The Young and the Restless
Thanks, I HATE IT! Amber Sinclair’s Weekly Soap Review: May 4-8: A Lingerie Coup, a Loaded Drawer, and a Photo Burning on the Pier
A coup pitched in lingerie, a gun in the wrong drawer, a wall that opened during a will reading, a photo set on fire on the pier, and Amber Sinclair caught it all.
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TL;DR: Brooke Logan negotiated a corporate coup in lingerie, Stephanie Johnson keeps her gun in a drawer like a stapler, the Jordan Ashford accident investigation will not end, Ric Lansing planned a romantic weekend on the way to a crime, Lexie Carver walked out of a tunnel mid-toast, Cassius Faison spent the week lecturing every woman who has ever loved him, and Ethan Lovett burned the only photo he has of his daughter’s mother on a pier in The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, and Beyond the Gates this week. Amber Sinclair has watched all of it so you did not have to. You are welcome.
The Audacity Award: Brooke Logan
Brooke Logan greeted Ridge Forrester with alcohol, lingerie, and a corporate restructuring proposal. She lit candles. She used her ESP voice. She told her own husband, in full seduction mode, to fire his daughter from the co-CEO chair so she could sit in it.
Steffy Forrester was upstairs at Forrester wearing the title. Brooke was downstairs in a teddy negotiating it away. The Bold and the Beautiful gave us a woman seducing her husband into demoting his kid and we are supposed to root for it.
The trophy goes to Brooke. She would like it on her co-CEO desk by Monday.
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Okay But WHY Though: Stephanie Johnson Keeps a Loaded Gun in a Living Room Drawer
Stephanie Johnson woke up in a daze this week, walked across her living room, opened a drawer, and pulled out her gun. Not a safe. Not a lockbox. A drawer. In the room with the couch.
The woman has PTSD, the most explosive marriage in Salem, and an entire Joy and Kelsey situation about to blow up in her face. Her gun is sitting next to the coasters. Girl. GIRL. What is the storage plan?
Snooze Button: The Jordan Ashford Accident Investigation and the Lily Winters Bone Marrow Press Tour
Jordan Ashford is still asking who hit her car. Curtis Ashford is still suspecting Isaiah. Justine is still rolling out the same “are you asking me to bury this” speech. We get it. We have gotten it for weeks.
Meanwhile on the other coast, Lily Winters and Cane Ashby negotiated the bone marrow donation while Cane got arrested, made bail, lost his ability to leave the state, then maybe could donate from Genoa City after all. Pick a lane. Any lane.
The Ick Factor: Ric Lansing Plans a Romantic Weekend With Liz on the Way to a Crime
Ric Lansing invited Elizabeth Webber on a romantic getaway and she said yes. Then he met Ava Jerome at the Metro Court and finalized a money exchange. Then he held a clandestine meeting in Ava’s gallery with a mystery buyer. Then he came home to plan a soft jazz weekend with the woman he is currently lying to about everything.
The compartmentalization is icky. The fact that Ava once held Ric captive in a basement and they are now business partners is icky. The Liz of it all is icky. Pick an ick. Any ick. They are all available.
Unexpectedly Obsessed: Lexie Carver Walking Out of the Tunnel Mid-Toast
The DiMeras gathered around Stefano’s will. They raised a glass. Harold answered the door twice in one episode like a man being paid by the entrance. Rita gasped Boca. Harold sighed Toledo. The whole thing had cult vibes that absolutely worked.
And right as everyone toasted Father, Lexie Carver walked out of a secret tunnel like she had been waiting for that exact musical cue for ten years. The pacing was operatic. Nikki Crawford sold every second of it. We did not expect to love a will reading this much. We loved it.
The Dragging: Cassius Faison
Cassius Faison spent the week lecturing every woman in his life. He told Britt Westbourne to finish the cold fusion project. He told Lulu Spencer to send Rocco to Ireland. He told Josslyn Jacks she was lucky he had not killed her yet.
He got his ribs cracked in a fight HE started. He stood in Lulu’s living room and called her stupid. Sir. You are a grown man wearing your dead twin’s face, running errands for the men holding your sister hostage. Take a seat. Take twelve.
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Ethan Lovett Burned the Only Photo He Has of Phoebe’s Mother
Ethan Lovett came back to Port Charles to meet his partner Delilah and their baby Phoebe. Delilah was murdered before she could get there. Ethan walked into the Quartermaines, met his own daughter being raised by Brook Lynn Quartermaine and Chase, and walked away rather than blow up the only stable family she has known.
Then he sat on the pier and burned the only photo he had of Delilah. Nathan Dean is delivering soap-of-the-year work, and General Hospital is going to make us watch this man hand his daughter over to someone else and grieve her mother alone.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Which soap gave you the most this week and which one made you scream into a pillow? Sound off below because we need to know we are not screaming alone!
WATCH THIS: Which couple has run it’s course?
@soapoperamag Which Couple Needs to Break Up IMMEDIATELY? Billy's already threatened to throw his business partner under the bus and he's supposed to be husband material? Will and Electra are drowning in letter drama and secret cousins while she's kissing RJ on the side. Alex can't read a room and Stephanie is over it. Cassius and Lulu aren't even a real couple because HE'S NOT NATHAN. And Joey and Vanessa have been a disaster waiting to happen. Which couple do you want gone FIRST and which one are you secretly still rooting for even though you know you shouldn't be?
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