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It's like Brad doesn't get the show like his father used to. I know soap's had to change for the audience around 2010, but c'mon. There used to be so much more to the characters, they were so intricate and interesting. Nowadays the new characters are leaving after a year or two, not brining actually anything apart from the "popular faces" of the actors. The perfect example is the recast of Thorne. IMO Winsor Harmon and Heather Tom are two of the best actors on the show.  I strongly believe that Harmon would do perfectly fine with the Thorne storyline of 2017-2019 and who knows, he could even stay on the show as Katie's husband, but it was Ingo who could guaranteed better popularity.

It's hard not to associate worse writing with William Bell's death in 2005. Although B&B "belonged" I think completely to Brad at that time, it's unlikely that the creator's voice would not be involved in the storylines.

26 minutes ago, Marquise said:

you are right. I have like 1987,1988,1989 and then like after 2005 in English and almost nothing in any language in the period 1993-1995

This period can be though fulfilled by Nikki N, it seems she had a ton of episodes form 1993-1995. She mostly uploaded Tridge scenes, but I hope she had some episodes without Hunter Tylo in 1994.

18 minutes ago, charholden5 said:

I love 2004. IMO that was really the last great year. In 2005, things just got cazy.

Yes, for me the theme change marked the slight deterioration of B&B.

No problem! I don't know about all the episodes, but when the german ones will be uploaded, we'll have the vast majority! 1994-1995 episodes would still remain somewhat mysterious, because even the recaps for that period are scarce. I hope the Dutch streaming site will give us a treat and continue with the classics for another years! 

On 7/2/2020 at 10:56 PM, Forever8 said:

Tuesday, July 7: Whip (Rick Hearst) and Deacon (Sean Kanan) butt heads, explaining that there is no way that Brooke would ever betray her daughter, Bridget, and that Whip must forget and pretend Brooke's baby is really Deacon's. Meanwhile, Bridget, not realizing that her mother is pregnant with her husband Deacon's baby, throws her a baby shower. Taylor (Hunter Tylo), Kristen (Tracey Melchior), and Erica (Courtnee Draper) attend, as well as Megan (Maeve Quinlan) and Stephanie, both of whom know the truth about Brooke's secret. After the shower is over, Meagan assures Whip that Deacon won't do anything to jeopardize his relationship with Bridget, while Deacon heads over to Brooke's house to talk about their baby, where he professes his love for her. Original airdate: June 14, 2002 

I won't say this is a bad choice, but rather interesting. Why Deacon&Whip? Whip was on the show for a short period in 2002, if they wanted to stay with that year, the more interesting episode would be with e.g. Sheila shooting Taylor and Brooke or threatening Amber... But it's still a classic episode, so I don't mind.

On 6/30/2020 at 11:28 PM, pdm1974 said:

Their wedding was a first on daytime and to end it...when the actor isn't even on the show anymore..

Just like when Rome Flynn left the show and Nicole had to disappear with Zende... At least they didn't get divorced. Such a shame, because I grew on the Nicole character, way better than Myron's...

On 7/1/2020 at 1:46 PM, Faulkner said:

Before she came out, Maya was a social-climbing bitch, but they defanged her to evoke audience sympathies once we learned she was trans. She couldn’t possibly still be a nuanced flawed trans woman, right? 

Thank you! I was wondering if anyone would remember that she was nothing more but a gold digger. Although her introduction was very nice and believable when she fell for Rick, not knowing his a Forrester, but the minute she got engaged to Carter, her character changed dramatically. All that jealousy of Oliver&Aly and frustration, seducing Rick... Couldn't believe she won in the end, especially the way she and Rick treated Aly. And we are supposed to forget everything, because she's trans? No way! I have hated Myron since 2014 and the trans storyline didn't change anything for me. How the hell suddenly all the Forresters are so accepting and especially Rick? His character would never forgive Myron for lying about such thing, but I guess that's exactly why they were paired up. At least Julius and Bill were the only ones who actually took the opposite points of view. 

Actually, I have all of Marek's episodes and more. If he continues uploading, he will end somewhere around July 2004. It's a great collection, although with the Polish voice over. Almost all episodes from 1989-1992 and again from 2000-2004. I have some episodes from 2007-2010 as well and I believe they could fill the gaps from the officially shared episodes. The problem is I have them stored at the place I'm not currently staying, so it can take some time before I get them again. 

1 hour ago, divinemotion said:

I really can't believe we are up to 750 + episodes, without a miss, in perfect quality. NEVER expected this to happen.  When I was a 5 year old, I dreamt of this. I know how stupid it sounds, but I was so in love with Bold. I am living in these first episodes. Up to 270 now. I am having a diary, writing 1 dialogue line from every episode to remember.

Not stupid at all! It was my dream too, especially because I was a kid when the show was first broadcast in my country and I didn't understand everything and I missed many episodes. Having 750+ first episodes is like filling some sort of hole   It makes me only wanting more of them! Don't know why, but the fact that I would see the vast majority of B&B episodes is very satisfying.

Yes, they ask you to pay a very small amount for the registration and you have to cancel the subscription in time, otherwise they will charge you for the regular one. I didn't feel safe either and I didn't found anybody from the Netherlands that would like to share the subscription with me, because I thought about capturing the episodes myself. I'm thankful to whoever it is that uploaded the following episodes, and like I said, I can always spare some time for the capturing if anyone from the Netherlands would feel okay to share the account and didn't have time themselves.

THANK YOU soo much! I just love that we have the Vault!

