when boring and melodramatically boring collide

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Those bastards at Y&R are putting Nikki and Paul in a relationship.

I KNEW they were spending way too much time together. Yuck.

today's rant

Why in the world would Katherine only give Brock 1% of her damn estate and give her MAID half of the house and Jill 50% of her estate? Makes no sense. Why wouldn’t she share the remaining 50% evenly between Brock and Jill? I LMAO when Jill wanted to contest the will before it had even been read in it’s entirety. For what purpose? Guess she forgets that she’s already as rich as Croesus without Katherine’s money. She can well afford to buy out Esther’s share if she’s so desperate to get that mausoleum to herself.

So the entire Abbott family is now seeing dead John and nobody says anything about it to anyone else or sees it as a wee bit odd? Good to see there’s fake tanning lotion in Heaven. You’d think someone close to Jerry D would say, “Dude. Your face is the color of a pumpkin.” or something equally tactful.

Dina was anxious to see her granddaughter Colleen and yet she rushed back without bothering to see her? Grandma of the Year material.

Daniel can’t stay because he has concert obligations…LOL! Yeah, right. Couldn’t they have come up with a more plausible excuse than that, like his toilet was clogged or his library books were overdue?

Why are Jeff and Gloria trusting Jack? Just yesterday he told them to get lost. And they just take some of Jack’s liquor? When are they going to move out of that damn pool house? They act like white trash relatives. How long is Jack going to let Gloria use that pathetic “I miss John” excuse in exchange for free lodging?

i, katherine chancellor, being of sound mind and body...

If Katherine had a billion dollar estate, why didn't she give her grandchildren and Amber a WHOLE 1%, instead of this bullshit 1/4 and 1/5 of 1%?

wednesday's rant

Heather said she won’t lose Victor’s case this time around and referred to him as the “man who cost her her job”. Really? I thought her ineptitude cost her the job.

With all this Nikki and Paul stuff, I wonder if they’re leading towards a relationship? Ugh. He’s so boring.

Funny how Jack can give Noah advice about women and even tell him all the things he did wrong, yet he never bothers to do anything about it. Talk is cheap, I guess. And Sharon thinks Jack is a “great step-father”? How has he shown that? By lying and publicly humiliating the kid during all that political stuff?

Mike tells Eden everything will be ok if she follows the rules and tells the truth and she turns right around and lies. Way to work with him, kid. I’d be worried about my future, too, if I was as much of a lying brat she is. Course she fits right in with the Baldwin clan. Lying is their middle name.

Phyllis is stunned that Brad turned Vic in to the police? Somebody was bound to. Why not one of his worst enemies? I'm wondering why in the world Victor wasn't arrested at the airport? Heather has to depend on Daddy to alert her to these sorts of things? That's the extent of her legal network? Yet another fine example of her sharp legal mind at work again.

You just know Katherine is going to leave Gloria that stock. It’s the only way to shake things up corporately.

If Jack was the sneaky, lying, manipulator we all know he is, why in the world would he be dumb enough to create a paper trail? The writers aren’t being realistic.

It was rather comical of JR to ASSume Heather would just follow him to England when she wasn’t even willing to follow him to NY when he was looking for a job.

the young and the "deceased"

I think it’s fabulous the way people become saints the minute they die. I can’t wait!

I get a kick out of the way Jack glares at Victor like they’re in first grade and Victor just knocked him down and stole his lunch money. The Abbotts have a way of totally ignoring the purpose of the funeral and making it all about Victor. Nice of them. Jack is such a jerk. Of course, Victor was thinking of himself during the funeral. LOL! Who else is there?

Adam is a swell guy. He apparently feels no qualms about using Heather for his own ends.

If there was a massive water leak, so bad that Kevin couldn’t attend Mrs. C’s funeral, why was the coffee shop open at all? Where was he getting the water to make the coffee? Doesn’t one usually turn the water OFF when there’s a leak? And what about the public restrooms? He had to wait for a certified plumber to turn the water off?

Heather didn’t think Kevin’s questions about Mrs. C’s money a bit odd? I love how Kevin puts it right in the safe. A safe I’m sure Jana never opens…oy. Why is Kevin stressing about this plumber bill anyway? Didn’t he make $10 in one week? LOL!

Murphy’s idea of getting help for his friend “Marge” is patting her on the face and saying “wake up! wake up!”? Guess he’s never heard of an “am-boo-lence"?

