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So, Li and Shelia are besties now? Make that make sense. Taylor is the WORST doctor. They could have easily had them connect outside of a therapist session and it would have sold much better.

I'm glad RG is getting time to shine. He got such a bad deal at Y&R with Noah. Y&R barely writes for anyone under 50 these days.

They should have the steam room made into a permanent set and have a rotation of the cutie dudes bumping into each other there and having long conversations.

This is been a complaint of mine for a long time now. There is almost no "young" in the The Young and the Restless at this point. There's no struggling up and comers that are restless. Everyone is middle-aged and older and already rich. It's such a snore. There needs to be representation for all generations if there's a future for this show. You can feature your vets while preparing the next generation of leads.

TBH...I was getting bored with Hayley. I did suspect she faked her pregnancy, of course, as it was heavily implied. But, she'd been coming off as a naive, clueless little trophy wife. NOW, I can't wait to see what she does next. I think the best part down the road will be having a guy like Bill finding out he'd been played the whole time just because he thought with his nether regions versus his brain. THAT will be fun to see!

I caught some of the show for the first time in weeks today while home sick. I think there have been so many missed opportunities with Deke (not surprising with this show). He hadn't been referenced in YEARS before popping up. He should have come back with a grudge against Deacon for not being there for him and meeting Hope for the first time. So many story beats could have been played. Again, ChatGPT could write this show better. Don't even get me started on this Luna mess. It's offensive and downright cartoonish all at the same time. Where do they even go from here, and why would we care? They should have simply had Luna be a bad girl BUT NOT A PSYCHO MURDERER. Then, they could have kept her long-term as the actress, despite this horrible material, plays bad girl well. But, they've written her into an impossible corner at this point. Why Baker didn't arrest her as soon as he saw her was....well...so stupid. I feel like the show has really entered the stage of being a parody of a soap versus a soap like Passions did. It's like it's turned into a SNL parody, like The Californians.

ITA. He's only been on for a short while, but I think he's already the best Theo that they've had. He's incorporated some of Theo's autism behaviors very well and just has a spark about him.

He's very good and looks as if he could really be Vanessa and Doug's son. One soap staple that has always been missing for me with this show is the star-crossed lovers. We still don't have that couple to root for to get together. Tomas and Kat??? Not really. Who are the two people being kept apart? That's what we need in addition to the other stories.

It's been so much fun seeing Erika Sleazak take on a new role. I know it's only for a short time, but I'm still glad we got it. Gio...wow...is he a cutie, or what? Emma and he make a great pair. It's amazing how easily Rory Gibson has so effectively taken over the role of Michael. Shows just how bad the writing was for him on Y&R.

God, let it be a new restaurant set! People can't ALWAYS eat at Deacon's Pizza Stop!

To me, these are two characters who should obviously be on the show, especially if Arianna is really going to have a Horton connection. I'm not sure if she's really interacted with that side of her family hardly at all...if at all. I've always felt like Lucas should be on the show even if it's regularly recurring, and Will should be leading storylines....not Leo Stark.

Right?!

This is a great addition!

Wow...when was the last time Esther appeared in six episodes in one month?!

I will say the actor playing Doug and Vanessa's son actually looks like he could be their son.

I'm still pi**ed about them killing off Chance. There was ZERO reason to kill of that legacy character and it NO LONG-TERM STORY IMPACT.

It'll be interesting if we find out the Live + 3 and Live + 7 numbers. As the article said, many people, including myself, don't watch the soaps when they air but later. I'd give BTG a solid B. I think it's actually doing reasonably well. Every soap has some growing pains the first year, but it's been reliably entertaining for the most part. I'm not a fan of the Joey casino or Derek/Ashley stories, but I still really enjoy Leslie/Eva and Martin/Smitty.

It's true. For years now, if I randomly tune it, it's just people talking in circles about who's going to work at this company or take over that company. There are so many random damn companies you would need your own spreadsheet to keep track...and none of it is remotely interesting. How does any of it even pass as a "story?"

Maybe.,..but probably not...they'll finally figure out that no one wants to watch people sit around and talk about who is going to work at what random company for weeks on end. I have no interest in all. I have no idea why TPTB think the audience cares about these "stories."

Tuned in for a few episodes. The blackout did seem very lackluster. I'm not sure what the purpose was. I'm finding I really like the new actor playing Theo. Maybe, now, they will FINALLY give the character some major story. I was pleased that they had Theo acknowledge the racial aspect. If I remember correctly from the original story, they danced around it, but they never actually went there. I just can't watch Susan. That character needs a nice looooong rest. I'll miss BF as Chad, but I can't get into the relationship with Cat, either.

Loved seeing ES again on my screen! I suspect she'll make a play for the Q's house. I've only watched GH in bits and parts here and there for years, but I've found the show solidly entertaining the past few weeks, especially in comparison to the boring writing on Y&R or the cartoonish stuff on B&B.

This show just repeats, repeats, and repeats the same stories over, and over, and over.

Just her name alone...ugh. The actress seems fine, but someone can only do so much with this material.

Talk about a headscratcher! It would be so much more interesting to have Deke not be in contact with Deacon or Hope all this time and to hold resentments. I swear, ChatGPT could write this show better.

I'm reaching waaaaaaaay back, but I remember being a teenager and being so excited that the Dobsons were coming back to write for Santa Barbara. I loved the show the most when it was a bit gothic and kooky with smart dialogue, but the year they came back sort of fell flat. Then, they were gone again! Still, I would have been interested in seeing their take on AW which they were rumored to be taking the writing duties for at one point.