Soap Opera Critics Review Hits and Misses: Top 10 Moments of the Week of June 23-27

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Soap Hub looks at the Hits and Misses for the week of June 23-27 in the worlds of Days of Our Lives, General Hospital,The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and Beyond the Gates.

Top 10 Hits and Misses

10. MISS (for now): Cat Greene’s ISA developments (DAYS). So it turns out that Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) is one of the best ISA Analysts Shane Donovan (Charles Shaughnessy) has ever worked with, and in one fell swoop, the show filled in Cat’s origin story of how she ended up in Clyde’s clutches. On top of this, her new assignment required partnering up with Rafe (Galen Gering). We’re going to need time to process because it took a lot of heavy lifting to finally flesh out a character that has been on the canvas for a little over a year.

9. HIT: Tracy prevails thanks to Cody at the chaotic press conference (GH). We were here for Tracy (Jane Elliot) freeing herself from those drugging Drew (Cameron Mathison) charges in the most spectacular of ways. Cody (Josh Kelly) doesn’t always do things we approve of, but Michael’s (Rory Gibson) idea to have him help exonerate Tracy in the court of public opinion was fun to watch. And she bested Martin (Michael E. Knight), whose vendetta against Tracy is understandable, but also obnoxious at the same time.

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8. MISS: The characters left behind in Genoa City didn’t have much going on (Y&R). The Genoa City drama paled in comparison to the Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) reveal party in Nice, France. While there were some good conversations, and the Cole Legionnaires’ Disease diagnosis, all Adam (Mark Grossman) and Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) could manage to talk about was Aristotle Dumas and how they couldn’t get hold of Victor (Eric Braeden). Sigh.

7. HIT: Nick is the one who breaks the Taylor (Rebecca Budig) and Ridge engagement news to Brooke (B&B). Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) wanted to break his engagement news to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) himself. But an eavesdropping Nick (Jack Wagner) beat him to it. And Nick continued to explain to Brooke why she needed to forget about her destiny and realize she has options, including someone standing right in front of her who wants her. Hopefully, Nick’s words will sink in but good.

6. MISS: Natalia’s drunken and delusional spiral (GH). Natalia (Eva LaRue) spiraled quickly, and she made some serious leaps in logic. How did she decide that her new life in Belize would include Sonny (Maurice Benard) by her side? Also, who agrees to stay quiet about her impending departure and then blabs it immediately? Natalia has always been a mess, but this feels too plot-driven, even for someone who is her own worst enemy.

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5. HIT: Cane and Lily flashbacks (Y&R). We’ve already talked about Cane 2.0 and Lily’s (Christel Khalil) instant chemistry. But it was an unexpected treat to see that the show created new flashbacks to give context to what went wrong with the characters in the years Cane lived outside Genoa City.

MORE: Here’s what’s happening next week on The Young and the Restless.

4. MISS: Ashley asks Andre out on a date (BTG). The body isn’t even cold, and Nurse Ashley (Jen Jacob) has already asked Andre (Sean Freeman) out on a date. She and Derek (Ben Gavin) just broke up! This will undoubtedly provide another obstacle for Dani and Andre to overcome at a time when they face several of them, including Nicole’s (Daphnée Duplaix) attitude and Dani’s inability to completely cut the um-Bill-ical cord.

3. HIT: Timon Kyle Durrett as Bill Hamilton (BTG). Bill gave us range this week. He was sincerely apologetic to Dani (Karla Mosley) while oblivious to his new wife’s apparent pregnancy shenanigans. But he stepped up as The Fixer, the clean-up man for part two of this Martin (Brandon Claybon) cover-up. This included him mixing it up with Joey Armstrong (Jon Lindstrom) and then intimidating the bigoted busboy. Kudos to Durrett, who’s always good. But this week he was great.

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2. MISS: Taylor and Ridge’s engagement (B&B). First, these two are rarely ever seen at Il Giardino. But Nick needed to eavesdrop, so we rolled with it. Ultimately, Taylor’s proposal and Ridge saying yes didn’t quite hit because this is Ridge. We see it in his eyes. He’s starting to waffle. Hopefully, he’s sincere about his commitment, but as they say, we’ll believe it when we see it.

1. HIT: Paul and Andrew’s wedding during Pride month (DAYS). After the devastation of John’s death, we needed this. There was the Japanese wedding tradition and their incredible vows that may or may not have had us in tears for the millionth time in the last month of DAYS. Paul (Christopher Sean) and Andrew (Colton Little) are a wonderful couple, and we wish they could stick around Salem permanently.

Honorable Mentions

B&B

MISS: Missing sons. Now that Nick’s back, they can’t stop talking about their son, Jack. Brooke talks to him all the time. Who knew? We wouldn’t mind if the show would cast Jack at some point. Ridge also mentioned how RJ (Joshua Hoffman) wouldn’t be happy with to hear that his parents aren’t reuniting. Where has he been?

BTG

MISS: Nicole doubled down on her attitude towards Dani and Andre. We thought or maybe hoped that after Anita’s (Tamara Tunie) triumphant (yet brief) return visit, that Nicole would listen to what her mother had to say. Nope. Nicole doubled down on her anti-Dandre stance, and while we get where her pain is coming from, she’s not seeing how great it is that Dani made some steps towards moving on from Bill.

DAYS

HIT: EJ and Johnny’s productive talk. Johnny (Carson Boatman) and EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) had a sweet moment in the middle of Horton Town Square. Of course, it happened because of a messed up situation. Father and son realized a couple of things. That EJ assumed Johnny shot him, which he says he didn’t. And that EJ tried to protect his son despite thinking that Johnny shot him. Plus, Johnny’s back to calling EJ, “dad.” All is good in their father-son bubble now. Of course, then Johnny promptly got arrested.

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GH

MISS: Portia (Brook Kerr) and Jordan’s poolside showdown. Portia’s jealousy of Jordan (Tanisha Harper) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) tracks. And she can never just hold on to her seething. She has to say something. And as a result, it was a bad look for the doctor, especially when she threw the drink on Jordan. However, she wasn’t completely off track. Jordan’s catching feelings for Curtis again, which is also a MISS.

Y&R

HIT: Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) realizes that Sharon (Sharon Case) is trying to protect her. We still don’t know what to make of the thaw in their relationship, but Phyllis realized that Sharon’s questions about her dealings with Cane were simply about trying to protect her. And it was a nice moment.