Sharon wishes she could ask Katherine for advice on her marriage to Jack? Since when?

Jeff thinks Dina looks “loaded”? What does he care? He’s loaded, too.

What a horrible way to wrap up a funeral: a song by that obnoxious brat Ana and Devon. UGH!! If Katherine wasn’t dead before, she’d wish she was now.

Interesting how Ash just dissed her whole family for Victor.

Tricia Cast was acting a tad too happy during the funeral. It looked really out of place.

you can jump into the fire, but you can never be free

Dina came in for Katherine’s funeral even though they “were once friends,” yet she never bothered to come for John’s funeral OR Jack’s wedding? I found it interesting that she had to tell both her son and her daughters that she came because she and Katherine used to be good friends. Wouldn’t her family know that?

It was nice to see Brock and Nina. Damn, I wish she’d come back onto the show. It was cool to see her and Danny together, especially when you think back to how young they were when they were all on the show together. Too bad Christine wasn’t on.

Jill had really good scenes this week, as did Phyllis when she went crazy at the tack house. Why in the world doesn’t the make-up department use WATER PROOF mascara on Amber? She always looks like a cheap ho during crying scenes.

Wasn’t it nice to see that pig Victor Newman stride into church and ignore his own children? Typical asshole.

Why wasn’t “concerned” Gloria at the funeral? And where were Mike and Lauren and Kevin and Jana? Aside from Amber, it would be a bigger hoot if she left CI to Glo.

Nice to see the veteran cast returning, including Mitchell Sherman’s toupee. He officially has more hair now than he did before.

thy will be done

Jill's pretty cocky that CI is hers, so that means it mustn't be.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if Kay willed it to Amber? LOL!

me, me, me

Like mother, like daughter. Victoria has learned well from Mommy.

First, Victoria turns Sabrina's death into a "me? why me?!" thing, saying it was all her fault.

Now, Nikki is to blame for Chow, Sabrina AND Katherine's death. Geez, she's got quite the growing list of sins.

john, the friendly, but stupid ghost

If John is dead and an all wise ghost, wouldn't he know that Katherine isn't REALLY dead?

BTW, what did Jack mean by "our Katherine" as if there's another Katherine on the show.

love makes the world go round

Why does Nick keep saying "Noah needs to come first"? The kid isn't a baby, unlike say, his DAUGHTER, Summer? Shouldn't SHE come first?

And if the kids really DO come first, why in the world was Nick sucking face with Sharon, putting two marriages in jeopardy once again? All that crap about how it felt so right to be with her, like "old times" and yet before he left, he was professing his love for Phyllis. Oy.

Y&R is looking more and more like B&B these last few months as far as short term relationships go. "I'll love you FOREVER." Ok, finished loving you, now I love YOU forever. I hate that.

hmmmm

Why does it seem to be nighttime where Noah and Eden are in Paris, yet it's obviously daylight where Nick, Sharon and Phyllis are?

And if it weren't for Nick, Sharon would have gone back to her hotel room and sat until it was time to leave?! Yeah, first trip to Paris and she spends it in the hotel. Riiiiight.

Do all women go sightseeing in Paris wearing high heels?

ROFLAMO

Those "Paris" shots of Sharon and Nick on the boat were so pathetic that were they real, Nick would have smacked his head on the bridge when they went under it.

OY.

what the---???!!

Why in the world did Noah tell Eden to run from the cops when THEY were the victims? Stupid.

Didn't take long for Victor to forget all about the love of his life in Ashley's bed, did it?

my baby

Sharon is sure she's going to like ANY girl Noah falls for?! Puhleeze.

Sharon babies that boy no end. She probably still tucks him in at night. She's going to hate anybody he's with.

finally! an interesting storyline!

The whole idea of Phyllis seeing Nick and Sharon kiss in Paris is the only thing that's really keeping me tuning in these days.

I FF through ALL of TGVN bullshit, all of Katherine/Marge's bs, three fourths of Daniel/Amber/Billy/Lily/Cane/Kevin/Jana's crap.

When I tape it, the show goes by very fast...LOL!

this is the best idea I've heard all along!!!

After Ashley finds Victor in Paris and forces him to eat, he tells her that she must leave and tell no one--even his children--that he's in France.

IF ONLY the blonde one would listen!!!

only on the soaps...

