Confusing Crossover, Chase & Curtis are the worst and Secrets of Fashion

The attempt at a crossover between Beyond the Gates and Young and the Restless falls flat but included a tornado and far more questions than answers.  General Hospital:  Chase arrests Tracy for Willow's sake and Curtis causes a bigger riff between him and Portia.  Bold and the Beautiful:  Everyone is trying to keep secrets but someone is bound to slip.

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La (00:06)
Hello there! Welcome back to another episode of Lather Up with Locke.

Chanelle  (00:11)
And Chanelle.

La (00:12)
We got some news for you. This just in. A new character is coming to Young and the Restless starting on Monday, June 15th. It is veteran primetime actor Jere Burns. He's making his daytime soap debut on Young and the Restless He's going to appear in a multi-episode arc as Dr. Lawrence Markham. It's a new character that's going to be tied to the sudden.

And mysterious disappearance of Diane Jenkins Abbott, which is even more mysterious to us because she appeared, then disappeared, but we'll discuss that later. Then we have on General Hospital a gentleman by the name of Troy Lennon is joining the show. He is going to be a character by the name of Hudson. They didn't give a last name that I saw. But supposedly he's going to be in Port Charles doing some shady business dealings.

he's coming on July 30th. We also are saying goodbye we have Katie Messi, who pretty much finished up her stint as Christina Corinthos Davis on what's that?

Chanelle  (01:18)
Are you gonna miss her? I

said, Are you gonna miss her?

La (01:23)
No. Absolutely not. No. ⁓ Yes, not gonna miss her. But she is leaving and we will definitely get into why her character is leaving. Of course the actress has decided that she already had discussed that she wasn't gonna stay for a permanent, permanent time. she's been there what two, three years. So she didn't renew her contract and she left pretty abruptly this past week.

Chanelle  (01:26)
Continue.

La (01:49)
And another addition and she's a familiar face that's coming to General Hospital.

Chanelle  (01:55)
Yes, Kelly Kruger. Most people probably remember her from Young the Restless. She played Mackenzie, aka Mac Browning. She is coming to Port Charles in the role of Serena Baldwin. So that's the biological daughter of Scott Baldwin and the late Dominique Stanton. So she's supposed to be making her debut in July. I'm interested to see. Again, we have a

Wide range of characters coming to Port Charles after losing quite a few 'cause we also lost Sidwell this week.

La (02:27)
Kirsten Storm will not be returning as Maxie Jones. She is having personal issues that she has to deal with that supersede her being in Port Charles. So no word on whether they're going to recast Maxie or send her on her way, but it doesn't look like Kirsten will be returning.

Chanelle  (02:49)
No, and other news we have, I just want to point out Bold the Beautiful's head writer and executive producer, Bradley Bell, he is entering the micro series vertical space, creating a show called Hollywood Starlet. So all of those kind of up and coming phone soap opera dramas that we're seeing pop up, he wants to throw his hat in the ring too.

La (03:12)
Interesting. I would prefer he focus on the show at hand, but you do you sir. All right, let's begin in the DMV where there was a weather phenomenon. We had the crossover between Beyond the Gates and Young and the Restless. Unfortunately, in my eyes, it was not done well. My definition of a crossover is yes

Chanelle  (03:12)
Fe indeed.

La (03:40)
characters from one show on the same network go on another show on the same network. But there's a tie-in. And the tie-in that we had this week between the Abbott's and Victor Newman coming to DC to support Martin's fundraising for his Senate bid on a second term was flimsy at best.

I feel like Beyond the Gates better explained why they were coming as opposed to Young and the Restless explaining why they went. We had Victor come because he is a longtime friend of Vernon Dupree.

When he was coming up in the political world, Victor was a supporter. So of course when Vernon asked him to come and be the keynote speaker at the fundraiser, he jumped at the chance. And Kyle apparently went to school with Martin in New York, which makes sense to have him come and support Martin. But for some reason he brought his mother and father, Jack and Diane Abbott. But the problem is Jack and Diane have not been talking for over a month.

Diane refuses to talk to him after the whole stint he had on the yacht with Patty, and he was caught with his pants down literally in bed with Patty by Diane, Billy, and Kyle. So all the month of May, we are under the impression that Jack and Diane are right now possibly on the verge of divorce. But then this past week, they're in DC, lovey dovey dressed as

Chanelle  (04:55)
Yeah.

La (05:11)
elegantly and hanging on each other's every word during this tornado that touched down in the county where the club is and the fundraiser was held. So I'm not saying it's gotta be a strong storyline tie-in, but make it make sense. That's all I'm asking.

Chanelle  (05:28)
That's a good point because also on Young of the Restless, we think she might have been kidnapped.

La (05:33)
Right, because the previews for this coming week has her in some random home and she's like, Where am I? And Jack is talking to Patty talking about my wife has been kidnapped. Did they snatch her when they went back to Genoa City? Because if we watch this coming week show and she's been kidnapped, it will totally throw off the whole crossover they just did.

Chanelle  (05:56)
I think they'd need to take a page out of Shonda Rhimes. And you know I love Shonda as not only a showrunner, but as a producer. And it should have been tied in. It didn't have to go into each storyline from Genoa City and Young the Restless to what's going on in Fairmont Crest. However, it could have been a continuation of having two hours of like good quality television shown from the

Hour of Young and the Restless. We get it from the Genoa City side. Victor Newman just got his company back. Jack is still on the outs with Diane, but they're willing to, you know, save face and suck it up to go over to Maryland with Kyle. It could have been, Nikki's upset because she couldn't go to the fundraiser, but then she's staying back because Nick needs help as he enters rehab and then go from there. And then once you get to Fairmount Crest.

We all have what's going on over there, but it's the lead up to that. And that could have been the buildup to the, ooh, a storm's a brewing, but we should still have the fundraiser. Or, ooh, because the polls are so close, we need Victor Newman to knock it out of the park. And hopefully with that, the tides of the campaign trail will change and go from there. And then we have to go into the fact that the subplots that happened at this campaign event.

Hayley, I'm looking at you and Kyle. For the ones who are true Soaps watchers, you know what's been popping off and what could pop off in the future. And we get a kiss between Kyle Abbott and Hayley the con artist herself. it could have been much more, I guess, in depth or seeing something that could have been unveiled or revealed through these plots. And that didn't happen, unfortunately.

La (07:45)
Honestly, when they showed previews of Kyle and Hayley together, I was thinking that maybe she did a con that he caught her in. And it was like, ⁓ fancy seeing you again, like something of that nature. We were presented with two complete strangers who just had an attraction. And then Kyle helped her. They got stuck in a closet during the storm. And then they start making out and having a dance party.

And Hayley took it to another level because she took off her wedding ring to holler at Kyle, to make it seem like she was on a date with somebody and they just left her, as opposed to her husband, Bill, was with her at the event.

Chanelle  (08:32)
Yeah, and we know that Kyle in his tumultuous past is not afraid to love down on a woman who was married. We still love Harrison, but that's how he got his son.

La (08:43)
Right. So when Hayley confessed, anybody else would have been like, How dare you like put me in the middle? He was like, ⁓ I see you. I too have done some skeptical things, So he took it well. We also have

Victor giving the speech. Devon came with Abby. Jack was there with Diane and they're making the rounds. Chelsea, got to talk to Abby about the ChelseaKat bag. And what would you also like to see in some of our upcoming products? So they talked about that. And Diane got to talk to Leslie, which was hilarious because Leslie was like, How do I get to your level?

How can I fake my own death and end up with a rich man like an Abbott? And she's like

Chanelle  (09:23)
Ha ha ha.

La (09:30)
Leslie, of course, always unbridled. And then you have Devon talking to Anita about, you know, hey, had to support you, and we're still working on The sounds from the lost Articulette will be incorporated in hopefully our next album. So at least we had those ties still going. And then Victor does his thing, and all of a sudden there's an alert. Now, because we've worked in the

television news industry, we know that things can just pop up, but there's also forecasters are called that for a reason. the way Chanelle said there should be a storm of Bruin, at least then we would have known, hey, we need to get this done at a reasonable time because there could be a storm and we don't want people stuck here. Like if they had just said that, at least we would have known as opposed to all of a sudden Victor does his

speech and then as soon as he's done, ⁓ Martin gets an alert and then all of a sudden there's a storm, windows are blown through, people are being thrown to the ground. I'm like, he literally got a notice about the storm seconds before the storm hit.

