Critic’s Review Hits and Misses: The Week of September 23-27

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

Hits and Misses

What we think worked and didn’t work.

The Young and the Restless

HIT: Sharon Case. Again. Y&R showcased Sharon Case this week, and while the subject matter was beyond dark and hard to handle, Case pulled off everything the show asked of her.

MISS: The Quadrangle that is Sally, Adam, Chelsea, and Billy. This foursome is starting to feel like Reel is imitating Real. Remember those former Good Morning America anchors who started a relationship off-set? Then their significant others bonded over being on the other end of the breakups — and they got together. Is that what’s going on here? Because who could hurt Adam (Mark Grossman) even more than Sally (Courtney Hope) did when she got together with his brother? Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson).

HIT: The Revenge Club. Having said what we said about Sally and Billy, we really enjoyed the friendship vibes between Sally and Audra (Zuleyka Silver) as they talked about getting revenge and having revenge sex. However, this revenge club needs one more woman, and we think Lily (Christel Khalil) should join their unofficial club. She’s doing the payback thing quite nicely right now as long as it doesn’t backfire on her big time (which it will).

HIT: Adam and Faith. Adam always feels like an island, and nobody is happy to see him when they run into him in the park, at Crimson Lights, or wherever. While his conversation with Faith (Reylynn Caster) started out like that, eventually, they had a really nice moment where he listened to her concerns about Sharon and gave her good advice.

MISS: Characters getting too much POV. We never thought we’d say this, but on Y&R, there are a few characters who get too much POV. We hear every single thought that comes to their brain. Three of the biggest examples of this are Billy, Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan), and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford). Billy and Chelsea, especially. We get that they struggle, but we don’t have to hear about their issues 24/7. Billy’s podcast phase still triggers us.

READ THIS: Here’s what to expect on Y&R next week.

Days of Our Lives

HIT: Melinda bonds with Paulina and Ava. Since Connie (Julie Dove) murdered Li Shen (Remington Hoffman) and Sloan (Jessica Serfaty) left town, we have been worried whether Melinda (Tina Huang) would disappear. However, we were less worried when Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) hired her at DiMera. After her rescue from the DiMera secret room, it was nice when Paulina (Jackée Harry) asked Melinda out for lunch, and Ava (Tamara Braun) showed that she cared about her presence. Loved that.

MISS: Entire episodes devoted to Body & Soul. We’ve come to the realization we prefer smaller doses of the Body & Soul reboot. On Tuesday, September 24, the behind-the-scenes drama on the soap-within-the-soap took up the entire episode. Hopefully, this won’t happen too often in the future.

HIT: Fiona meets Sophia. While both Fiona (Serena Scott Thomas) and Sophia (Madelyn Kientz) spread chaos in their own lives, it was nice to see them share a little peace, cheesecake, and conversation at The Bistro. It was a great way to get more perspective from these two.

MISS: Hypocritical conversations. As much as we understand why EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) hates Eric (Greg Vaughan) and will use any ammunition to stick it to him, his conversations often give hypocritical vibes. He’s done worse things, yet he doesn’t hesitate to nail Eric for killing Daniel (Shawn Christian). Also, Holly (Ashley Puzemis) bonding with EJ while spurning Eric gives off the same vibes, especially since her drug overdose. At least find out the circumstances behind what Eric did, Holly!

READ THIS: Here’s what to expect on DAYS next week.

General Hospital

JURY’S OUT: Jason and Anna. While we’re still processing this huge Jason (Steve Burton) and Anna (Finola Hughes) moment, we can say for certain that Jason and Anna getting together wasn’t on our bingo card. However, a casual poll of the Soap Hub writing staff resulted in calling this one a HIT until further notice. We reserve judgment. Hence, the jury remains out.

HIT: Martin Grey’s return. During the extended break from this character, Martin Grey (Michael E. Knight) got a new look, lost the accent, and gained a “don’t give two you-know-whats” attitude. He doesn’t seem to fear Sonny (Maurice Benard). He tells Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) like it is and has a great strategy session with Molly (Kristen Vaganos). And did you see what he did to Lucy (Lynn Herring)? Wow, that was brutal, but we loved it. Welcome back, Michael E. Knight!

