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I think partly due to the Duprees feeling entitled and just assuming they do things according to their own rules. It is ironic though, because Nicole accused Anita and Vernon of acting like mobsters in their handling of the Kenny situation. But now I guess Nicole feels she has to carry on the secrecy? That being said, it's only my *speculation* that this is "off the books". Nicole referred to it as an informal conversation. It's also possible that during Martin's conversation with Smitty today, Martin referred to it in a way that *implied* it was formal therapy -- possibly because Martin knows that Smitty had been begging him to get therapy for months.

"Peaches" the lady who visited Leslie/Dana today, seems to have been a mother figure to her. Yet Peaches said that Leslie stole Peaches' man. Leslie said something about the man treating Peaches badly so "I did you a favor". I guess Peaches was Leslie's foster mother or adoptive mother? -- because Peaches says she's dying and will now tell Leslie who her real mother was. Theories and speculations that I've read by posters here and elsewhere: Barbara is Leslie's biological mother. Barbara is related to Leslie's late husband Alan, and his share of the inheritance now goes to Leslie. Barbara is related to Peaches. Barbara's inheritance goes to Peaches, so when Peaches dies, Peaches wants it to go to Leslie. Another question: Who is the man that Leslie stole from Peaches? Was that Alan or someone else?

We already knew that Nicole is Martin's therapist, unofficially. Nicole gave Martin a counseling/psych session in a prior episode, onscreen, in a living room. Then Dani walked into the room excitedly talking about getting ready to attend Anita's concert, and it took Dani a while to read the room and realize she'd interrupted something. Nicole said it wasn't a formal session -- but it kind of was. I *wonder* if they're doing it somewhat "off the books" so that Nicole and Martin can freely discuss his incident from two years ago, without any formal record? Edit to add: Nicole seems to be approaching this as being Martin's *mother* first, and listening to and helping him cope with the entire incident --- she feels that she wasn't given the opportunity to mother him two years ago when Martin needed her, because nobody told her the secret. Now she's making up for lost time, by mothering him but using her professional psychology skills because those skills are a part of her.

I speculate that the June storyline was sped up at lightning speed so as to have it time out with other the other tendrils of the interconnect storylines, -- I'm guessing that Kenny's death will come out at some point soon?

Interesting. While watching the episodes, I was drawn into the emotions and forgot time. Like watching a movie, just captivated with what everyone's feeling. Not even primetime pacing but movie pacing of weeks of drama within a 2-hour movie. If Kat and Tomas had mentioned that weeks had gone by since he asked her out dancing, or if Chelsea and Madison had a line saying the past month has been wonderful... then we'd know time was passing. But we had Anita and Vernon referring to the reunion concert as being very recent. And Hayley and Bill went to the hospital the day after the faked miscarriage -- because Hayley was intentionally setting it up so that the corrupt doctor could "verify" that she just miscarried. It was set up that no time was passing for anyone, and it's all happening quickly for all the characters. They didn't even try to show time passing -- Clearly less than a day had passed for Naomi and Jacob since they were *in the same wardrobe*. I did love all the actors' emotional investment (except for Alex Alegria who has very little). Most of the actors carried their scenes so well that I was caught up in it, and I didn't notice the ridiculous pacing. But then even I thought wait, Naomi pushing this through the same day?

Lorna Raverplayed one of the thee "Q Continuum" judges in the Star Trek: Voyager seventh season episode "Q2". There were three judges in the episode who were all members of the Q Continuum, but Lorna Raver was the only one credited. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Q2_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Q_(Judge) The Judges were members of the "Q Continuum" and in this episode they were to judge "Q" (nicknamed Q Junior), who was played by Keegan de Lancie, the real-life son of John de Lancie. John de Lancie played Q on seven different Star Trek series, and of course Eugene Bradford on Days. Since all members of the Q Continuum have only the name "Q", she is listed on memoryalpha as "Q (Judge) " as a reference point, but her character name is just "Q" like all members of the continuum.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-ellison-top-gun-star-trek-1236343043/ Ellison (new Skydance/Paramount CEO David Ellison) and his top executives hosted a meet-and-greet with journalists on the storied Melrose Lot Wednesday (Aug. 13) to further discuss their plans for Paramount Pictures and the TV side of the aisle. <snip> Star Trek, which has not been in theaters since 2016, has largely been overseen by Alex Kurtzman with a lengthy list of Paramount+ series. Execs said that Trek would be looked at holistically rather than siloed off between different parts of the company, such as film and TV. “We’re going to make sure those conversations are happening together so that we can do what’s best for the brand as a whole,” said film co-chief Dana Goldberg

