We here at Soaps.com take The Young and the Restless to task a lot — based on your reactions to our polls, justifiably so. And, since we

never stop rooting for the show to slay, it pains us to be negative. Genuinely, it does. So it is a delight to be able to say that I am loving a storyline on the show.

 

 

Which one? Daniel and Tessa. They are heartbreaking together. And that kiss — zoinkies! That was the kind of swoon-worthy soap moment I’ve been wishing Young & Restless would give us a whole lot more of. It felt like what it was: a long time coming. Tender and passionate and inevitable and doomed. (Or is it?)

 

 

At the hospital, Sharon tells a nurse that she read her son a book and his hand twitched; Noah must be improving; he was trying to communicate something. She’s told it was probably an involuntary muscle contraction, and that it’s a good sign that her son’s condition is unchanged. Sharon snaps at her, and then apologizes.

 

 

Returning to Noah’s room, Sharon starts reading Tom Sawyer to Noah again, but his hand doesn’t twitch, which makes her teary. “You have to come back to us, just like Tom and Huck did!”At the L.A. hotel café, Claire catches Kyle watching Holden speak animatedly with Sienna. She asks what he’s doing. Kyle thinks the more important question is what is Holden doing… and who is he doing it with?! Claire explains they’re old friends and reminds him that he promised not to bother her. He should stay at another hotel. The longer he hangs around the more it pushes her away.Claire joins Holden and Sienna, and Kyle’s surprised to see Nick appear. Kyle learns that Noah is in the hospital. He remarks on Holden and Claire’s friend, and Kyle tells him her name is Sienna Bacall. Nick barks, “Are you kidding me?” Kyle shrugs, telling him that she owns some bar called The Shadow Room and knows Holden. Nick walks over to greet Claire.