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Up to December 16th, 1992 🦩 "Santa Bo." 🔷 The Holidays are coming... but the mood in Llanview is dreary. AS USUAL. 😆 🔷 Like something straight out of a horror movie.... or "The Joker", Bo Buchanan's mania has officially entered his Britney Spears 2007 era. The only thing left for him to do is shave his head and beat someone up with an umbrella. I'm so grateful to the writers for doing this without rushing. They could have just buried the irrelevant character Sarah and then made Bo fall in love with Nora in 5 episodes. If this was The Bold And The Beautiful it would have taken even less. Instead, they are showing us all the stages of grief and Bo's scary unraveling. The acting is once again... better than 99.9 percent of what I see on primetime. I can't believe Robert S. Woods didn't get an Emmy for this. I really can't. In a few words - Bo became a crazed Santa, bringing a bag of gifts to "The Banner" and then pretty much assaulting one of the women working there. I think it's time for a call to hot Dr. Jonas and then maybe a long stay at the psychiatric hospital. 🔷 It's been hinted at for months now... Hank's negative reaction to his daughter Rachel going out with Kevin. Well it's finally crystalized into the plain and simple - Hank doesn't want them together, because he thinks that Rachel being with a white man will complicate her life. Nora was the one who dared to finally speak about this directly, even though we had Sheila mentioning it too in the previous episodes. But Nora did it without any sweetening or making it easy for him. Sheila was a lot more gentle in her approach. It's yet another controversial subject the show is talking about. Definitely the scene of the day. As you all know, I adore Rachel and if Hank does anything to ruin her relationship with Kevin... I'll be pissed. But that makes great drama! 🔷 Everyone is finally combining forces against Blair. Tina, Cain, Alex... are now joined by Renee and... even Viki. They just can't decide who is going to be the one to break it to him - tell him that Blair lied about the entire pregnancy thing. Renee had this amazing idea - maybe Blair wanted to fake a pregnancy/miscarriage, so that she can then tell Asa that she couldn't get pregnant anymore, in order for him to stop harassing her for sex anymore. It finally made sense to me. 🔷 Viki said Goodbye to Sloan, but the moment her husband went out of town for business (I love how husbands get out of town the moment the wife starts having doubts about them), they met again at the hospital. Viki tried to be cold, but the second Sloan mentioned he is seeing a doctor, her whole expression changed. There were no words, no dialogue. Erika Slezak... in just one expression told us that she still loves him and is worried about his health. I love moments that don't need dialogue. Later Sloan eavesdropped, hearing where Viki will be tomorrow... shopping for Christmas presents. Oh... my... why do I think I know where this is heading? Overall - 10/10 - the show is taking it slow the past few episodes. But I needed a few calmer episodes after so much drama. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clip of the day Hank vs Nora!

Before. Taylor ran the poor thing over 7 months later. This is from January 2006... one of the more interesting episodes concerning this storyline. It has Susan Flannery in it, which makes it even better. Also one great flashback to the early 90s when the show wasn't a trainwreck... The end of Taylor's "SAINT" image. "We are all whores in this town." And here 7 months later... Taylor's MESS era officially begins. I remember Hunter Tylo talking about how she hated this storyline in her multiple podcast appearances.

It was this scene, written by Patrick Mulcahey, in which Brooke gloats over Taylor's secret coming out about James and her. "Take Ridge and score one for the whores of the world!" - Patrick could make gold out of straw.

When I hear this song I'm instantly remembering the classic bold moments.

This is how I feel every time I switch to dark mode in the revamped SON. 😁

I agree t's kind of stalling... but the good thing for me is that it's at a point where I'm curious about what will unfold. It's not stalling in a bad spot. I still have a lot of unresolved drama that I really care about. If they can take their time without making it boring or losing viewers... I'm all in. That being said... I really want to see the ratings go up, so I'm totally open to some intense drama coming up soon.

It looks perfect now. Thank you @Errol !

Back then... they were protective yes... Especially my dad. I have to call him some day soon and thank him for it, because back then I was not grateful enough... What shocked me in Eva's story was the fact that this guy turned out to be someone who cared for old patients at some home or something like that... You would even think he is a good guy if you didn't know. When his mother told police they used to watch All my children religiously and they showed collage with Erica Kane on the tv... I got goosebumps. What a strange way to remind the general public of this great show... bizarre... scary way.

God I love these big emoticons. Hhahahahhahah. They are crazy!

I just tested it... hahahahhahah.

Having experienced a real-life stalker many years ago, this was very triggering to watch. In my case, it began as a friendship when I was in my late teens, but then when I tried to distance myself... she completely flipped out. She refused to accept that I no longer wanted to be her friend.... and developed delusional ideas that my family was the reason I wanted to distance myself. They were "controlling" me she said. But the fact was... I did it because she continuously gifted me expensive presents I didn't want, which made me feel very uncomfortable. I'm talking jewelry that cost thousands (a ring with her name and my name inscribed inside which was WTF). I'm talking every single book I ever MENTIONED to her... coming to our door wrapped as a present. My family became concerned that this "friend" was spending so much money, without us having even that deep of a friendship. Additionally, she ignored my boundaries, often discussing inappropriate things in detail, despite my repeated requests for her to stop. And as I said... she believed my desire to cut contact came from me being "controlled" by my parents, especially my dad. She even sent messages to him on Facebook, insisting he can't end our friendship and threatening to come and talk to him if he didn't allow me to talk to her. The situation escalated to threats that were about her coming down to the house if he won't allow me to respond... and we had to involve the police. My dad did all of this to protect me, because I was still quite young. And as a guy I never thought I would be scared of a woman like that. Despite that, I continued to receive emails from her for years, which ultimately led me to stop using that email address. Unlike Eva's experience, this was a known to me person rather than an anonymous stalker, yet it was still unsettling and disturbing, especially since I was younger and less experienced at the time. I vividly recall receiving a package containing a pillow with my face printed on it. She thought it would make me happy, but it had the opposite effect. Why would she print my face on a pillow, for what reason.... Even now, I occasionally dream of her, nightmares mostly, but thankfully, I haven't received any sign from her in many years.

I forgot it was sweeps.

Omg just found out that the stalker became obsessed with her while watching All my children with his mother.

The finale of part 1 was shocking. Playing part 2 now.

Watching right now. So disturbing.

She is always in the MOST list of things.❤️ Hahahhaha.

I always think of your words when I have the compulsion to skip ahead! Thank you for keeping me in check! ❤️

@Errol - you are the best!