…is the half hour between “The Young & The Restless” and “As The World Turns”, in which I should be doing something else besides watching that show. It has gotten beyond ridiculous.
Say you were married to a guy whose family hates your guts. Said guy has a heart attack, goes into a coma. His family, led by guy’s ex-wife, sends you out of town on business, and then brings him home from the hospital while you’re away. Then, the family won’t let you back into your own house to see him.
I’m talking about Eric Forrester, and his young bimbo wife, Donna. Yeah, Eric did see Donna swapping spit with this Owen dude, and he did yell for her to get out. But she is still Eric’s wife, and as such, has some legal rights.
So, to get past the security that the family hired, Donna has herself shipped to the house in a crate, and then sneaks upstairs to see Eric. How dumb is THAT? WHY didn’t she just hire an attorney to find out what her rights as Mrs. Eric Forrester are?
At least this has taken the place, for the moment, of the stupid Nick/Bridget/Katie triangle. Nick and Bridget are on their second marraige go-round. Katie is Bridget’s aunt, she is a heart transplant patient who nearly died…Bridget, who just so happens to be a doctor, helped to save her life.
But when everyone thought that Katie was about to kick the bucket, they decided to make her last days happy. Bridget actually encouraged Nick to be nice to Aunt Katie and spend time with her. They did this really hokey prom thing with Nick as her date. As a teenager, Katie suffered from some serious acne. In flashbacks, we see how she got invited to the prom by some really hot, popular guy. Turned out he did it on a bet, Katie saw his friends paying him off and laughing.
Sheesh. I had acne as a teen, too. I never even went to the stupid prom. But you know what, I got over it, I didn’t need anyone to create or recreate a prom for me. What a stupid story.
Oh, and Nick had also taken Katie out on his boat to some island. Turned out that they did the nasty there. And you know what happens on soaps when you do the nasty with someone you should not be doing it with…the woman ALWAYS gets pregnant.
Despite the fact that it’s a high-risk pregnancy, and Nick is married to her niece Bridget, Katie wants to have the baby anyway. Now Bridget knows, Nickeee finally ‘fessed up, and man, is she pissed! At both Nickeee and Katie.
I really need to quit watching that crap. The only reason I do is because it’s sandwiched between two soaps that I actually enjoy.
