The Young and the Restless
Thanks, I HATE IT! Amber Sinclair’s Weekly Soap Review: April 13-17 – A Supply Run, a Ball Gag, a Stolen Letter, and a Champagne Toast to a Corpse
Nick Newman pocketed pills during his own rescue. Lynette got memorialized in champagne. Amber Sinclair watched all five soaps this week so you did not have to.
AMBER SINCLAIR HAS WATCHED ALL FIVE SOAPS THIS WEEK AND SHE HAS SEVEN PROBLEMS AND NONE OF THEM ARE BEING ADDRESSED
TL;DR: Nick Newman used his own rescue as a supply run, Danny Morgan found a ball gag in his mother’s basement, Ivy Forrester pulled a stolen letter out of her purse on day forty, Sharon Newman invoiced a kidnapping victim for giving birth, Sophia Choi solved three DiMera mysteries on a park bench, Willow Tait spent the week committing felonies on a rolling schedule, and Lynette Wise got memorialized in champagne in The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, 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: Nick Newman
Adam Newman was unconscious on the storeroom floor after Matt Clark hit him in the back of the head with a fire extinguisher. Chelsea Lawson was on the other side of the door risking everything to get them out. Nick Newman found a box of opioids Matt had left behind and, while his brother bled and his ex-wife banged on the door, quietly pocketed them.
A rescue operation. Nick Newman turned it into a pharmacy run. The Newman son who built a hospital in his dead wife’s name is shopping in a Vegas supply closet while his family burns the building down trying to save him. The Mustache would like a word.
Runner up: Willow Tait asked Nina Reeves to inject Drew Cain on Monday, admitted Tuesday that the “pain meds” were the drug keeping him vegetative, and kept the syringe with Nina’s prints on it as leverage. Called it “an insurance policy, not blackmail.” Framed her own mother on a three-day rolling schedule and then went to Crimson Lights to police another woman for being hugged by Wiley.
Think someone else deserved the Audacity trophy this week? Send your nominations and your receipts to [email protected] and we just might publish a hall of fame!
Okay But WHY Though: Danny Morgan Found a Ball Gag in the Basement
Danny Morgan held up a piece of kink equipment mid-conversation and asked his mother what it was. Alexis Davisclaimed, straight-faced, that it was part of an old Halloween costume. Ric Lansing, full volume, offered to see that costume. What costume, sir. WHAT costume. Why was this in the basement. Why was Danny cleaning it out. We have questions and none of them are going to be answered.
Snooze Button: The Letter That Will Not Die
Ivy Forrester has been carrying a stolen letter in her purse for weeks. Daphne Rose Avant has tried to spill it to Electra Forrester five separate times and got distracted by jewelry twice. Ivy coached Electra on breakup dialogue like a drama coach from hell. On Friday Ivy pulled the letter out of her handbag like a magic trick she had been rehearsing in the mirror for three Olympics. Day forty. We are waving a white flag.
The Ick Factor: Sharon’s Birth-Services Invoice
Sharon Newman walked into Society, sat across from Abby, the mother of the child Mariah Copeland kidnapped, and pitched out loud that Abby owes Mariah a debt for giving birth to Dom. Sharon sent a birth-services invoice to the kidnapping victim’s mother over lunch. Christine heard it. The server heard it. Every table within six feet heard it. We will not be accepting this delivery.
Unexpectedly Obsessed: Sophia Choi Solved Three Mysteries on a Park Bench
Sophia Choi sat down on a park bench expecting a regular Tuesday. Kristen DiMera pitched killing Johnny DiMera and dropped the words “you’ll get away with murder.” Sophia, a teenage girl in a cardigan, calmly pointed out that Kristen “didn’t even get away with ATTEMPTED murder” and then deduced Rachel Black shot EJ DiMera between bench slats. A high schooler out-investigated a DiMera in under a minute. We have a desk waiting.
The Dragging: Willow Tait
Willow Tait shot Drew in the back. She drugs him daily. She asked her own mother to inject him Monday. She blackmailed her Tuesday with the syringe Nina used. She called it “an insurance policy, not blackmail.” She then went to Crimson Lights to lecture another woman for hugging Wiley over a school spider project. Drew cannot even blink in protest. Willow. Babe. Sit.
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Lynette Wise
Dominique Madison spent months building Lynette Wise into a delicious, scheming, season-stealing villain. A grifter with a side of glam. A bad bitch with receipts. Slept with Randy Parker Monday. Off-screen by the weekend. Memorialized in champagne by her own killer. No final catfight. No villain-to-villain floor fight we were owed. An entire character erased to service a Hayley Lawson beat we were getting anyway.
Runner up: Javi’s return to Leo Stark. Weeks of buildup. Leo mustered “it was always you.” Javi Hernandez‘s answer was that he is already dating someone from the firehouse we have never heard of. A reunion arc killed on arrival so the show could keep Leo suffering.
Which soap gave you the most this week and which one do you want to throw your remote at? Sound off below because we need to know we are not alone in this!
WATCH THIS: What will Holden’s life look like now?
@soapoperamag What will #HoldenNovak's future look like? Last week he was an outisder trying to find his place in #GenoaCity. This week, he's #MalcolmWinter's legacy. He has siblings and cousins and a whole family. Will he fit right in or always be on the outskirts? What does his future hold? #YR #YoungandtheRestless ♬ original sound – Soap Opera Magazine
