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I plan to ask a tv psychic tonight and if she tells me... I'll spill the tea. Jokes aside... This may be one of the great mysteries of our time. 😂

Imagine if Bill Bell knew that 40 years later, the character of Brooke will be in the exact starting position she was in 1987 - in "love" with Ridge, but still not able to sustain a lasting relationship with him. All of these years, all of these marriages, all of these pregnancies and scandals later, Brooke is back to her early 20s phase. Bradley Bell has denied her any growth, he has stripped her from anything that is not defined by Ridge. If you close your eyes a little, you may even believe she's the young Brooke from day 1. But she isn't. She isn't smart anymore, she isn't cunning, she lacks ambition and she is predictable. She lets people like Steffy railroad her and she lets Ridge walk over her. She wants a man who calls her daughter a whore and a bitch. It's Brooke, yes, but without any of the character traits that made her attractive and interesting. The traits which... even through Bradley's bad writing, could save the show many times. Gone are the twist and turns of the histrionics, gone are the sexcapades, gone is the determination to win over her adversaries, gone is the creativity in finding new paths for her career, gone is even the girlish humor that made her cute. The only thing left is her romantic-obsessive trait. But that has turned from exciting to pathetic. Because, sweetheart, it's 40 years later and the world has moved on. You are going to die an old bitter woman still clutching your lingerie, still begging Ridge to - "Pick me!". In this current state of the character, she is either incredibly stupid or a mentally ill woman that needs psychiatric help. I pick version 1, because it's obvious Bradley thinks this is normal. The next thing we'll see is Nick making moves on Brooke and Ridge turning away from Taylor. In a year Brooke and Ridge will be married or together again and the only conflict will be Steffy thinking that Brooke is a slut. THAT'S ALL. ddddd.mp4

Imagine if Bill Bell knew that 40 years later, the character of Brooke will be in the exact starting position she was in 1987 - in "love" with Ridge, but still not able to sustain a lasting relationship with him. All of these years, all of these marriages, all of these pregnancies and scandals later, Brooke is back to her early 20s phase. Bradley Bell has denied her any growth, he has stripped her from anything that is not defined by Ridge. If you close your eyes a little, you may even believe she's the young Brooke from day 1. But she isn't. She isn't smart anymore, she isn't cunning, she lacks ambition and she is predictable. She lets people like Steffy railroad her and she lets Ridge walk over her. She wants a man who calls her daughter a whore and a bitch. It's Brooke, yes, but without any of the character traits that made her attractive and interesting. The traits which... even through Bradley's bad writing, could save the show many times. Gone are the twist and turns of the histrionics, gone are the sexcapades, gone is the determination to win over her adversaries, gone is the creativity in finding new paths for her career, gone is even the girlish humor that made her cute. The only thing left is her romantic-obsessive trait. But that has turned from exciting to pathetic. Because, sweetheart, it's 40 years later and the world has moved on. You are going to die an old bitter woman still clutching your lingerie, still begging Ridge to - "Pick me!". In this current state of the character, she is either incredibly stupid or a mentally ill woman that needs psychiatric help. I pick version 1, because it's obvious Bradley thinks this is normal. The next thing we'll see is Nick making moves on Brooke and Ridge turning away from Taylor. In a year Brooke and Ridge will be married or together again and the only conflict will be Steffy thinking that Brooke is a slut. THAT'S ALL. ddddd.mp4

