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This, OMG what a loss that would have been! I was definitely getting the vibe this was serious since it lasted so long.

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I should have posted here not in spoilers: Thinking about it more, it is so vintage JG. Retcon storyline drawing on "history" by creating a totally new character from a classic one, but also not having her interact with anyone she knew in the past (just the offscreen lunch with Traci!). Create what seems like an intriguing drama (a man who is estranged and won't even speak to his own mother when he learns she's dying!) but then have it turn out to be nothing (he was upset she was working all the time while his father was dying and she explained she was doing it because they needed insurance, all is forgiven easily). Include a convoluted, pointless subplot where he randomly gets another guy to pose as him, with some random "business" stuff thrown in. Something about random job offers from random companies with no offices. The main actor turns out to be good and has potential storylines with his new brother and chemistry with Lily, setting up a love triangle with the new pet character/flavor of the month. Decide to kill him off instead, leaving us with the elderly retcon mother character who was only brought on to introduce the son.

Thinking about it more, it is so vintage JG. Retcon storyline drawing on "history" by creating a totally new character from a classic one, but also not having her interact with anyone she knew in the past (just the offscreen lunch with Traci!). Create what seems like an intriguing drama (a man who is estranged and won't even speak to his own mother when he learns she's dying!) but then have it turn out to be nothing (he was upset she was working all the time while his father was dying and she explained she was doing it because they needed insurance, all is forgiven easily). Include a convoluted, pointless subplot where he randomly gets another guy to pose as him, with some random "business" stuff thrown in. Something about random job offers from random companies with no offices. The main actor turns out to be good and has potential storylines with his new brother and chemistry with Lily, setting up a love triangle with the new pet character/flavor of the month. Decide to kill him off instead, leaving us with the elderly retcon mother character who was only brought on to introduce the son.

Who says they have to go jail?Just have Michael run in all sweaty from getting lost in the maze and say the French judge dropped all the charges offscreen, per usual. Christian Le Blanc can even say it in French!

Not having watched OLTL I would prefer it to be a new character. Doesn't have to be a relative. Could be a society frenemy of Tracy and then if Slezak wants to stay, they can build around her.

Wow, that's dumb, he was a very good actor and a find. What was the point of all that history revision just to kill him off? Geez. I guess that explains why he was in a bad mood on social media lately.

That's interesting! It's actually a Brock and Jill scene that gets used in the end, from when they got married, I think.

It's weird like that. I mostly think it's all crap and political, but I can't help be happy for someone I feel deserves it, even though that lends some credibility to the system.

I can see MCE putting together a good reel from the OCD story and her breakup with Billy. Terrible storyline but her acting was good. I prefer more subtle acting.

NLG owns that. Those Y&R stories were all horrible.

I hope that's enough for CBS not to try this experiment again.

This. Hope he wins.

Thank you!

Ohh, have fun! I trust you and @skiman12082004 to get us something. 😅

Finally coming around to my last couple of notes: 6/16/21 Unrated CBS News Special Report - B&B did release a new episode recap: https://soaphub.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-recap-ridge-and-finn-bonded-over-baddies/ Can't find a better source. It's also on the official YouTube with that date (which is actually not always reliable but I think is correct here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLPN7TU5pTQ 12/19/22 Unrated CBS News Special Report - B&B did release a new episode Recap here: https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/bold-and-beautiful-weekly-recap-for-221219 Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnkHgivnGQd 2/9/21 breakout episode of Y&R was a repeat Recap https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/young-and-restless-weekly-recap-for-210208 Couldn't find an official source, but this message board suggests Eric Braeden's anniversary tribute was aired in some markets last minute: https://soaps.sheknows.com/message-boards/t/no-new-episode-today/762493/15 Y&R 11/5/21 Unrated CBS News Special Report A new episode was released this day. Here's a station that ran it overnight: https://www.wafb.com/2021/11/05/fridays-preempted-episode-young-restless-air-early-saturday-morning/ Recap for the day: https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/young-and-restless-weekly-recap-for-211101 2/24/22 B&B and Y&R both preempted and aired repeats https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2022/02/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-the-young-and-the-restless-repeats-cbs-news-conflict-in-ukraine

Maybe here? (OMG at the gif that comes up when I linked that post! 😅)

Amazing work, glad to be a part of it! I am still looking over 2020-2023 for Y&R and B&B.

Exactly, and my theory is they'd have a lot more budget if they didn't waste it on giving people vanity titles.

I don't comment much on B&B anymore because I have zero expectations. At this point it's like, shame on me for watching.

Thanks! I love those Caroline and Thorne scenes. I do remember on the DVD version, random music was piped over Katie and Rocco at the nightclub, so no dialogue could be heard.

Yes, that's the recommendation. The vault runs off the owner's personal cloud setup so it may lag or crash if trying to stream. And in general, nothing on the internet is safe so downloading and creating your own backup is always a good idea.

I have this marked as a full preemption for Y&R. Some stations aired a repeat. https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/recaps/557954/young-and-restless-pre-empted-impeachment-trial-day-two/ The Young and the Restless will not air today, Wednesday January 22, as the presidential impeachment trial enters its second day in the United States. In some markets, CBS aired a previously seen episode of Young and Restless in which Nikki shares her life story in a letter.

Honestly? Why not?

It's a hack for lazy writers. The history is built in. You don't have to do the work of building the relationship, showing them falling in love. You can just refer to those deep feelings they had in the past and then show them going for drinks a couple of times, and voila, they are a couple. Then you kill someone off and you get the big payoff storyline and write a bunch of scenes about how despondent the survivor is. It literally writes itself, it's like a cheat code, and there you have filled another couple of months of story without having come up with any new ideas.