Episode 109 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 109:

Is Michael game to take on Cricket fair?

I just can't believe that anyone thinks that having Cricket `oversee' Michael in so partisan a way is fair. It is blatantly unethical and she deserves to be hauled off to prison just like Michael was for what she's doing. It's not good drama, it's bad plotline research.

I had also missed Doris, even in AWO, and this was a good chance to bring her back. On the show, she's a pleasant enough but boring character and my continued use of her as a lawyer here in AWO is to remind the people on the show of how she's wasted by just having her roll around and opine about Sharon's life all the time. Get Doris a life. People in wheelchairs do many interesting things. They do not waste away like this one. Y&R may think itself very progressive for having a wheelchaired character, but I think someone isn't really "part of the show" by being there in the occasional scene--they have to be candidate for real parts of the action. Karen Hensel, the actor who plays Doris, is plainly up to the task. Give her something meaty--a job, a love interest, a secret past, or all of the above.

Will Leanna fare fairly in the ratings game?

It was a great disappointment to me that there was never any follow-through on the fact that Victor was awful to Hope. Probably Hope doesn't care about getting back, but I care about seeing Victor "learn". I want Victor to learn lots of lessons through this experience and to come out totally devastated as a result of what he's done to others. Anything less, and I won't believe he's learned. And if he doesn't learn something of what pain he's brought others, I won't believe he's gotten what's coming to him.

Can Sharon keep Grace from seeing her husband as fair game?

Sharon knows Grace's game. And Grace isn't going to keep the fact of her trip a secret, especially now that Tony knows. So if Sharon lets Grace make her move, I think it'll be her own fault. The technique I use here is extreme for real life, but is mostly to indicate that Doris would tell Sharon not to take this laying down, so to speak.

Is Cassie ready to play a fairly sophisticated adult game?

I find this thing between Nick and Sharon unbelievable. This guy isn't suffering from lack of "long romantic nights". He doesn't speak or care about his wife as a personal entity--he thinks of her as a sex receptacle. And as such, the time he needs in order to be satisfied is a lot less than they're portraying. I think this scene was a realistic portrayal of a practical solution.

Could Esther's intelligence fairly be compared to that of a game hen?

Esther is a comic figure being wasted. She's going on and on about Chuck, but there's more that could be done. If not by making her a double agent, at least by giving her more things to do. I like seeing Jill and Katherine and Esther interact, but I don't like them doing the same schtick day after day--it has to be varied.

That's all for Episode 109's morals. Don't miss Episode 110 and its morals!
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