Chanelle  (10:39)
True. Look, they could even have someone like working with Smitty in the office or a public broadcaster being like, hey, heads up.

La (10:47)
Or he could have got

an alert, because remember, he works at a newspaper. Hey, I'm getting these alerts that are saying we can't like delay, we gotta get this going on time so we can get out of Dodge. But again, it came out of nowhere. And like I said, people were down on the ground. ⁓ Ashley had been talked into going from Naomi because, you know, she's still in mourning.

And so she comes and then Anastasia hits her with the, you must feel like crap because Derek is dead and he was in love with you, but you dumped him and never wanted to marry him, so you're gonna have to live with that for the rest of your life. And so that triggers Ashley and she spirals and Dani takes her up to the bridal suite which which doesn't help the situation, so

She tries to give her a pep talk, but then she calls Naomi because she's not making enough headway. And Naomi comes upstairs to the suite. And Dani's like, I gotta get back down because I don't wanna miss Martin's speech. So you got your girl? She's like, good. She gets in the elevator, Bill's in the elevator, and then when the storm hits, they're stuck in the elevator. And you know what happens next.

It got hot and heavy in the elevator. Love and so they're arguing per usually and she's panicking. She's like hitting all the buttons. Of course, it's a power outage, so nothing's working. And he's trying to calm her down. And she's like, Shut up, we're gotta get out of here. We gotta make an effort. We gotta get help. Da-da-da. And he's like, You just need to wait it out.

Chanelle  (11:58)
Mm mm mm mm. Steamy. Love in the elevator. You're making me

La (12:25)
She's like, what about our children? And he's like, they are smart young ladies. I'm sure if they're not helping, they're safe. Just keep your cool. And she's like, why does that work? And he was like, what? Your calming voice and your sound advice, and I hate it. And he's like, that's because I'm always right. That's why. So she lets that go for five seconds. Then she's like, we've got to get out of here. I see a hatch. Lift me up.

And so she hikes up her skirt to get able for him to help her up. And he's like, Why are you trying to seduce me? She's like, What? He's like, You know what you're doing in your sexy dress, hiking up your skirt, trying to look all, you know, I can't handle all that sexy at once. She's Ain't nobody thinking about sexy. Only your mind would go to there. I'm trying to get us out of here. And unfortunately, they do her plan. He gets her on his shoulders. She's almost got the

hatch open but then Vernon is able to get the backup generator to kick in 'cause it didn't immediately and when the light comes on it startles her and she falls down. She falls down. They get up and at it on each other, start kissing, making out, one thing leads to another and they have sex in the elevator. And by the time they're back on a floor that they can get off of, they're getting themselves

Chanelle  (13:33)
Ha ha ha.

La (13:47)
readjusted and Dani is like we say nothing to the grave and he's like right she's like I need you to go left and I go right you were stuck in the stairs I was stuck in the elevator bet bet and then they go so you also have ⁓ a tree fell in the club if a tree falls in the club does anybody hear it nobody noticed that Martin was under it so he had been trapped under the tree and because Abby was so

Distraught because Kyle was missing, and her father, she's looking all around and she's like, Hey y'all, there's a shoe under this tree. And it takes Devon, Joey Armstrong, and ⁓ Smitty, and I think Ted, too, to help and Nicole to help get the branches off. And when they reveal, you see Martin underneath, completely unconscious. And so Smitty is beside himself. Nicole is like dang on.

Chanelle  (14:28)
Smitty.

La (14:44)
gonna have a you know heart attack. They get the tree off of him. He doesn't seem to have any broken bones, but he is unconscious. They're trying to wake him up. They're slapping him. They're yelling at him. Finally he comes too. And he's like, what happened? And they're like, you didn't see that tree fall on you. And nope. And but he claims to be perfectly fine. But they have him seated. His father tries to check on him and see if anything's broken, He's like, you might have a concussion. When the first responders can come, you have to go.

Chanelle  (15:01)
Show didn't.

La (15:14)
And get checked. Meanwhile, you have Andre, who did get hurt when he fell. I don't know if it was because of the tree or not. He got impaled in his leg. Not all the way through, I don't think, but enough to have a huge gash. Ted was able to get him stitches, but all he can think about is Dani. I need to check on Dani. What if she's hurt? What if she's alone? Lord, don't let my baby be gone. He is upset and he even all hurt. He wants to go looking for her. And it takes Chelsea.

To make him and Shanice to make him stay put, because he was on a mission to go find this woman. And Leslie is being Leslie. Where is Eva? Stop what you're doing, everybody, and find my daughter. And they're like, no, we need to help all the masses. We are looking for Kat and Eva, but nobody is stopping and just searching for your daughter because you say so. To the point where

The Vernon gets walkie-talkies to help with better communication. And Leslie jumps on, and this is after Nicole has found her son, almost thinking he's dead, and she still hasn't found her daughter. And Leslie's like, I need people to find Eva. And Nicole cusses her out. She's like, You are not the only one missing a daughter. My daughter is missing. Other people are hurt. You need to sit your and she said ass down.

And let the adults handle things. And that jolts Leslie to realize that she is acting inappropriately. And she's like, I'm just scared. She's like, You ain't the only one scared. You think that we're all taking this well right now? But it turns out Eva is in trouble because her and Kat got stuck in a stairwell and it had a heating pipe that fell. And in the process, we're just

guesstimating it hasn't been confirmed, but you saw bolts popping when the pipe fell. So at least I'm under the impression that she got hit with one of those flying bolts because she falls in the corner. Kat is screaming, trying to get help, look for an exit, and she's fussing at Eva. She's like, you know, you sitting over there, you need to be helping me. We got to get out of here. And she's like, I don't feel good. Now

In my mind, it shouldn't have been I don't feel good. It should have been like, I think I'm hurt. Because she made it seem like, you know, maybe her head was hurting or whatever. Next thing you know, Eva is spitting up blood. And Kat is like, ⁓ God, this is serious. And she's like trying to scream for help. Finally, Izaiah's been looking all over the club. He finds where they are. He gets the EMT who's brought with Jacob, who finally arrived, because he was at the police department because he forgot.

Chanelle  (17:47)
Yes.

La (18:04)
that he was supposed to escort Naomi to the event. That's why she dragged actually.

Chanelle  (18:08)
Look, I like how you say quote

unquote forgot. That man is still on his investigation to try to figure out who the impaler is, and he is not letting up whatsoever. So Rashad is still deep in them trenches.

La (18:21)
And do we know who the impaler is?

Chanelle  (18:23)
Yes we do, because we

called it we called it Welcome to the stage Heather O Armstrong

La (18:33)
Armstrong.

She is the impaler. She reveals herself this past week. Joey had a meeting set up. The actual impaler wanted to talk to him. Randy sets up all the security. They get rid of Vanessa so she won't be involved. And who pops up but his sister? And of course, he's been talking about her, like we mentioned, and he's like

What are you doing here? And he was like, The impaler sent you. Never once did he give the credit to her until she was like, dude, I'm the impaler. I'm doing this. I'm running things. You and dad had your power tripping. I'm power tripping on this. And he's like, What are you talking about? She's like, Not only am I the impaler, I want you to help me out. And he's like, I can't be party to that. And she's like, You sure?

And I'm hoping that that isn't the only appearance of the impaler we get. 'Cause that was lackluster in my mind.

Chanelle  (19:34)
Absolutely not. If anything, I need Heather to come on back and the way that Vanessa's moving, trying to be in all aspects of Joey's businesses, go on a team up with Vanessa. She wants to be a queen pen.

La (19:48)
⁓ that's a good idea. Two women in charge. And like I said, he didn't believe her. He thought she was a messenger. So he would never see that coming. And she has tried numerous times to get Joey to incorporate her and he just poo poos her with good reason. She's hard headed. So

It would be great if her and Heather team up, but she is risking her life and family. I don't think Heather has that. All her family is Joey because their dad is dead. So I don't think she has kids and a lover. So she can be reckless. And Vanessa shouldn't be. So I would hope that's not a wheelhouse she go into, but she just doesn't learn.

