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Sally’s like a young Sheila — a cunning Machiavelli, but without the baby-switching, arson and poison.
■ And then there were two. As we mourn the temporary loss of new episodes from Y&R and B&B, let’s take a spin around the cliffhangers they left behind.
■ With the Ridge/brooke/ Shauna triangle in a good place (read: volatile), B&B spent the last shows focusing on Spencer family drama — and they went out with a bang. More accurately, a bop on the head. Flo peeped on the Peloton Doc’s computer to get the proof she needed that Sally was faking her illtelling ness just as Wyatt was the poor “dying” girl she had to move out.
Wyatt: “You’re getting paler every day!”
Thanks to the trusty compact of face powder she kept reapplying. Sally’s sarcasm gave this story life, and she didn’t lose it as her scheme unraveled.
Dr. Escobar: “It’s time for your miracle cure.”
Sally: “No, it’s time for Flo to stay out of my damn life. Or death.”
Flo made the classic soap opera mistake of not telling anyone her findings before going to confront Sally.
Sally: “It takes a certain kind of hero to give a dying woman the dignified end she deserves.”
Flo: “That’s exactly what I want for you, Sally: The end you deserve.”
And with that, Flo threw a rubber snake in front of Sally’s walker. Sally screamed and leapt onto the couch.
Sally: “Don’t touch it!”
Flo: “It’s fake, just like you.”
That’s a move right out of Stephanie’s playbook, and Sally did indeed deserve it. Those two have the makings of a good rivalry: Flo is a good person willing to do bad, and Sally’s like a young Sheila — a cunning Machiavelli, but without the baby-switching, arson and poison. Elsewhere ...
Bill: “Misery loves company, so welcome to the party. We have your black widow mother to blame.”
Wyatt: “I was just with her and Katie. We talked about Sally.”
Bill: “Is she dead yet?”
After more witty banter, Bill headed to Forrester to apologize to Katie for kissing her sister, a theme that goes back to B&B’S earliest days.
Back at Wyatt’s, the Peloton Doc was cracking Flo over the head with a candlestick to keep her from blabbing their scheme. The “dying” girl and the doc then dragged poor prone Flo out of the room just as the front door opened.
Wyatt: “What the hell?!”
Well played, B&B.
■ After months of playing
strangers, one-note criminals and Billy Abbott trying to “find himself”, y & r went out with a bang, too, showcasing the classic drama of working with family.
That PR battle between sudden cousins Theo and Kyle at Jabot was so delicious I could have spread it on a cracker.
Theo (to Lola): “I got this.”
Kyle and Summer left Kyle’s “original” presentation on the server for Theo to steal and present to Jack as his own, which he did, of course. Too bad it was actually a 15-year-old campaign written by the boss himself.
Jack: “You just pitched me my presentation.”
Theo: “Kyle and Summer set me up!”
Kyle: “Nobody forced you to cannibalize someone else’s work and try to pass it off as your own.”
Theo’s defense? He’s not the first Abbott to take a shortcut.
Jack: “That was your takeaway from Traci’s book? Not the lessons we learned, but a how-to book on cheating?”
More hemming and hawing, wait till you see what he does next time and then ...
Kyle: “You’re fired.”
Theo headed straight for the Abbott mansion to complain to his catatonic grandma Dina.
Theo: “I screwed myself out of a job and maybe a family.”
Yup. Jack relayed his disappointment to his ex-wife Phyllis, acknowledging that he recognized himself in ousted hustler Theo.
Phyllis: “He’s slick, always working an angle.”
Kind of like Phyllis, who tried to dodge Jack’s questions about what was going on in her life.
Phyllis: “This and that.”
Jack: “Could you be less specific?”
Okay, she’s dating Nick again. Jack looked stricken .... I still smell a great triangle with those three.
Over at Newman, the story of a stranger who died 20 years ago on a Kansas haystack had a surprisingly impactful conclusion. Adam blamed Victor for the crime, so Victor confided the truth to Nikki, who told Victoria, who gleefully paid a visit to Adam.
Victoria: “This isn’t going to end well for you, and if you weren’t such a vindictive bastard I might feel sorry for you.”
Never one to take a hint, Adam demanded answers from daddy but his stephas mommy stepped in.
Nikki: “Your father been trying to protect you!”
Victor stood there frozen, glaring at Nikki like he smelled something bad, which just proves anything that creates conflict between those two will work. Pushed to the limit, Victor finally pushed back.
Victor: “It was you, son. You killed Alyssa’s father.”
Bull, retorted Adam. Victoria later called bull on Victor, asking the question we all want answered: Why does Victor put that obnoxious bad seed Adam above his good, loyal other children?
Victoria: “I know you want me to think Adam is capable of redemption but he’s hurt so many people I love, including you. I’m going to do whatever it takes to protect our family and Newman Enterprises.”
Victor: “You can have your CEO title back, but what you have lost is my respect.”
Victoria: “I can live with that.”
The final images were powerful: Victoria settled into Victor’s office chair at NE while a distraught Victor stared into an empty bar glass. Enter Nikki to place a caring arm around his shoulder and ... fade to black.
■ For now. Okay, bring on the reruns!
■ Hey. It’s only my opinion.