Vanguardian53

This makes me sad to hear. He's asking the audience to help in bringing him back. I wonder if the Twitter bunch is going to petition it? I would certainly join in to help the one and only Teddy Bear.

The little earrings are tacky and I certainly hope he won't be wearing them while playing this role.

Really. I would argue that their decision has already backfired. People saw the photo I posted above on Facebook and one poster after the other was like HELL NO! The negative responses are pretty amazing if you ask me. This show is brand new. They cannot be making any more hasty decisions going forward. They just can't. The audience counts in a very big way. I hope the showrunners remember that.

😆 🤣 😂 Hmmmm.

It really isn't, especially on Facebook. He was Turtleneck Ted after all.

I remember back in the early days soaps used to give the reason for a recast as "to take the character in a new direction". I have a hunch that they want the character of Ted to give off the vibe of more meanness if not outright badness.

Lol. Of course they are. I'm apparently THAT good. So please don't be sorry.

I just can't sometimes either. I totally feel you. Let's hope it doesn't end up looking too much like Passions too soon. So many recasts it was like you were suddenly watching a different show.

It still doesn't look good to me. Not this soon. The show isn't even one full month old yet.

Pulling recasts already is not a good look nor a good sign. Speaking of which, oh they definitely read these boards. This is the very guy that I had a photo of on here a good while back proposing him to play a Dupree son.......but instead. Smh.

Maurice Johnson is very active on social media as it pertains to BTG. He responds a lot to viewers' posts and just comes off like an all around cool dude.

I only see a troublesome outcome for Andre and Ashley. I believe it was the first or second week of the show that both Aunt Nicole and Uncle Ted pretty much advised Andre to steer clear of her. And just recently, again, Aunt Nicole reiterates it. It smells like foreshadowing to me. Once Ashley gives in to his charms and sleeps with him, only to have him turn around and not pay attention to her anymore afterwards, will ignite the scorn. She accuses him of taking advantage of her and people are going to believe it because of Andre's lothario reputation. I wouldn't be surprised if Andre disappears shortly afterwards with people thinking he's just on one of his traveling photography assignments when he's actually been kidnapped via Derek. Again, the move of Vivian Alamain?

No one is perfect of course, but I'd be perfectly fine if they kept Nicole as the grounded character of the show because God knows, everyone else seems to have their "sumthin" so to speak. The showrunners weren't lying about this show being black people doing "messy" things. But even Nurse Nightingale appears to be on a path of tainting her good girl image by cheating on Derek with a thirsty pint-sized playboy.

Andre is in trouble with a capital T. He's just too horny not to recognize it. SMH.

And it's kind of annoying to me honestly. Hire actor Blair Underwood as Vernon's younger brother. Give Teddy Bear that twin that I still beleive exists for some reason. I wouldn't mind Jacob having a male sibling too.

Ok so what's Martin's problem? I simply offered a theory. Does anyone have another? Instead of downplaying mine? Let's have it. This IS a discussion board after all.

Nevermind. I'm not going to argue because denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Ok. Should I say SOME instead of LOTS? Some of you don't know the way of this world obviously.

See what you posted here? It's exactly why it may or may not go this way with Martin. People believing that homosexuality is associated with sexual abuse. It's all on the writers of course. We'll see.

You are so silly AND worried. Have a nice day. I certainly intend to.

I don't write for this show any more than I assume that you do. I'm just theorizing and you sound worried. But I'm not.

Martin and his nightmares is reminding me of "Jake Mcclaine" from B&B decades ago. Jake was having nightmares ultimately discovering he was molested by a pig of an uncle. In this case, the show then says that the reason Martin is gay is because of the molestation. Lots of gay people are claiming that in real life.

Martin and Ted seemingly have no relationship at all which is unfortunate. I mean come on, a father and a son need bonding. Ted has connected more with his nephew than his own son.

Derek is going to "Vivian Alamain" Andre aka bury him alive DAYS style. I'm here for it and Andre needs to be taught a lesson somewhat. Derek has already peeped game.

Something unfavorable I think is going to happen in the Derek/Ashley/Andre camp. Probably not an actual rape, but consensual sex between Andre and Ashley that somehow gets depicted that he went too far with her. Derek finds out and his concussion has him pulling a "Vivian Alamain" on Andre. Lol. Lastly, Martin's nightmares of something that he doesn't remember reminds me of the device that soaps used back in the day to depict childhood sexual abuse. The sounds of the gunfire might've been him killing his abuser as a child. He's blocked it all out but his grandparents and Bill know all of the gory details.