Chanelle  (20:31)
Love it because she

she needs to find out the hard way because Joey has been treating her with kid gloves. So I feel like if she teamed up with Heather and she tries to pull some of the stunts, Heather Look, I'm not the one sleeping with you. Do it as I say. Or, you know, your twins over at Banneker. And then she'd be like, My my twins. And then, you know, something like that. I need Vanessa to understand as deep as she thinks she is, and about that life as she thinks she wants to be.

La (20:50)
Ooh That's good.

She's not.

Chanelle  (20:58)
If she sees

someone who really is in those trenches and is like, huh, I I don't care what you think, what we're gonna do, and you know, don't back talk me. And then Joey has to choose who do you love more, your sister or your lover? Like, you know, I that's the that's a free one. You all don't have to charge me on that one, just bite me to the red carpet. But that's what I'm hoping we get to eventually.

La (21:24)
I would eat that up. That's perfect. Definitely. Because like you said, she has no skin in the game. I don't care whether you live or die. You just better do as I say. Yeah. Ooh ooh.

Chanelle  (21:34)
We've already seen it. And and also

going back to just this crossover, again, I I waited with my snacks and bated breath, to see what was really gonna transpire. And in the ranking of events thus far, honestly, I'm still Cotillion number one, crossover with this campaign fundraiser number two, and Winterfest is basically number three, or the event that shall not be named. And

With this that we had just a little bit of those who got injured. We also had the kissing between not only Bill and Dani, but Hayley and Kyle. We didn't push forward a lot with anything else beyond the the subplot to what's going on, but I want to see just where this transpires in not only Fairmont Crest, but in the DMV of what's to come.

Because as we get into the teasers for next week, it's this whole thing of is Eva on Death's Door. And I saw the teaser where they were having Ted, who he wasn't as annoying as I thought he could have been. So I'll give him that credit. But next week he's gonna be asking Kat, at least get tested. It's the least you can do. She's like, I don't want to, and I don't wanna be a match. So I'm guessing Eva might need a kidney.

A spleen, so something, something that is life or death.

La (22:58)
Yeah, part of a liver, something. Yeah. Now,

here's what needs to happen. If she is finally talked into getting tested, what happens if she's not a match? Not her, but if the blood doesn't match. That could be a revelation that she is not Ted's daughter.

Chanelle  (23:21)
Of you are either wanting her not to be Ted's daughter or to be Ted and Nicole's or baby swapped somebody else's. Look, she could even possibly be Bill's. I I would listen to what people are saying in the soap streets. At this point, I don't know what happens, but we need to move on from this animosity. And if we don't move on then we have to understand that Kat might just be stuck in her ways.

Because I also saw people saying she's a monster. Just because she might be her half sister does not mean that she has to give over an organ, donate blood, give a little bone marrow or stem cells. She just might be that person that she does not rock with.

La (24:08)
It's true. And remember, the big thing that people were pointing out on them soap streets is that Eva was saying, You're gonna need me one day. But the tides have turned and she's gonna need Kat. So if the one caveat that I would enjoy is say she does get talked into getting tested, she is a match, she goes through with whatever organ Eva needs.

You have to look Kat in the eye every day afterwards, Leslie Thomas, and realize that your child would not be alive without Kat. Do you know how much Kat is gonna throw that in her face every time she sees that woman? ⁓ Eva's breathing because of me. Eva's doing this because of me. She will destroy this woman's whole existence by constantly reminding her that Eva should be dead, but she isn't because I am a good person. So.

Eat that up. I would enjoy that. That would be fun. I would enjoy that moment. Cause that's the

Chanelle  (25:08)
Ooh, that would be. And and honestly,

all chef's kiss, it would be. And I I just have to shout out Colby because Colby Nixon, who plays Kat, she did her thing during this crossover. The emotions, the levels.

La (25:23)
It was amazing. She was so emotional.

And remember how she had the blood on her hands? She didn't wash it off. She put gloves over And she just kept looking at Yep.

Chanelle  (25:32)
Out, out, damn spot.

Yes. And honestly, even though it was probably just something to keep an eye on, to notice how she was freaking out. And when you had Dana, aka Leslie talking about you probably did something, she's like, Yeah, I didn't. I didn't. And who was there to comfort her? Jacob. Jacob, who is doing his own spiral, took the time to be like, we know this was a freak accident. It was nature.

La (25:52)
Yeah.

Chanelle  (26:01)
You couldn't have done anything else. She's like, I I just need to hear that. Thank you. And I'm thinking to myself, now how many people have been telling you the same thing about Derek? And you just couldn't hear it. But when it comes to trying to protect Kat, I I don't know. Katlock and Jacob, I I don't think she'd mess up what Naomi has going on, but there's some underlying connection there. There is something there.

La (26:24)
There's a spark. There's a spark.

I don't like it, but it's there. you can't ignore it. And I hate that. I'm like, ooh, don't do it. Don't do it. it was chaos. And ⁓ and then Martin, like we said earlier, was animate. I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. Time to leave. And he

Is being berated by Smitty. You need to go to the hospital. I told you I'm good. And Smitty is like, a whole tree fell on you, man. He's like, I'm fine. He stands up, takes two steps, passes out. So he either has internal bleeding or a possible concussion or maybe a brain bleed. Who knows? But he's gonna be in the hospital too.

Chanelle  (27:05)
True. Kind of like Final Destination when it comes to millennials and Gen Xers not be getting behind log trucks. Every time I hear someone who has a concussion or gets hurt, I always have to think about Natasha Richardson. I loved her in The Parent Trap. And with her accident and not getting it checked immediately. And then they're saying if she had gotten checked, the possibility that she could have lived, you always get checked when it comes to a concussion like that.

La (27:34)
And it was a tree. ⁓ tree, man. So but it was excitement. But again, don't call it a crossover. Don't give me these phenomenal promos and not completely deliver. The show delivered, but the crossoverness didn't. Which brings us to Genoa City. Which you said we can do pretty much a drive by with this one because there was so it was so slow.

Chanelle  (27:36)
Yeah.

my gosh, when we say we do this for you, I watch these five hours for you for sure. And it just was very convoluted. You have most of the cast over in Fairmont Crest anyway. And then to get there, no one really acknowledges that they've gone. It's it was almost like two different timelines that never synced up. And what I love about when ABC does crossovers in prime time is

La (28:05)
We do this for you. Yes.

Yeah.

Chanelle  (28:30)
Usually they're connected. You get a part one and then you come in from Young of the Restless, take a break, Bold the Beautiful, come right back to the storyline on Beyond the Gates. We didn't get that.

La (28:40)
You know who mastered that?

Your favorite person, Shonda Rhimes with Grey's Anatomy pra what is it, the practice and all that? They were seamless. Like you were murder. Yep.

Chanelle  (28:43)
Yes, and

Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder. Yes.

Station 19 and Grey's Anatomy. Yes. I it

La (28:55)
Yep. Yes. So like

it there is a formula. We just did not follow it this past week.

Chanelle  (29:01)
At all, be damned. And it wasn't just it wasn't just Diane going missing, it was just what's going on in Genoa City. So not only has Victor Newman left GC to come to Fairmont Crest, but in the midst of all of this, we have Matt Clark who knows that his name is Matt Clark, but still has his memories about him, but not the evil streak, but is willing to do evil deeds for Victor.

A la because Nick wants him to do it, but he doesn't know exactly what to do, but he's gonna try to help the Newmans, It was weird. H not happy at all.

La (29:40)
He's not happy about it because he's like, I'm not

an evil person anymore, but yet you want me to do something unthwart towards Cane because Victor still blames Cane, even though it was Phyllis who stole his company. His mantra is if Cane hadn't brought the AI system to

light in the first place, none of this would've happened. So I gotta take him down. But I need to know what he's up to. So in order for you not to go to jail or die, Matt Clark, you're gonna be my lackey. I'm gonna let you stay on the property. You're under ranch arrest and you can't do anything without my knowledge. What I want you and Adam to do is to go and see if Cane really recognizes who you are.

Chanelle  (30:08)
Yeah.

La (30:30)
and what you're about and if he doesn't, then you can get on him like white on rice and learn everything I need to know about what he's up to and then I can take him down.

Chanelle  (30:40)
And again, Sharon loved the idea of her former rapist being on the property with her. Love that. And and through it all, we're like, again, Victor, we already know that the formula is gonna be Victor Newman is gonna win no matter what. It is what it is at this point. But for you to bring on someone who's terrorized your family, has gotten Nick Newman hooked on drugs and everything else, and give them

La (30:44)
Yeah, she was pleased. And Mickey was too.

