Hola bafethu! I took it upon maself, as a great fan, that's if I make it home on time, of Y an R and all its plots and twists. I love Y n R. It's so different from all the other sopaies on TV. I also find the storylines don't drag on endlessly like with other soapies. And unlike other soaps, I find that if I miss about a week or two it takes me about 3 episodes to catch up and figure out what happened. With other soaps it takes just 5 minutes.
So here it is people! My 2 cents worth on the soap. These are just snippets of what u can expect this month.
Nick and Jack ran into each other at Newman Enterprises. Jack wanted to talk about the two of them working together – they talked about what a good relationship they had in the past and how Nick saw Jack as a father figure in many ways – and Jack looked at Nick as a son. They agreed to share the blame in the current situation (with Phyllis), shook hands, and buried the hatchet. Nick received a phone call and left.
I think this is the saddest part about this whole saga of Phyllis and her pregnancy. These 2 really had a good relationship going and it's sad to see it end like this.
In the break room at Newman, Nikki and Victor talked a little NVP business, but Victor changed the subject to the fact that he wants to go on a vacation. He showed Nikki information on a retreat in India in the outer Himalayas and said it was the home of Tibetan Buddhism and that he could arrange a private audience with the Dalai Lama. Victor said that he felt he was missing something from his life, and Nikki took it personally. Victor told her not to – that he had questions and that life was a gift that he was wasting. Jack entered with samples of the NVP spa ware robes and noticed that they were distracted. She told Jack that Victor wanted to go on a "spiritual" trip and left. Victor asked Jack if he could keep a secret – he told Jack about his visions of his ex-wife Hope. (does anyone know anything about this Hope person?) Jack thought it might mean that Hope was dead, but Victor said she was very much alive – that she appeared as a white light and spoke to him and told him he could contact him any time he wanted. When Victor asked Jack if he thought he was crazy, Jack said no – but he thought that explained why he needed spiritual guidance. Victor said he had to find answers – that it was driving him crazy. He said that it was important not only for him – but for the world – and asked Jack to help him. Jack said that once he got the answers perhaps he would want the visions to go away. Victor said if that happened he would come back and take the medication. Jack told Victor that Nikki wouldn't understand – but volunteered to handle Nikki for her.
Nikki ran into Nick in the break room and he told her he was worried about how Noah was handling the news about his divorce from Sharon. Nikki told him that all Noah cared about was keeping his family together. Nikki asked him if he and Sharon had discussed custody. Nick said he would always be there for Noah, but for now Noah would be staying at the ranch with Sharon. Nikki told him that they needed to work out the details so there would be no confusion later. She made Nick promise to talk to an attorney, and left. Nick tried to call Sharon on her cell phone but just got her voicemail. Victor joined Nick and asked him if he had found some place to live. Nick said he was staying at the Athletic Club, and that Noah knew about the divorce. Victor was worried about Noah. He told Nick that he was going on a personal trip by himself – but that Miguel would be looking after Zapato and Noah could visit Zapato to cheer himself up. Victor left.
Later, Jack showed Nikki a note saying he was going on a trip – that he had already left. When Jack said he thought the trip would do Victor a world of good, Nikki accused Jack of being an opportunist, and possibly using Victor's absence to advance his position. Jack denied it, though Nikki was skeptical. Nikki said she was suspect that Jack and Victor were new "best friends."
Nikki found Nick in the CEO office and after he told her about Victoria's sudden trip with Brad, she told Nick that Victor had left and wondered if he had told Nick about where he was going – that Victor had been talking about going on a retreat to India to visit ashrams and monasteries – a spiritual retreat. Nick joked about seeing Victor on the ground with his legs crossed chanting, but Nikki didn't think Victor should be alone in his condition. Nick tried to call Victor but he didn't answer. He said that as long as Victor was on his medication, perhaps the time alone would be good for Victor. Later, Nikki learned from Victor's driver that Victor had taken one of the corporate jets. When Jack mentioned that Victor had taken off abruptly before, Nikki said that this time he hadn't said goodbye.
A worried Nick tried Sharon on her cell phone again, and left a voice mail asking where she was – that he knew that the situation was tough – but that she should call him when she could.
Victor was on a jet, staring out the window. Later, he entered Hope's farmhouse and asked if anybody was home. Hope was surprised that Victor was there.
Brad, Victoria, Colleen, and Abby boarded the jet that is supposed to take them on their getaway to Hawaii. Victoria said hi to an older woman who was on board – Brad introduced her as his mother.(?!) Needless to say, Victoria was shocked. Colleen introduced herself as her granddaughter. Abby asked if Rebecca was her grandmother too and Brad said she was. Victoria was clearly disturbed about this and Brad took her aside to begin to explain the situation to her. He told her that there was a good reason that his mother was in hiding and why he couldn't tell her about Rebecca. Victoria was upset that she was learning one secret after another. Rebecca entered and overheard the end of the conversation, realizing that Brad hadn't told Victoria the whole story yet. Rebecca said she didn't want to scare the children, but they needed to leave as soon as possible. Rebecca went back out to the main cabin. When Victoria realized that Brad wasn't planning on flying out with them until he "tied up a few loose ends," Victoria insisted that she wasn't going either.
