Recaps
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Is it ‘Alan’ or Presumed-Dead Twin ‘Martin’ Who Is Behind Phyllis and Sharon’s Kidnapping?
The Wednesday, March 12th episode of The Young and the Restless brought with it a bombshell revelation of who seems to be behind the ‘Squid Game’ type situation, and kidnapping, that arch enemies Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Sharon (Sharon Case) find themselves in. (If you don’t want anymore storyline spoilers don’t read any further).
For days, Sharon and Phyllis have been (as has now been identified at the abandoned Havenhurst mental institution basement) held hostage, as the mechanically-manipulated voice pipes through the loudspeaker in the basement giving them directions, games, tasks, and tidbits, while forcing them to work together to survive; knowing that the two women have deep-seated issues with each other.
It seems like only a noted psychologist or one who thinks they are one, and someone who understands human behavior, might have the women trapped in an experiment. Now, after saving each other’s lives, there is one final riddle to conquer, they have to find an escape route together.

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Meanwhile at the GCAC, Alan Laurent (Christopher Cousins) proposes to Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland), and she accepts. Alan takes Traci’s hand and says, “I’ve spent a lifetime without you, Traci.” He says he wants to give Traci all the space she needs, but he wants to be closer to her. Alan says, “I love you very much. Traci Abbott, will you marry me?” An overwhelmed Traci says, “Yes, I will marry you.”
Next, Alan leaves to go get Traci an engagement ring, as Traci tells Jack (Peter Bergman) and Diane (Susan Walters) that Alan just asked her to marry him. Jack asks if this what Traci wants and with tears in her eyes, she says “More than anything!” Later in the park, Alan looks at the engagement ring he got for Traci, when his cellphone goes off. He takes it out of his pocket and its revealed he is the person watching Sharon and Phyllis on the video feed.

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But … is this really Alan or is presumed-dead twin, Martin, who previously impersonated Alan? If you recall we learned in Paris, Martin enjoyed taking Alan’s place and being thought of as a respected psychiatrist. In fact, it was Martin, who pretended to be Alan which sent Ashley (Eileen Davidson) on a spiral of DID.
A few months back, Sharon under went hypnosis with Alan after she believed she killed Heather Stevens. Is that link up to the story? Alan has been Martin this whole time? Last year, Alan and Martin had a face-off in Paris with Martin presumably falling to his death over a balcony.
So, what do you think is going on here? Will the character that is holding Sharon and Phyllis hostage and who proposed to Traci be revealed as Martin? Then, where is Alan? Is he the brother that died? Share your thoughts on the reveal and theories of what’s to come via the comment section below.
Please don’t let it be Martin. Traci will be devastated. Why would he want to kidnap Phyllis and Sharon?
I sure hope that Martin kidnapped Alan and is the one that’s doing all this to Sharon and Phyllis
And that Alan can be rescued and be with Traci.
Tracy has had too much hurt romantically she doesn’t deserve another one
Another crappy story, and another way that the writers are so dishonoring Beth Maitland. Like Beth’s character hasn’t gone through enough….I guess the writers like portraying her as just another dumb woman who couldn’t tell that Alan was Martin…omg, can’t stand the writing on Y&R, and this is totally deplorable. The character of Traci Abbott deserves much better than this pile of crap forced on her….by a head writer who does NOT know how to write.
Great points .
Makes no sense! When will CBS wake up and do something about the writing and production??
I’ve given up on B&B and I am so close to doing the same with Y&R. I support the soaps and I always have and always will. But, Josh Griffith continues to give us storylines without payoff. The viewers have been vocal and yet we get the same ____! Beth Maitland deserves better. Michelle Stafford and Sharon Case deserve better. How and why is Alan or Martin involved in the kidnapping storyline? As far as I know, he never met Phyllis and why torture Sharon? Makes no sense!
I agree 100%. Please listen to us! This story line is not good! Tracy deserves some happiness so write for her a good man! I’m still mad you killed off her daughter!
This makes absolutely zero sense. Why would either twin be involved in Phyllis and Sharon’s situation? Unless the crazy brother isn’t dead?
I am thinking the same thing, but even if the ” crazy” brother is alive, it’s still nuts. Neither one of these men know Phyllis and only the one brother briefly treated Sharon with hypnotism. It’s like both brothers have the knowledge of psychology.
I’m wondering if Heather is really dead?? In her delirium, Sharon could have thought she was disposing herself of Heather’s body. Maybe she is somewhere in that abandoned building.
I remember when her body was recovered, Daniel identified her body at the Morgue, yet we’ve had constant rumors of her still being alive.o
I replied to your post, but guess they didn’t deem it fit to post. I remember when Daniel had to identify Heather’s body at the Morgue. Supposedly, it was her or some crazy mistake.
I always thought Alan was Martin if you remember when he walked into Abbott mansion he didn’t recognize the place,Traci is gonna be shattered when truth comes out
this guy writes shlock and wastes good actors
It makes no sense. I am weary of these outlandish stories that seem repetitive and only marginally interesting. Sharon has spent more time imprisoned than not this past year. Phyllis seems rudderless. I’d shake down the characters as they all seem to have been romantically paired with each other and there is nothing left for anyone to do but spin in the similar storylines.
None of this is fun storytelling – unfortunately…
We care about the characters. Want to see the generational developments (if even SORAS’d).
The kidnappings, etc are not intriguing mystery – they are stupid.
I like the actor who portrays Chance but he is not the entire GCPD.
And GH has more cast members at the PCPD, WSB, private practice Law Firms, etc than they have Doctors and Nurses at General HOSPITAL.
I’m super disappointed with both soaps, though I continue to watch because I do love most of the cast – the actors and the characters that they portray.
Let’s hope that this random “kidnapping” of Sharon and Phyllis is how Y and R is attempting to “right the ship”. (fingers crossed)
And that GH will ultimately return to it’s roots of the core families and the Hospital.
We shall see…
So glad the Sharon and Phyllis thing is over so to speak. It was a quick and good ending. However, Traci is a writer and due to her success she must know how to create interesting and complex storylines. Don’t make her appear less than the brilliant woman she is. She should be able to see the plot in what is happening to her. It would be degrading if the writers don’t decide to make her shine!
I think it is the crazy brother who is alive.I never believed that he died in the first place.Guess we will have to find out next week.
I sincerely hope that Alan is not dead and many Martin didn’t die and he is heckling to get even with them all including Alan. Traci is to happy I hate to see her hurt. She deserves happiness and I really like Chris Cousins and hate to see him off the show. Can’t someone be happy for once??
Recaps
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now

