I loved ..
the music,
into song sung by Danny,
Katherine’s special opening credits,
Jill & Father Todd’s speeches,
Jill & Nikki’s conversations,
the flashbacks ( wish there were more though),
Delias invites ( except the fact that if was Nikki’s suggestion. What? Not Grandma Jill’s? Stuff like this makes me think the writers don’t even know the family trees)
I would have rather had one day and just focused on this. Katherine & her loved ones.

HATED, and did not understand why Mac and Philip were not there. They wouldn’t have been hard to get for one day and they wouldn’t have been expensive. They didn’t even need lines. Available, cheap, & no writing needed, so WHY? I heard that TB wasn’t even asked and he wanted to come; and they had 4 Macs to choose from. The lack of those two made the memorial seem less real, it kept me out of story here and there because they WOULD have been there unless physically unable to, meaning gravely ill, injured, or dead. Yes people miss funerals, but THESE people have JETS to send. It was really a sign of disrespect that these characters would have NEVER shown to a woman they loved. NEVER. Katherine raised Phillip for awhile and was like a mother him.

Mac and Phillip were not characters attached by script to Katherine for 5 minutes like Devon, they were in-story for YEARS with her and were actually part of her life. They were front-burner classic stories. Not to mention both Mac and Phillip would have moved heaven and earth to be just to be there for THEIR parents, Brock and Jill. A very bad decision.

Instead we had a wedding? Who gets married at someone’s funeral? It ruined the mood. Jill was just finishing up and I was in tears then they interrupt and switch to Murphy passing a letter back to Paul that had nothing to do with anything. Not to mention poor Nina & Danny, they come for a funeral and on top of that they have to watch the ones they love marry someone else? That was mean, and took the joy out of it. Cricket didn’t even seem all that happy, it looked like she was shocked and went along with it because she was on the spot. How can she say no to Katherines dying wish? No wonder Nina had to go to Paul’s on day one of the memorial. I thought it was out of place & unnecessary, little did I know how much more “out of place” was yet to come on day two.

Annoying- The Avery & Nick commercial. I don’t mind Avery but she was out-of-place since no one else brought a date. Neil & Devon, and others didn’t have their other half. If they must pick cast members, how about Tracy or Noah & Summer? They all knew Katherine. That said, it probably wouldn’t have bothered me this if Mac & Phillip were there. But the sight of Avery INSTEAD of those who REALLY should, and EASILY COULD HAVE, been there made me fume because it was an insult to the memory of Katherine Chancellor the character!!!!

Loved the first day & loved the second day up until the wedding hijacked us out of having more time with our beloved “oldies” (Brock, Gina, etc.) reminiscing about the good old days.

And the park set is as phony looking as can be.

RIP Katherine Chancellor.
RIP Jeanne Cooper.

The wedding did not belong in the good bye..
It was out of place..
I was shocked that the wedding was thrown into that beautiful moment meant for Jeanne Cooper/Katherine ..
The writers upstaging the moment with a stupid wedding for couple that is not even all that much, was really a dumbass thing to do ..

Outside of the wedding fax pas , Jeanne Cooper/Katherine’ s good bye, was very moving to tear drops ..

I wanted Katherine’s sendoff to be great, but her
thunder was stolen. If that producer and writers
go to DAYS, they’ll ruin that show too! It was
supposed to be Katherine’s day and no one else!!!
When somebody dies and they’re honored with a
sevice of any kind, everybody’s lives should be put
on hold out of respect. Y&R dropped the ball; a ball
they have not been catching!!!

Bravo to Jess Walton (Jill)! However, other posters are right: Thom Biertz (Philip), Mackenzie & Chance should have been there. And where were Gloria (Judith Chapman)? Dina Abbott Mergeron (Marla Adams)? Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland)?

Could have done without seeing Cricket OR the wedding. (Another contract character married to a noncontract character — these soap marriages rarely work.) Lauralee Bell is the only piece of the Bell legacy I DON’T miss. Doug Davidson (Paul) certainly deserves a more dynamic leading lady.

I”ve just read through all the comments, so will not go over many of the similar points discussed. A few different observations I will make are concerning some of the behind the scenes crew efforts.
First, the music chosen was really lovely including the special song which Michael Damian only was able to sing off the actual scene for a ‘sound check.’ The actual singing was not included. I felt that should have been put in the second day’s memorial hour and eliminate the sudden wedding which felt highly inappropriate. After all, Michael Damian’s presence on the show was really reduced to visual clips of him sitting in the memorial guests.
Secondly, the setting of the memorial, although neatly presented, seemed to brightly lit for an outdoor park, it seemed like a park in someone’s brightly lit living room. The setting for a few Paris scenes, which weren’t Paris, were much more life-like.
I would like to compliment both Patti, make-up and George, hair stylist and the other’s in hair and make-up for the great job done mainly with the woman’s hairstyles. Melody’s hair was especially detailed. And given the bright lighting in the so-called park, the make-up on all the cast was well done so as not to have them appear too pale.
Those who edited the clips from many years ago spent some hours researching the specific scenes. However, I do agree with someone else who commented that the cake fight was not a scene I through was showing the real essence in great acting between Jess and Jeanne over all the years.
To jam in a quickie wedding at the end of the two episodes, irregardless of who married, just seemed wrong. With Jeanne’s son there acting as Father Todd, I can only imagine what he really thought about officiating a wedding after just finishing the memorial for Mrs. C., (His real life mom.) I have to wonder if anyone thought of his feelings about the addition of the wedding in the memorial episodes. Would anyone want to attend a funeral and then within a few minutes, flip over to a wedding. No matter who the couple may be.
Finally, I’ve never felt a chemistry between the characters of Cricket and Paul. They have always seemed more like friends or even a brother-sister type of relationship. So, the wedding had that added addition of my asking, “Why are they getting married?”
Was Jeanne honoured in these two memorial shows, Yes. But could they have been more focused on the Mrs. C character without the diversions of Cricket/Paul, Nick/Avery? Absolutely.

Other than the absurd wedding of two very back burnered characters it was great. Jess Walton was amazing and she and Melody Thomas Scott could make the next great “supercouple” since Jill and Katherine.

Am I the only person who found it ridiculous that Sharon was not in attendance at the memorial? No matter what direction the writers are taking the character of Sharon she should have been there!