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I'm waiting for Friday so I can binge the entire week. I CAN'T WAIT. @janea4old - thanks.

I binge-watched the first 9 episodes of the new Beverly Hills season... And I have some things to say. First off... I honest to God have no clue how fans are reacting to this season, since I've completely ditched Housewives forums and media for the last few months. Honestly, I just haven't had the time... so I'm totally in the dark about whether people are loving or hating this season. I think I caught a TikTok clip of Sarah Michelle Gellar calling this season "boring". That's literally the only hint I've got about the audience's reaction... And I'm still behind on all your comments... but I'll catch up once I binge the next episodes and get up to speed with the latest one. So... I might be saying something that won't be popular, who knows... but for me... this is hands down THE BEST season of any Housewives franchise... that I've ever seen in my whole life. And I'm saying this knowing pretty well how subjective this is. This is my personal favorite. I can't believe I'm actually saying this. In fact this is the first season where I'm watching episodes and sobbing like a baby every single time... And I really don't like admitting that... hahaha. I'm not a fan of Andy at all and honestly thought BH would be done by now. So... it's definitely a slow-burn type of drama... but it's getting there. Un-masking Amanda aka All About Eve storyline is soooooo interesting to me. WHO IS THIS WOMAN. I am purposefully not googling anything, because I don't want to spoil it for myself. But she gives me the chills - the way she incessantly boasts about how she purchased this and that... and how she bought HER HOUSE... and not her husband... and how HE IS EVERYTHING... except for one thing - he earns less than she does. Why did you have to say this in front of people? Don't you know how demeaning this is for your husband? I honestly feel bad for this guy... I feel pity that he lives with this woman. It's almost like I'm witnessing MY MOTHER, who is a pathological sociopathic narcissist. This woman is so intensely triggering to watch at times... I've never experienced such disgust and aversion towards any other housewife. EVER. That being said - PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE HER FROM THE CAST. She has the potential to become an iconic villain... even Camille in season 1 wasn't that delusional. Regarding Rachel Zoe... Well... I understand she can be a polarizing figure... and over the years, some have criticized her for promoting an anorexic aesthetic... BUT... just listen to me... I ADORE HER. ADORE. ADORE. ADORE HER. Aaaaaaaaaaand her kid is incredibly WISE for his age, it's soooo amusing. I appreciate how genuine and authentic she has been up to this point. She has surprised me so much, I expected nothing but surface level from her, but she is delivering a mature wise woman. Honestly, Kyle - I have to admit, I've never liked her more than I do this season. Watching her revisit old memories at their old house - sure, it was staged and melodramatic... but I F-CKING CRIED with her. I can genuinely relate to her. It takes me back to my early 20s when I was going through a breakup and just passing by his old apartment was enough to BRING ALL THOSE memories back. THAT SAID - she's still two-faced and untrustworthy... the way she threw Jennifer under the bus just to create drama with Sutton... CHILE. But that is Kyle after all, she will never be anything different. She's a mean girl to her bones. As for Sutton - well... I don't know... she seems a bit dull this season, a bit aimless... I can't connect with her like I did in her earlier seasons. THAT'S ALL for Miss Brown. DORIT - well... she's definitely more in the spotlight than even Kyle at this point... and I bet that annoys Kyle a lot. I love that we're finally seeing something GENUINE from her. I'm definitely on her side in the conflict with Kyle... Kyle has no right to dictate what Dorit can or cannot say about her divorce. UNDER THE GUISE of a friendly advice. If Dorit kept quiet, Kyle would be spinning it as if Dorit is hiding something. So really, Dorit can't win. I'm rooting for her in her war with PK. I used to dislike this woman so much years ago... Now she's one of my favorites. Who knew! Talking about changing my mind? Well, THIS SEASON I ABSOLUTELY ADORE BOZ. She brings a refreshing vibe to most scenes, particularly when Amanda is around. I appreciate her sharpness and her ability to pick up on the subtle cues that indicate someone is lying or pretending to be something they’re not. She was the first to sense that something was off with Amanda. When she suggested Amanda give financial advice to Dorit, instead of anything useful or concrete... all we got was Amanda regurgitating clichés and a bunch of meaningless words. AGAIN - WHO IS THIS WOMAN? So far... so good. I absolutely love, love, love this season. I haven’t skipped a single scene... I’ve cried, I’ve laughed... and I’m on edge about what this Amanda psycho is really about. Let’s see how much better the season gets in episodes 10, 11, 12... and so on... I’m diving back into my binge now... but I already know this is my favorite housewives season ever. Maybe it’s because I feel so connected to these women right now. Honestly... I have no clue if this opinion will be unpopular, but I can’t pretend to hate it. It’s definitely not the DRAMA and fights of the classic seasons... and it’s not as campy and intense as some others... But it feels like these women are finally moving forward - nearly ALL are single... and they’re all stepping into a new chapter. It’s almost like a good old season of Sex and the City, minus the sex part. (We have Erica for that)

Not on YouTube, but they are putting out episodes on a streaming platform called https://www.beond.tv/ We've been talking about it a lot in the AMC topic in the Classic soaps section of the forum. All the updates surrounding that project can be read there.

