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That's a name I haven't heard in a minute. Thanks!

Well, since I'm still up unexpected past my growing-into-it bedtime. lol. I finally got to rewatch Monday's. I even rewatched Friday's to take it all in. Now that we got the reveal and hit the climax of the SilkPress Sheila storyline, now we get to watch the aftermath and/or turns that come with its climax. So far, so good. Friday left us with three cliffhangers. And what I found surprising was how I felt about them over a rewatch. I know some of you all felt a way about the dialogue during Kat vs Eva. I remember liking it more the first time around and it was nice for them to have these scenes to establish more of a frenemy vibe for them going forward. That still held up. But I found myself agreeing with you all about that dialogue. lol. Still, it was nice to have both of their POVs. Second up was Silk Press Sheila vs the Duprees. And I was happy to get a brief spat with Dani in there. But the rest standouts for me was Anita and Martin. Haters can hate and given the tail end of the episode, I will agree to a fault, but Brandon has impressed and he was on fire on Monday and had great subtle work on Friday. And that subtle work made it all the better. Like I believe I said when I was watching...BC has a much better grip on his character and seems to be realizing what his tics are so has started to be able to know when to turn it up and when to dial it down. And for the most part (emphasis on most), he got that. Meanwhile, TT was giving fierceness, and I was here for every minute of it. Her reading SilkPress. Her being quip about it. Her 'BE STILL.' Ooooo she had a chokehold on me as Anita gave what I was expecting her to SilkPress. WORTH THE WAIT. I also loved Vernon's CHOOSE SILENCE. I wonder though if SilkPress will figure out Martin's condition from her observing Anita and Vernon with him. And speaking of worth it...Oooo YES Nicole vs Ted was worth totally worth it. Oooooo I knew DD would nail it, and it was all so well done. The fight between the part of Nicole who is a therapist vs Nicole as a woman who wants to express how she feels. And being so angry. And how there would be moments when it would shoot out of her. And how she would restrain herself. But how she felt she should not be restrain. Just the levels of processing and layers. And DD played it all so well. I do wish Maurice gave just a little bit more, but overall, I thought he did a good job even if it was just Ted coming across as a deadbeat and not at all redeemable. And Kat being there for her mother was so beautiful. Minority, but I love the montage though yes, it did run a little long. Given how the Duprees like to bond (and also as I mentioned from my own very recent family experiences), it did not seem out of place to me. That said...let's see how the aftermath worked in today's episode. Overall. Cuz RC can be hit or miss.

I believe it. ESPECIALLY that last one.

Which is why I feel that when they do introduce that family it will more than likely be Jacob's family. Otherwise why establish them slowly but surely?

The air...is looooooooooong gone.

Yep. those families would be correct. Looking forward to the rest of Jacob's family showing up.

Amen. LMAO!!! All I take from that...and the NEXT WEEK promo from Friday...is that they will probably FINALLY reveal who it is this week. THIS.

Well it's nice to hear...since I missed the first 30 minutes, but judging from the dialogue...it was a RC day. I figured as much. Tbf Bill said he had SEVERAL things on the Duprees so that is not at all surprising. Ted and Martin were just the beginning. Great minds...

That and half of the time they only got interesting when they were pulling pranks. So even the people who liked it turned on those ladies. Add on the above...and what I said everything about how Production are playing deaf on all things Brynn cuz she was their pet and NO ONE wants to film with her...and it will be a miracle if it comes back.

In light of yesterday's news...I figured it was okay to bump this up. And probably do a rewatch.

Well darn!! Dani gathered Hayley quickly. I was not expecting that and no theatrics either. hehe.

Running late...but...LIVING for the Dani/Nicole scenes. SilkPress was cold-blooded. Oh it WAS Ted at the door. heehee

OOoooo my kind of juicy! Love you, Cheap!!! Same. I am very surprised. And after 14 years, too. Sad.

I agree. Even the discussion about cuts at the end of scenes. I'm binging THE DEFENDERS right now, and it has those cuts. Is it odd? Oh God yes. Heck, I will say it's worse than what has been discussed here because it does not bother me here and this was back in 2017/2018. That said...I am starting to look forward to BTG finding their proper rhythm.