Chanelle  (31:09)
shelter and food to eat and clothes to wear to take down someone who, if you never had put the AI in the Newman Enterprises system to begin with, would have impacted you. I didn't want to hear anything more about this AI program. And yet here we still have the after effects of what it caused. And one of those other after effects is now that Chancellor is back in the hands of Lily, not everyone got the memo initially.

Because while we have Noah and Sienna still in love and opening clubs, we have Lily, who is at the club opening, which was supposed to be a soft launch. That is also writers, soft launch and grand opening, two different things, but you know, neither here nor there. But she has Victoria walk up to her and is like, Congratulations. She's like, What? I didn't think you wouldn't, you know, be appreciative. And she's like, about Malcolm and him getting well. And she's like,

Yeah, that thing, that little thing. Then she was like, I thought you meant about me getting Chancellor back. And Victoria's like, excuse me, what? Yeah yeah, your dad actually came through after I blew up my life and pretended to be kidnapped and gave me Chancellor. And she was like, You would do this to my mother? Lily's like, sure would. She did it to me. Screwed me over. Sleeping well at night. And so Victoria's like, I must go. So I've

She's the one who tells Nikki because she thought that her dad would give that back to her mom, but we know that they are still beefing, which is why if we're going to keep that same timeline, I understand why she didn't go to Maryland. Unlike Jack and Diane, who one is missing and not talking to each other, but pop up like they're still a couple without giving me something to hang my hat on as if they were doing it just to keep up appearances or something.

La (33:04)
Make it make sense, that's all I ask.

Chanelle  (33:07)
And another thing that didn't make sense. ⁓ I always love when Shemar graces my television. And I love the fact that he is healthy and happy, still a little wobbly because he signed himself off. It really I'm not even that's the TV gods. I don't question those. What I do question is you have a club opening and you have the former host of Soul Train not even get to break out any dance moves because he signed himself out of the hospital too early.

La (33:13)
⁓

Although it did happen very quickly.

Chanelle  (33:36)
And while he's sitting down and says, Whoop it's too much. I gotta leave. I was like, I didn't get a a hip thrust or nothing. What kind of

La (33:45)
After all

his brag and bragging at the athletic club about I'ma show y'all how it's done, and Lily went and Holden was already going with Claire. And Malcolm talked Stephanie into going because he was like, We're gonna bust a move when we get there. He sat there, talked to Lily, and talked to Stephanie, and next thing you know, whoo, I'm exhausted. I'm like, you ain't done nothing but take two sips of a drink.

Chanelle  (33:48)
The dance move?

Game.

I don't think you should have been drinking, sir. You should have been keeping that seltzer water.

La (34:17)
True that you should have been I hope that

was sparkling water.

Chanelle  (34:21)
do and I mean I'm glad he got to see Sharon I feel like I just was not given what I was promised and the fact that it was just hi and bye. and the it was weird. It was just weird. And with them also trying to get him to stay with Genoa City

La (34:35)
⁓ what else was what else was weird

was the bartending. So the bartenders, the bartenders that Noah and Sienna hired, it was a husband and wife thing and they fell through or were running late or something. And Noah was gonna try to find a replacement, which is hilarious because the line was already out the door. And Sienna's like, I'll do it. And so she's by herself doing the stuff.

Chanelle  (34:44)
They're on strike.

La (35:04)
Meanwhile, Danny, who we were scared was missing two weeks ago, was just I don't know, on tour. And he just didn't respond to his wife or his son. And Daniel is like, you know, with Patty back out on the streets, and if I'm not mistaken, history served, she was into you for a time. And you know, Danny's like, that was then. He was like, We just should all have our head on a swivel. That's all I'm saying. So when you're on tour for weeks at a time and I text you multiple times and call.

Just hit a brother back. That's all I ask. So Danny reveals to Cricket and Daniel, well, I've decided that touring has become too much and is keeping me away from the people I love in Genoa City. So I'm gonna stop. No more touring. And of course his wife and son are like, no, you're not. All you do is tour. And he's like, I will do some felting. I will. So we're like, what?

And then all of a sudden he looks over and sees Sienna struggling because one bartender for a so-called soft opening and it's packed to the gills can be backed up when it comes to getting them drinks. And he was like, I'll be right back. And he goes in his sparkly jacket and starts doing drinks. And I always laugh when people are like, Danny Romelotti, stop acting like he had the greatest hits. He had one hit, Rock On. So he's like

Chanelle  (36:25)
Sometimes all you need is one.

La (36:27)
well apparently this is all he needs because Sienna sees him is like, my god, it's Danny Romelotti. Rock On. I'm like, you said it because you're reminding people because the rest of the earth don't know. And he's like, I'm here to help. And they get through all the drinks and stuff. And I'm like, this is a perfect setup if you take the time writers if you're gonna make Danny stay in town and there's a new club, and Noah, as we've learned,

doesn't really run the clubs, he just creates them and then profits. And it's always somebody else who takes over. Cause when he had the underground, Nick ran that. He has the shadow room in LA. I don't even know if that's still running. He had a club in London. I presume Jack's daughter is still running that one. So he never really runs the place. He just creates them. So right.

Chanelle  (37:17)
The vibesetter.

La (37:19)
So what better way to keep Danny in town than to make him the manager of the shadow club? And he can bartend if the mood strikes him, but you can also have him perform. He can have other performers like Tessa. It writes itself. So I'm hoping that's the direction we go in, but we have seen and been proven that the writers go their own route. So hopefully they will take this advice.

And just utilize this opportunity make Danny stay, make him stay with a purpose.

Chanelle  (37:50)
That's true. Speaking of someone else, I'm not exactly sure of their purpose. Phyllis. She gave back Newman Enterprises. She thought that Daniel and Summer would come crawling back with open arms. That hasn't happened yet. But through it all, Victor actually gave her a minor win, I would say. He's letting her own what used to be Audra's company. How how do you explain this?

La (38:20)
I don't know. He just had it. He he said it's a my favorite. I've never heard this about a business. It's a fixer upper. And you can have it because you saved my son's life. And maybe if you get that up and running,

hopefully that'll help you get back on track with my granddaughter. And I'm like, do you not understand that giving Phyllis anything is a danger? I need her to sit in her pain. you need to recognize that you're a failure. You failed. Yes, you stole a global corporation, but you lost it. You lost it because you didn't want to go to prison again. You've been so close to going to prison and they never send you.

But the least you can do is like wallow and like just pray that somebody, maybe Lauren, can come up with something at Fenmore for you to do. Instead, in appreciation of not letting drugged out Nick die. And again, she wouldn't have done anything but just hold her hands to her mouth if Matt hadn't been like, get over here and give him some oxygen, please. Do the mouth to mouth, please, while I'm doing these compressions. Can you help me out? If he hadn't instructed her.

Chanelle  (39:24)
Mouth little mouth to mouth C PR.

La (39:31)
she wouldn't have jumped in. So for her to get a gift for saving my son's life. Yeah, I'm like, no, no, no. No, no, no. I'm very pissed. but of course she's still wallowing. Summer's still not answering her. And then she goes to Lauren and Lauren's like, I'm in. I'm like, stop acting like you don't have your own business. I don't understand her mentality of

Chanelle  (39:35)
like Arabesque. I'm like Arabesque was the one that Cane used to run.

La (39:55)
Whatever it takes to work with Phyllis, I'll do. I'm like, you are your own CEO. Why do you need to be another CEO or whatever working under Phyllis?

Chanelle  (40:05)
And that should

have been one of the people who were in Fairmont Crest to meet with Chelsea and Kat. Ugh, go ahead. Continue.

La (40:08)
Yes, because of the fashion. Yep. Just mess

it up left and right. So yeah, so now she might have her own business. her business partner is still with her. She just doesn't have her children. And there you have Sharon again, cheerleader. Now that you've given back Newman Enterprises, the children are bound to come back running to you. You've got this. And I know we both are still reeling over when Martin had us trapped.

and tried to do those psychological experiments on us. There's not a day that goes by that I'm not freaked out by it, but we've got each other and we have a bond that can never be broken. I'm like, ugh, yuck. Yep. Not happy with those vibes.

Chanelle  (40:50)
Too much energy. Dial it down a notch.

