest

I was at the grocery store late last night, and the cover of Soap Opera Digest had me agog. Spoiler after the jump…

Spoiler Alert: The Future of Dru Revealed

I was flipping through Soap Opera Digest at the grocery store this weekend, and this is what I found:

Message to Nick: Get a haircut, hippie!

What is up with the Tom-Hanks-Davinci-Code haircut he’s sportin’. I guess Phyllis likes ‘em greasy.

Speaking of Phyllis…Brad threatened her by saying she wouldn’t want to be seen as a sneaky, snoopin’ be-atch by her in-laws. I think everyone in G.C. knows her reputation already, “George”, and yours ain’t exactly stellar, either. More of the pot calling the kettle black.

Cane isn’t Philip? Say it ain’t so! If it’s not true, then what the hell was the point of this whole thing?

When is Dru leaving? Are we going to be told, or is she just going to just fade into the background until we’ve forgotten she exists?

Sometimes, it’s all I can do to watch this thing. I’m starting to feel like the writers have gone on vacation and left the interns to maintain the storyline until the next sweeps period.

Cliffhanger Friday: What a joke.

This has been one of the most boring weeks ever on Y&R. If you like the whole Adrien/Colleen thing, you had the best week ever, but otherwise it sucked.

As for today’s episode, what the heck is Rocky doing in Genoa City? The world isn’t THAT small. Do they have something planned for him, or has there been some kind of fan petition to bring him back?

Prediction: Daniel is gonna get busted for lookin’ at Amberrr’s naughty pics. She’s trouble, I tell ya!

For being early March in Wisconsin, people are certainly dressing light. It isn’t jacket weather, yet, people! It’s only in the 40’s out there. Being in LA, you forget those things, I guess.

Dru is out of “jail”, huh? So, how is she getting written off? I’m confused. This storyline is getting lamer and lamer as time goes on.

Before I go, check out this old clip from the show: Philip legally gets the Chancellor name. Check out Kay looking like Barbara Bush, Jill (in her previous incarnation) in a hat that even Drucilla would consider “too much”, and the judge’s Sally Jesse glasses. Awesome!

Enough of my rambling already! It’s Friday! Turn off your computer and get out of here!

Monday’s Show: Identical Cousins? WTF?!?

Carmen’s Evil Twin

What a load of utter crap. Carmen’s identical cousin? You have got to be kidding me. I can’t believe the writers have resorted to this cliche. Awful, just awful… The artless way that David tried to cover it up in front of the Winters Men was pathetic. I wonder if we’ll ever figure out exactly what the point of this whole thing was, if there is one.

If Carmen’s evil twin really was completely innocent, why did she keep showing up in Carmen’s outfit? Gawd, I hate this whole crappy mess.

Brad-Victoria-Sharon Love Triangle

I’m no Dear Abby, but if you don’t have trust in your relationship, you are in for a difficult ride. Victoria obviously doesn’t trust Brad, and with good reason, but said today that she knows Brad isn’t cheating on her, so it’s obvious that she blames Sharon for everything. It takes two to tango, girlie! Way to go, Nick, for pointing out how crazy Brad AND Sharon are. I think those two are made for eachother.

If Brad really cared about his marriage, he’d stay away from Sharon. Period. Anything more than a casual “Hello” in the hallway should be eliminated. Walking into your wife’s office with your one-time fling, laughing and having a great time doesn’t help the situation. I just can’t believe they are still married.

P.S. Why am I still so creeped out by Sharon and Jack’s rebound relationship?

Senator Jack Abbot

Brad said he wouldn’t vote for Jack because he has proven time and again that he can’t be trusted. Sounds like a typical politician to me! What’s the problem?

The Final Word

Are the cops even trying to look for Jana, the real killer? I doubt it.

Cliffhanger Friday AND a “Robbin’ the Cradle” Examination

Gloria, who usually can go from delusional to insane in 60 seconds, said the most rational thing today: Why aren’t you (Bardwell) looking for Jenna? I have been wondering this all week. Now that her dad’s dead, who knows what’s happened to her, and I think anyone could call a mistrial if they didn’t even try to find her.

Why is Colleen unable to breathe on her own AND in a coma when Kevin, who put the wet shirt over her mouth to help her, walks away almost unscathed? Does this make any sense?

I thought we were going to find out (per rumors) that Korbel was some kind of secret agent, but it seems he’s just a professor who likes ‘em young. Oh, well.

Speaking of which, I have wondered a long time about the age differences between the characters on the show. There seem to be so many weird matches in the past year, that I thought I’d review some of them here, and base the age difference on the actual age of the actor portraying said character. (All my info was from the IMDB, and I used the actor that most recently played the part for the birth year.) Let’s take a look:

Lauren Fenmore was previously married to Paul, but is now married to Michael. Paul is now in a relationship with Maggie.

Lauren: 1963 (age 44)
Michael: 1958 (age 49)
Paul: 1954 (age 53)
Maggie: 1968 (age 39)

Nothing too interesting there. Let’s check out Brad’s relationship tree (at least, those that are most noteable:

Brad: 1962 (age 45)
Traci: 1958 (age 49)
Ashley: 1959 (age 48)
Nikki: 1956 (age 51)
Sharon: 1971 (age 36)
Victoria: 1973 (age 34)

Well, it looks as though Brad went from being the “robbed” to the “robber” of the cradle. Nice.

One of the weirder matches, in my opinion, is the Nick and Phyllis union:

Nick: 1975 (age 32)
Sharon: 1971 (age 36)
Phyllis: 1965 (age 42)

Wow, a ten year age difference. Looking at the actors ages, which I know don’t mean much when they started playing the role when the characters were “teenagers”, Sharon would have been a senior in high school when Nick was a freshman.

Finally, the controversial Adrian-Colleen-JT triangle, with Victoria:

Colleen: 1986 (age 21)
Adrian: 1975 (age 32)
JT: 1975 (age 32)
Victoria: 1973 (age 34)

So, Colleen likes those 30-somethings, huh? I know her character is supposed to be 18 or 19 years old, and we have no idea how old Adrian and JT are supposed to be, but here it doesn’t seem to make a difference: they’re the SAME AGE.

It really makes me wonder about how the writers keep things straight, as some characters start out as children, are shipped to Europe, and come back as teenagers. A year later, they are running the friggin’ company and are at least 25. Soap opera time is so interesting! They can make a day last a week, and have 10 years pass in 12 months time. Amazing!

For many years now I’ve wanted to create a Y&R Family tree, including all the actors that have played the roles. I know this seems like a daunting task, but I’m thinking I need to get started on it. I may periodically ask for some help out there, keeping it accurate and updated. Stay tuned!