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Up to April 28th, 1992. 🐦 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" So what is going on right now? 🔷 In the search for the Hesser killer we had a new twist that flipped the script on Asa Buchanan. Bitter and scorned, Renee decided it's time to confide in the district attorney and tell him that she lied and gave her husband a fake alibi. Asa was apprehended, but quickly released due to his connections with the mayor. Talk about corruption. Then we had Renee revisiting all the warning signs that she somehow tried to ignore - the little details that made it so apparent that Blair and Asa were getting closer. Renee did what Renee does best - in a gesture of contempt she gave Blair the keys to her house. Told her - he's yours. Take him. 🔷 Dorian's search for the missing pieces of her childhood led her to the hospital where her sister Agatha presumably died as a child. Strangely, the records didn't show anyone named Agatha Cramer passing away from pneumonia. No, they only had one patient with that name and that patient didn't suffer from a respiratory disease, but from paranoid schizophrenia and was transferred to a specialized sanatorium. Following up on that information, Dorian entered the mental institution only to see the sad ruins of people's psyches and the horrific atmosphere that her sister was a part of. In one more stunning twist, she learned that Agatha Cramer was indeed a patient in the hospital, but... passed away in child birth... years and years ago. Dorian broke down in tears. 🔷 Tina did the most stupid thing possible - she slept with Cain Rogan. I really don't know what to say except that Cord has been dead only a few months and she's already sleeping with other men. To me, that's disappointing. Not only this, but Tina has chosen to associate with an incredibly dangerous man that could put her entire family in jeopardy. She is not listening to Viki or anyone who tells her otherwise. Cord was suppressive and controlling, yes, but I didn't realize Tina was THAT stupid and naive. 🔷 Cassie finally had the chance to turn the tables on Alex. She went into to question her about the murder of Carlo. Far from the crying girl that got terrorized on her wedding, this time Cassie was the aggressor and it was a nice change of dynamics. Alex did gloat when she talked about how Bo left her for Sarah, though. And she finished the meeting with something like - It's not even Sarah, YOU are not enough to satisfy a man like Bo and I always knew that. Touche! 🔷 Victoria tried to help bring Renee and Asa together by staging some sort of intervention meeting with the entire family. While organizing it, she overheard Leanne talking to someone on the phone (it sounded very intimate). Mother lion was instantly alerted. Leanne Demerest is the most shockingly ungrateful creature I've seen on the show. Her constant chip on the shoulder make her suspect that everyone thinks of her as "less than". Victoria has tried to make her comfortable in million and 1 ways, but Leanne choses only to see the negative. I get that she feels guilt and is purposely self-sabotaging... but still, lying to an 18 year old boy that you are carrying his child, because you got DUMPED by your lover... is next level tramp behavior. 🔷 Just after asking Renee for forgiveness and practically begging her to NOT divorce him, just mere minutes after... Asa was trying to get into bed with Blair! She put the brakes on the kissing and making out... because she wanted something in return before going further. She wanted Asa to buy the shares of "The Banner" while the stocks were DOWN and low... and she wanted more than 51 percent - a controlling interest. Asa agreed, because he wanted the making out to continue. The old goat gave in to Blair's sex-appeal and took the bait. So... it looks like Blair may soon be the owner of "The Intruder". She promised that she'll give him MORE after that. If this is not high-level escort behavior, tell me what it is. Blair is such a bad, bad girl and I LOVE HER. Not a boring second! 🔷 We have a new male presence in town - Andrew's father - Sloan Carpenter who instantly clicked with Victoria. I couldn't help but wonder if Saint Viki will not slip up and do something that may put her dreamy marriage in jeopardy. She is too morally correct all the time and that is quite boring for a soap opera. Sloan impressed me in his first scenes. He is definitely making a mark on the show. And I can't lie about it - he and Victoria do have chemistry on screen. So I'm really interested where this may lead. Sloan strikes me as this incredibly multi-faceted man, he has a controlling and menacing presence. It will be a shift from the good-guy Clint who only serves to hug Victoria from time to time and give his son Kevin advice. Clint pretty much always does what Victoria wants... and this new person Sloan may be a different kind of man. We'll see. Maybe I'm seeing too much and there will be nothing. 🔷 Overall - 10 out of 10! Clip of the day - Renee gives Blair the keys to her house and her man. "It all began so innocently" - it always does, Renee, it always does. fff_edit.mp4

😂 God I want some cute mid 30s psychiatrist with abs to dive into Dani's alcoholism and self-destructive behavior and tell her that it's probably suppressed jealousy towards her mother and inferiority complex. I mean... your mother is an EGOT winner and you yourself are an ex-medium-level model. Dani is like these celebrity children that lack the parent's talent and the only thing they are good at... is breakdowns and attention seeking through messy divorces and tabloid scandals. Thank God Anita has Nicole. LOOOL.

Every character in this show is basically unhinged at this point. LOL.