And even with those, outside of the randomness of that, then you also have Billy and Adam rehashing history just to be like, I don't like you and I don't like you. It was weird.

La (41:06)
That was terrible.

Let's reminisce about when I killed your daughter, shall we? Are we ever gonna get the worst was, Adam asking Billy, are we ever gonna be able to be civil and friendly? And Billy was like, ⁓ that time that you drove and rounded the corner and killed my daughter. And Adam's response was, Yeah, we'll never get over that. I'm like, ⁓ yes. That's yes, that is gonna be the problem for the rest of you.

Chanelle  (41:29)
Y Yeah.

Look.

La (41:36)
Living, yes.

Chanelle  (41:37)
Cardi B be forever. Like, come on. Like, I need him to to get through this. And it's like Yeah.

La (41:43)
And again, why do you care? Why I mean

it doesn't matter if you can't get along with Billy. You don't work with him. that's Sally's problem now. I know you still have a slight hankering for her, but she chose this life. You don't got to worry about Billy no more. He has nothing. He doesn't even work for his girl no more. He doesn't work. Yeah, he doesn't work. Period.

Chanelle  (42:05)
Look, and what makes

that sad is Lily came to him and was like, I just wanted to let you know our own Chancellor. That's great. I'm gonna have Cane run it with me. What? ⁓ Billy's ⁓ he was blowing a gasket.

La (42:16)
Well the

what did he say? The first thing he said when she said I own but he was like, Are you gonna run it? She's like, No. Then you're gonna sell it to me, right? She's like, no.

Chanelle  (42:29)
It's gonna stay in the family. I'm just gonna let Cane run it. Cane I said I thought what what happened to that hole? An enemy of my look, the enemy of my enemy is my friend when they were trying to take down Phyllis. That fell apart quickly again.

La (42:34)
How dare you?

So

quickly, yep. So yeah, he didn't take that well. That knowledge was very upsetting to him and it's I just

Chanelle  (42:54)
Again,

it was just randomness. And then we ended on we know that Nikki is not feeling well medically and the headaches have I I don't know. I'm just worried for her because even through all of this.

La (43:00)
I think she's having many strokes.

Because the way she was,

⁓ her eyes were messed up, her vision. When she was going up them stairs, she couldn't see very well. So it does not bode well.

Chanelle  (43:14)
And nobody's noticing her

wobbling. ⁓ again, we had Victor Newman, who didn't even stay during the tornado, mind you. I need to figure out the flight path from Wisconsin to Maryland because after he gave his keynote speech, he was like, I'm out, didn't tell anybody goodbye, went back to Genoa City, show did to get back to look, got got back in time to just be like,

La (43:30)
He left his daughter and his son in law unattended at a tornado site while he flew apparently over the weather pattern. Got home in time.

Chanelle  (43:42)
Yeah, I gave away Chancellor Nikki. And no, until you say that Jack is no longer your friend, you can't come home. I'm like, sir, your wife is not doing well.

La (43:54)
And he noticed that. He was like, Do I need to call a doctor? You're the reason for my pain. You're the reason for my stress. And like you said, she stumbles away. And any other husband would be like, Look, especially Victor Newman, do as I say. So I told you to go to the hospital, take your butt to the hospital. Instead, he tells her to go upstairs, figure it out, take some pills, and then call a doctor.

Chanelle  (44:17)
Again, the love that we supposedly have, where where is that love? Where is the love?

La (44:22)
Nowhere no

nowhere present this past week.

Chanelle  (44:28)
Mm-hmm. Speaking of no love, let's head over to Port Charles. General Hospital, this was another week of what's going on. And as I told the people online, nice guy Curtis could get these hands because they're what? Rated E for everybody. I'm tired of him.

La (44:32)
yes.

Know who I'm more done with him or Chase, but Curtis, we know we all know that you are convinced that Isaiah left you and Jordan to die. What we're not reminded of is the fact that the reason why you were left to die was because you were making kissy faces with your woman and taking her eyes off the road. You're the reason. You two are the reason for the accident.

Chanelle  (45:06)
Too many smokes.

La (45:14)
But you're blaming Isaiah for not allowing them to be able to be helped quick enough. And every time you see him, you have to bring it up. Every time you see Portia, you have to bring it up. You're already facing assault charges because from the playbook of Young and the Ruthless, when Nate and Devon got in a fight and he got punched and he fell, hurt his hand, and now he can never perform surgery again. Same thing happens to Isaiah.

He gets hit in the face by Curtis, falls on the ground, breaks his hand in 85 places, and now he can most likely never do surgery again. So of course he's like, if I can't do my livelihood, I'ma destroy yours, Curtis. I'm taking you to court. Now Portia has asked, can you not take him to court until after the baby's born? Can you give me that much? And he's like, for you, yes. But Trina put together this awesome baby shower with the help of Stella.

And what happens? Jordan and Curtis come and the first thing they do is start a fight with Portia and Isaiah. And to the point where Trina was like, I'm sick and tired. After being advised by her man Kia, you can't make things right with your family. They grown people. They need to act like that. And they didn't, so she left, didn't say goodbye, just rolled out. And then Aunt Stella gives both of them a stern talking to, especially her nephew, because she was like,

You were already in trouble as it was. Do you now think that they have not left this place and ⁓ not before Portia saying you will not be able to contact me except for baby appointments. You're done. So Stella is like, you were already on shaky ground and facing possible jail time for assaulting Isaiah. Now I'm positive those two have gone to the lawyer and being like, now he's threatened again, because Curtis did say

Keep talking, Smack. I'm gonna punch you in your face again, which admits guilt. So that already you've said in front of witnesses that I did knock you out and possibly ruined your life as a surgeon. Yes, I've destroyed your career by punching you because I was a hothead, and I'm not afraid to do it again. So now we have a pattern. You are setting yourself up to go to prison. And if that happens, well.

Chanelle  (47:22)
Career and livelihood?

And it's just one of those things, I guess it's just the frustration of us knowing that it wasn't Isaiah. if the writers had given us the chance to maybe be like, well, maybe it was him, maybe who it wasn't, who done it, then maybe I would feel a little bit better of rooting for Curtis and Jordan, which I still don't because you all were kissing more than once on a dark long stretch of road. I just don't understand.

Where this is all we have as a storyline for them. Not the fact that Portia's about to have a baby.

La (48:09)
And now he's on his, she's

on with Curtis. Yeah, that's why you left us. I'm like, I thought you were saying earlier Isaiah is a doctor. He would never do that. Now he has brainwashed Jordan to being on the bandwagon as well. And like you said, this if this is the best y'all can do with them two, maybe we need to get rid of them.

Chanelle  (48:32)
We we probably do. And it's also the fact that through all of this kind of boisterous talk, you're not telling people that Valentin was the one that helped you get Jordan out of the car. Like, sir, you have a lot of other things that you could be working for or against. And Isaiah being with your baby mama should not be the thing that brings you down. But it just might. Just might be the thing. And if it's not Curtis, look him.

La (48:58)
If it does, peace out.

Chanelle  (49:01)
And if it's not him, it's Chase. And this whole Willow's my friend and I have love for her and now it's Tracy you're under arrest because you pushed Willow when we all saw that it's Willow manipulating the situation again.

La (49:17)
Now what had happened was Tracy already saw that

Chase and Willow together She already accused him of possibly on the verge of cheating on Brook Lynn. And so she wanted confirmation. So Tracy takes it upon herself to text Willow as her son and be like, Hey mom, I'm fishing with Chase. And apparently that's all the text said. Next thing you know, Willow has brought a fishing pole. She's in summer gear and she should be at work, but she took the morning off.

She can hang out with Chase and her son. And Tracy is waiting at the boathouse and is like, mm-hmm, just as I thought. Anything you will do to be with Chase, you'll do. And she's like, wait, you texted me as

My son, Wiley, that's crazy. And she's like, No, it isn't. It's just proving my point. You getting too close to Chase. Chase has put his whole life and career on the line for you. And we know you tried to kill your husband. Somebody you should be taking care of because he's in critical condition at your house, but you're taking time out instead of taking care of him and taking care of your constituents to hang out with Chase. And all of a sudden, Willow goes into attack mode. That's why your children hate you. That's why you couldn't raise your children.

