BoldKara

Agreed. Caroline would have had to endure what Taylor has (whether Taylor has deserved it or not is another matter altogether). We'd never have got one of the saddest, most permanent death scenes ever on B&B either. So very few characters stay dead on B&B, so whilst I missed JJ being there (and was so excited when she came back for a few years as Karen/Faith), I'm glad of the way Caroline's story ended (and it should never ever be reversed).

It seems 8246 was the only Christmas episode (not a lot of fanfare), and it aired on January 2 2020. There were a number of unscheduled preemptions during November and December which would have pushed the intended airdate out.

The YouTube ones from season 13 onwards are better quality than VL because YT are in HD so should be the benchmark episodes kept in the Vault, however there are many that should be replaced with VL copies due to the YT ones either being faulty in some way (glitches, lacking sound) or because the YT channel simply skipped them. I think the next one due for being replaced is 3361 for which the YT version is glitchy. Hopefully an Angel comes through shortly (@rsclassicfanforever ? 🙏) with replacements for episodes up to the current ones on VL (they are up to 3392). Thanks Angels!

Whether actors are literally “fired” (not offered a new contract, or had a contract terminated) it just boggles my mind why some fans don’t view being hired on soaps as an employment arrangement like any other. It’s like show runners are the devil for their right to hire and fire at will. I just personally don’t understand that mentality that Bell or whoever has no right to let staff go when he decides it’s their time and the character has had their run. It’s his show, he can do what he likes. And we don’t need to make a soap opera out of an employment arrangement being ceased. JMO.

Many fans at the time said she was photoshopped in. If you look closely, it doesn’t look like she’s really there. She wasn’t fired. She just didn’t want to be recurring as offered to her, as she stated in her interview. It’s a job like any other and she chose the door and new adventures in Atlanta.

https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/comings-and-goings/687603/bobbie-eakes-returning-macy/

I'm not being petty, and you are reading way too much into comments made like you know my intent. You spoke like you knew facts, you even capitalised it for emphasis. You can speculate all you like, the same way I can call it out as my view that it's speculation and not fact at all. If it was fact, you'd have had interview comments from Bobbie Eakes, and even then it's her side of things. However, Bobbie and Bell recently spoke together at some event, and Bell said to her something like "you know Macy may still be alive?". That doesn't sound like Bobbie left on bad terms, does it, yet you alluded to some bad behind the scenes drama. I'm just not a fan of this kind of speculation without facts, as it's damaging and hurtful in my opinion, especially if not true at all.

I wouldn't think to put words in your mouth. But you ARE speculating without any facts whatsoever. And they are words coming out of my mouth for the record.

Why does there have to be horrible behind the scenes drama for an actor to leave any soap? It's a job like any other job. Some stay forever, some are there for a while, others are fleeting. Some get their contracts renewed, and some don't. It doesn't mean there was BTS drama if someone leaves after 10-15 years or so. If people couldn't leave whether through resignation or just not getting a new contract, we'd have the same cast as 1987 except for the ones who have died. Departures keep the show fresh and allows new blood to enter. Bell always keeps the main cast at around 20. That means people come, and people go.

You can add 4844 to that list. It's about to be skipped in the coming schedule. 4362 was also skipped on the YouTube channel during the HD run for season 17.

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I have a question for you though. Do you like ramen?

You're looking at around mid-October when 3399 is aired there (early Sept for 3345).

Thank you so much Angel! Curious - did the YouTube versions of 3256, 3264, 3281 and 3283 have issues and that's why you have the VL versions? I couldn't find anything wrong with those YT versions but then again I didn't watch them fully through and just did a quick scan for errors.

And it just skipped 4716 as well.