We turned the television on at 11 a.m. and there, just
like they have been since I was in high school, was one of television’s
superstar couples, Nikki and Victor from “The Young and The Restless.”
Victor’s a little grayer, and Nikki looks like she’s had
a little touch-up surgery, but there’s no mistaking the popularity of a couple
that’s divorced, reconciled, fought and loved each other to the extent these
two have over the past 30 years.
“So what’s the problem this week?” I asked my mom who’s an
avid Y&R fan.
“We’re not sure who the father is of Nikki’s son,” she
replied. Then she gave me the background of all of Nikki’s affairs and the possible
blood lines of her children.
“People who post to the message board have all kinds of
ideas about what Victor’s up to and what Nikki’s next scheme will be,” my mom
added.
My youngest brother was in the room with us, and he tried
to hide a smile behind his laptop.
It’s
hard for him to understand the trials and tribulations of the people in Genoa
City and why their shenanigans have kept viewers captivated for years.
The
story of Nikki and Victor includes numerous divorces, amnesia, alcoholism,
betrayal and murders. You know, all the run-of-the-mill tribulations every-day
people face.
“I’d never get involved in those soaps again,” I told my
mother, opening my laptop to check my email. “All those ridiculous storylines that
nobody could ever believe.”
The first email was from my son, Stephen. He and I routinely
compare notes on HBO’s popular mini-series “Game of Thrones.” I’d sent him an
email after the season finale so we could compare our thoughts about what’s
going to happen in the next season.
My
main question was about who’d be riding the dragons when the series returned.
He replied that the message boards were hot for Bran
riding a dragon, but we’re not sure because Bran, who has the gift of second
sight, will probably become a seer and bond with the heart tree.
Then
there’s the fate of The Imp, who just finished killing his former lover and his
father, and the evil Cersei Lannister who had three children fathered by her twin
brother, Jamie. Don’t even get me started on the anguish Jon Snow is feeling
after watching the love of his life, Ygritte, die right in front of his eyes.
My brother asked what I was doing and I told him I was
drafting a message to my son about the “Game of Throne’s” finale. My mom asked what
I was talking about and I started filling her in on the show’s back story.
Just
about the time I got to the part about Daneryn “Khaleesi” Targaryen being the
mother of dragons and hatching them out of the fire, my brother looked at me
over the top of his laptop screen.
“So you want to give Mom a hard time about watching a
soap opera when you’re discussing the fate of flying dragons?” he said, a smile
on his face.
I
started to say the show I was watching was much more highbrow than an ordinary
soap, but clamped my mouth shut when I realized the big pile of hypocrisy I was
stepping into.
I’m just as guilty of being a soap opera addict as my
mother, but secretly, I know I’m a cut above. After all, “Game of Thrones” is
science fiction and the first word in that description is science and that’s
about real stuff.
Now let’s see what the message boards have to say about Jon
Snow’s hair…
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