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Ah, thanks @rsclassicfanforever for asking about the other shows even if the news is disappointing! B&B certainly is the perfect show for this sort of release... only 30 minutes, less than 4 decades and with great narrative continuity where a current viewer could watch day 1 and perfectly understand what's going on and even recognize some of the sets! (But, I'm not sure what a viewer from 1987 would think of today's show :D)

I've never really watched her work, but she looks the part and has to be better than Rylan.

Yeah I'm kind of shocked because DVD is becoming obsolete and it's a one time purchase vs having to pay monthly for streaming and hasn't it been like a decade since the first release?? I feel like it's a great sign that the Bells are still working these deals and there's still interest. It shows that putting the show on YT for free has actually not hurt them. Perhaps German fans were interested in the streaming episodes and they determined there was a market for the dubbed version. Soap fans skew older and may be less likely to be fluent in English.

The sad thing is that this is all true, and the networks have finally determined that they can keep the soaps on the air if they just keep cutting the operating budget and try to never do any storylines that are controversial or will rock the boat to keep the loyal audience they do have. It's all a math game now. There was a time when the soaps were fiercely fighting to grow their audience, and a lot of was very cringe (Reva's clone!) but they were trying. Now GH is the only one that halfheartedly tries (writing shakeups, bringing back popular actors). Maybe that's because they're in last place of the soaps on network TV. Then you have Y&R who must have some exec who sits and decides if characters are going to a concert, will they just have them recap it in the coffee house or spring a couple of bucks to use green screen. It's beyond embarrassing and super hard for me to see how this airs on the same network that's investing in a new soap.

That's impressive! Good for Chapman and Lynde!

Yeah the same footage. Or just recycle the footage of Dollar Bill demolishing Spectra. 😅 I was cheering for that to happen! Luna was looking for help but Bitchy Aunt Li only offered Poppy her "advice" over the years. What actress?

Definite fail compared to Ridge driving his car through Morgan's house. 😅 Boring ending!

I was expecting her to take it out at the gravesite but obviously not complete the act... Britney Spears' paternal grandmother died that way, at her baby's grave. I caught that when Kristina was talking about "Adela" that Alexis sort of cringed and said "the baby"... poor woman is never going to be able to refer to her granddaughter by name at the risk of offending one daughter or the other.

Carly did it to Cyrus' mother, so...

I did notice Steffy was a bit more humbled in this episode.

The funniest thing to me is that Steffy was supposed to be at intensive therapy in Monaco because her husband was kissed by another woman, stopped it, and told her right away.

Hah! Never knew that.

Thanks!!!

This week has been great. I wasn't getting the vibe that Brooklyn and Dante have a kid. It just felt like recapping Lulu's storylines to refresh the audience to me.

Eccentric is the perfect word!

Thanks for that!

"My bitchy aunt Li" 😅

Poor Luna having to listen to all that whining and bad acting!

Wow! In today's budget conscious times, paying a temp just cause is quite a statement.

In hindsight, when Lindsey Hartley suddenly appeared at the memorial with no prior notification that Monaco had been ill or had COVID or anything, now I am wondering if Monaco was pulling a Brenda Dickson and not showing up for work.

I like her, but I would have more understanding if they'd recast... she finally has some story potential with Lulu and Jason both back (and even Rick for that matter, if he sticks around), they have invested a bit in Rocco and Danny, and the Davis girls have just suffered a catastrophic loss, so it just feels like a really bad idea to cut her permanently.

Whoa... killed off? Why? That's short-sighted. Pretty much kills a lot of the drama of Lulu's return, too.

Awesome, thank you so much @JAS0N47

It's just different!

Taylor! I want that Marone branch to implode.