Episode 70 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 70:

Genoa City detectives discuss their wily baiting tactics.

I am so sick and tired of the doofy reasons for which people get falsely arrested on this show that I decided it was time for some serious justice.

Danny and Cricket make guest appearances on TV in NY.

The situation which called Paul back from New York seemed so utterly contrived that I thought it would be more fun if it had been contrived within the show than outside. I mean, come on--Paul's not gone five minutes and Danny's all over Cricket. Why not just have him go after Cricket in a car or an elevator at some point? Why bother to have Paul leave town at all?

Little Daniel plays hard.

Now, I bet someone is going to say Little Daniel is too young for what I've got him doing in here, but note that it was not I who cast the first stone in this direction. Phyllis and Michael are busy doing who-knows-what and telling Little Daniel that this is just a normal thing friends do. I didn't come up with the idea of passing off that awful tongue kissing to a small child as "interaction among friends". I didn't come up with the idea of arming Phyllis with a dominatrix outfit and whip and putting that on daytime TV where any kid could see it. All I did was explore the obvious consequence of those decisions made by others. I did not make up the leathery premise! So before you say I've gone overboard in my parodies, make sure you take a good look at the shows I've been given to work with.

And speaking of the whips and handcuffs between Phyllis and Michael: I want to go on record as saying I think the scene between Phyllis and Michael was a pathetic grab for steamy ratings and didn't really even work. I just couldn't find it believable. If nothing else, Michael is fresh out of prison. His memories of prison are going to be harsh and unfriendly, not the fanciful images that Phyllis supposedly has. I find her willingness to jump into something like this without asking to be at least insensitive on her part. I mean--what if he'd been raped while in prison? (Seems pretty likely to me.) Would he have fond memories of that that he wanted to play out with Phyllis? I don't think so...

Also, I hope that soaps will not follow in the footsteps of daytime talk shows into an ever-spiraling warfare of shocking schlock that leads nowhere and turns into nothing more than an embarrassment of underlying talent which not only didn't need the shock to succeed but perhaps can't even figure out how to use it. Graphic depictions of sex scenes have a major problem: they leave nothing to the imagination. I'd hazard a guess that Y&R viewers like their sex a lot of different ways. When the sex is only hinted at onscreen, viewers are free to imagine it the way they personally like it. When it's instead shown in all graphic detail, it may excite some--but at the expense of others.

Victoria focuses on a new target.

I just had to laugh when I saw Victoria watching her husband from her room. I always knew someone at the house would be doing that. Immediately my mind lept to questions of just how many sets of binoculars they had and whether they had a housekeeper whose sole duty was to get such playtoys back to their proper boxes when everyone was done using them.

I also think that while a Tony/Victoria pairing (already hinted) on the show might be fun, a Jack/Victoria pairing would be even more interesting. It would have some great interactions between Cole/Ashley, Jack/Nikki, Victor/Victoria, Victor/Jack, Jack/Diane, John/Jack/Ashley, and so on. Anyway, you saw it here first.

That's all for Episode 70's morals. Don't miss Episode 71 and its morals!
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