Victoria and Brad promised Abby and Colleen that they would soon meet them in Hawaii. Rebecca told Brad that she never thought that "they" would find Brad again – she thought his family would be safe forever. She blamed herself, but Brad assured her it wasn't her fault. Brad and Victoria said their goodbyes (Colleen made Brad promise to tell her if he heard anything about JT) and got off the plane. Abby asked why Rebecca never visited them before, and Colleen said it was because she lived in Europe. After they took off, Abby went to use the restroom and Rebecca wondered how much Brad had told Colleen. She said they she knew about the stolen art and the murdered family and about the real Brad Carlton. Rebecca said that then she knew everything. Colleen said she couldn't believe Brad never told her he was Jewish. Rebecca said that the real Brad wasn't Jewish so they thought it was better if they hid that. Rebecca said she was sorry that what she had done had affected Brad's family – but the one good thing is that she got to meet her grandchildren. Later, Colleen told Rebecca about returning to Genoa City from New York and about her boyfriend JT – and how he had been missing since he went to Cleveland to investigate her father. Rebecca was concerned when she heard about JT.
In the car, Brad apologized to Victoria for not telling her the truth, and said that his mother was in danger. Victoria wondered then why Brad would bring her around the children. Brad said he didn't want to lose his family again and that was why he wanted Victoria and the girls at the safe house in Hawaii. When he told Victoria that he would tell her all at the office, she demanded that he start telling her now. He began by telling her that Brad Carlton wasn't his real name – that his real name was George Kaplan -- that he had been forced to change his identity 20 years ago after his father, sister, and aunt were all murdered and the evidence pointed to him -- but he said he was set up. When Victoria asked him if he went to the police he said no -- that he was just a scared, grieving kid and that the killers were after his mother -- they had killed his aunt thinking she was Rebecca. Victoria asked why they would want to kill Rebecca and Brad said they didn't want her to reveal secrets that she's known for over 60 years -- and that's why they went into hiding. Victoria questioned whether Brad/George HAD actually killed his family -- and Brad told her that she knew better than that. When Victoria asked him why he put them all on the plane, he said that he may have been found out -- and the whole family -- including her -- may be in danger!
When they arrived at his office,he told Victoria the whole story: Rebecca was a World War II holocaust survivor – but because she spoke German it kept her out of the gas chambers and working for the commandant cataloging works of art taken from wealthy Jewish families. She had memorized as much as she could about the works of art – who they originally came from, etc., and made it her mission to restore the stolen works to their rightful owners after the war ended. When Victoria said it sounded like Rebecca was a brave woman, Brad agreed that a lot of her work had been dangerous – that she was the star witness at the commandant's war crimes trial – and that he ended up executed, and a lot of stolen property was returned. Victoria said she had met a few collectors when she stayed in Europe who would have paid any price for a masterwork -- no questions asked.
George changed his name to Brad and helped get Rebecca underground. When Victoria asked him why he took the name "Brad Carlton" he told her that Brad Carlton had been his best friend – but when the real Brad was killed in a hit and run accident he had switched id's, wallets, etc. and took Brad's identity. Since the real Brad was estranged from his father and his mother was dead, he wasn't missed, and everyone assumed that the decomposed body was that of George Kaplan. He said that he drifted around after he got out of the Navy and ended up in Genoa City. Victoria asked why all of this was being stirred up now. Brad said that it was because JT had done a background investigation on him – and found a connection between "Brad" and George Kaplan that must have alerted someone – and that's probably why JT disappeared. Victoria was shocked to hear that JT had disappeared and asked Brad if he was dead. Brad assured her that he would do everything in his power to make sure that JT wasn't killed. When Brad apologized for keeping all this from her, she was furious and said he shouldn't have – she also wondered why people would be after him after all these years – that the only people she could imagine being after him were the police, who thought that George Kaplan murdered his family. Brad told her that there was still artwork worth millions out there, and not all of it was out in the open – that museums, collectors, brokers, and black market dealers who had pieces of stolen artwork didn't want to give back what they had paid a lot of money for. Victoria asked if the man in his office claiming to be a real estate broker real was really a real estate broker and Brad said no. He knew that Victoria was furious with him – but for now she had to get to the safe house with Rebecca and the kids. Brad's phone rang.
An unconscious Sharon was put into the trunk of a car. Later, a weak JT awakened, still tied to a chair, with the mystery man beside him. He asked the mystery man why he was doing this, but the man didn't answer – he left. JT realized that Sharon was tied to a chair right behind him! He called out to her and she eventually came to. She asked where she was and JT said that it was some kind of a construction site. Sharon finally realized it was JT she was talking to. She asked him what he was doing there and he said he wasn't sure – but that it had to do with a case he was working on. Sharon said that she went to Brad's house and that there was a man there. JT said that what was going on had to do with Brad Carlton – that the man kept asking him about Brad so that he must be getting closer to the truth – and the possibility that Brad was a murderer! Sharon insisted that it wasn't possible that Brad killed anyone. The "real estate broker" man returned and told JT that he was of no use to them anymore as he hadn't been giving them information. He then stuck a syringe in him and Sharon screamed as JT went unconscious.
Brad answered his phone after noticing on the caller ID that it was coming from Cleveland – it was the "real estate broker" man who was holding Sharon and JT. He told Brad they had his wife! Brad stared at Victoria as he told the man to put his "wife" on the phone. Victoria was shocked! The man told Sharon to say hello to her husband. He put the phone to her ear and she said hello and asked if anyone was there. Brad realized that it was Sharon who they had!!
Eish! As much as this is all so interesting I wanted to know what's gonna happen with Nick and Sharon bathong! I guess the focus this month is on the Brad saga...
Well there u have it folks! If u peeps like this then there'll definately be more next month!