Episode 74 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 74:

Courting Disaster

Ah, where to begin? I enjoy Y&R's trials, but they also tend to have lots of glaring little errors.

It seemed to me that there were a million ways to show that Sasha's remarks were not offered as `statements against interest'. As soon as Glenn identified that he was a man of honor, the sort not to reveal sources, that meant all the "Sasha could expect to go to jail for what she said" stuff went out the window. I haven't seen the Judge's actual ruling on this at time of writing, but he'd better rule this as inadmissible.

But then we heard more about Phyllis being a computer whiz, and I kept thinking she could influence the case in more ways if she would try. So I thought up the idea of bringing back Judge Sillyhp. In fact, though, it wasn't necessary for her to break into anything to make this work and it was funnier just having Cricket be paranoid enough to think she might, so I ended up not using that after all.

And, all through the trial, I've been feeling bad for Cricket's arm, which Danny keeps abusively grabbing. At times, I think the judge should just ignore all the other "second-hand" evidence and rule by what he sees firsthand--keep the child away from someone with so quick and hot a temper.

Also, I've expected Danny to lose this case, I can't see how Cricket will be able to tear herself away when she's done as she tells Paul she will. So I see disaster ahead for these two. If Lynne is smart, she'll move in as I've done here. But at the very least, I hope Paul is smart enough on the show to have a contingency plan and not look like he didn't see it coming a mile away.

That's all for Episode 74's morals. Don't miss Episode 75 and its morals!
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