I think that by the source she meant the streaming service. She said it is too time-consuming for her and took her 2 hours daily to prepare the episodes, so it seems she was the one doing the capturing. Maybe somebody else will take over. Another possibility is RTL Lounge channel, but the streaming is impossible to be found and the episodes from there are uploaded only to the same streaming service, there is no other site.

4 hours ago, Marquise said:

here are uploaded some parts of episodes i wonder if they are from Ammy's or not. May be we can contact the owner.

 

Yeah, it seems they are Amy's. There are some more on YT, although Amy asked not to copy her content, which may have been the reason for the copyright strikes. I'm grateful for her work, but still can't believe it's over  In the comments "bbau" mentioned he/she has created an account on the streaming site, but unfortunately they won't upload the following episodes. Two years ago we didn't have those first episodes, maybe soon one way or another we'll continue with the next ones  

They are still adding new episodes to the streaming website, so it must be Amy's choice to stop capturing them.  

7 hours ago, skebujebu said:

Can we btw please have the 2002 episode to the vault where Stephanie finds out Brooke is carrying Deacon's baby?

I thought I've already uploaded it, but I see now it's missing, so I'll reupload it  

Either she lost her account or deleted it on her own, because she's gone from YouTube. Under one of her latest clips from B&B she promised to share the episodes with us soon. I think she was here before and already shared some from 1992/1993, without Christmas one if I remember accurately. I still can't wait for @rsclassicfanforever to share the episodes 1300+ that were sadly deleted from YT as well.

Yep, as of today it's 753, so there are at least 3 more episodes. Not to mention the fact that some time ago there was another tab for season 5. Perhaps it is Amy choice.  

37 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

So will 750 plus be on RTL Lounge? Can that be streamed online or it's only on TV? 

It's paid channel and I didn't find any free streaming available, maybe somebody else will succeed? And yes, the tv guide shows that on July 6, rtl lounge will air #751 episode.

Amy announced that #750 is the last episode  I wonder why, as of today there are three more episodes posted on the website and it seems rtl lounge is airing the following episodes. 

I actually felt sorry for Beth's character. She genuinely loved Eric from the beginning, she fought cancer and ultimately didn't stand a chance with Stephanie. Never understood why they made her disappear with Stephen in the end, if she still loved Eric. And it's ironic that Brooke hated Stephanie for destroying Logan family, but she was actually the one that broke her own mother's heart.

Yes, it was hard to believe that Eric suddenly change his love interest, especially that the stories from 1987-1988 revolved around his relationship with Beth.

So Brooke and Eric make love and 13 episodes later she finds out she's pregnant. Wow, I forgot that they really speeded things up in the beginning of 1990. Felicia seems to be still somewhere in the background during her first three months, still no major storyline with her, the first one being with Jake, who is to appear soon in #772. And it seems that Amy is sticking with the original closings now. I didn't know that they decided on double names in case of the married women so relatively late.

18 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Why would Susan come out of retirement?  Soaps are in bad shape and offer little to no challenge.  

Agreed. And Bell is the master of ruining any returns, the last very bad one imo was Sheila's. I think Susan left at a very appropriate moment and that's why we can now think of her as a badass character. Although it was nice to hear her voice in 2018 episode and I always wonder what her relations with Quinn or even Sheila again would be. Don't know why, but I have a feeling Wyatt would get some of those bitch slaps from her  

Australia was few months before the USA, so the run out of the episodes quickly. According to the TV guides, they are basically mixing the theme weeks - the same that were uploaded to 10play - with newer epsiodes. This week is catfight and location shoots week. There are no signs of Sheila week - tomorrow they will air Sheila/lauren catfight form 1992. I don't think that 10 have aired some other classics than those uploaded on 10play.

On 6/20/2020 at 6:11 PM, skebujebu said:

Added to the vault

 

March 4 1998

March 6 1998

December 10, 1999, Ep. #3192

December 13, 1999, Ep. #3193

December 14, 1999, Ep. #3194

December 15, 1999, Ep. #3195

June 7 - 12 2000 (C.J and Becky wedding)

 

Many thanks! I've also added all the episodes from the last week.

On 6/20/2020 at 9:39 AM, soapfan770 said:

Oh lord, I forgot Ivy even existed. Ivy and Aly were nothing but placeholders to tangle with the Spencer bros until Thudley brought Steffy and Hope back. I’m just sorry we lost both Aly and Oliver to recklessness. 
 

I think mentioned it in one of these threads but one of the splashy Hope & Liam weddings it Italy B&B aired last month it turned out to be illegal.Liam realized he was still married to Steffy so he dumped Hope and reunited with Steffy after going all the way to Italy to marry Hope.  

Aly and Oliver's story was actually one of the few quite interesting at that time. They made sweet couple. Hope and Liam's marriage was invalid in US, not because Liam was still married to Steffy, he wasn't. They made out after Hope didn't show up in the chapel and when she left him, he reunited with Steffy, who then got pregnant. Their marriage was short as well, but it was dragged out because she didn't want an annulment.

14 hours ago, Marquise said:

i just watched the episode where Brooke tells Ridge that she broke up with Thorne and she said they were married for 6 months. May be there where marrages that lasted less then that but i do not remember. 

Ivy and Liam's *marriage* lasted few days, but it's hard to call it a marriage  CJ and Becky married few episodes before her death. Macy and Deacon's marriage lasted I think around 50 episodes before killing her off, Gaby and Thomas were also for a short run and Hope and Thomas's marriage was brief as well. Thank God Kristen and Tony went quickly MIA, because they are wonderful couple and I would hate to see them apart.

It was a very dumb move. They spent almost 2 years on Brooke & Thorne, building some kind of powerful love between them, making Thorne the "true love" of Brooke and a couple of months after the wedding they're divorced...