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smh.

Yeah, I saw that opinion growing online and worried about Karen just a little bit. What clips I've seen (I'm hoping to sit down to watch the reunion tonight), it almost does not seem like she is missed. A potential mis-step for her. Yeah. You know I was her biggest fan here, but even I feel she can go. THIS.

You better speak on it!!! I feel I like this one even more than the other one. I feel there was more...personality to it.

I don't think I've been this way about a soap in a good minute. Or at least that non-wedding of Peter August on GH. lol. I was stepping out of work and someone might have needed something and I sooo side-eyed. And then several streets were blocked by the police and fire department. I hoped everything is okay, but I did eyerolled. I haven't been so aimed on a soap in a good minute. Coming on soon... Ooooo I take that as good praise coming from you. You are giving me life since she is my favorite. I feel that. Outside of the Damian storyline on Y&R...I have no immediate desire to watch the other soaps this week...lol. Now re-watching the Gates on the other hand...

Yeah, you can add me to the ground that can't tell Jacob and Andre a part. But hey...in time.

Waking up to all the Nicole love warms my heart. Looking forward to Episode 2.

Thank you for this. I admit I was wondering about her a little bit. And she's in a movie with Adam Huss. Cool.

Amen.

Thank you!!

Truly the end of an era. I was not always in there, but it always flowed and it was an excellent lifeline to this very moment. Thank you for that. We made it!!! And now the beginning of a new era. @BetterForgotten I finally saw your comments from the Paley Center while I was out on an introspective walk. Well done for those. Worth the wait. @marceline I definitely look forward to your comments once you get around to watching since I've always enjoyed your comments on soaps in the past. And on a different board. Her look during the family walkout (and TT did it) was EVERYTHING. I love you. And also happy you got to see it.

I liked him BITD. And I respect that he made it to...and maintained his looks at 50 looking hot as sin. Made me think of that year that Sean Penn did the same thing to show off in that black see-through shirt...just because he could when he turned either 45 or 50 himself. It took me a while to get used to CLB ditching the dye. Heck, I didn't even realize until people pointed it out. He still has his looks even now, but he was truly looking like a sneak wining and dining Lauren. And I was just giving credit where it was due. If anything, I'm jealous. lol.

YW. I knew it would but I am impressed at how we all are discussing this (412 posts and counting). And I'm still thinking about little odds and ends. I really liked it. I can't wait to go back later. I am so excited to see what the rest of the week holds as well. I know I will lose it if we get a Friday cliffhanger come Friday. Good to be in on a soap from the start for the first time in decades.

2-19 Oops. I've so busy getting ready to devour BEYOND THE GATES, I don't think I finished watching 2-18. lol. That said...this episode continued the trend of being mildly interesting due to the lack of the Damian storyline. That said...I did like the Daniel/Summer scenes. And he was not wrong to call her out on her jealousy. He was also not wrong in calling her Giggly Heffa 2.0. Just ugh at how Summer is being written. That dinner sure did go left fast. I liked that Kyle caught on that Victor was up to something. And I'm always here for Jack/Diane vs Victor/Nikki scenes. Moreso for Diane vs Nikki scenes. So that was brief and good. Though I wonder what Victor is about to do. And mmmmm to Michael's bod and that he and Lauren got some lovey dovey time.

Good to see you in thread. And I agree and love that quite a few people like the family walkout.

Awwww

Now that I think about it, I think off Episode 1, my favorites are Nicole (of course), Anita, Vanessa, Jacob (for obvious reasons hehe), Vernon, and Chelesa. That's cute. I also agree.

