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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Sharon Visits Cassie’s Grave and Reflects on Her Life; What Did You Think of Sharon Case’s Standalone Anniversary Episode?
Sharon Case (Sharon Case) has a one-two punch of scenes for Emmy contention for the Outstanding Lead Actress category after Thursday’s riveting episode, and Friday on her 30th anniversary airshow with the top-rated soap opera.
Standalone episodes are often hard to pull off because in soapland they are often held to high standards. When they are good, and showcase the performer and take us down memory lane with a choice selection of flashbacks; fans love it and the episode is golden. Other times, standalone episodes have disappointed as they are a time-out for the current story and predicament the character finds themselves in now, or the flashbacks and the tone of the writing just doesn’t fit together as nicely as viewers would have hoped.
However, on the Friday, September 27th episode, Sharon visits the grave of her daughter, Cassie (Camryn Grimes), who’s death has been a driver for story on Y&R for years. None more so in current times for Sharon, who is struggling with her sanity, her bipolar disorder, and a thirst for revenge on Daniel Romalotti (Michae Graziadei) who she feels was responsible or a key part in the accident that took Cassie’s life.
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As viewers saw on the precursor to the standalone episode, if what we saw on-screen remains true, and does not turn out to be something Sharon dreamt up in her mind, she had a confrontation with Heather (Vail Bloom), and Heather ended up hitting her head and dying on the floor of Daniel’s apartment. At that time, with her alter-ego (the dead) Cameron Kirsten advising her to clean up the mess, she winds up taking Heather’s body and disposing it over a bridge!
In the pick up in Case’s anniversary episode, a worn down and tortured Sharon visits her daughter’s gravesite and she reflects back on her life with a selection of scenes in the flashbacks that to tell the ups and downs of her often tragic past. A tortured Sharon, who can’t believe what she just did Heather, asks Cassie, that since has always been her guiding light to, “Help me understand how I did what I did. Help me to know what to do.”
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Sharon says to Cassie, “Is this the culmination of my life? “Have I always been like this?” Cue the flashbacks, first to her mother Doris (Karen Hensel), in her wheelchair. It’s there that Sharon first learned that her mother wound up unable to walk because she went chasing after Sharon on a rainy night in her car to try to stop her from seeing her then-boyfriend, Frank. Sharon has carried that guilt for years.
Next, Sharon recalls her love story with Nick (Joshua Morrow) and falling in love with him, and her rivalry with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), who never accepted her. Sharon tells Cassie that she and Nick always managed to find their way back to each other, even when he left her for Phyllis (Michelle Stafford). She and Nick have an unshakeable bond that has always been there.
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In very heart-tugging scenes/flashbacks, Sharon learns she had a child Cassie who was given up for adoption, and later, we see Nick and Sharon tell little Cassie they are going to adopt her. Cassie is thrilled and we all recall what a great actress, a young Camryn Grimes was, and why when the show killed Cassie off it broke our hearts into pieces, as it did to Sharon and Nick forever. Sharon pulls out a photo at Cassie’s gravesite of the three of them together in happier times that she carries with her, always.
Next, Sharon remembers shoplifting, and burning down the Newman ranch and learning of her mental illness. “I was in the deep throes of bipolar disorder, and I didn’t even know it,” she admits to Cassie. Later, Mariah (Camryn Grimes) arrives on the scene. Sharon flashes to the difficult times they had getting to know each other and to accept each other as mother and daughter, after Nick gave her the news that she had not one, but two, daughters when she gave birth all those years ago.
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Sharon tells Cassie that although Mariah resisted her at every turn, she knew that Cassie would want her to persevere. “Things got easier after that, and I grew to accept Mariah for the special, unique person that she is. Mariah is your twin, which means that a part of her is inside of her for me to love and hold onto. For that, I will always be grateful.” Then, she realizes that being mom to Faith (Reylynn Caster), Mariah, and Noah has helped her move forward in her life.
While Sharon thought back to her accomplishments of buying Crimson Lights, getting a job from the late Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) at Jabot and graduating college, she then relieved some of her more harrowing moments from: Matt Clark’s rape, to one of the scenes that had us reaching for the hankies, when Sharon finds out from Nick that Rey died in a car accident.