Thank you.

Emphasis on the work...VANISH. I've discussed this at length in the monthly threads on the main A stories as established by Week 1...which Martin's secret was one of them. Most soaps would have an A story one week with all the B/C plots just orbitting about. BTG did that well itself in the first two/three weeks. But like I mentioned before one of the A stories (Dani/Bill/Hayley) they can't keep going to that at the moment since it was already overkill by the end of Month 1. The other one...the Silk Press storyline...was really the only one that has been well-paced in my opinion with twists, turns, and builds...including subplots and near-misses. But that was not going to explode before May Sweeps. So that left Martin's secret...which as I said...started off well. I loved how it started with Martin having problems sleeping, but NO images. Then we got sounds. THEN we started to get images. And NOW those images are getting more established. But before we got all that, his storyline...which has been established to be a main one...vanished for a month and a half. While it worked for the storyline since Month 2 gave Martin (and Brandon Clayborn to grow) time to be more established...along with his family...the story of his secret could have also been a story that had a nice slow burn (which I love) to the show while having the other B/C plots orbitting it. Again, not mad at it since it allowed the audience to learn more about Martin and his family life. It also allowed for other B/C plots to grow on the audience. I also think the story development for that A story might have suffered from the writers still trying to find a rhythm that works for this show. In any case, I also said that I felt they might go old school soap in May. And by old school I meant as an A story is climaxing, the writers take another story that will be the next one and start to build it up again, while also starting another plot as a C plot. And right now, we have the SilkPress storyline climaxing while Martin's nightmares (with images) have finally started to come back into play. I mentioned when I saw the promos of Martin vs Ted that hopefully the reveal would trigger Martin to the point that we FINALLY get to see what he did. So far...how Martin's been acting since the reveal, being so triggered, I still feel that is how we will see how things happened...allowing the next A story to finally take off. Fingers crossed.

Awww

EVER.

I agree. For now. I am sure in a year's time...a new family (or old) will start to appear on the show.

As long as it doesn't become a storyline like Mr. Connecticut. 😜 Thank you for this! I thought Olivetta was the restaurant that burnt down in the L. A. fires! But if it's there, there...neat. ETA: My bad. I made it to the front page of the site. I also didn't know they were divorcing. Wow. Hehe. I liked it, but it was definitely not the same as originalNY. And if it is dead, that just means that Brynn truly was the production pet and with no one wanting to film with her, they would rather cancel than get rid of yet another problematic person...which would be the easy way out. I heard about that. I wonder if she is done filming yet. And I love Vanderpump Villa. Almost done with S2. I still like S1 better, but it's been an enjoyable mess. As a result, I keep going back and forth over which season is better. Love.

Very. It's VERY annoying, too.

I completely understand. I see Julie pop up in the most random places on TV over the last few years and it warms my heart. She's come such a long way. I used to hear about Marissa and her restaurants from time to time as well. It's good to see any cast member doing well because it gives me a feel-good vibe of remember when. Yeah, I hate to agree, but I see it online. I still get the ugh. It's just odd (but not surprising) to see the worst people on their respective shows get to bounce back after their shows ended so horribly due to their toxicity. IKR!!! Now I hope the other cities are also true. I would love to see a successfully-made city around Chicago as well as a Real Housewives of New Orleans. Preferably with an appearance by some castmates from SOUTHERN CHARM: NOLA. Well it was mentioned that it seems like NY was not renewed (and it seems like the cast still talk to each other EXCEPT Brynn) so you might get that retire wish.

Oh, yeah, there's been rumors for at least THREE new HW shows for a while. So far from what I can find...a total reboot with LoL. But I am sure that can change. Le sigh. I can't believe they are letting The Valley grow into a franchise. Meanwhile, Summer House MV, Family Karma, etc are on pause.

First of all...LADIES OF LONDON????????? @Cat @DaytimeFan where are you? lol. Second of all...so that rumor about a new HW show was real???

Also how I feel.