Children, you only had nannies, that's why they never come to visit, Dylan never comes to visit, Ned don't care about you, nobody cares about you. And Tracy is like, how did we get here? We focused on you and your misgivings. And

Tracy has had enough of her back talk and she grabs her arm and she's like, You stay away from my family. And in doing so, Chase has already been sent home because his ways when it comes to Willow has him looked down upon as a police officer, Because the ADA was gonna question Lucas, and we'll explain why in a minute. But

In doing so, Chase was like, Well, I'll be there and you know to help you. And she's mm-mm. I don't want nobody who tried to undermine the police department with his own personal issues anywhere near this case. We need it by the book. So that just shows that the he's not even thought of as a regular officer being any good anymore. That's how much his whole department doesn't even believe in him. They don't trust him because he threw them under the bus for Willow.

So he gets sent home, or he's done with his shift, and he comes round the corner at the dock just when Tracy grabbed Willow's arm, and she takes it upon herself to be like, Tracy, stop hurting me. And then she throws herself into the lake. So of course, Chase takes off his shirt and stuff, jumps into the lake, saves her, quote unquote, and she's like, Tracy, threw me in because she's so mean. And he's like

my gosh, that's assault. Tracy, you're under arrest. If you don't get your stuff and get out of my house, get out of my house.

Chanelle  (52:10)
It's like I ain't getting arrested in my own home. Yeah.

I said, when it comes to the Quartermaine estate, even when Willow was sneaking in and out, to have such a large property, y'all don't have enough ring cameras and surveillance videos. Like I just need them to be better protected at the manor.

La (52:28)
Right, because if

they had that, Tracy could show. I touched her seconds before and you don't see me pushing her in, you see Willow diving in.

Chanelle  (52:39)
Like again, this congresswoman is more trouble than she's worth. And if

La (52:44)
What we need

is for Tracy and Michael and Brook Lynn to form a union and make it their mission to take this woman down because Michael already has his stuff in the works. Tracy is already suspicious of Chase, and Brook Lynn is trying to get Willow framed for not helping Jordan and Curtis. So they all have a mission to take down Willow. Just work together.

Chanelle  (53:10)
It could be. Just like we finally had people working together to take down Sidwell, and apparently that worked. We had Laura and Sonny getting the pictures finally because Pascal told them where they were, and Lucas delivered. And through this all, we also had Lucas finally saying, No, he was gonna be the one to end it. And his definition of ending it

He called Sidwell, told him to come down to the construction site because we have a tennis court being built in Marco's honor. And while he's there, we finally have Sidwell looking into the cabinet once Laura told him that she can no longer be blackmailed. And he's like, Where are the pictures? Where are the negatives? Where, where? And he was like, It's Lucas. I knew he was a bad seed from the beginning. And he went there to confront him.

La (53:36)
Yes.

Chanelle  (54:03)
Lucas was like, sure enough, did. You are the reason why Marco was killed. Didn't tell him that it's Cullum, just the fact that he brought Pascal into his life and wouldn't let Marco go and all this other stuff. So Sidwell being the crazed man that he is, he shot him. He shot him three times in the chest. And Lucas should be lucky that it was only in the chest because when it came to Dalton, Dalton got shot in the head. That was a kill shot.

La (54:29)
Right. And that's what I thought was gonna happen

to Lucas.

Chanelle  (54:32)
Said so at least we know that he is a good shot through and through, but he was gonna try to make him suffer a little longer. But in his shooting of Lucas, who thankfully had on a bulletproof vest, he didn't know that he was surrounded by cops. And he was caught and he is charged with attempted murder. And if it weren't for Cassius, aka Nathan coming in at the nick of time to allegedly drive him to the precinct, he would have been gone.

But because it was aka Nathan, we had him getting left go and becoming free to just figure out what he's gonna do because he knew that this day might come one day or another, So he's on the run.

He is on the run, having fun, and now you have Cullum in charge of this whole project.

La (55:24)
And Cullum is reckless. He

Chanelle  (55:29)
If I went in doubt, kill em

La (55:31)
Yes. So we already have Obrecht stuck with Joss in that bunker. And she has been kidnapped because now that Britt's gone, they need somebody just as brilliant as Britt. And since Obrecht is also as profound in science as Britt is, they are like, you can finish up her light work. And

Chanelle  (55:50)
Yeah.

La (55:55)
Even Liesel is like, my gosh, her notes are stunning. Like she really had everything together. And Joss is like, you can admire your daughter's good work some other time. Do not finish this project. She's Well, I have to. She's like, Well, you can finish it, but make sure it don't work. And so Cullum comes in and he's like, ⁓ we we do it too much. You got to go. Obrecht has a purpose, you don't. And instead of like a gun or something, he comes out with a knife.

Cullum likes to get messy.

Chanelle  (56:26)
Yes,

using a knife means that they are connected. It's personal.

La (56:30)
Yes. And so Joss is like, Well if you gon' try to kill me, know that it's not gonna be easy. And Obrecht like, You cannot kill her. what is that gonna get you? And luckily Cassius comes and he jumps in front of

Joss and is like, No, you are not killing her today. And unfortunately Liesel learned that Nate is not Nate, that he's Cassius. She was told when she gave birth to Nate that there was a twin, but it died.

But it killed me that Cassia was like, you didn't check. I'm like, if the doctors tell me that my second child has passed away, I'm not gonna get out out the stirrups and be like, let me see. Let me check.

Chanelle  (56:58)
Yeah.

Didn't think

that they were gonna be running experiments on me. Sorry.

La (57:13)
Right,

like why would I know this? So he's like, I survived and I was given to my father. And she's like, So you've been lying to me about Nathan this whole time? He was like, What happened to my Nathan? And Cassius breaks the news to her that, he really dead. He's so dead that I had him cremated and thrown into the ocean. I was like, no.

Chanelle  (57:36)
And that warranted a slap, rightfully so.

La (57:39)
a good slap. A I am Obrecht slap. She gives the best slaps.

Chanelle  (57:44)
It is.

That's a soap opera and slash mama slash.

La (57:48)
Yes, and it was justified because you made her have to deal with his death all over again.

So yes, it was so much. And Brook Lynn has enlisted the help of Brick to frame Willow for the almost getting Jordan and Curtis more killed than what they did to themselves. So she's trying to get rid of Willow.

Chanelle  (57:56)
It was a lot.

⁓ like I say

Like I said, Harping on the fact that someone didn't stop. It's already been ruled a single vehicle accident, but it's just now the principle of someone not stopping. I it's just a lot.

La (58:28)
Yes. So she she's enlisted Brick and Lucy, to help her take down Willow because Willow is infiltrating her family, trying to take Chase even more away from her than he already is. So she's putting plans in place to make it seem like Willow was the culprit and not her, which is most likely who it was. Then we have

Our girl Christina. So as we mentioned earlier, Kate Messi has left as Christina Corinthos Davis. But the exit is questionable. All of a sudden, we learn a week ago that Christina has decided she wants to be a doctor because of the whole situation when she was a surrogate and lost Molly and TJ's baby. That's right, I said it. It was never her child. She was a Saragate.

You don't keep the kid, you are a incubator. So she lost the kid and the doctors were so kind hearted and so, protective and concerned for her and Molly and all that that she decided she wants to do that same thing. So behind everybody's back, she learned about being a medical student, took the tests to apply to medical schools and instead of yes, and instead of all of the illustrious

Chanelle  (59:45)
Was that MCAT?

La (59:50)
universities and colleges that are near Port Charles, New York. She got in on UCLA's ticket and she's going to go there. But not just go there. She learns that she got accepted and three days later she gotta go. So she gotta make the rounds. She talks to Michael, she talks to Molly, she demands that Mike and Molly ⁓ not the show, but the two characters, get leaning on each other when it comes to the the issues

Regarding their partnerships. as in if Michael's having trouble with Willow, you go to Molly and you tell her 'cause I won't be here. And apparently there's no phone or FaceTime. She's like, I'm gonna be too busy learning how to be an amazing doctor. So y'all gotta lean on each other. And Molly, anything you have problematic with Cody and the whole book tour stuff, you call Michael. Okay, y'all good? Good. Now let me go tell my parents. Parents, I've decided to be a doctor. Shock in awe by both of them.

And I'm leaving today. Like they're like, I'm sorry, you gave us seven seconds notice that you're leaving. I'm gonna miss you, but I'm off to the West Coast. It was too thrown together for me.