Do the writers seriously expect us to believe that Ashley found Victor (and vice versa) in a city the size of Paris simply by walking around, looking perplexed, flashing his picture to people here and there, and saying the prayer on the card? *insert eye roll here*

Glad to see EB still "acts" with his hands in his pockets....

how furrrr-midible

What is up with the Y&R wardrobe department?!

Nicki, Katherine and Jill were all in the same office. Jill was wearing a raincoat, Nikki was wearing a winter coat, complete with huge fur collar and Katherine wasn’t wearing any coat. LOL!

walk on the wild side

Michael‘s father said to him, “Didn’t you tell me there was nothing you wouldn’t do to protect your son? Why should Gloria be any different?” Gee, I don’t know, maybe because she stood by and let her husband torment the shit out of Kevin? And why would anyone believe her? She lies about every thing. Speaking of Michael, while I like Christian, his over the top acting is starting to grate on my nerves. On minute he’s yelling about Gloria’s stupidities and unlawful mechanizations, and the next, he’s enabling her to pull them off.

Geez, I never realized there were so many temperamental models until Restless Style came along. Only about four issues and they’re had a problem with every damn one of ‘em. Now half of the executive staff is missing and Phyllis is leaving, too. On one hand, the writers keep telling us that publishing a magazine is hard work; on the other, they’re showing us a magazine can publish itself. Once again, good job, writing staff.

Tyra didn’t even have the common courtesy to intro Olivia to the police detective? “Thanks to her, you’ve got a date”? Oy. Nothing like making “her” feel like the fifth wheel on a wagon.

I was LMAO when they played that cheesy French music as they showed Ashley at the café in Paris. I half expected Pepe LePew to stroll down le boulevard.

Isn’t it fantastic that Daniel is so worldly that he not only knows a photographer in Paris, but he’s being asked to do another art show? Of what? Crappy pencil sketches? Ugh. I’ve seen more talent in 5th graders. And THEN he says he’s “too busy” to sketch? Sure he is. He has a crummy little job working for Mommy--what is it he does at the magazine again, because it certainly isn’t photography?--and yet he’s willing to turn his back on the tons of money he could rake in from the art world because he‘s “too busy“. Yeah, uh huh, sure. Maybe if he wasn’t too busy, he’d have his own money to go to Paris, and wouldn’t be asking Mommy to take him.

Kevin makes $10k a WEEK running a lousy coffee house? Wouldn’t that be a gross of about $520,000 a year?! And Daniel swallowed that bullshit? Dumb and dumber. Ok, I’m off to buy myself a coffee house…

write RIGHT, damn it!

Why do the writers keep trying to impress upon us that Kevin is suddenly in desperate need of cash? The coffee house is always busy and he doesn't seem to be laying off his huge staff of two or three....depending on whether or not Colleen feels like working.

I hate when the writers force a situation instead of writing one that follows a natural progression of events. There was no devestating fire at the coffee house or no illness that forced Kevin or Jana to quit working. This is almost as pathetic as the time Kevin suddenly became a computer genius overnight.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kevin get part of Glo's money? Didn't Kevin get part of Michael's lottery money? Didn't Kevin get a sports car from Jeff when he was trying to win him over? What happened to all of these assests? Clearly, he hasn't invested any money into remodeling the coffee house, but suddenly we're supposed to accept that he's in dire financial straights.

the young and the TOTALLY boring

Oooh, Nicki, SHUT THE HELL UP about Victor already! Who gives a shit? Cut the ex-wife strings already. He wishes you were dead, can't you do the same?

I hate to see this Katherine/Marge storyline revisited. I’m guessing Katherine’s going to do a switch to avoid going to see a doctor. Or have Marge take her place while she goes to see a doctor on her own.

Why is it that every time Jack is a “bad boy” he tries to bribe Sharon with a trip or a weekend away? He’s such a jerk, and his own worst enemy. He treats women like this all the time. He lies and hides things, then gives the little boy pout/ far away thinking expression and tries to placate them with stupid platitudes. I can’t stand him.

Love how Nick just decides on his own that he’s going to Europe and not coming back till he finds Victor. Nice how he talks things over with his wife. Like father, like son.

how i met eric braeden

Eric Braeden will appear on How I Met Your Mother on November 3rd as Robin's dad.
Hope he's a better father to her than he's been to Nick and Victoria and Abby and Vic Jr.

Should be interesting to see if he does the entire show with his hands in his pockets....