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Exactly! This could have been an opportunity to finally do something with Noah. Definitely! I loved the beginning of the story with Patty's return and SH's performance. I think the character could have been long-term but they took her too far to Crazy Town.

Even though we suspected it, I wish they would have held off just a little longer in revealing that Claire is nuts. Let her really make in-roads with Nikki, and then turn on her.

ITA...the business storylines: mergers, firings, etc, etc have grown beyond tiresome. I could care less who's going to be CEO or COO where. The Claire storyline actually had my attention. I hope they don't rush it too much.

Exactly...that made ZERO sense. They need at least one other restaurant/cafe set for variety.

One thing I've liked under the strike writers is that we get two stories within an episode. I sooo hope when BB's work starts airing again we don't go back to one single story dominating the show for weeks at a time with no variety.

Yay for being a Liam-light month!

ITA....killing off Aly was super misguided, and Rick and Maya deserved a much better exit story if they were going to get rid of the characters.

Oh, Lord. Chelsea is back. SNOOZE. The show needs more new blood like Claire to mix things up. That being said, I wonder why the show hasn't also put Heather in Adam's orbit. That would make sense and add conflict to Daniel's story if he disapproves.

I really am beginning to wonder if JM is actually retiring. If so, I'm glad they're at least giving him a big send-off story, and if Eric does die, are they going to bring all SIX of his kids back for the funeral. I can't remember. Did Kristen and Felicia return for Stephanie's funeral?

Oh, Lord. Chelsea's back? IMO I don't see a place for this character at this point. Just like Scott Clifton on B&B, with Chelsea, I like the actress, but the character just feels done. Do we REALLY need another round of her between Billy and Adam??? This is one thing I think British soaps, such as Hollyoaks, do better than the US ones. They will drop a character once it's been played out to make room for new ones.

THE HORROR!!!

Same here. I love the actor, but the character has entered the "beyond annoying" realm. Maybe if they Jason Morgan him and have his entire memory wiped out. LOL. But, Liam as a character just feels done. Zende gave Luna the once over with an interested look. MAYBE they're thinking of using him as part of a triangle with RJ and Luna. It's a shame they don't do more with the character. The actor is gorgeous.

Oh, wow. I wonder if they really are killing him off because JM wanted to retire. If he does leave, I hope they have characters move into the Forrester mansion. It would be a shame to lose that set since it was there from day one.

Thanks so much for the SFT ratings! I wonder what NBC's expectations were ratings-wise when they picked up the show from CBS.

I was curious if anyone knew what was the highest rating SFT ever achieved on NBC.

As much as I loved AW, I wonder if SB would have had a better chance if it had followed DAYS. It feels that those two shows would have been a better back-to-back fit.

I wonder if they'll just have Christine and Danny end up together, and then they both leave town.

Wow...they dragged Zende and Paris out of the backrooms of Forrester! When was the last time we saw them? January?? The room for the fashion show did look small, but I know budgets aren't what they used to be. I love Esther, but still don't understand how she ended up there...or why we're getting so much story about Charlie all of a sudden. Thomas and Hope were MIA which also doesn't make much sense...budget I assume. I still predict that Eric will win the fashion show and collapse immediately afterwards.

It's so funny that you mentioned Nick not parenting his kids. I hadn't watched much for a few years, and Nick had a line about his son, Christian. I was like...who the hell is that? We never see him with his younger kid, and rarely even with Summer.

I love seeing KL and Esther and happy she's getting a little more to do on Y&R lately, but I can't help but wonder who over at B&B was like..."I've got an idea! Why don't we bring Esther over for a few episodes!" I'm not complaining, but just wondering how did THAT happen?!

Abby is so isolated from the Newmans that I forget she's Victor's daughter at times. It would make sense if one of the siblings at least reached out to Abby with their concerns, right?! IMO, Abby has been written as more Abbott than Newman. She rarely interacts with the Newmans at all. I personally think the show needs an Adam break. It's the same story over and over again. I would say rest the character and bring him back in a few years with a fresh perspective.

ITA. Audra is one of the highlights on the show for me, mostly due to the actress and how she elevates the material she's given. You never quite know whose side Audra is really on, perhaps just her own! It would be fascinating to find out what in her past made her to be the woman that she. The actress is Latina, and I think it would be wise for the writer's to slowly build a family around her and add more diversity. Newmans and Abbotts have married each other so many times that they're practically one family now.

I love that Esther is going to be there, but it feels so...random? Lauren makes sense, of course.

My hunch is that Eric will win the fashion show down but then collapses on stage.

I'll be so mad if that happens. Sadly, too, there's hardly any Hortons left in town. In the last few years so many of them have been written out or put on recurring (Jennifer, Hope, Lucas, Will, Eli, Abby, JJ, Claire, Ciara). Who's even left at this point? Sarah? Maggie (Horton by marriage)? Julie (on recurring)? To me, the Hortons have always been the heart of the show. Even during JER's crazy supernatural years, he actually beefed up the Horton family on the canvas. I feel the current regime has focused SO MUCH on the Dimeras and stories that are beyond over the top and ludicrous that most other characters/ families have fallen by the wayside. It's one of the reasons I finally tuned out for the most part. For Nicole, this would be a "change of life" baby as they used to say about a mother who has probably already started menopause at this point!