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Agree completely about the wrecked Burgi storyline. I never thought Robert Newman was that great on ATWT -- he was the leading man in one of those soap opera "love of my life" relations with leading lady, Reva (Kim Zimmer), who had been married to every male in the cast at one time or another, including his father and brother, IIRC—like Brooke on BB or Sharon on Y&R. By the time Reva got around to Josh (Newman), it was hard to see how anyone could still find her character attractive. Incest seems to be okay on soap operas as long as it is by marriage.

One other character I really liked who was dumped from Y&R was Donny Boaz, native of Texas, who is a very manly, friendly guy and who played Chance at the time he and Abby fell in love. Boaz liked Trump, but Braeden hated Trump and wanted Boaz gone. That sad sack wimp they have playing Chance now is not believable as a battle-hardened veteran and undercover operator, even one with PTSD. Now he's getting dumped from his marriage, after being a cuck and letting his child be in joint custody with his wife's surrogate baby daddy. Y&R writers hate normal parent-child relations.

Donny Boaz

I agree 100% about Danny Boaz. He’s a man’s man - I can’t stand the new “Chance”. He’s as boring as “Abby” and such a wimp. I do like “Abby” real life husband Justin Gaston when he pinched hit as “Chance”. Also, I loved the early storyline of Josh and Reva on Guiding Light.

Yeah, how Boaz was dumped from Y&R is really appalling. Frankly, he should’ve sued for discrimination and wrongful termination. I don’t have a gripe against the present actor in Chance’s role. The writing is more to blame than anything the actor is doing, and not allowing him to develop any chemistry with Melissa Ordway. You could tell the whole surrogacy thing was going to be a fiasco, which it was. Killing off Rey Rosales, who would’ve been his friend and partner, also isolated the character, too.

Remember, though, he dumped Abby after he and Amanda walked in on Devon & Abby in delicto flagrante, so he at least didn’t put up with that nonsense. Frankly, though, he should probably just walk away from a relationship with Abby & Devon’s progeny. Seeing the kid would always be a reminder of the destruction of his marriage. Probably better for the character to leave the show entirely because of how the writing isolated/alienated him from everyone else.