Maxim

God, they should have an encore every few months, so that we'll get these entertaining reactions more often. (don't listen to me, CBS) 😂 Listen, I love how passionate everyone is about this show. With 1 or 2 exceptions, I think everyone is honest in their opinions and their critique is constructive. We all want this show to be good and to stay on the air. That's why we care. I think it's not adequate to compare the level of critique to this new show to the every-day flak the ancient soaps get. It's absolutely normal for us to WANT this show to be better and to have a knee-jerk reaction when we see disgusting patterns or bad dialogue that reminds us of the trashed soaps. We want a better written soap than Bold, that's why we care more. We have bad-writing PTSD. And... if I have to be honest... I've never trashed any soap more than Bold... and I've never cut any soap more slack than BTG. If I open my mouth and start really saying what I think about some of the atrocious dialogue and trashy character decisions... I'll probably trigger a looot of people and that's why I prefer to be more diplomatic and just... wait till I give my final review. This doesn't stop me from agreeing with more critical opinions, BUT from people who actually watch the show and have something to say. There has been a persistent attempt to paint this show negatively from the beginning by a person/persons who I doubt even watch this show. They just want to hate on it. That's something I despise and find incredibly time-wasting to read or engage with. That's why I personally don't fuel their nonsense every day by giving it more and more attention. There should be a clear line between this nonsense and the rest of the people - 99 percent of them in the forum... who are passionate soap opera fans, have taste and give their take on the show - the good and the bad. I want this to continue. I'm not a fan of statements that we should just be happy that we at least are getting a new soap and etc... or an attitude that every critical comment is hate, because it isn't. I'll become harsher when the 1 year mark approaches. So far I'm 50/50 - I like half of the storylines, characters, dialogue... and 50 percent... is just... not good. We'll see how this percentage changes in the coming months.

Up to May 26th, 1992. 🦿 "Ooops, she started walking again." After a little pause (weekend husband stuff), I'm back in Llanview. So what is going on right now? 🔷 Let me start with the big stuff. Blair apologized to Dorian and gave her... her newspaper back. She was expecting a hug from her aunt, but got a nasty threat instead. Dorian vowed to become the legal guardian of Agatha and make sure Blair never comes close to her mother again. She accused her of neglecting Addie and not providing her with proper care. The war of the Cramer women is going into second phase. 🔷 Renee got a great divorce settlement - "The Buchanan Palace" hotel! Asa told her sarcastically that she could even go back to her previous profession and turn the hotel into a whore-house if she wanted to. Ah, you'll regret saying this, Asa. 🔷 The boring "who killed Carlo" storyline continues to drag. Sarah was released on bail and then she and Bo broke into Alex's apartment trying to find evidence. Sarah discovered the "Murder of Scarecrow" cassette tape recording. I have a hunch this tape will help reveal who killed Carlo. Oh and let's not forget - we got a soapy twist, when the "invalid" (who I was expecting is faking her paralysis) Julia Medina... started walking. She not only can walk... she can squat! 🔷 Tina and Cain had their usual in-fantasy conversations that are starting to drag too... I'm so not buying this "love affair". Their biggest adversary is of course, Alex Olanov, who just recently decided she needs to marry the mayor in order to become a high-society woman. At least Alex is entertaining. Tina and Cain are unbearable at this point. I preferred her with Cord, even though he was a chauvinist. Again, Tina has seized having kids and is acting like an irresponsible early 20s single woman. The change was too rush in my opinion. She didn't even mourn Cord... at all before getting in bed with Rogan. 🔷 Blair agreed to be with Max when he visits his friend Joe in Texas. When Asa found out that she did this... he activated all of his connections in Ohio. He even called in a favor so that Blair could become a legal guardian of her mother. He wants to buy Blair off, just so that Max can't have her. So... I assume the battle for who will be Agatha's guardian begins. 🔷 Overall - 8 out of 10! - because the Carlo Hesser murder mystery is really really annoying at this point and I want it to end ASAP. It's 2 months now and every single episode it's the same cartoon-network Scooby-Doo who's the killer stuff. We don't care at this point. Carlo was not the most sympathetic character, so I really don't need 40+ episodes of who killed him. The first 50 percent of this storyline was great, but then when every week they had another person in jail, it became a drag. Clip of the day - Blair slaps Dorian! The SECOND phase of the war is ON!

Absolutely ridiculous. Bradley Bell trolls us every day.

