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I think that technique and formula was clear in the Smitty and Martin family scenes today. Everything about the dialogue was stilted and awkward, and it wasn't authentic.

-- Imagine wasting an actor like Rory Gibson not only on Jacinda, but throwing in Kristina, too. Ugh. -- The "Jacinda is a hooker" scenes with Wiley were as awful as everyone says they were. Just tell the kid he shouldn't be listening to adults argue lol -- Today's show was meh on every respect. -- I'm so over Brennan, and ready for him to go asap. And GMAB with Carly yelling. -- The bridge scenes with Danny, Rocco, and Charlotte were decent. So were the Cody and Molly scenes. -- Lucas's grief is not what I expected, and I'm blaming Van Hansis for this. I expected to see a much sadder and emotional Lucas, and he's been disappointing from the moment he found out Marco was killed. I'm not seeing or feeling the pain at all.

😂 Believe me, no one misses that Joshua Hoffman booty and body more than I do. A lot of people criticized his acting, but honestly, the role never requires much, and I liked looking at him in the tight slacks and tight shirts. I didn't want a recast, but I am OK with Brayan Nicoletti. I guess I'm defensive about him because Reddit has been so hard on his looks -- comments from people who will wait forever for their own covers of Vogue and GQ. I personally like his exotic looks, and his body is fire.

-- Lynette is a good new character, and I want her to make Hayley miserable. -- I still love me some Kat. I love the way she gets messy with other people. -- Tomas is a complete nerve tap, but I find myself siding with him when Hayley starts with her lies. Bill comes off like a buffoon for believing her and for believing in her. -- Naomi is ridiculous. Between her constant calls to Jacob and Jacob's own stupidity....well, you know. If only Naomi cared about him this much during the show's first year. -- With Ashley's and Grayson's main desk kiss at the hospital, we're still getting ridiculous HR violations at Garland. It's all beyond inappropriate. -- The plasma exchange at Garland is SO absurd that I have no words. On the elevator? On the floor where the main desk is? Where Ashley works? It's all so poorly written. -- The more scenes we get with Jacob, Grayson, and others standing by that brick wall, the more laughable it all becomes. Isn't this why people have burners? They need to move quickly on this storyline, because it's awful. -- The family scenes with Smitty, Martin, Samantha, and Tyrell were cringe, from the pizza night that wasn't to all of them giving up their phones for 45 seconds. Their scenes usually play better than this, so I have to blame the script. None of it felt real. -- And just why is Smitty always on his phone anyway? Makes no sense.

I agree with Vee, too. The exposition is especially bad with the Duprees and all the "We are the Duprees and the Duprees always rise above and shine" stuff. It's leaden dialogue that's eye-rolling. I want to like and love this family, not think about how sanctimonious they are. Also, we need more friction and conflict among the Duprees and their relatives. For a soap, they all get along much too well. Dani? Much calmer and reasonable than early on. Kat? I appreciate her not (unfairly) being the black sheep, but now she's calmer and reasonable. Martin? The political worries aren't there. Bill? Brought back in to the family to do the estate planning. Andre? No mention of what he's been hiding for months. Smitty? Sorry, but I don't feel as if he's in any danger. With so many characters being Duprees or Dupree-adjacent, we need more drama within that group. Naomi hiding that she carries the BRCA gene ain't it, and neither is Chelsea getting married in a year.

I know you had much more to say and explain in your post, but if that is a good analysis of BTG, I don't think it's sustainable long-term. You do say we've ad a lot of revelations in 13 months, but I'd say most of those came in the first few months. We get character and some plot towards something, but then we're left hanging. The show leaves that story for weeks and months at a time. Then we see new characters added before other plotlines are fully developed or resolved. We also get plot build-up -- highly anticipated events like WinterFest -- that pretty much goes nowhere. Some people thought WinterFest was fine and made excuses for it (such as the show not knowing if it would be renewed), but I was really disappointed with what we got. I'm worried that will happen again with the Cotillion. We got build-up with the free clinic, and then never saw it. We got a celebration at Uptown. We get build-up about Leslie's shouse, but I'm unsure we'll ever see it. They're painting the exterior and landscape as so ridiculous that they'll never find an establishing shot to represent it unless they use AI. They're trying to build-up the plasma storyline to amp the danger, but that's not working. So yeah, I love strongly written characters, but I also want more than a sprinkle of plot. I want story and I want movement and resolution.

Agree with all of this -- and these are easy fixes.

Nick Bosa is hot af but he's also MAGA af, so I can't deal with him. Joe Burrow is a good liberal boy, and I love him.

