Episode 87 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 87:

Will Sharon and Grace resolve their differences?

I absolutely do not understand the reasoning pattern that has Sharon not telling Nick what's going on when he's so obviously ready to have her locked away as looney for being so irrational. All she needs to say is `that woman has my baby' and all will be explained. So it's hard to extrapolate this into the future. I decided on this plot from two premises:

Cassie will not be given back. This storyline will be played out forever. Then I thought--forever? Gee, there must be a limit. And I decided it would be Cassie's 18th birthday, which would be coming up in about 5 years.
Grace's logic in baby replacement was sound. Well, it makes no sense to me, but if giving someone a substitute baby when they're losing a baby of their own is a good thing, then I figured Sharon needs to find a substitute baby for poor Grace; and it apparently had to be one of Grace's own. That reduced the problem to `simply' figuring out where to get the egg was going to come from and how to `hide' it for a while. And then--oops--another minor premise: if you keep your `baby gift' too long, you fall in love with it.

Well, you can see how this plot veritably wrote itself. Predicting the future is just so easy if you go step-by-step and do only logical things. Just remember, always be consistent about whose logic you're using. Real world logic does not mix well with Y&R logic! Keep the two carefully separated to avoid a very large explosion.

Also, am I the only person who was bothered by the remark Grace made to Tony about how they had had unprotected sex and she was going to go do something about it immediately. Hello, writers! News tip: It is no longer the 1950's. The biggest concern about unprotected sex is not that you can get pregnant, it's AIDS. And you can't just go and `do something about it right away.' Well, ok, I didn't mention anything about this directly in my story either--but that's just because I was secretly just making a place in the story to make this commentary in the Morals.

Has Esther learned of a secret conspiracy?

In thinking about how things will change in the future, I was forced to confront the fact that Phillip is the only child aging at normal speed, and I struggled to come up with an explanation. I also figured all they'd be doing with Katherine was still wasting her in a backburner plot about a facelift. And then the relationship between Phillip and the facelifts and eternal youth struck me...

By the way, speaking of Katherine, I really do wish she'd get more involved in some frontburner plot. She and Jill are so wasted. A love affair (her and Cole?) might be fun. A power play against Victor would also be fun. She needs to be stirring up some trouble.

Oh, in case anyone wonders, the reference to Jill as `Mrs. N' was not a typo. (I love the way Esther talks, and also the way she comprehends only about half of what she sees. It allows a writer to throw in some fun hints without giving an idea totally away. She's a great, and lately underused source of comic relief.) I thought I'd make an allusion to a probable marriage between Jill and Victor in that timeframe. Jill's going nowhere with Keith and it's time to move on. Besides, Victor's running out of people to marry.

Will Trisha ever get a clue?

Watching the show this week, I was really rooting for Nina to call Ryan and want to get back together. But on the other hand, I really do love the way Trisha clings to Ryan in her totally clueless way--it's another wondeful source of comic relief on the show. Fortunately, the two ideas (Nina and Ryan getting back together, and Trisha staying cluelessly happy about Ryan) are not incompatible--I could see them meshing just fine, even years down the road.

Memorable Moments

You know what I don't like about the memorable moments things? It's that it makes me think about the past. You know what I don't like thinking about the past? The episodes were better then. I keep thinking--if they're spending so much time looking back, why aren't they learning from what they see?

As to the particular memorable moment I chose here: I was amazed and irritated that Victor was so `ho hum' with Cole about what he put Vikki through. I thought he should have thrown him out of the Tack Estate. Well, this is the closest I'll probably ever get unless Cole finds someone to invite him in (Katherine?). How sad.

That's all for Episode 87's morals. Don't miss Episode 88 and its morals!
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