Paramount plans for BET and BET+ https://deadline.com/2025/08/paramount-cable-networks-future-bet-plus-mtv-comedy-central-1236485828/

recent Paramount-tagged articles from Deadline: https://deadline.com/tag/paramount/

https://deadline.com/2025/08/cbs-studios-paramount-tv-studios-split-streaming-series-reacher-1236481964/ The new, post-Skydance merger Paramount has two major TV studio units: the existing CBS Studios, led by David Stapf and overseen by Paramount Chair of TV Media George Cheeks, and the newly formed Paramount TV Studios, headed by former Skydance TV President Matt Thunell and overseen by Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair of Paramount Pictures and Chair of Paramount Television. Some TV and streaming projects will remain with CBS Studios, primarily for CBS broadcast but also some streaming-only series. TV and streaming series that will remain with CBS Studios include: BeyondTheGates and StarTrek. Some projects will be with the new Paramount Studios, which combines the assets of Skydance Television and Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, and will be focused predominantly on streaming series for Paramount+ but also for outside platforms _________________________________________________ separate article about the merged Paramount/Skydance company plans for Paramount movies designed for movie theatre release: https://deadline.com/2025/08/paramount-movies-priorities-top-gun-star-trek-1236480202/ Another high priority for the Skydance-owned Paramount is Star Trek, with which David Ellison has been involved since the 2013 sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness." “Star Trek is a priority across the company,” said Goldberg. _________________________________________________ So it looks like the merged company will continue to support Star Trek tv/streaming series via CBS Studios, and possible future Star Trek movies via Paramount Pictures.

about Andrea Evans tribute channel: Michael Fairman says: "At launch, there are currently over 57 videos on the channel, and there should be well over 100 more to be added in the future."

I don't think Kat is specifically asexual. I think she simply currently enjoys and wants romance; but her two sexual encounters have felt completely blah/meh/nothingness to her. That is how she experienced it, but it doesn't need to have a label. I do think it represents what some humans experience -- that not all sex is fireworks explosions. Sometimes people disconnect from themselves and from their partners during sex and just feel nothingness. It can happen. Doesn't mean the person will always be that way.

I think it's good that BTG is reflecting a variety of families and sexualities. Naomi said recently she never wants children, and the conversation was something about her saying she still feels that way, so perhaps it was said before. Mona said the first week she never wanted children. She was fine as a mentor for Laura and that is enough for her. Anita and Dani gave up their careers to raise their children. Anita doesn't regret it, but enjoyed doing the reunion concert. Dani is conflicted about it all. Bill said this week that he was too driven by his career, so much that he neglected his daughters, and had hoped for a "do-over" with the child he thought was happening with Hayley. Chelsea throws herself into her feelings and passions. She is bisexual and was in a threesome; and is now with a woman. Martin and Smitty are an interracial gay couple with adopted teens. Doug and Vanessa -- a married couple with adult offscreen children, who care deeply about one another but lead separate lives. At first it was Vanessa being "sex-positive" and having sex with whatever hot guy. Now it has deteriorated into her fixation on the old mobster. Nicole: a working mother with a professional career. Her children are adults now. There's never been any reference to Nicole ever stopping work when Martin and Kat were young, so maybe she always worked, with a flexible schedule? Kat was a virgin, who has now had sex twice and didn't enjoy it. Is it because she doesn't love him, or is she asexual? What I *hope* is that this is presented as just another thing human beings experience, and not anything "wrong" with her. To sum this up. I *greatly* appreciate that we don't have all the conventional 1950s parents with two children, everyone expected to be that way, and all having babies -- as is sometimes thought of as the ideal on soaps. *Some* characters are like that, but not ALL the characters. Sure there are the soap tropes of Ted cheating with Leslie and the reveal of Eva, and Hayley faking a pregnancy. But both of those are done in a new way.

re: my previous post about Andrea Evans tribute channel: Michael Fairman says: "At launch, there are currently over 57 videos on the channel, and there should be well over 100 more to be added in the future."