Can't wait. 😂

Nurse Carter needs to do a psychiatric evaluation asap.

I mean... you don't undress another woman's husband and not get consequences. 😂 Especially if that woman has killed a guy or two... 🫠 Taylor is basically asking for it. Steffy is right - she is inviting trouble. LOL. And Deacon... well... we all know what a man ho he is... He did the same to Bridget back in 2002... Taylor is only following Brooke's steps. That man doesn't respect marriage vows. He will sleep with anything that moves.

I want MORE of this Sheila. ❤️ @Taoboi

I’ve honestly never seen another community (not saying there isn't one) care about BTG the way people here on SON do. The passion is almost over the top sometimes... everyone has their own ideas, their own obsessions, their own hopes... but in 99 percent of the time... it all comes from a place of genuine care and love for the show. This isn’t some social‑media dump where people scream how much they love or hate something every day just to fill the time. SON is way more curated place. Me, I have no issue with the slow place/lack of BIG moments (for now). But when the dialogue starts sounding like some cheap amazon thriller prose, the magic just... dissolves.. and suddenly every tiny flaw becomes apparent. I don’t need big twists every week, like it was in the beginning... and hell... I'd even watch a show set in a single room if the writing was sharp enough. (STILL I can see where other are coming from about the sets.) To be fair, the show feels more natural now than it did in the beginning. Back then it was all... tabloid‑style reveals and characters acting manic 24/7. Now it’s calmer, more grounded, more real. But if you’re going to make viewers wait months for some dramatic payoff, then YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT PAYOFF sooner or later... That’s the price of raising expectations - people only demand quality from things they actually love. And that’s the part some seem to forget or choose to ignore. Usually... criticism isn’t random negativity... it’s a sign of affection. People criticize because they care. So when others dismiss those opinions or act like they’re too much... it's counterproductive to what the show wants to achieve - incite conversation, attention, growth with new viewers and etc. If anything.... silence would be the real warning sign. When people STOP caring and yes... criticizing... that's when the show will be DEAD. I hope I never see that day. AND TRUST ME... Nobody on BTG will cry because someone on the internet said something about the sets or the dialogue.

Trust me... I would trade my sit-in-front-of-a-laptop-editing-other-people's-words... job... IN A HEARBEAT... for a skimpy arctic blue leotard and an ice cold glass of Crystal Light. ❤️

It's getting one note crazier...

I would die of jealousy if I saw my costar in a commercial like this!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. 🤗

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They've literally gone from -1/10 🤣to 7/10 for me. It's almost like someone else is writing the show... or Bradley Bell is channeling his late 90s... early 2000s self. I don't know and I'm afraid to ask why is it so much better... but I pray they keep this up for at least couple of months... so we can have that small oasis of FUN in the midst of the drivel that's to come.

Or that one "writer" that loves to say that each new year of the show is going to be their BEST year yet. LOL.

Forgot to say... Loved JMW-Steffy's outfit in the last episodes. She was the only one giving some fashion in the entire show. Reminded me that this is a show with people in fashion, lol.

Good news... Seeing how Bold have put their entire catalogue... and AMC are also streaming their mid 90s seasons... And now DAYS too... I see a pattern here. Please MORE... and please give us older seasons of all the soaps. WE ALL NEED Classic Young and The Restless from day 1, thank you.

Thank you guys! Interesting list... Crew may be on top... but the only thing I remember is seeing him bathe and be shirtless, LOL... Other than that... he is so forgettable.

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+1 All those sets are much needed at this point. My issue with Joey is how out of place his whole mobster shtick feels in the overall vibe of the show. Maybe I'm the only one that feels this, I don't know... but every time I see him (I'm not talking about the actor) it's like I've accidentally opened somee old forgotten drawer and I'm hit with this moldy grandma's house smell. Someone needs to close that drawer and take the trash out on the way out. And y'all know who I'm talking about. The one note nymphomaniac perhydrol lying fake bitch. If you are going to keep her, give her more than 3 brain cells PLEASE. Me neither. I mean... is this an early 2000s sitcom. Who wrote these scenes? LOL. P.S. I'm finally up to date... with both the soaps I'm watching - Bold and BTG... And I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Bold is more exciting right now... Yes... hell has frozen over... I SAID IT.

The more footage they release... the more worried I am... I looks very fake in some shots... very CGI AI vibe... and I don't like how they've recreated the Motown 25 performance. The way it's lit and the whole vibe... it's like a Lifetime movie version of the original. I pray I'm not right... I want to love this movie.