Re: Y&R ~ Here's a twist for you (spoiler speculation)

FirstHit:
I don't think a Marge DNA thing will be any more tedious than any
other way the writers might choose to resolve the story
_at_this_point_.  

If they resolved it on ONE episode, as you said in your post, that
would be one thing; but you KNOW the exhumation, DNA tests, and
results won't all happen in ONE episode. I agree with you that the
alternative -- testing KAY's fingerprints, DNA or dental records with
known samples -- might also be tedious *at this point*, but at least
they would be a more logical first step than exhuming a body! But ...
since we're prefacing everything with "at this point," at this point,
it's probably pointless to even consider logic or common sense.

But, like you, I would have preferred that they
resolve the story in a believable way earlier on.  I don't mind
suspending disbelief a little bit so they can drag the story on
_a_bit_, but they should give us reasons why the results aren't coming
in.  The fact that EVERYONE in GC hadn't thought of most of the ways
of wrapping things up does not qualify as an acceptable reason in my
book.

Exactly. +1.

I have actually enjoyed the Marge story, maybe because I wasn't around
the first time Marge/Clint pulled their scam.  But the totally
unrealistic way everyone in GC went DUMB with the DNA/fingerprints/
dental definitely took away from my enjoyment of the story.

I was around the first time this story ran and didn't enjoy it then
because the premise was SO totally beyond belief (unrelated look-alike
that is SO identical that even a spouse can't tell the difference when
he sleeps with her! LOL) and characters went DUMB then, too. Rex
wasn't a dumb man. It was painful to watch him sense that she was not
quite herself but couldn't quite put his finger on it! Puhleeze.
Ignoring something *as obvious* as DNA/fingerprints/dental isn't just
your everyday soap opera suspension of disbelief, it's downright bad
writing.

Shirl

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