The way that Phyllis’ trial was resolved was ridiculous. There was months of build up & fans really felt that it wads time for Phyllis to pay for at least one of her crimes.

She has got to be kidding! The mess that she made!!

Sorry Maria, but I’m happy your stories are ending in ways you didn’t want them to. The series was beginning to end because of you. Luckily, now we have a chance. You’re not a Bell, you shouldn’t have been in charge period!

No, Im not happy with Josh’s spin on thesee storylines!

or show that the real reason jack and victor keep marrying each other’s exes (and sometimes each others children) is their sublimated lust for each other.

The new super couple “Vack” or “Jicktor” !

Honestly, there was a period that y and r was the standard bearer of smart multi generational soaps (give jeanne cooper a plot again please)–this past year the show has played out like a more bizarre version of the fraternity row final on OLTL without the affection for the genre–and maria bell has the nerve to try to disclaim how people try to reboot her mess?

They should’ve at least let Phyllis go to prison. Now they’re taking Victor’s company. So not happy with this. Still too many new people.

I was wondering about that because I thought it was new with nuNoah, but her name was still up there.

Very strange the way the trial ended. What a farce!

I for one am happy with the resolution to the Phyllis/hit & run story – I said it time and time again that the Bug was NOT a Federal agent at the time! Can you imagine how much more MAB would have driven that story into the ground?!? I shudder to think…!!

JG did his homework went back to the past and used the past to close the story – ’nuff said! Had MAB done her homework and worked within the vast history of “Y & R”, she might have been able to tell a compelling story, but like most of her work, it was becoming plot-driven and most of all, tedious.

I have been enjoying the last 3 days of “Y & R” – glad you’re gone, Maria Arena Bell!!

I am glad I did not have to endure a tedious trail and hear Phyllis say over and over “are you kidding me, are you kidding me.” Phyllis did pay, she lost her marriage and the respect of her daughter by trying to cover her butt because she thought she was perserving her family. It was poetic justice, in trying to protect her “family” she destroyed it. I loved the scene when Nick (powerfully played by JM) told Phyllis, she was the one who destroyed everything, it was her fault. And I loved the look on Christine’s face when the judge told her off, it was nice to see the so called good girl not get her way too. Now let us hope they end Paul’s trail as quickly as they did this one.

As a long time viewer I am very disappointed in the way the trial ended. Bit was way past time for Phyllis to pay. Frankly if Phyllis does not pay in some other way I will quit watching.

very happy the way the stories are ending. Maria made a huge mess that Josh Griffith needs to clean up.

MAB, you are more than welcome to say how things would have ended. Just so we can hear both sides of the argument. I always suspected something else was going on. So PLEASE do tell.

I had to laugh when I read that. She has not handled being let go with any dignity. I’m sure it sucks to get fired but she deserved it. She was a cancer to Y&R. The fact that she is calling out to the very fans she dismissed for years is pathetic. Where the hell was she when we were trying to clarify things? We wanted a better show!! We screamed from the top of our lungs for a better show!! All we got was the same generic recycled garbage over and over again. She dodged questions all the time about fan reaction and spun it into something she wanted to believe. Just recently she did a two part exit interview with Soaps In Depth. When asked about viewer dissatisfaction she answered something to the effect of, “if all you do is listen to focus groups, blogs or mail your going to get a skewed view because they always have the most dramatic opinions.” That pretty much sums up anyone who dares to speak out against what she was doing. That she would even need to clarify with us that the last 3 episodes have not been her work is laughable. It’s much better than anything we got out of her. The characters suddenly sound human again. She should be thrilled her name is attached to writing that she is incapable of producing. As for the Phyllis story being dropped, it makes complete sense. The writing on Monday was spot on. All Maria ever did was make crap up to push her idiot plots forward. I was watching the show back then and the judge was absolutely right. Christine was in no way a federal employee. Revisiting the Phyllis story could have been great under a better scribe. Frankly the whole show could have been better under a more talented scribe. Maria is delusional at best. I think Andy Cohen at Bravo should sign her on to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast. I smell a Teresa Guidice clone. Never taking responsibility for ANYTHING!!!!!

Maria, dear, it’s perfectly obvious the resolution to Phyllis’s trial was something you didn’t have any part of–because what has happened since last Friday actually makes sense, unlike what had come before. Having Phyllis’s past come back to haunt her was a promising idea, but your execution was (as usual) an absolute disaster, chock full of jaw-dropping legal implausibilities, and I think having the new judge come in and point out all the holes in it was actually a pretty brilliant way of terminating something that should have never gotten as far as it did. So–thanks for the news flash about your non-involvement, but you didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t already know.

Y&R need to do a Who Shot Phyllis? storyline. Ratings would go through the roof.

Maria, glad to know that you had nothing to do with the ending of these stories and you also had nothing to do with the way the new story lines take off. The new writer has the ability to change a story punchline whenever they want to. That’s what they are suppose to do…be creative.

Well, needless to say, the new writer is worse! It appears that every story line is pathetic. They need to get rid of the ghost (Jack’s dad)…not an interesting part nor does it have a great impact on the story. The whole Phyllis trial was outrageously horrible! The Cane and Genevive plot needs to change. Get rid of the ghost girl in their lives…not a good selling part. Why hasn’t Pauls story come to a conclusion? It has become boring. It is running too long and everything they do now seems stupid. What’s with this bizzare clue with the dream and clues that were written on a piece of paper…such ridiculous and immature writing. The story seemed to have been more interesting before than it is now. Chelsea and Adam are so boring in that dark dull looking house. Get Adam out of that situation and resurrect him; he is playing such a very dull role. Sharon’s role has gone from worser to worst.

Glad to see that Nick is more tenacious!!! One great move the writer has done. By the way, what happened to all of the stock that Abbey’s had bought? I’m just about sick of Y&R. They beguiled me; it was written that the new writer would be better, the story line would be better…not!!!