HIT: Jordan and Alexis’s Grandma convo. Jordan (Tanisha Harper) visited Alexis at Pentonville, where the deputy mayor asked the attorney if she would have helped Molly take TJ’s (Tajh Bellow) baby. Throughout this entire surrogate story, we didn’t hear enough from Jordan and Alexis’s POV. So, it was great to hear them talk about being sad they wouldn’t get to be grandmas to Baby Irene. They also chatted about how they will forever love each other’s children even if they split. The conversation was realistic, grounding, and overdue.

MISS: Ned versus Michael and Drew. We did not miss the ELQ arguments between Ned (Wally Kurth), Michael (Chad Duell), and Drew (Cameron Mathison). Understandably, it had to happen because Valentin (James Patrick) is a fugitive. And yes, Ned helped create a mess when he hitched his wagon to Valentin, but he had his reasons. However, Michael and Drew insisting that Ned shouldn’t be CEO even though they can’t come up with a reason was weird. Why is Michael more worthy of that title? Plus, the audience knows Michael covered up for Sonny. That alone should disqualify him.

MISS and HIT: Willow and Drew angst. Unfortunately, we’re not feeling all this talk about Drew and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) staying away from each other. And we’re not sure why Drew keeps seeking out Willow. It’s time for the secret to come out so we can move on. Thankfully, James (Gary James Fuller) kickstarted that express train by spilling the tea about the secret kiss to Ned!

HIT and MISS: The Sonny, Carly, Brennan, and Natalia combo. The potential hit pairing is Carly (Laura Wright) and Brennan (Charles Mesure). As a couple, they are intriguing, and we would like to see how their relationship develops. Not so much with Natalia (Eva LaRue) and Sonny.

HIT: Cody and Tracy. We felt their connection on Friday, especially. Tracy (Jane Elliot), once again, had to apologize to Cody (Josh Kelly) for overreacting. But it was all because she didn’t want to lose another friendship or person in her life. That was the first time we really felt their friendship. It was nice.

READ THIS: Here’s what to expect next week on GH.

The Bold and the Beautiful

HIT: Hope and Carter. Our wish for Hope (Annika Noelle) to move on from Finn (Tanner Novlan) may happen sooner than we thought. Hope and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) spent a little quality time together, and you know what? We like the little we’ve seen so far. We’re encouraged.

MISS: Taylor tells Li she doesn’t want her family to know about her heart failure. Forget about the fact that it was towards the end of last year that B&B cleared its lineup in order to devote a ton of time to its Eric Forrester (John McCook) is dying of a mysterious disease story. Now we’re headed into a Taylor (Rebeccas Budig) is dying from heart failure arc. Hopefully, the show will mix things up a little bit. But, already, she doesn’t want any of her family to know about her diagnosis. Li (Naomi Matsuda) knows, and it looks like Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) will know. Let’s pray that now that he saw her collapse, everybody will find out about what Taylor is going through.

HIT and MISS: Brooke and Taylor want to be friends again. We’ve been down this road. Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Taylor have attempted to form a friendship, but it never works. However, the fact that they are self-aware enough to want to put aside their resentments and their history— well, we’re on board. However, we have low expectations since, at some point, their feelings for Ridge will ruin everything.

READ THIS: Here’s what to expect on Monday’s episode of B&B.

HIT: Crew Morrow as Will Spencer. We’re giving Crew Morrow the green light because 1) His chemistry with his TV parents is stellar. Will is realistic about Bill (Don Diamont) and Katie (Heather Tom) getting back together. Sure, if it happens, he’d be happy. But does he need it and is he going to play Parent Trap to make it happen? Nope. And 2) It looks like the show will play up the rivalry between Will and RJ (Joshua Hoffman) more. The scene we got this week with Will bringing up Luna (Lisa Yamada) the Lunatic was so good. RJ needs competition. He’s too comfortable.

What are your hits and misses for the week? Let us know in the comments!