As Sharon comes out of her flashbacks, she says to Cassie, “I’m a survivor, and no one could ever say that I never loved my children with my whole heart.” But then she added, “When I heard that Daniel had moved back to Genoa City, I thought so many years had passed that I could handle it.” She admits she wasn’t prepared for the rage she felt and how she wanted to hurt him, saying, “And I almost did.”
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That’s the key point where the current story was tied into the anniversary episode when Sharon thinks back to Heather’s ‘death”, saying, “I must have blacked out,” as she can’t remember what happened. She says to Cassie, “Should I just turn myself in? Confess to my crime and end this madness?”
At the end of the episode, Sharon shows up at home to a worried, Nick, Mariah and Faith. Nick asks Sharon, “Are you alright? Where have you been?” Sharon tells them she’s OK, and that everything is going to be OK. Leaving us wondering what will her next move be?
What did you think of Sharon Case’s 30th anniversary episode with The Young and the Restless?Which moments and scenes from the past had you reaching for the hankies? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first, check out the “Next Week on Y&R” preview followed by her recent interview with Sharon on the Michael Fairman Channel where she talks about her anniversary episode, and frontburner storyline.
I have never been more sick of a character than Cassie. Enough, enough! Tons of kids have died on soaps & nobody has been mourned more than Cassie. And I hope to never see the dead Cameron in his bloody shirt again. I have been fast forwarding through most of the last 3 days. Move on.
Well, I do agree that the obsession with Cassie is coming at the expense of Mariah, who despite being alive, has become the invisible child. But when a parent loses a child, that loss becomes part of who they are- they never get over it. That said, Sharon Case is hitting it out of the ballpark as far as her emotionally compelling performance is concerned. I actually put Y&R back on my DVR just to see her give a master class on acting and she delivered.
Take your own advice and move on from your dislike of Sharon.
The one glaring part in all this was no flashbacks of Noah and her I still can’t figure out why the can’t cast a Noah? He is needed acted like he did not even exist Noah was a baby when they found out Cassie was Sharon’s /Grace her best friend who was after Nick all the time anyway she went in search for Cassie because they thought Noah was going to die. She pretended Cassie was hers remember all that great storyline . Where is Sharon’s Mom personally nothing g against Case because I like her but I have no idea why JG is writing her in this mess
JG writer needs to go like yesterday, he’s awful. He got rid of Gina T and I will never know why this man thinks he is GOD. WAKE UP CBS! He had an awesome daytime wining actress on set. How dumb is he well Adele you got it all right in your comments. Sharon Case though did an outstanding job with scripts handled to her, 30 years way to go!
Denis I would not be a recast for anything because you always get screwed over I felt Gina was too young by pairing her with PB but yes I prefer her acting Stafford is too over the top but hell they gave her a Emmy for last year I thought she was horrible I felt sorry for Walters/Dianne anyway Gina has the best chemistry with JT’s version of Bill. I have a sister with bi-polar JG is sooo totally of the mark with this disease if anything Sharon would be trying to harm herself. My sister was in for two months last year she was seeing visions etc we truly thought we had lost her but we had great doctors that helped her she is back home her son is living with her we have help come by twice a week to make sure she is on her meds. So I’m insulted families do know the signs they would have seeked out her doctor someone would be a POA allowed to talk with Dr etc it’s insulting I know it’s a soap but this is the third mental illness enough is enough.
Don’t you think your last sentence was a little dense, especially when this SL is about Sharon?
Was so boring and uninteresting, had to keep FF. Nice seeing the Young Cam’ron Grimes and Doris.Hope this is the end. Send her to the mental hosp., where she can get help, instead of destroying lives
i personally enjoyed it and have enjoyed all the episodes lately..finally a bit of intrigue, not the same old mind numbing crap..Kudos to Sharron Case..her acting skills are truly showing here..fantastic job girl..i know lots of complainers but I am not one of them 🙂
Absolutely love this storyline and can’t wait for the next twist. Sharon blacked out, thus she didn’t kill Heather. Somebody else did. People who find this storyline boring would rather watch Devon and Nate sit around a table at Crimson Lights talking about their jobs.