All I have to say is those side looks told so many tales that I'm looking forward to seeing on this show. Not to mention the eye-candy. I love slow burns so I liked the first episode. I felt like they held a lot back and at the same time hinted at soooo much. I thought the whole set-up for the episode was good. It all built up to an event...Vanessa telling the most powerful family in town that their current enemy was moving down the street from them, leading to that Dani vs Hayley confrontation and that whole family walk out (TT...you...betta...STRUCT!!! Love Nicole's little smirk and even her daughter...Kat? had a little look). I even loved seeing La Dame...but I love RHOP. I wouldn't even call it slow really because they dropped the audience in and still gave more show than tell for me. Like the fact, the affair happened/was revealed two months ago which puts Dani in an interesting light versus if it happened last week. No wonder Anita and Nicole are at the stage they want her to start building herself back up. Friends get tired of their friends crying over some lover that hurt their friend around 3 months. Picking up on Jacob's job. The fact that Chelesa and her mother Dani have some tension. The fact that Bill has cheated on Dani before now. Mentioning the election...bravo to whoever mentioned it in the other thread. Just little intrigues all around. I loved that Nicole got first shot. Dani might be the wild child/focus point, but Nicole might be the heroine. I'm already intrigued by the whole Anite/Dani/Nicole dynamic. There was so much said and so much that was not said. That subtext. Dani, Dani, Dani. For all the things that make you root for her, I liked that the writers already set up things that will make her maddening and not seen in a good light. Cuz Vanessa giving her the advice about how to not make Chelesa pay for what Bill did...just felt like foreshadowing. And I liked that we already got a feel for how Chelesa feels. But that's another thing I liked about the first episode, I felt we got a lot of what made characters tick. Just layers. I liked a lot of the sets, but I agree I was meh on the hospital set as well. Can I just say Jacob is hot? lol. I liked something so simple as his first day on the job and all him and Naomi wanted to do was sleep together all day. lol. I thought it was so simple, so nice to see love in the afternoon, and it showed their love and who they are, already making them a nice rootable couple. I thought the white couple was meta. For years, we have soaps where black characters are the Talk-Tos and C plot characters and they simply flipped that script. Someone somewhere in the audience probably had a good giggle. It was nice they were nicely established as a goody-two shoes (for now) couple and tied to some of the other more major characters. Easily the weakest link of the episode. Not enough Bill, but already being showed to be a powerful man. My bad. A powerful HOT man. Still looking forward to more tea on his past affairs. Anita is LOVE. And when I look back in the years ahead, I will remember she looked fabulous and got the first main character line. But I loved that the show had a lot of set-up dialogue-wise and NONE of it felt forced at all unlike other soaps. It flowed and the conversations felt like actually conversation even when part of me knows it's exposition. I thought it was really well-done. It very much stands out. I loved it. Just being greedy for more. Don't mind me. lol. Them facts. I was living. *sighs in relief* I was just being greedy lol. I thought it was so good and so much going on. I even attempted a rewatch and then my brother called. How my system is now set up *cough*stupidlandlord*cough* it was a one and done, but family has been very important as of late so it's okay. He surprisingly did not know about a new soap...so gotta get him invested. Oh for sure...but I see Vanessa immediately as comic relief...ironically another trope that is using reserved for black people. I agree what you mean about the 'downstairs' side of the couple, but it also just felt deliciously on the nose. But again, I'm liked it all...whether it was intentionally meta or not. And...YES. Health car workers are always dragged into soap messes. It's why I also thought Jacob and Naomi had their talk about him going to see Ashley, the nurse...going ahead to set up to have her and her man tied to the incoming Dupree drama. That was smart writing.

No, no, no. That was not a complaint. lol. I really, really like the font. It's one of my quirky random things I like. I would just love it if it was bigger...if that makes sense. Not hating on it at all.

Ooooo SHADE. Same as well. I don't know all the names yet, but I do feel they did such a great job for the most part of giving us a feel for the characters and their visual dynamics while hinting at potential dramas at the same time within dynamics. I want to call them random, but I feel like they are there not only for the meta fact that historically black characters have been the Talk-Tos/C plot for years and now that role is flipped. But at the same time, they are used to grow in that part of the demographic...just in case.

Beautiful to see. I'm a sucker for font and had no notes if only to see it enlarge jusssst a little.

I noticed that as well and loved it as a Nicole fan. And I saw Anita got the first major character line. It made me wonder if they will be the main heroine POVs as time goes on.

Well, well, well...look at that. Gizelle DID say something. No reason that should not have been in there cuz everyone would have been on Gizelle's side.

Assuming of course. Which is why I can take RH's words a lot more than FV. But that is also why I can agree to disagree.

Well...HELL-LO.

hehe. I can vouch as well as my mother still using it and quite a few of my aunts. Heck, I'm not against saying it from time to time either. Hehe. Love that.