Chanelle  (1:00:58)
I agree. And the fact that we knew that this was coming, I don't understand why it was so rushed. It could have been a whole nother perspective of Christina leaving. we don't know why, we don't know where. But medical school for someone who we know likes to jump at whatever wonderless activity she has going on in life.

I don't know if that's the one person I want to come back and be working at General Hospital for me. Just don't know.

La (1:01:30)
She's too flighty. You know I can't stand her, so d I say go to s UCLA and don't come back. We're fine. We're gonna make it without you. All right. there was anything else in Port Charles.

Chanelle  (1:01:39)
That's true.

Yeah, because when it comes to like Brennan, we know that Willow knows that Nina wasn't giving him the drugs. He apparently we found more information that Drew was either laundering money or misusing campaign funds. Doesn't surprise us at all. Everything that we have going on with Valentine and Carly, it's kind of sidestepped until we have them actually finding Joss and Liesel. So honestly

La (1:02:07)
but Carly

did learn that ⁓ Joss is at Wyndemere because she found that the cleaning lady found the ring that Joss left. So that trick did work. Yeah, that trick worked.

Chanelle  (1:02:17)
Shout out. I knew somebody was gonna have to find it. Yeah. So those

are like the things that are right now, until we ramp up for more information and like the plot gets moving, it's just waiting underneath. And that even goes for everything with the Sidwell stuff because the ADA asking Sonny, like, hmm, your ⁓ I guess rendition of all the events that took place sounded almost identical to what Lucas said.

I don't believe it's the truth. And he's like, No, it is the truth. I think there's more that you're not telling me. Look, do you want the truth or do you want to know the real truth? I don't think you can handle the truth. And I don't think she can either. And it's like he's trying to do you a solid, but she has been losing left and right. And I think right now she might be the the next to go if this case doesn't pan out correctly.

La (1:03:07)
All right, off to LA and I've been

Chanelle  (1:03:12)
Last

and certainly least this week, I really give.

La (1:03:15)
I've

been hot and bothered a lot with the whole House of Logan. Now I am indifferent. I don't care anymore. I don't have anybody to root for. I can't root for Katie, although I am on her I recognize her

fuel to really want to beat Brooke in this whole fashion game when Brooke is calling her homely and an introvert and I recognize that you were envious of me because I was so pretty and so popular. Sometimes you just want to look at Brooke and be like, girl, read the room. You realize that she constantly is talking about how you make her feel inferior. You saying those things just fuel the fire. But

It kills me because Katie did her little word play of I have hope, so don't worry about me.

AKA she pretty much just told Brooke, I have your daughter working for me now, but you didn't catch it. And here's what we're gonna do: we're gonna call a truce. And the new rule is I hire nobody with the last name Forrester, and you hire nobody with the last name Spencer. Deal, deal. Let's shake on it. And then Kate goes skipping back to Spencer publications. I just made the deal of the century.

Now it can't be a big problem that you work for Logan now because I talked to my sister and she knows that I am only allowed to hire Spencers, your name now is Hope Logan Spencer. So we're good. Yeah, she's probably gonna blow up and try to kill us when truth comes out, but until then, in my mind, made up legally, this is all good.

So I just think it's ridiculous that she thinks that she's got one over on Brooke because of this stupid little handshake. And her and Hope are in people's faces or hiding out all the time. But when they are in people's faces, it's like, you know, our you know, our lead designer, and let us not forget that she can't design anything. To me, Hope is a glorified spokesmodel who's giving direction to an actual designer. But

I'm questioning her skills after the little runway thing we saw this past week. I don't need a fur dress with a fur coat and high alligator boots. All the same color. I just don't. And if that's your tip of the iceberg, I feel it's Titanic bound.

Chanelle  (1:05:52)
Again, they don't have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to showing us the fashion. The sketches that he had when he was first anonymously brought in from Forrester should have been the same things he used over at Logan. They never put it in production. You wouldn't been hurting anybody. It's not like they owned it at that point. I just wish that they really understood that when it comes to Bold and the Beautiful, fashion is a character in and of itself. And it shouldn't just be

Used as a momentum building plot line. It really needs to make sense. Why do you have fur and alligator boots on when it's supposed to be either a summer collection or close to fall? We don't understand. And then it's like he's supposed to be innovative. There was nothing innovative about what I was seeing on that runway. Just wasn't. Now I have to suspend my belief when it comes to having Hope.

Be the designer. And She is not the designer. She is a spokesperson, the face at best. And the reason why Deke wasn't hired at Forrester is probably the same reason that they got to get it together when it comes to Logan. He just is green. That's it. He's just new. And it's not to say that his work won't develop over time. It's just he doesn't know the business. He doesn't know the intricacies of what they're looking for.

And until that happens, right now Logan seems to be a hodgepodge because not only do we have Deke and Hope with the fashion side, they're willing to think about bringing on Shauna for jewelry and a woman who we've only met maybe once before, named Fanny in perfume. Fanny, who mind you first went to Forrester Creations and was like, Look, I know I'm from Paris and you have Daphne The Rose. I have to be an honor to work beside her.

But I have my own fragrances. Steffy was like, We're good because we have Daphne. We're not looking to expand any further than what we have. ⁓ I am sorry, I will take my fragrances and go. To go over to Logan to be your next stop. And even the way that she was talking to Katie was like, I'm about to hop on a plane, but I was just over at Forrester. So not only were you just over at Forrester, but you're spreading information.

Like you're you're giving them insider agreement? I was like, I don't know if you know, but Hope is on sabbatical. I don't think Hope for the Future will be back anytime soon. Sacre bleu. And it's like, wait a minute, ma'am. Why are you giving them insider knowledge while you have Hope behind the screen? Listening in and being like, Well, if you do change your mind, I would love to do a fragrance for Logan. And I'm like, what is Logan smelling like right now? Cause right now it's smelling like all of like Eric Forrester's old design.

It's like what it really does. Like, what are we doing here? And then you have Shauna who went from showgirl to boutique owner to, you know, I dabble a little bit in jewelry. And if you would help me out, because White needs to be throwing a bone at his family's company after getting left by my daughter while we live together. It it's very convoluted. And I'm like, if you want her on the team, this will truly be a ragtag underdog team.

La (1:08:43)
Smells like desperation.

Chanelle  (1:09:13)
But Logan needs to figure out what they're really doing. And before we go into accessories and perfumes, let's focus on the fashion.

La (1:09:20)
That's my question. and the best part was hope was like, Maybe jewelry would be good. I'm like, what is your line though? How we gonna have jewelry to match something that we don't even have?

Chanelle  (1:09:27)
Focus on the fashion.

Yes. And right now we also have to make sure that Deke keeps his papers and his sketches under tighter wraps. Because we got Remy popping up in his place, being like, baby, please take me back. And then while doing so, he's like, what's this? Sir, put your grubby hands down off of my products. And he's like, wait, this is a sketch. Wait, why does it say Logan on it? Are you the new designer? I would never tell.

But I'm usually the one congratulating you. I'm like, this is this is coming in too hot and what's the point?

La (1:10:04)
What's gonna happen is he's

gonna go. Remember, he's still trying to get his cousin, aka Dylan, help him get Deke back. What are the odds of him going over to Forrester unauthorized, as he's done a couple of times already, and just being like s letting it slip? Because at the end of Friday's episode, Electra is like,

remember, my love, Will, we don't keep secrets from each other, right? Right. we're telling the truth at all times, right? Right. Tell me who the new designer is. I need to know. And he's like, dun dun. So I think he's going to keep his word, but Remy isn't under any disclosure. And like you said, Deke should have been doing his drawings on regular paper and then

put the Logan logo or whatever on because now that Remy knows it's gonna get out.

Chanelle  (1:11:01)
And it should. And if Remy was smart, instead of focusing on a man who acts like he doesn't want you right now, take that information over to Forrester Creations and get you a job at a fashion house you say would work in fashion, even though they would never hire him because again, Electra's still there. But it's the principle. Like if you're if you don't want to be with me, then I don't know where I'll go. Or try to get you a job over at Logan. I mean, if that's what you really want to do, again, I don't know if that would work either, because Will would probably punch your lights out because

La (1:11:13)
Allow

Right.