I agree with pretty much all of you guys' takes. We'll see if CBS's gamble was worth it. I hope they learn from it... if it backfires and never do this again. The perceived "drop" in ratings was not substantial to warrant any need for experiments. 5 episodes off... kills momentum, which this show was beginning to have.

Yeeees.

I second this. Have fun @skiman12082004.🎇

Oh no... No... Nooo. Nip and tuck was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. Nooo. Can't be.

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A youtuber that went viral in 2007 when he made a video called "Leave Britney Alone" - he was melodramatically enraged and asking people to stop tormenting Brit and Leave her alone. So yeah, LEAVE our classic soap videos ALONE. I can't imagine how disappointing it is to lose a channel full of thousands of videos that someone was collecting and putting in playlists for years. That's why I have been telling people for years now - anything on youtube is temporary there, download it, before it disappears. That's the sad reality. So much amazing content I've lost because I was too lazy in not downloading it. AMEN! 💓

Up to May 18th, 1992. 💔 "Goodbyes." Today's review will be a bit shorter, because last night I only managed 2 episodes. They had quite the important stuff though, so I will not wait to write it down. It was 2 episodes full of Goodbyes. So what is going on right now? 🔷 Leanne Demerest decided to leave her teenager "husband". Yes, that's right. And she didn't have the decency to take any responsibility for her actions. She blamed Kevin for everything and the rest of the blame was for his mother. Who did absolutely nothing, but try to make her feel comfortable and accepted. Leanne is doing this once again as some sort of emotional blackmail of course, she wants Kevin to beg her to stay. But before that she wants to have some fun with Jason, while she and Kevin are broken up. Ugh, you are pregnant, you piece of sh-t... CONTROL your libido and come to your senses! 🔷 And that takes us to Goodbye number 2 - Jason disappointed me... He picked the moment when Dorian is at her most vulnerable - the moment when she felt like her whole life is broken in pieces... to DUMP HER. Dorian begged him for another chance, but he wanted to take the band-aid fast and cold. He was DONE with her and wished her well. You can do better, Dorian. I like Jason, yes, I love to see his development, but he's still a young man, find yourself a real grown-up, Dorian. 🔷 The new leading suspect for Carlo Hesser's murder is Sarah Buchanan. They caught her just as she was trying to get rid of the gun. Bo blamed Cassie for all of this... and that brings us to Goodbye number 3. Cassie FINALLY stood up for herself and put Bo in his place. You could feel the hurt and the disappointment. I can't believe I used to root for this couple just months ago. They are almost enemies now. 🔷 Max couldn't contain his jealousy, so he basically kidnapped Blair from her bed at Asa's manor. Asa vowed to get Blair back as soon as possible and blamed Max for taking advantage of her when she "didn't know where she was"... And yes, Blair appeared to be really out of it... but was she? She came to her feet as soon as Asa was not watching. Mere minutes ago she was barely opening her eyes, LOL. Victoria must have been right. 🔷 Maggie and Andrew fought about Sarah's arrest. Andrew was repeating his stupidity how Sarah just isn't capable of murder, because SHE IS SARAH - a blue-eyed angel. But then Maggie corrected him - everyone is capable of murder if the right circumstances come about. I can't believe that the Reverend is so naive. Is this man a virgin or something? Maggie was right - one of the most brutal killers have appeared saintly and innocent to their relatives and neighbors. Not all killers look like Charles Manson. Some look like... Sarah Buchanan... who Alex described as - a pill popping bimbo, just as she was leaving the jail as a free woman. Oh, yeah... Alex is back, baby! Overall - 10 out of 10! Clip of the day - Bo and Cassie. The sad ruins of a love story.

Thank you for telling us this! I'm really surprised they would experiment like this... with a new soap. A week off, repeating the 5 episodes from the beginning does not sound like a good strategy to recover interest (if they thought it was diminishing). I would have upped the promos for the new episodes instead. Maybe even done a promo featuring more and more stuff from the future. As much as possible. But hey, maybe they will prove me wrong and the experiment will work. I won't bet on it though. The other issue is the lack of promo for the repeats. A big percentage of people does not browse forums and has no way of knowing what is happening. And the truth is - confusing people is one of the surest ways to lose their participation in anything. That's a basic life-truth. People won't suddenly start watching more when they repeat old episodes. They will just lose trust in that their soap will be regular as usual. We soap fans love the regularity and the schedule of having a new episode every day. That's how we are. Not everyone, but a lot of us are. I'm not saying we'll see a dip in ratings, but if WE do see one... it will be ALL CBS's fault. Not MVJ or the people in the show. I won't blame them one bit.