Episode was nice but where was Noah
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ric’s History of Jealousy Where Elizabeth is Concerned Has Come Back Around
On General Hospital, Ric Lansing (Rick Heart) is about to fall back into dangerous old patterns by the foreshadowing during the Wednesday, August 19 episode. After first coming to see his brother, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and telling him of his plan to propose to Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) his longtime love tonight, Sonny has concerned.
Next, Sonny reminds his brother of what has happened in the past, when things have gone south with Elizabeth and wonders if it’s too soon for him to propose to her. What Ric did not tell Sonny is that he has seen the developing closeness between Sonny’s son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Elizabeth, which is propelling his urgent need to propose.
Meanwhile, Dante ran into Elizabeth at the park during a break from their mutual team softball games. She needs help with a bookcase after the game at her house. Dante wants to put it together for her. Later, Dante arrived at Elizabeth’s house, limping after injuring his knee during the game. Head nurse Liz wanted to check out the injury as much as Dante protested, which required him to take off his pants.
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RIC BEGINS TO UNRAVEL
Outside Elizabeth’s widow, Ric arrives with a bouquet of roses and the engagement ring. When he leers through the widow he is shocked to see Elizabeth rubbing Dante’s leg while Dante is in his boxer/shorts. He storm troops into the house, demanding to know what is going on here? Both Elizabeth and Dante look surprised by his reaction. In the pick-up of today’s Thursday, August 20 episode (see GH video teaser below), viewers will learn the upshot for all three characters.
A VENGEFUL PAST
As longtime GH fans know, Ric has done some horrible, vengeful things in regards to Elizabeth starting back in 2003 after she lost her baby after Ric’s ex, Faith Rosco pushed her down a flight of stairs. Ric accused Sonny for the accident and to get revenge, Ric kidnapped Carly (who was married to Sonny at the time), and stashed her in a panic room below the house where he was living with Liz.
On top of that, Ric fed his wife Elizabeth birth control pills to keep her from getting pregnant so that they could raise Carly’s baby together after it was born. Eventually, Elizabeth found Carly in the panic room but ended up having a pulmonary embolism. When she woke up in the hospital, Elizabeth was all confused by what happened, and Ric convinced her that her vision of Carly was just a bad dream. Eventually, Elizabeth learned the horrifying truth and divorced Ric.
Years later, Ric noticed the connection between Elizabeth and “Jake Doe” who eventually turned out to be Drew (Billy Miller) A jealous Ric hired Hayden Barnes to show up and claim to be “Jake’s” wife. Elizabeth stepped aside, and when Ric planned to propose to Elizabeth at the 2015 Nurses Ball, Carly exposed his manipulations, and Elizabeth dumped him yet again. And those are just two examples of the lengths Ric will go to for Elizabeth!
So, we ask you, given the history of Elizabeth and Ric, how do you see this playing out with Dante in the picture? How will Ric derail their growing bond? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Recaps
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy and Carter Get Lame Excuses From Their Spouses, and Try to Shake Off Their Night Together
If you caught the Wednesday, August 19 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, and if you were Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor), and your wife, who literally took off, threw of her wedding ring and abandoned their marriage to head to Paris, shows back up saying she overreacted and wants to be with him, would you bother to even take her back?
As for Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), now that Finn (Tanner Novlan) is giving her the spiel about how he took her for granted, how he is so sorry for not listening to her, and that Sheila will never be in their lives again, would you want to listen to that, either, after so many broken promises?
That’s the situation hungover Steffy and Carter found themselves, while still reeling from the seeming fact that they had sex the night before while drunk in the Forrester Creations CEO office.
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STEFFY AND CARTER GETS EARFULS
Daphne (Murielle Hilare) doesn’t understand why Carter is being so distant, and he says, “You said I wasn’t family.” She wants to put all of what she said and did behind them and now explore other ways to have a child. Carter seems hurt and annoyed.