Chanelle  (1:11:30)
What you did to Electra. So it's like, why are you in town? And the way that it's moving, if Deke moved out of the apartment, I feel like Remy and Sheila might be new roommates. I'm just gonna call it now. I just I feel like there's something brewing of why do we have so many Remy pop-ups and he doesn't really have a place to be put right now.

La (1:11:52)
Speaking of apartments.

Chanelle  (1:11:56)
I know go ahead.

La (1:11:58)
RJ has decided that he does not want to live on the Forrester compound. No, no, nay, nay. He wants to have his own place because now he is focused on Dylan. He

Got a man fired for his devotion to Electra. And the interest he had in her was so high and so fast and so furious. But now that he has come to the realization that Electra wants Will and nobody else, he's like, Dylan's cute. And you're like, okay. So he asks her out on a date, he goes to Bikini and pretty much just waits for her to get off work to hang out. And he is drawing, and he's at his parents' house before this.

And

his father is like, What's up with you and Dylan? And he's like, I like her, she's pretty and he was like, You just wanted Electra like air to breathe a day ago, and now you want Dylan, are you sure? Yeah, I'm positive. Even Dylan had to ask, Are you doing this to make Electra jealous? Cause if that's the case, I don't wanna be used like that. And he's like, Absolutely not. So RJ tells his father, I decided to get my own place. And Ridge is like, What do you mean? Like

Just stay here. He's like, no, I want my own place. Then we see the place. My God in heaven. It was tight as all get out. There better be a massive room behind that door. Because I'm like, you are RJ Forrester. You have money. There's no way you don't. What are you doing living in this hovel? It's an efficiency at best. I'm like, ⁓ just

Chanelle  (1:13:31)
It's just

one look, one young adult man who wants to bring a lady or two over. He he doesn't have to have the world at his fingertips. He just he just wanted to get off the property. He couldn't go to the Forrester estate. He was tired of the Logan estate. Hell, his sister Hope is already in the cabin with her husband and child.

La (1:13:48)
Well, he said that this is apparently

near Bikini. It's a house a apartment near a p Bikini, which is where she works part time. So it's convenient.

Chanelle  (1:13:54)
Yes, one of Deacon's places.

So she's gonna have to put it on him so he lets her stay a little bit longer if that's the case. I mean, she already has her own place. It's one of these things where these two already we know that they're set up that Will and Electra are the two people that have brought them together because we know Dylan loves Will and RJ wants Electra, but if they can't have them, then I guess they'll either try to get them apart or do this on the low. I feel like they're basically keeping each other a secrets at this point.

Because if you really were so in love or even interested, you should go and tell your best friend, Miss Dylan. I thought you and Electra were at a better place. Now that you you know, you she she could have said, I've taken one for the team because you love Will and RJ's hounding you. I'm I'm a t I'ma jump on that. There you go.

La (1:14:43)
I'm gonna keep him busy. ⁓

So ridiculous. So

Chanelle  (1:14:49)
Speaking of also

ridiculous, Steffy trying to go to Logan, open the door, trying to walk through. I'm so glad for once that a locked door came through in a pinch. That she goes over to Logan is like, so who's your new designer? Why didn't we even write this scene? Like, what company would you know me going working for Samsung and walking over to Apple and be like, so what you got brewing? Like, what? Like, you know, it just didn't make sense. It just doesn't. So

La (1:14:59)
It did.

It doesn't

make sense but it should I respect that she did go over there, but that sentence should never never have been said.

Chanelle  (1:15:24)
Nah, send a fruit

basket. It wasn't your time. I can even see Brooke trying to pop up. But Steffy Forrester talking about, you know, I'm a CEO, you're a CEO. So tell me who your new designer is. You know good and well that Katie would never. Now she kept looking over where Hope was, where I'm like, stop looking back at that screen. But beyond that, at least she's trying to hold true and keep this a secret. Trying very hard.

La (1:15:51)
Here's what should have happened. Now that Steffy knows that Brooke did this so-called truce, I need to just put Katie on notice. I'm still mad about what you tricking my grandfather into working for you. But okay, I heard about the truce. Hopefully we can hold to that.

And just know that I'm keeping an eye on you from CEO to CEO. I want to see what you come up with. I don't believe in your product, but I want to see what you got. And healthy competition is just that healthy keeps us both working hard and doing our best to be the best. So I wish you luck and just know that I'm watching.

That's all you need. We've already seen that Katie can be rattled. If I'm telling you that I'm watching you, that also will rattle Hope because she said when she was over during her visit, can you talk to your niece? Because Hope for the Future, yes, is on hold for now. But when we come back, we're coming back strong and we're coming back hard. And we can't do that if Hope is on hiatus. So could you tell her to get her butt back to work and she's behind the partition?

And all you can see is her being a double agent. You are down and dirty to me now because you didn't have the foresight or the thoughtfulness of your old mother to just quit. Instead, you play in both fields and to me it's espionage and I want you sued. When they find out I want you sued because you should have canceled your contract, like

I'm not taking hiatus. I don't believe that you're ever gonna give me Hope for the Future the attention it deserves. I'm leaving. Why couldn't you just leave? Because I don't want, you know, my mom and even Katie, when your mom finds out it's gonna be, I really don't want to upset her. I'm like, that ship has sailed. Y'all gotta come to terms with this. You are going to destroy your family. Brooke is gonna hate you, Brooke is gonna hate her daughter, and Brooke is gonna hate Donna because Donna knew the whole time and didn't say nothing. So

Chanelle  (1:17:47)
Yeah.

La (1:17:59)
Bye bye Logan sisters and relatives. It's not gonna work. And I even want smoke for Spencer. Liam Spencer, because he's over there talking about we can finally take down Forrester. I'm like, you have a child with a Forrester. What has she ever done to you but support you? But I have to give accolades to Chanelle because you called the Hope Diamond as being not real.

Chanelle  (1:18:02)
And kick her off the property! Kick her off the property.

La (1:18:26)
And that's exactly what it was.

Chanelle  (1:18:28)
For the future thing. Again, when he pulled it out his pocket all willy-nilly like that, I was like, that's not the real one. I just know it. Never in my years. I said Quinn would never allow her son

La (1:18:39)
But but

my question is, can you get the real one? If you're bringing out replicas, that means to me that you can't get it. Wherever it is, whoever has it, you can't get access to it. So we go in with the fake.

And I don't believe you will because the way Shauna was talking about him, he's like just drifting ever since Flo and him broke up. I'm like, you have a father who owns a global company. What are you doing drifting? Like, take your butt back to Spencer and work, please. Just work.

Chanelle  (1:19:18)
⁓ Wyatt, But I'm glad to have him back.

La (1:19:21)
Yes, I do like Wyatt.

Chanelle  (1:19:24)
Keeps them on their toes, keeps them honest. Well, that's true, cause I said he had a lot of smoke for someone who thought he was on death's door last year and was all crying to Steffy. Yeah, exactly. I'd be like, if you don't get out my face and say, That's why I put real beef in in your veggie burger. Like I'm just tired of him. Just tired.

La (1:19:25)
A heck of a lot more than I'd like me some Liam.

And the only person that was helping him was Steffy.

Chanelle  (1:19:46)
It was like, yes, a meat gravy, Like, I ⁓ Liam. And again, all this smoke for what? you have an elephant fighting with basically an ant at this point until they get some real designs that aren't built off of Eric Forrester's name. Why are we even in this competition except that you're mad that she's using the Logan name? What like Capital for Nothing at this point?

La (1:20:13)
Honestly, just focus on the couture. That's all you all care about right now. Eric's Comeback Couture. To me, I'm not even worried about Logan. I'm not thinking about Logan. Screw Logan. All I want is to get my father's thing back up, and then you can kick butt with Hope for the Future. And then once you learn that Hope has betrayed y'all, then it's on. Once they learn that, it's gonna be battle royale, and I'm here for that.

Chanelle  (1:20:40)
I mean, hopefully it just brings out better designs 'cause again, I saw what Deke was working with. I've seen what R J was trying to produce. I wasn't really happy with either. So Wow me. Wow me on the catwalk. Wow me on the runway. You better work. Happy Pride month.

La (1:20:57)
Hopefully it will motivate them to do better. Do better, please. All right, that concludes this week's episode of Lather Up with La. We're gonna endure another week of watching because we do it for who? Every week.

Chanelle  (1:21:09)
And Chanelle.

Because we do this for you.