Ashland Locke’s life had a major downturn when, after losing his fortune, he seemingly lost his mind and went to a dark place seeking vengeance on Victoria. The story built the tension to what should have been a surprising and staggering ending; however, it ended up leaving a lot of fans disappointed that there was no payoff. One fan wrote on Twitter of the ending, “If this is how the saga of Ashland ends I am so disappointed that this is where we ended up.” Another upset fan responded with, “All we got was scary music, lots of build-up & anticipation, and Ashland losing to the Newmans daily. What a let-down.”
Another fan expressed the general audience consensus, saying, “‘Y&R’ just can’t seem to stick the landing. Every story they do the ending is a dud.” Even Soap Opera Spy lamented that Ashland went out with a whimper instead of the bang that was anticipated by viewers.
Soap Dirt theorized that Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) may have helped Ashland fake his death. Echoing that, a fan responded to the Twitter post with, “I think he’s going to be a mystery for awhile. The infamous Billionaire Ashland Locke? Stranger things have happened.”
So is this the end of Locke? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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