Liam killed it today. Best episode for the character in like 10 years. For 54 minutes at least, until they threw in the out-of-nowhere collapse.
Sad to say though that it feels like instead of Liam (and the writers) finally remembering Ivy exists and getting off the waffle iron, he might soon be part of a new triangle with Princess Steffy and Finn. Those scenes with her praising him were far too heavy-handed to be coincidence.
So much for all of Princess Steffy;'s fans insisting that she's the bigger woman between her and Hopeless. "We won". Congrats Taylor, you "won" a serial waffler who will waffle right back to someone else as soon as the writers deem it soapy enough.
Honestly, it's rather hard to like any of the central characters. Steffy and Hope are both pretty insufferable if you really look at their words and actions without rose-tinted glasses on, and Brooke and Taylor are barely better. But the worst is Ridge for enabling all of this for decades and feeling no responsibility for it.
Sorry to be so grumpy, but it really is hard for me to like these central characters. I find the "secondary" characters these days much more entertaining, such as Sheila and Deacon, Li and Poppy, Dollar Bill, Zende (who has better chemistry with Daphne than Carter IMHO) poor Finn, and of course the Luna-tic. Even Will and Electra. And Ivy, who somehow never gets to be more than background filler.
Here's how I'd play it out if I got to script this story, just off the top of my head:
1. Drew proposes to Willow and wants a quick rush to the aisle, to build that "family man" politician image or something (he won't phrase it like that to her of course, lol). Naturally Willow says yes and gushes about how perfect he is in her eyes and how she'll do anything for him because he's so unfairly hated. Everyone is shocked, and tries to talk Willow out of it, but preparations proceed as planned until...
2. In the last few days before the wedding, Willow will discover many image-shattering secrets in short order, such as the fact that Drew was having hate sex with mommy Nina while pursuing her, and a few other skeletons in Drew's closet that we may or may not even already have on canvas yet. At the same time she'll also learn the truth about Michael fathering Sasha's baby. None of these are things she will share with others right away, and together they were result in her completely unraveling, as everything she gave up her life to believe in is shown to be a lie.
3. At the Drew / Willow wedding ceremony, in true soapy fashion, an unhinged Willow will eventually, in the middle of the ceremony (like say, during her personal vows) pull out a gun on Drew and start ranting wildly about everything, showing a complete break from reality. In the middle of this she will also spill the tea about Sasha's baby and Michael, but everyone will chalk it up to her breakdown except the few who already know the truth.
Don't know where the stories would go from there, I imagine it would end in Willow finally getting psychiatric help and recovering (possibly after a stay at an institution) and coming back a better person; but I would love to see the Drew / Willow relationship climax and end with that.
Anyone else think/hope Willow's partial break from reality is going to become a complete break when she's finally given incontrovertible evidence that Drew is not a nice man? I hope so, I am all for classic soapy meltdowns!
Kinda funny to say Y&R is being pre-empted for March Madness when Alan (or the other one?) has been providing Sharon and Phyllis with a little March Madness of his own this month.
No offense to the scenes with Princess Steffy and the Luna-tic, but I'm much more looking forward to the scenes where Li absolutely goes off on Poppy. Those are going to be EPIC!
I've liked Emily O'Brien since her Y&R days as Jana. I wish Days had given her a better role than Gwen, and then they did just that in letting her play Theresa...but at the same time as Gwen! Which sucked because like the article said, fans didn't like the (admittedly bizarre) move, and I feel like O'Brien probably caught some of the flak for it. Personally I'd be fine with O'Brien's Theresa sticking around long-term and Gwen staying gone, but apparently that's not going to happen here.
It's not that Phyllis and Sharon have to become besties, no one should be expecting that, but I do think it's reasonable that they should be able to come to a place where there isn't a neverending game of one-upsmanship with them, and they can agree to leave each other alone as much as can be reasonably expected for their life situation and mutual connections. Especially Phyllis, who seems to go out of her way to provoke confrontations, Sharon isn't blameless either, but I do think she at least would be more willing to go the :avoid them when possible" route more than Phyllis, but they need to both be willing.
To use another Y&R example, does anyone honestly think that the way Victor and Jack act towards each other is reasonable and even remotely mature for men of their age? Jack is like the insecure kid always trying to get one over on the school bully, and Victor is, of course, said school bully who torments the other guy for giggles and the power trip.
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