Episode 9 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 9:

The Genoa City Wife Swappers Meet their Maker

Nothing seems to come in one's on Y&R. It seems to be that the writers get a good idea and then rather than just play it, they overplay it. In this case, we have a foursome who we're wanting to shuffle (Nina, Ryan, Cole, Victoria) and we do it ever so overtly. But it doesn't work. So what do we do? Scramble some other foursomes. We now have Nick/Sharon/Antonio/Grace to rearrange, and if that doesn't work we'll fall back on Ryan/Dru/Malcolm/Olivia. It would be nice if people didn't line up in such obvious patterns. For example, the ambiguity of Phyllis and Tim and Danny is much more interesting. But don't duplicate that either--instead, find more interesting configurations!

The Whole Dream Sequence

Everyone's been wondering what would happen if Cricket cut her hair. I took this whole episode to underscore how irritating we in the audience find Cricket's "can do no wrong" plotlines, and just for fun I'm suggesting the reason she can't cut her hair is because her power on the show derives from its length.

Actually, I happen to like her hair, and wish more people in the workplace would have long hair. But long hair or not, she's in too many plotlines. It is not fair. And it is horribly distracting and unbelievable.

That's all for Episode 9's morals. Don't miss Episode 10 and its morals!
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