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How about when the headline refers to “Knot’s Landing”… that apostrophe error always annoys me. Such an easy error to spot and fix before publishing

I hope to be surprised that things might improve as I continue with ‘95? I feel like things got better by spring ‘96 for the last strong story “Who Shot Victor” before the show entered the doldrums of late ‘96 into ‘97.

I'm watching chronologically newer eps from the mid 90s... to me, it's so sad, the downward shift in quality from 1994 to 1995, and even specifically December 1994 to January 1995. I can watch every episode of 1994 (like all previous years) from start to finish. Starting with Jan '95 - I can no longer tolerate certain stories and am forced to FF. 1994: Shick: I can deal with them because they're separated. I like Sharon with Matt bc of Eddie Cibrian's evil electric presence. Phyllis: I have no problem with her because she is so new. In fact, she's kind of fascinating, in that she only appears in a couple eps during Oct '94, and arrives full-time only mid-Nov '94. And wow, she blows through like a hurricane leading up to the New Year's Eve leading up to the vehicular manslaughter. Victor and Hope: I ship this couple 100% May '93-July '94. Then their story takes a downward turn to a troubled pregnancy after being married for one month (cliched much?) and I am increasingly frustrated. 1995: Shick: I've lost any interest. Still will watch Eddie Cibrian scenes just to see how Matt can cause chaos in their lives. Phyllis: I can't stand the damage she caused to so many lives and she faces no consequences. I'm done with her and with any related stories. (I know she faces her ghosts while she is in jail in 2002, and at some later point Cricket realizes that Phyllis ran her over... but there are no lasting consequences ever.) Victor and Hope: the pregnancy turns out ok but now it's Kansas vs. Genoa City...? So many dashed storyline possibilities of Hope claiming her power in any number of ways. I'm not interested in watching her slooooowly decide she prefers farm life. Thank god for the continuing John/Jill divorce story! While John and Mamie being romantic feels icky to watch, I'll endure it to savor the overall story. Just finished 2/1/95, and there were poignant scenes of Jill recalling her Jan '93 courtship with John, and holding Billy close before heading to the the custody hearing. The show continuing the use of the classic background music cues really elevates the scenes. Will continue to watch: anything Barber/Winters related. Anything Mari Jo related. I guess anything Blade/Rick related even though that story is gross. EDIT: Oh! of course anything Lauren-related even though her time on the show is dwindling. Will struggle through: anything Jack and Luan related. Their romance is so barf-worthy and Luan/Keemo/Mai dialogue is so stilted... but I appreciate the representation for whatever it's worth. And I guess Ryan and Nina bc I appreciate that they had a period of stability before Nina's major 1996 decline. Will have to also FF through: Cole and Victoria and... Jeri? Was this meant to truly be a love triangle...?

Is there a clip somewhere from 12/23/94 with Katherine arriving to see Nina, Ryan and Phillip? I remember seeing it once, but it's not in the Vault clips or full eps. 🤣 Walter could always come back from the dead to haunt Nikki! However, I did see the 1/4/80 ep when I visited the Paley Center for TV, in their viewing room. This ep features Nikki, Rose and Vince in a car with Walter, who is looking pretty darn dead, and in fact Rose was blasting the heat to make it harder for the coroner to determine time-of-death. Soon after they dumped the body in an alley, the police came across it. So... I think Walter is forever sleeping with the fishes.

Nikki signed up to be a model at Rose’s agency, which turned out to be a front for prostitution. Rose sent Nikki to see a client, who then had a heart attack, so Nikki, Rose and Rose’s henchman Vince had to dump the body. All sorts of complications arose from that, and that’s what happening in the promo.

That ep (6/16/80) is partially thanks to Bond Gideon's husband! He is a member of a Vintage YR group on Facebook, and over the past years, he's been reaching out trying to find any eps featuring Bond. He said back in the 80s, Bond had VHS tapes she recorded of her appearances, but that an ex-boyfriend took the tapes 😕 A few years back, Bond's husband helped to secure the 4/14/80 and 6/16/80 eps. Don't know exactly what the source was.

I can't believe that Jack is still stringing Mari Jo along as of 12/20/94! And letting her still wear the engagement ring. After he has welcomed Keemo as his son, and had this grand party to introduce Luan to the Abbotts. I used to have the impression that she was the "villain" for keeping Jack and Luan apart, but now I'm Team #MariJo. (though she does gets points deducted for keeping Rick's return from the dead a secret...) PS how can Sharon be on recurring when Matt and Amy are on contract...?

“It’ll be a Bold and Beautiful moment!”

Yep!

@ChickenNuggetz92 you’re our all-year Santa! Thank you!

If only they would show 1981 Victor and Nikki’s first Christmas! Way more relevant than a 2003 episode… Pardon me…? 😂 I must have blocked that one out. Wasn’t Nina supposed to be Raul’s mom before TC quit? Lauren is definitely supposed to be older than Nina!

I think Maria Arena Bell has plans for Thom Bierdz to be a major character in a romance with the lawyer named Rafe, but those plans never came together... mainly due to Thom's lackluster acting. I remember he wrote an article in SOD a few months after his return, explaining and apologizing for his acting choices.

Excellent summary, @janea4old, thank you! Just one minor point... Billy Miller was on-screen as Billy Abbott 2009-10 when Thom Bierdz returned as Phillip. I don't know a specific episode, but I imagine that Billy and Phillip shared scenes.

Thanks… thought I checked everywhere before posting but guess not

Don’t watch current BnB but seems like a bone-headed move to let Krista Allen go like this https://deadline.com/2023/12/the-bold-the-beautiful-krista-allen-taylor-hayes-leaving-show-1235669419/

I guess Bnb had to let Lauren Koslow go, in order to clear a contract slot for Kimberlin Brown.

Thank you so much to the '96 Anonymous Angel who just uploaded a big batch of eps!

Maybe Joe LaDue's random exit was due to Jeanne Cooper's absence from the majority of the first half of '81 (perhaps because she was in rehab...? she mentions rehab in her memoir but doesn't provide dates). There was such a set-up in fall '80 to have Kay marooned on the island with Felipe and then seems like it wrapped up in 1-2 eps at the beginning of '81. Would make sense if the writers had to craft a quick exit for JC.

They did lots of retcons around that time... like in '93 how "crazy Eve" was completely ignored. So it's even stranger that just last week, the show acknowledged "crazy Eve" with that flashback!

I wonder if there was ever a scene in the 90s where Jill meets Cole and says “Remember me? You and your mom were boarders in my home when you were a toddler 😂

Wow! Is this site related to the official BnB channel? How do they have access to the full catalog in HQ?

Ellen’s op-ed from NYT 8/10/69 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/08/10/issue.html

💯 I can barely make it through all these scenes without fast-forwarding. They are so cringe. Elizabeth Sung and Phillip Moon were talented actors and it sucks that they were stuck with such stilted dialogue.

I am currently watching 11/8/94 where Jack reveals to Keemo that he is Keemo's father, and Jack says "I honestly think you'll grow to like me" and I had to snicker as I never grew to like Peter Bergman's portrayal of Jack after 34 years 🤣

Here's Brett's exact airdates: Dec 08, 09, 10, 12, 15 1986 Mar 09 - 13 & 17 - 20 1987