Here's a quick recap, if you've forgotten: Philip Chancellor III returned from the dead after twenty years and revealed to his family that he'd faked his death because he was gay and hadn't felt that he'd be accepted. At the same time, Victor Newman's scheming son Adam felt that his lawyer, the openly gay Rafe, was getting too close to uncovering Adam's crimes, so he pretended to have feelings for him, even going so far as to hook up with him to keep him from learning the truth.
There were rumors that a Philip and Rafe pairing was in the offing, but then the show wrote Philip out and Rafe went back to occasional appearances in his capacity as a lawyer, with no hint of a love life. Adam, meanwhile, moved on and is now married to his former sister in law, even though he also secretly took her child and let her think it was dead.
I was a bit bitter over the way that the stories were handled on Y&R, especially after co-head writer Scott Hammer made the following statement at the end of the summer:
"At this point, we are not doing a gay story, and we never actually were doing a gay story. What we were playing with Rafe was the lengths to which Adam will go to accomplish his goals. And what we were really seeing was that he would stop at nothing. And, at this point, I don't see a future for Rafe and Adam."
Still, I knew that the adorable Yani Gellman was still appearing as Rafe now and then, and after I read that Thom Bierdz would be returning to the role of Philip in early 2010, I wondered if there might be a pairing between the two after all and started keeping a closer eye on things.
On today's show, Rafe and Billy Abbott met for drinks. Billy was digging for dirt on Adam for a story he's writing and knew that something had gone on between Rafe and Adam. After telling Billy that, as a lawyer, he'd worked with lowlifes and sociopaths galore but had never met anyone as devious as Adam, Rafe said he'd like to see Billy bring Adam down.
Rafe mistakenly thought that Billy had already found out that he and Adam had been involved and proceeded to open up on the matter.
Rafe went on to explain that he'd been getting too close to uncovering the truth after his aunt was falsely accused of gaslighting Ashley, that Adam had proceeded to distract him until suspicion shifted to someone else, at which point Adam's feelings for him had suddenly vanished.
Billy wondered how big Adam's secrets must be if he'd be willing to go to such extreme measures to keep them quiet. Rafe was a bit offended, but Billy asked if Rafe would ever consider sleeping with a woman to save his 'own little ass' and Rafe agreed that he'd never do that.
It wasn't much, but now that Billy knows about the affair and plans to expose it, there could be more going on with this story in the near future. I'd certainly love to see more of Rafe, though I'm probably getting my hopes up for nothing given this show's track record with LGBT stories.
On today's show, Rafe and Billy Abbott met for drinks. Billy was digging for dirt on Adam for a story he's writing and knew that something had gone on between Rafe and Adam. After telling Billy that, as a lawyer, he'd worked with lowlifes and sociopaths galore but had never met anyone as devious as Adam, Rafe said he'd like to see Billy bring Adam down.
Rafe mistakenly thought that Billy had already found out that he and Adam had been involved and proceeded to open up on the matter.
Billy: Look, I'm going to need the whole story if I'm going to nail this guy.
Rafe: I don't even know the whole story. I was getting close, though, and he knew it. That's the only reason it happened Billy.
Billy: Uh huh.
Rafe: He played it perfectly. Reluctant, unsure, the whole time just reeling me in.
Billy: So it was a con?
Rafe: See, nobody gets that! Heather thinks it was my idea, she still barely even talks to me.
Billy: Yeah, but you were his lawyer.
Rafe: No, not by this point. You can't get involved with a client, you'd get disbarred.
Billy: (after a few speechless moments) You... you and Adam.. you were.. um.. you were.. you were... you were involved, involved? Like-
Rafe: You said you knew!
.......
Billy: You're telling me that Victor Newman's son is a bisexual?
Rafe: No.
Billy: He's gay?
Rafe: No. It was an act.
Rafe: I don't even know the whole story. I was getting close, though, and he knew it. That's the only reason it happened Billy.
Billy: Uh huh.
Rafe: He played it perfectly. Reluctant, unsure, the whole time just reeling me in.
Billy: So it was a con?
Rafe: See, nobody gets that! Heather thinks it was my idea, she still barely even talks to me.
Billy wasn't sure what Adam's ex girlfriend had to do with anything and Rafe explained that she'd been jealous over the time he was spending with Adam.
Billy: Yeah, but you were his lawyer.
Rafe: No, not by this point. You can't get involved with a client, you'd get disbarred.
Billy: (after a few speechless moments) You... you and Adam.. you were.. um.. you were.. you were... you were involved, involved? Like-
Rafe: You said you knew!
.......
Billy: You're telling me that Victor Newman's son is a bisexual?
Rafe: No.
Billy: He's gay?
Rafe: No. It was an act.
Rafe went on to explain that he'd been getting too close to uncovering the truth after his aunt was falsely accused of gaslighting Ashley, that Adam had proceeded to distract him until suspicion shifted to someone else, at which point Adam's feelings for him had suddenly vanished.
Billy wondered how big Adam's secrets must be if he'd be willing to go to such extreme measures to keep them quiet. Rafe was a bit offended, but Billy asked if Rafe would ever consider sleeping with a woman to save his 'own little ass' and Rafe agreed that he'd never do that.
It wasn't much, but now that Billy knows about the affair and plans to expose it, there could be more going on with this story in the near future. I'd certainly love to see more of Rafe, though I'm probably getting my hopes up for nothing given this show's track record with LGBT stories.
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