The future isn’t looking so bright for longtime loves Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), when on the Wednesday, November 11 episode Katie wants Bill to leave and give her some space, and to stay away from her!
Katie explains she wanted none of this, but now her insecurity and fear of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill has made it impossible. Bill pleads his case, “I was just trying to help” by speaking with Brooke. Katie tells him, well he didn’t, far from it, it’s all backfired in his face.
Bill insists to Katie that everything he did was for her and her sisters. Katie isn’t buying it. In her mind, Bill has always wanted to stick it to the Forresters. So what changed? She then asks him point blank, if he is still attracted to Brooke? Bill says “no,” but Katie said she wishes she could believe him. He tries to explain that him getting together with Brooke was to broker peace between the Logan sisters.

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THE TRUST IS BROKEN
Katie speaks to how she is building her own company, making something of herself, and Bill says to her, “You don’t have to lose the people that you love to prove that you can win.”
Next, Katie is convinced Bill was flirting with Brooke because he texted Brooke a Stallion emoji (she has a point, no?). That reminded Katie of the worst time in her life when he was having an affair with her sister!
She points out how Brooke destroyed her life and took Will away from her and he was sent to boarding school, so why shouldn’t she strike back? Bill tries to point out again, that Katie is going to lose her sisters. But, a defiant Katie fires back, “If they can’t accept me for who I am … so be it!”
Next, Bill says he doesn’t buy it and becomes very emotional calling his wife, “my Katie”. However, now in a puddle of tears, Katie says those words can’t fix everything. Seeing he is not getting anywhere, Bill walks towards the door and says, “I will hate being apart from you, but I’ll do it for you.”
He vows to never stop fighting for them. Katie’s says, “Goodbye, Bill.” The music swells, Bill exits, and Katie crawls into a ball on the couch in a dramatic overhead shot to end the episode.

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WEDDING BELLS?
In the same episode, it should be noted that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) asked Deacon (Sean Kanan) to re-propose to her, and this time she accepted.
It looks like Taylor or Deacon are headed down the aisle at some point, but not so fast, because Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was flirting with Deacon, and she won’t take this news lying down.
Check out the emotional scenes featuring Heather Tom and Don Diamont below.
Now weigh-in: were you touched by the moments when Bill left his house to give Katie the space she says she needed over her feelings of betrayal by her husband and her sister, Brooke? How does this all end? Will Katie end up destroying everything in the process on her way to the top? Will she have a mental or physical crisis in days to come? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
Dancing with the Stars
DANCING WITH THE STARS: A Shocking Elimination on Grammy Night Leaves Ballroom Silenced
In what could only be the stunner of this season of Dancing with the Stars, the Tuesday night, November 1o episode saw one of the heavy favorites Jenna Dewan and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy eliminated right before next week’s all-important semi-finals for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
Week 9 was Grammy night, where the contestants performed routines related to the Grammy Awards with songs that have either won or been nominated for the music industry’s highest prize.
After each couple performed their usual routine, they had to dance a second time vs, another couple doing the same dance style. Only Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity from having to participate in it.