Ambyr Michelle said in an interview released Aug. 13 by TVLine that BTG is currently filming Thanksgiving. (Link to video) Edit. Alex Alegria said on August 6 that they were filming Winterfest (Link) -- which could be some point between late November all the way through December. So perhaps Ambyr's interview was uploaded later then when it was recorded. ----------------------------------- Slight casting spoilers inside this video ... Not spoilers of new people. Just saying that some characters are still around. Jasmine Burke who plays June, has a birthday, and she's on set, so still part of the show at Thanksgiving. Also Maurice K Perry (Randy) is still there, too. And Najah Jackson (Samantha) is there. Nice video of all the cast and crew who happen to be on set, uploaded Aug. 13 https://www.instagram.com/p/DNTwunhJ1bR/

Andrea Evans tribute channel on youtube launched May 2025. clips from all her soaps, interviews, Emmys, etc. Michael Fairman says it was launched by her family and he typed up description of the contents here: https://michaelfairmantv.com/andrea-evans-tribute-you-tube-channel-launched/2025/08/13/ Apparently they are continuing to add more material to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaEvansTribute

Andrea Evans tribute channel on youtube launched May 2025. clips from all her soaps, interviews, Emmys, etc Michael Fairman says it was launched by her family and he typed up description of the contents here: https://michaelfairmantv.com/andrea-evans-tribute-you-tube-channel-launched/2025/08/13/ Apparently they are continuing to add more material to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaEvansTribute Edit to add: Michael Fairman says: "At launch, there are currently over 57 videos on the channel, and there should be well over 100 more to be added in the future."

more on the Andrea Evans tribute channel on youtube, launched May 2025. with clips from all her soaps, interviews, Emmys, etc Michael Fairman says it was launched by her family and he typed up description of the contents here: https://michaelfairmantv.com/andrea-evans-tribute-you-tube-channel-launched/2025/08/13/ Apparently they are continuing to add more material to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaEvansTribute

Andrea Evans tribute channel on youtube launched May 2025. clips from all her soaps, interviews, Emmys, etc. Michael Fairman says it was launched by her family and he typed up description of the contents here: https://michaelfairmantv.com/andrea-evans-tribute-you-tube-channel-launched/2025/08/13/ Apparently they are continuing to add more material to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaEvansTribute Edit to add: "At launch, there are currently over 57 videos on the channel, and there should be well over 100 more to be added in the future."

OLTL/Y&R/B&B/PSSNS: Andrea Evans tribute channel on youtube launched May 2025. clips from all her soaps, interviews, Emmys, etc Michael Fairman says it was launched by her family and he typed up description of the contents here: https://michaelfairmantv.com/andrea-evans-tribute-you-tube-channel-launched/2025/08/13/ Apparently they are continuing to add more material to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaEvansTribute Edit to add: Fairman says: "At launch, there are currently over 57 videos on the channel, and there should be well over 100 more to be added in the future."

^ Ambyr says in this interview released Aug. 13, 2025, that they're filming Thanksgiving now.

https://bsky.app/profile/tvline.com/post/3lwcqo7oq2s26 https://tvline.com/awards/beyond-the-gates-ambyr-michelle-eva-interview-1235487442/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUpepO4J1-4

Yeah it makes an umbrella story tying Randy/Hayley/Bill, to Randy/Doug/Joey/Vanessa, to Joey/Elon/Jacob, to Jacob/Naomi/June, to Elon/Bill/Joey, to Joey/Martin/June!

https://bsky.app/profile/ew.com/post/3lw5tvqizjw2c August 11, 2025: Bryton James reflects on Beyond the Gates tribute to his late Young and the Restless dad, Kristoff St. John https://ew.com/bryton-james-tribute-young-and-the-restless-dad-kristoff-st-john-11789053 Now, "a little piece of Young and the Restless" is in Beyond the Gates, James tells EW. But like his character in pursuit of Anita (who turns down his offer, for now), the actor is hoping for a freer exchange of stars within the CBS soap-verse, which also includes The Bold and the Beautiful. "I think there's a universe for that as well," James says. "If the fans enjoy the crossover and want to see more of this storyline and the little hints that we dropped for the previous interaction, future interaction, let the writers know and let the network know, because they surely listen."