Tina has been confusing me for some time now. When I started watching the show she was a bored wife being oppressed by her husband and using these bizarre Luna magic stuff to emancipate herself. What we are getting after Cord's death is a complete opposite - this crazy rebel romantic girl that doesn't seem to have kids anymore. She used to constantly be seen with her kids and now they have basically seized to exist. Maybe it's her way of coping or mourning, who knows... but it's a waaaaaaaaaaaay different vibe. Maybe that's what Tina was before Cord and they are just re-setting her. I have no idea.

Every time I try to watch the Locher Room I end up drifting off... It's like melatonin. 😂

LOL, I stopped thinking about this days ago. Life moves on. So will BTG. At least people who have never seen crazy Dani will have the pleasure of witnessing her in her prime week in the show. 5 episodes of verbal and physical abuse. I may even re-watch them. 😂

Another scene I wanted to clip. Victoria confronts Blair about her alleged dealings with Asa. "You do damage to other people... but you're always the injured party."

Up to April 22th, 1992. ✂️ "The missing Cramer sister." It's a stormy night in Llanview! 🔷 So what is going on right now? 🔷 Alex Olanov surprised her guests at the mob dinner with... a dose of physical abuse. She strangled one of the men and verbally attacked the others. Just when they were counting her out as... a dumb blonde they can walk on... Alex showed them what she is capable of. It's safe to say that the mob world has a new HBIC. 🔷 Cain was arrested and then quickly freed since he managed to provide an alibi - he was breaking into Alex Olanov's apartment the night of the murder and he had the video surveillance footage to prove it. He and Tina did spent a night in jail though, getting more and more intimate with each other through the metal bars. I'm not sure about these two. They are very cartoonish at times... and it's a bit of rush to make Tina so romantically active just mere months after Cord's death. Makes her seem like an easy woman. 🔷 Dorian decided it's time to find out what exactly Blair wants from her. She traveled to her home town in Ohio and met with the woman who is keeping her parents' house. She told her many things that opened even more doors to the past. I got goosebumps. Dorian decided she must visit the hospital where her sister Agatha died next. 🔷 Cassie turned Sarah in for questioning, but Sarah managed to get herself out of trouble (for now) by being honest and upfront with Hank. She told him that she fell asleep and doesn't remember what happened other than watching the lake that night. Hmm. I'm not buying this. 🔷 While Dorian was searching for more information, Addie (Agatha) was slowly going out of control. She wanted to see Max and constantly repeated the word MURDER. In the end she attacked Blair with a pair of scissors. I couldn't help but wonder if the show may completely shock us in the end and reveal it was Agatha who shot Carlo. But that would be so... fantastic and unrealistic. But still... 🔷 As usual, I'm most interested in the Renee-Asa marriage unraveling. Renee fled to Vegas to file for divorce. Victoria and the rest of the family tried to stop her, but Renee was not hearing it. I hope she does divorce this drunken piece of sh-t. But I also hope she doesn't, because then we'll stop seeing these over the top clashes. 😂 🔷 Overall - 10 out of 10! Clip of the day - The public histrionics that make this show unforgettable. It seems that Renee and Asa always fight in front of an audience. I couldn't stop laughing. And that drink in the face... was well deserved. ffff.mp4

She really is. I didn't expect this, because I've always heard people prefer Strasser. Again, I can't compare yet... I'll be able to when I get to mid 1993 (I think that's when she comes back). I have seen some 80s episodes with RS, but not enough to make my mind. I would need to follow her for couple of months minimum. I have no idea how the show will feel after losing 2 of the most leading faces right now - Mia Korf and Elaine Princi.

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I think Dorian right now is very easy to root for, very easy to sympathize with. Elaine Princi is giving her so much dept and sensitivity. I haven't seen that much from RS's Dorian (10-15 episodes from 1986 max)... so I can't talk much about her. But I will cry when this Dorian is gone. I simply love her. I hope that I will care for the character as much as this... when RS is back.

Omg. I've been saying this about the music every week. 1000 percent agree. Some of the bad acting looks even worse when it's happening without some kind of music. Okay, don't use music when Anita is speaking... it doesn't bother me. But... please put some instrumental when the AI robot dating Kat is trying to talk.