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THE RESULTS
When all was said and done during the results portion of the show; the following couples were deemed safe and will dance another day: Shum Jr. and Johnson, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold.
That left former Y&R actress Tatyana Ali (ex-Roxanne) and Jan Ravnik and Dewan and Chmerkovskiy in the bottom two. It was then revealed that Jenna and Val would be going home. The ballroom fell silent and Dewan said her “thank you’s “in the most gracious way about her dance journey.
Dewan is a dancer, having worked professionally with the likes of Janet Jackson (who also popped up in a special message to her former back-up dancer in the episode) while currently being an actress, and appearing as a series regular on The Rookie. Chmerkovskiy has been controversial figure all season especially after being suspended one week after comments made towards judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
BREAKING THEIR SILENCE
This begs the question: did America want the couple gone, because they had an unfair advantage with Dewan’s dance prowess, or did the show want the couple booted off too?
Later, Jenna and Val broke their silence on the elimination to Extra. Chmerkovskiy shared “It’s’ definitely a sad result. I thought we had a great season.” Dewan admitted, “I know this was a particularly tough week for a lot of the online noise … but I know that we went out there and had the best time of our life.”
Val is married to pro dancer, Jenna Johnson, who remained in the top slot on the leaderboard during the competition with Harry Shum Jr. However, she also had a bad week breaking her nose in rehearsal!
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and next day on Hulu.
So were you happy, or sad to see Jenna and Val voted off of Dancing with the Stars? Of the remaining couples who do you hope make it from the semi-finals to the finals and hoists the Mirrorball Trophy? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Recaps
‘The Bold and the Beautiful’s’ Heather Tom Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’

Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom, while not taking the gold at the recent Daytime Emmys for Lead Actress, which would have been a record-breaking victory for an actress; should be prepared that in 2027, she has to be near to a lock take that award home!
In the last few months Michael Fairman TV has named her weekly performances as Power Performance of the Week, and for the week of November 2-6, she has done it again!
How did she earn the honors? Well, quite simply, this version of Katie Logan that is being written and portrayed beautifully, has given the character infused live, a backbone, a woman so tired of being put-upon and wronged, that she is firing back in such major ways that her own family doesn’t recognize her behavior.

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KATIE AND BROOKE HAVE A SEISMIC SHOWDOWN
Longtime viewers of The Bold and the Beautiful can make a very compelling case that the behavior is justified. Then, on the November 4 episode, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie have another major confrontation. Katie is irate that Brooke phoned Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) in an effort to help Bill get through to her to back off the way she is destroying Forrester Creations, in what appears to be Katie’s poaching of the design team, and her ramped up vendetta against Brooke.
However, let’s not forget, Brooke and their sister, Donna (Jennifer Gareis) disowned Katie from the family just a few months ago too! Now in this showdown, Katie rips into Brooke after Brooke attempts to reason with her. Brooke even pulls out the “Stormy” card, reminding viewers that Katie has Storm’s heart. She snipes, “Do you really think he’d be proud of you right now?”
In that moment, Katie chokes up and is struck by that statement, but defends her actions and says Storm would be proud of her. Brooke goes in on if Storm would approve of the way she has gone about building her Logan fashion house design team, which to many seem like cutthroat tactics, Brooke even tells her “Bill is worried.”
Katie snaps after that comment and begins to show her disgust and emotional wounds from how Brooke slept with Bill years ago, especially when she goes in on the the text message Brooke sent to Bill and the use of a stallion emoji. Brooke claims it meant nothing, but Katie shuts her down and shuts her up! Reminding her sister, how she destroyed everything.

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KATIE NEVER FORGOT HOW BROOKE SLEPT WITH BILL
Brooke reminds Katie that she had postpartum depression at the time, and she “pushed” her and Bill together. Katie begins to cry, “How could you not know something was profoundly wrong?”
Katie says while she was suffering, Brooke was off in Aspen having sex with Bill. She says of her sister, “You take what you want, and it doesn’t matter who gets hurt and whose life gets destroyed.” She then snipes what was her sister’s excuse the second time?
Then, in the masterful moment in the performance, as sister Donna walks into the showdown, Katie warns Brooke to not EVER talk to her again about morality, or ever accuse her of stealing anything from her, when “You are the master!”
BROOKE’S PAST WILL ALWAYS BE THROWN IN HER FACE
Next, Katie throws down the line Stephanie Forrester called Brooke all the years of their feud, “You are just a slut from the valley.” She punctuated it to both her sister, “We all know she’d sell her soul for a little male attention.'”
Katie tells Brooke she will never apologize to Bill, adding, “And I will never forgive you for this. I am so done with you, and if you’re going to stand next to her (aimed at Donna), then I am done with you too.” As the scene came to its conclusion, Katie told Brooke and Katie to, “stay away from me, stay away from my family, and stay away from Bill.”
Throughout all the scenes, Heather Tom displayed why she is one of the fiercest actresses in daytime drama. This storyline has afforded Tom the opportunity to show all of Katie’s inner rage built over years as she finally lets it out on those who wronged her. For anyone who has been made to feel the weaker sibling in a family, Tom is showing the cause and effect of what can happen to someone after years of feeling put down.
For all the reasons stated above, Michael Fairman TV names Heather Tom our selection for Power Performance of the Week. You can check out part of Heather’s emotional turn in the video clip below.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Heather Tom for the Power Performance of the Week? What do you think about how Katie is being written in this storyline? Do you think Heather has secured the Lead Actress Emmy in 2027? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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