It’s Only My Opinion: GH, Y&R, DAYS, B&B, and BTG Kick off May Sweeps With a Bang
From Carly (Laura Wright) and Jack’s (Chris McKenna) explosive breakup on General Hospital to Phyllis’s (Michelle Stafford) arrest on Young and Restless, Hope (Annika Noelle) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) making power plays on Bold and Beautiful, Grayson (Jordi Vilasuso) learning the shocking truth on Beyond the Gates, and the reading of Stefano’s (Joseph Mascolo) will on Days of Our Lives, Carolyn Hinsey takes on the drama-packed kickoff to May Sweeps.
Cheat Feat
Soaps shot the action out of a cannon for May Sweeps, proving my theory last week that some shows were treading water. Way to make us sit up and take notice!
The biggest jolt happened on GH after Josslyn blabbed to WSB baddie Brennan that Carly was cheating on him. Brennan broke into Carly’s house and found her naked in bed.
Brennan: “Where is he?!”
Carly: “Turn around.”
There was Valentin all smirky holding a gun. Brennan was dumbfounded that Carly would turn to Valentin instead of him for help with Josslyn. “Really?” she responded, going in for the kill.
Carly: “You recruited my daughter into the WSB. You turned my kind, sweet, honest, beautiful girl into a lying, murdering spy like you. There is no redemption. You hurt my kid, and there’s no coming back.”
Brennan: “You slept with my enemy!”
Valentin (sarcastic): “That hurts.”
That’s how you jump-start a story. Escaped fugitive Valentin had been hiding in Carly’s attic since Christmas — right under Brennan’s supposedly spy-trained nose — so it was past time for that jig to be up. As he aimed the gun, Valentin pointed out all the ways Brennan had failed as a WSB agent (and boyfriend) and laid out Cullum’s duplicity, which impacts them both. They’re in this together now.
The first week of May Sweeps was also a runaway train for big-mouthed Joss. Her incessant questioning sparked a raucous fight with “Nathan” that resulted in Joss waking up in the Anna Devane Memorial Secret Room at Wyndemere. She tried to pick the lock that Anna spent weeks trying to open and finally learned the reason she was being held: Her captor is really Cassius Faison, Nathan’s secret twin brother. Their creepy interaction didn’t do much for Joss but it did answer an important question for us: Obrecht appears not to know Cassius exists despite having given birth to him along with her precious Nathan.
Josslyn: “People will be looking for me.”
Cassius: “Not here. No one would ever suspect that Detective Nathan West — the golden retriever of the PCPD — had anything to do with your disappearance.”
Funny and true. My favorite thing!
Obviously, GH can’t run the Carly/Val/Brennan/Josslyn/
Jordan: “All I had to do was keep my eyes on the road.”
Curtis: “The other driver bears responsibility for not stopping.”
No. She veered into oncoming traffic, so the other driver is moot. Plus, if GH had really wanted to up the drama, they would have brought back Jordan’s son TJ — a doctor — as she hovered near death, and made a bigger story out of her kidney damage than her upset about her scars.
Jordan: “My face may never be the same. I don’t know if I can handle that.”
It’s hard to find real jeopardy there when Michael and Ava both recovered from far worse burns and scars. Hey, Jordan: Just ask them for the number of the Magic Skin Repair Clinic they went to in Europe and you’ll be healed by the Nurses’ Ball!
Hot Couture
I am all in on Hope jumping ship from Forrester to Logan on B&B. It was Liam’s idea, but Bill and Katie ran with it. Hope is hemming and hawing about leaving, despite having been screwed around for months re: Hope for the Future. But the more Steffy mistreats her, the closer she gets to the door. Brooke had no clue what Liam was talking about when he cracked a joke about how there is “hope for Logan’s future” (wink!) but Hope later hinted at her intentions.
Hope: “There could have been another avenue to support Eric that didn’t involve torpedoing my line.”
Brooke: “Don’t worry about Steffy.”
Hope: “I’m going to worry, and you should too. Steffy is trying to prove she’s Stephanie Forrester, Jr., which she’s not. She’s a watered-down version with half the talent. The fact that you have to answer to her is not right.”
Ouch! Hope also called Steffy “Ridge’s nepo daughter” and said Brooke deserved to be co-CEO with Ridge. Her mom turned on a dime: “You’re right!”
Cut to Brooke donning a silk robe and asking Ridge to demote his daughter and promote her to co-CEO. That sets the stage for the biggest fashion blow-up on B&B since Brooke crashed the Forrester press conference clad only in lingerie to launch Brooke’s Bedroom line. (“You bitch!” screamed Stephanie.) I’m all in for that, too!
Bad Will Hunting
The reading of Stefano’s will under the watchful eye of his portrait also promises big surprises on DAYS for May.
Anna: “This has got to be the longest farewell tour of all time — Elton John’s got nothing on Stefano DiMera. We’re missing the flower show!”
Tony: “I’m sure a hefty inheritance will assuage your disappointment.”
Any event that brings Tony and Anna back to Salem is A-OK in my book. I also appreciated the line in the will that stated Stefano had taken care of the staff “for all the remaining days of your lives.” Marlena refused her inherited gift of a chess set (declaring Stefano’s sick game ends here), and Gabi turned up to announce she’s Stefan’s widow and is therefore entitled to his share of the estate.
Gabi: “Ch-ching!”
EJ (toasting): “Here’s to Fa-thah.”
As they raised their glasses, Stefano’s long-dead daughter Lexie crawled out of the DiMera crypt because #Days. Poor Abe!
Cop To It
Thankfully, the convoluted tale of a black market plasma ring at the hospital on BTG seems to also be taking a turn this May. What are the odds that the wife of undercover cop Jacob would be with her bestie Ashley when Ashley’s boyfriend, aka the guy Jacob is trying to bust, crashed their hang to tell Ashley that “bad people” were watching her? Naomi interjected, and soon found herself blabbing to Grayson that Jacob couldn’t be one of those bad people because he’s on a secret police assignment. Oops.
Grayson (busting in on Jacob): “You’ve been playing me this whole time. I know you’re undercover!”
Here’s hoping “The Impaler’s” days are numbered.
Arrested Development
After months of plotting to steal Newman Enterprises, Y&R’s Phyllis learned the hard way that Victor doesn’t like to lose. He had her arrested.
Christine: “We can talk about a plea deal.”
Phyllis: “I’ll see you in hell first.”
Christine (to cop): “Take her away.”
The case is flawed because Victor fabricated the evidence in the form of fake emails he supposedly “found” at Chancellor. So while Phyllis did steal his company, everyone (including Christine) knows the Internet is Phyllis’s wheelhouse and she would never leave incriminating emails behind. Her kids don’t care, though, which is really the heart of this story.
Phyllis: “You’re not going to help?”
Daniel: “I’ll help. I’ll visit you in jail.”
Action needed here includes Victor being brought down for falsifying evidence and Summer coming home from Italy to make trouble for Phyllis as she fights yet another dramatic battle. Daniel is done, excoriating Lauren for enabling his mother’s “power grab.” She gave it right back.
Lauren: “Your mother has just done what men like Victor do on a regular basis, except men get called ‘titans of industry’ or ‘corporate raiders’ and your mother gets called a criminal. Where’s the justice in that?”
Excellent point. Let’s see Christine object to that argument in the upcoming court battle!
Hey. It’s only my opinion.
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