Episode 72 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 72:

Will Diane honor Victor's desire for no more kids?

I never thought Victor and Diane really loved each other anyway. The whole concept of them getting married was not believable. But now we're supposed to believe he got a vasectomy without telling her? Well, that's maybe in character but it's horribly unfeeling. And worse, he wants her to spend Thanksgiving (and probably Christmas, too) with those with whom he has that special bond of childhood (which he is denying Diane)? Again, maybe in character, but still horribly unfeeling. So either they never loved each other (as I claim) or it's time that she feel unloved. But it's not time for her to sit still and take it. So I surveyed the set of things she could do and this popped out. No more sitting still, I say.

Will there finally be motion where Cassie's mother is concerned?

Will she or won't she? (Grace, that is. We get hints it's time to tell Sharon, and then hints she's not going to.) Come on. I've played this plot a billion different ways in AWO and it's still starting to bore people; imagine how bored they must be if they're only watching the one single neverending plot on the real show! So what's left besides legal action? If this doesn't work, perhaps a class action suit by the Y&R fans against the show itself? (I don't know if it would be productive, but maybe coverage of the trial would preempt the show in some areas and leave viewers more entertained.)

Will Dru find a way to give her man what he deserves?

I guess this episode is not particularly polite in its treatment of Neil. I hope my readers understand that I really hate to resort to strong language. But I've been getting not-so-subtle signals from my readers that this situation of Neil being insensitive with Dru is getting out of hand that firm action was really required. So unfortunately, I don't think anything short of what I proposed would really suffice. Sorry about that.

Will Nina stick to her guns about Ryan?

The title was really just a trick title--I never meant this to be about Nina, but more about Ryan. Frankly, I'm happy that the extra metal Ryan shot into Nina's spine seems to have reinforced some of the weak links and that she's come out with the courage to stand up for herself. If I feel sorry for Ryan at all, it's only in that I really think the whole breakup between him and Nina was so badly written that I didn't really see an opportunity for him to win. It was as if it had been decreed by The Writers that he and Nina would ultimately lose and that we just had to wait for it to painfully play out. But when I saw him close the door after being sent away at the hospital, I really felt for him, as I suspect the realization had finally sunk in--not that Trisha was waiting, but that only Trisha was waiting. I think he didn't really mind her when he had other things in his life, but when he sees nothing but her, he's gonna find her lacking pretty darned quick--if he didn't suddenly realize it already.

I was already going to have him try to kill himself, but then at the last minute I thought about this way to make Trisha take some heat for it--and I figured it was only fair those who thought during the last shooting that Trisha got off too easy.

That's all for Episode 72's morals. Don't miss Episode 73 and its morals!
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