he does seem more interesting now

Hilary had no chemistry with Cane whatsoever. She was out for revenge back then. She is not to young for Neil but she doesn’t have chemistry with Neil. I’m assuming you mean Devon so far he is the only one she really has chemistry with.

hey CeeCee 🙂
I can’t help it, but- everytime I see Neil I see a lecherous dirty old man.
he makes me cringe, yucky guy, eeewww ..

For the first time in 24 years, I’m REALLY enjoying Neil in a story line. He’s been such a goody two shoes and that never really suited him. Revenge seeking Neil is EVERYTHING.

@su.
Well, Su? Neil is OK for someone his own age. But with Hilary? Or Gwen? Yucky is right!!
TPTB need to have Neil act his age. His children are grown. He has grandkids. He has a little son with Leslie….let it go, Neil. It is time to settle into the other half of his life; not start anew by starting a family. Why can’t the writers get that?
It’s the same with Cricket and Paul. Gimme me a break. Some of these characters are older than my parents. I can’t even imagine them starting over at their age by having more babies…they already have a passel of grand babies.

@Carolina.
Hi,
I am not arguing revenge here. As human beings we must have all experienced a twinge of it one time or other….whether we pursue it or not is another story. I know I could never hurt another living thing.
My contention is coupling Neil with women half his age. The writers should give that up and settle him down. There are many, many of us who could care less about Neil, but there he is taking up air time which should be devoted to interesting characters, not a stale character such as he. I feel force-fed by everything Neil. This is my opinion. Enjoy colorless Neil, Carolina. LOL.

First of all most of the older actors on the Y&R have a 15 – 20 year age difference between them and their partners ie Victor & Nikki (15 yrs), Phyllis & Jack (20 yrs). Older men marry younger women all the time. There is no problem with age difference Nikki, Phyllis, Chrisitne and Hilary are all mature women.

But that is what was so lame about it, big deal he followed them to the island, he revealed the so called affair– if Hilary hadn’t fallen, then everyone would have known he had been there anyway— Neil used to be such a level headed guy, for him to automatically assume he be arrested for harming Hilary if had just come forward right away didn’t make sense. This was as you said a convoluted way to fill time while the actress was away, but it was neither compelling or entertaining to watch– if Neil had kidnapped Hilary, then set Devon up for her “murder” that would have been a story.

@Mar SF.
Devon going to trial for murder would have been a really compelling story, Mary. You are so right. Devon would have been convicted and then Hilary shows up alive and well, after remembering who she is. And, as a happy twist, she comes back with a baby…LOL.

Hey, Su,
I do agree with you, my friend. I always felt the money should have gone to Mackenzie.
Huge mistake. Grievin’ Devon is not sofisticated enough to have this kind of money, nor is he suave enough for a woman like Hilary.

Katherine left billions to Devon because she was a good judge of character and he is her grandson. Katherine knows Devon is a good person just because he fell in love with his father’s wife doesn’t make him a bad person. He set up the money for Delia foundation and Michael has set up charities you must have missed those episodes. Devon also has a university degree in business again you must have missed those episodes or FF through them.

@Stacey.
Yup….Devon must have graduated from the same University as Nick Newman, Victoria and Abby.
I do not much appreciate your sarcasm, nor your derogatory and condescending tone, Stacey, with all due respect. I missed nothing! Devon has no experience in a multi billion dollar world,. I am sure that’s what Su meant. Some of us cannot tolerate how the writers expect us to buy everything they sell. It hurts to see another soap being buried….but I still come back for more because I love my soaps. I do not need you to tell me I must have missed episodes, thank you. Catherine also had a granddaughter with a good head on her shoulders, but, she decided to leave the bulk of her money to Devon whom she knew for two minutes. Yeah, the writers did so well. This soap is also going to pot….my favorite Daytime show is unrecognizable.
By the way, Stacey? Christoff/Neil is twenty years Mishael’s/Hilary’s senior. She is not what I would consider a mature woman. She is my age. We are adult women,….mature? So, to put her in the same category as Melody/Nikki is ridiculous. That’s a mature woman, yes, old enough to be Hilary’s mother. You cannot compare Phyllis or Cricket with her either. You have your opinion and I have mine. Let’s leave it at that. If the situation were reversed and the ladies were older than their counterparts, we would have never heard the end of it…..are you familiar with the word misogyny? I am sick and tired of having all the men on this soap being held to a different standard than women….a higher level in every social and professional status.
Days is the only soap who have the female characters in diverse social positions and professions. Other than the female psychiatrist (and her own mental state is questionable) treating Patty and Sharon, there are no female doctors to be heard or seen.