Back at the cliff house, Steffy is so upset between sleeping with Carter and getting drunk, and Finn and his mother, Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) in Monaco. She tells Finn, “I need you to stand up for me. I can’t live like this. I won’t.” Finn begs her not to let “one terrible mistake” (get it!?) tear us apart.
Finn promised Steffy he will get a restraining order on Sheila if it calls for it. He understands why Steffy is so scared of Sheila after she shot her … and him. In the closing moments of the episode, Finn pronounces how lucky he is to have the “perfect wife.” To which a rattled Steffy in tears goes, “Oh, I’m not perfect.”
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STEFFY’S GUILT
Steffy is losing her grip at this moment as Finn says he wants to step up and be the husband he deserves. Along with Daphne, I kind of want to kick Finn to the curb, too. Then Finn lays it on real thick and adds, “You’re pure, you’re honest, you’re loyal.” Steffy interrupts, “Not quite.”
Suddenly a guilt-ridden Steffy says to Finn, “There’s something I need to tell you.” Can she actually get the words out about getting drunk and having sex with Carter …or, will she keep it under wraps so we can have months of the line “one terrible mistake?”
Take a look at some of the scenes between Steffy and Finn from today’s episode below.
Now let us know: would you bother to take back Daphne or Finn, if you were Carter and Steffy? Would you like to see Steffy just blurt out she had sex with Carter to her husband? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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On the Tuesday, August 18 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, viewers were tuned-in to see if Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor), who were were both on benders, wound up having sex in the Forrester Creations CEO office.
As the Monday, August 17 episode concluded, Carter and Steffy shared a close moment where it looked like they would kiss. Now in the pick up which starts the morning after, Steffy awakens from the couch in the office, and realizes she has no clothes on and is mortified to see Carter on the end of the couch also naked and under blankets.
In that moment, Steffy realizes they had sex, and begins to unravel to Carter as she scrambles to get dressed: “We shouldn’t have done this. Oh my God, I shouldn’t have done this!”
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STEFFY RACES TO GET HOME
Steffy’s panic of the situation escalates when she finds her phone, and sees multiple text messages from her husband, Finn (Tanner Novlan), desperately trying to reach her. He told Steffy he was on his way home from Monaco.
Suddenly, a hungover Carter speaks up and agrees. He says to Steffy they made a terrible mistake and wanted to talk about it, but Steffy kiboshed any discussion, not dealing with Carter, and racing home to be with her kids and Finn. As a disheveled Steffy ran out of Forrester, Carter stayed behind to straighten up the office and get rid of any remnants of their drunken binge.
Just then, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) showed up as Carter is shocked. She apologized for running out on him, and details how when she got to the airport to board the plane to Paris, she realized she couldn’t leave him. She loved him too much, and asks him to please forgive her and her, “terrible mistake.” Daphne hugs Carter and he looks like a man who has no idea what to do or make of this entire situation in the moment.
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WHAT WILL BE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF CARTER AND STEFFY’S DRUNKEN NIGHT TOGETHER?
Cut to: Steffy comes home and runs into her mother, Taylor (Rebecca Budig). She explains what happened with Finn and Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) in Monaco. Next, Steffy details how she took off her wedding ring after Taylor noticed it was no longer on her finger. Just then, Finn arrives. Taylor leaves the two to talk. Finn begs for Steffy’s forgiveness and the episode comes to an end with Steffy facing away from Finn and towards the camera, trying to figure out what to do next. Take him back?
Now the real story begins: it would appear that the intent was to have Carter and Steffy face long-lasting consequences of their drunken night together. So that, Steffy would become pregnant with Carter’s child, which would cause the ripple effect in Carter’s marriage to Daphne, who is unable to carry a child.
One other theory, unless, Carter and Steffy believe they had sex, but they passed out in compromising positions but nothing ever happened? Perhaps one of them, or both will have flashbacks of them carrying on together on the couch? Were they set up? Stay tuned.
So, we ask you. What happens from here? Steffy gets pregnant with Carter’s child? Does Steffy goes back to Finn? Carter goes back with Daphne? They really never had drunken sex? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, take a look below, and a bit of what went down when Steffy and Carter realize what happened between them.
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