I thought he was pretty good on DAYS and that there was story for him if they wanted to write it. As others have said, there are many worse actors on this show. Please get rid of Rachel and Sophia asap. The Sophia actress is dreadful -- always has been -- and demon spawn Rachel needs a timeout no matter who's playing her. OTOH, give me more shirtless Liam. Hank Northrop has a much better body underneath those t-shirts than I imagined. Dayum 🔥 DAYS is sad these days, and worth watching only for shirtless guys

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So Bill and Ted are the only logical choices to be executors or trustees? Is that because they've been so responsible through the years? Or because no women in the family are qualified? I don't think Anita has to be angry with Bill, but I do think there should be some hesitation to put the man in charge when he is responsible for so much family destruction and pain. I don't think this is realistic at all.

-- Add me to the list of people eye-rolling no security for Callum. Lulu just waltzes in with her reporter act? And Britt was soooooo slow and awful with that killer needle. They kills off Marco and keep evil like this alive. -- Eden McCoy does not have the gravitas to play Joss the WSB Agent. Nothing she says or does in agent mode is believable, and it actually ruins those scenes. -- I was glad to get some Michael today, but those scenes with Olivia were so forced. They went over the Jacinda Screw ad nauseum only to allow us to hear Olivia yell "HOOKER" in front of Wiley. Miss "Don't Do That In Front Of The Children" conveniently forgot where she was. -- Sonny is kind of cringe with that dog. It feels like story that should be played with an 85-year old grandpa.

-- I'm on board with Tomas playing Hayley and Lynette, but I don't think he'd be so stupid as to put his position with Bill in danger. -- Looks like Lia should join the list of Dumb Crooks on this show. Should she really be so nonchalant and worry-free about adding the free clinic to her list of plasma joints? -- The plasma exchange on the elevator is so frickin dumb that I have no words. From the brick wall in the seedy part of town to the elevator exchanges, none of it makes any sense. -- Smitty tells Naomi to visit often since Martin is away campaigning. Huh? Doesn't Martin live in the district he represents? Why would he be on the road campaigning? -- So Anita and Vernon are BOTH good with Bill's involvement with Anita's trusts. I can only imagine what they'd give him if he hadn't blown up their daughter's marriage and life after cheating on her for years.

I have always loved Ryan Gosling. Not only do I find him incredibly attractive and hot, but I think he's a really good actor. These DAYS stories only make me love him more.

Sooooo much plasma exchanged. What an enormous operation.

Anita asks Bill to be co-executor to her will and co-trustee of her estate? Are you kidding me? I'm sorry, but that is just ridiculous, and I don't even feel the need to explain why.

You could be right, but I think you're giving the writers too much credit. I don't think the blood plasma story is really about something else at all. I just think it's a poorly written story on its own.

I've seen only Monday's show this week, and while I expected the Jeremy and Stephanie relationship to change for the better, I'm not sure this cosmic connection they now seem to have was earned. Yes, they were held hostage by a madman, but it didn't last all that long, and it never felt all that dangerous. Maybe it's just me, but this new CONNECTION between them seems a bit much. On the other hand, Jeremy can get it. Michael Roark is so fine.

I agree. You know, murder in this town is so easy to commit, yet these people circle each other for months and months and even longer. Sidwell is a bad guy, right? Then why would he trust the police to take care of charging Sonny? A mobster like that would take out Sonny in a minute. Of course, I realize that's the history of this soap. Just a week ago, we had Hit Man Jason aim his rifle at Callum and Brennan and never take a shot.

The fact is that neither set is that much bigger than the other.

-- That corner where undercover Rashad hangs out never made much sense. Now they added a Private Property sign 😂 😆 😂

-- The very idea of getting rid of MVJ is ludicrous, and it reads like rage bait. -- Peaches' recovery is miraculous! That 3 months in the hospital really paid off. -- Anita tells Sharon that if she gets better, she wants Devon to record the Articulettes and include Barbara's voice. I guess we know where the crossover is going -- not that it sounds particularly exciting. -- Anita sends a visiting Sharon out of the room so she can meet with Bill? Awkward as hell. They could have found a better way to accomplish that meeting. -- Ashley has more time to socialize on the job than anyone I know. -- The number of people who know Jacob is undercover borders on the ridiculous. --

-- Liam doesn't know what skin care is for a young girl? OK. -- Sheila has never been clueless, but she's completely clueless about Deacon. How can she see that look on his face and think nothing is wrong?

GH has been great -- far and away the best soap recently -- but I'm really disappointed they killed off Marco. I understand shock deaths. Doesn't mean I have to like them. Marco did not have to die to set Sidwell on a revenge tour. How much worse can the guy get?

-- Good work done by everyone in the cancer storyline, especially Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis. The story was heavy, but I appreciate getting that DNR out of the way in a couple episodes instead of taking weeks. -- It's also good that the show isn't going to lean into people stopping their chemo treatments. It worked as a passing thought, but that wouldn't be a good message to send. -- I do think the Dani and Nicole reaction shots after Anita tore up the DNR were over the top. -- I don't understand why Randy has to keep Lynette occupied and distracted. Hayley and Randy act like it's important that Lynette not know they're scamming. Doesn't Lynette already know that? -- Please move this Hayley and Bill story along. We've gone back and forth on another Hamilton baby a half dozen times.