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Is this a fashion trend I missed??

It's a stupid policy that works be changed. Why not keep the latest year's worth of episodes online? For example, when January ends, remove the episodes from the previous January. That would prevent this stupidity.

-- Such a stupid, unforced error by Paramount+ to remove all of season one, especially without even a warning. I know viewers who are a month behind and will now never see those episodes. Just ridiculous. -- Unpopular opinion, but it's been a relief to get less Leslie and Eva this week. -- I appreciate the recent turn to writing Ted as a more hands-on and better father. -- Maybe Kat should stop with the selfishness and think about how upset her grandmother will be if she refuses to get tested. -- Hayley has been beyond unlikable in the past couple episodes. -- He's still not good, but I have to admit this was Alex Alegria's best episode, period. Tomas was less robotic and more human. That's the best I can do as a compliment, because it might be a one-off. -- I like seeing new head shots in the open, but I wish I knew why Ashley and Naomi were chosen. If we get more, I'll get it. -- The ONLY thing I'd like BTG to steal from Y&R is featuring that episode's characters in the open. GH does it, too, but they include so many at such a fast pace that it's meaningless. -- Good emotional performances from many in the cast all week, but for me, Clifton Davis was the star. I felt that way even before this episode, and his last scene with Karla Mosely sealed it.

-- ANOTHER episode devoted to this insufferable Leo and Javi pairing? -- Only on soaps with writers heralding the 1950s do we hear wedding ceremonies that include "If anyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace." -- Including Spanish doesn't save this. -- Al Calderon (Javi) is one of the worst criers on daytime. -- Why is this ceremony 17x longer than the Paul and Andrew wedding ceremony? -- Why is Stephanie downright flabbergasted that Alex bought her a gift? Who writes this crap? -- Glad Peter Porte is back, but knowing that means more Leo ruins it. -- 44 minute episode? Way too long for what we got.

I think you're right.

What a huge mistake to air this classic episode. All it does is remind us what we used to have and how awful the show is now. Every single thing these days screams no budget and no one caring. I forgotten how many enormous sets the show had, how many extras babe work into scenes, have a camera would do sweeps around the actors, and how much of the cast they would work into an episode in meaningful ways. Just incredible. If they put all of this online, I would gladly start watching again with shows in the early 90s and quit watching today's show completely.

-- Today's show was very well done from acting to writing to direction. -- Not surprised at all about Kat's refusal to get tested. She's brash and impulsive -- all the time -- and sometimes her decisions defy logic. She claims she wants to "live in sunshine," but I don't know how ignoring the elephant in the room leads to sunshine. -- Dani really disappointed me by going to Bill first. She's shown growth, but this is two steps back. It may seem minor in that she planned to tell her daughters minutes later, but that visit to Bill said a lot about her head space, none of it good. -- I see people are still talking about Kat's and Eva's parentage, and I hope to God they don't go there. I do not want that story.

All of it was awful. What a terrible episode to start the year. The writing is horrific, but I'm not letting Greg Rikaart off the hook, either. He plays everything in a cheeky way, and it doesn't work. It isn't cute. I love DH, but the idea that Marlena has to give Leo these lessons on love is pathetic. It's cringe to me in every way. Leo's nervousness is ridiculous. Cwikly and Ford are not working. We're stuck with them for the time being, but overall, I find the show boring and the pacing to be way off.

I agree it's intentional. Still, I think it's fair game to point out how cheap and tacky it it all looks. And hasn't Hayley said she had a designer for the house? Was this designer limited to IKEA and Target clearance?

Tessa and Daniel aren't even mentioning her sexuality, which is typical for this show, which caters to 80 year old women with blue hair. It's so afraid to say the word "gay" that it makes me sick.

The Bill and Hayley living room is especially bad. Everything looks cheap and tacky.

I have no use for M Reeves as a person, but she is Jennifer to me. I don't like Cady in the role at all. Way too mannered.

The longer this goes on, the more holes in the story. Being in the same ward is a problem. So it's all the time Rachel spends with Sophia. Are there no cameras? No supervision? No one wondering what they do together if Sophia doesn't speak? It's ridiculous. -- Couldn't EJ do a FaceTime with Sydney instead of going to Italy? I don't know why I should care about her unless there's some story coming from it. -- WAY too much Stacy Haiduk the past 2 days, especially Susan, who I wish they'd send off into the sunset. -- Glad to see Johnny's career change, but I hope they do something with Chanel's pregnancy. I hate the babies rabies stuff. Is that all she cares about? -- Leo and Javi are insufferable. I can't stand either of them. Their love affair is cheesy and cutesy and cliched in the most awful ways, and there's nothing romantic about them. Their scenes are torture, especially when Leo constantly works in his pet nicknames for other characters. -- I hope Peter is back to normal soon, because they haven't given me enough to care about him living it dying to this point.

I see problems on all the soaps, but none of them makes me angry. Y&R does. I think I'm losing it, because I actually get angry watching this sh_it. -- The only thing working is the Cane and Lily chemistry. -- Daniel and Tessa playing guitar at CL on NYE -- all alone??? And AGAIN we get the story that Mariah doesn't want to see anyone? And no, it's not story advancement that works to have gay Tessa spread her legs for Daniel. -- Kyle and Victoria spending the entire effing show talking to each other until midnight??? WTF. -- Again, it's NEW YEAR'S EVE. Adam spends it with Sally at Society where NOTHING is going on until the ball drops? Sally's not with Billy and Chelsea is in bed? Are you kidding me? This show is

NLG has made mistakes. We all know it. But you know, if there's one daytime actor I'm willing to offer grace to, it's NLG. It's not about her acting. Most of us know how good she is. She's proven time and time again to be on the right side of things and to be a good human. She cares about people, and one way she does that is by speaking out. Eventually that gets you in trouble, as it has occasionally with Nancy. Still, I'm a fan.

-- I'm happy about this Brooks vs. Katie stuff, but I fully agree that seeds of Katie still being upset about Brooke stealing Bill should have been planted for months. The truth is that should never have gone away, and we all know it did. When today's episode opened with "You stole my husband," I cringed. I'm sure it was impossible for the writers to avoid using this, but I don't like portraying Katie as if she's on some revenge tour. -- Only on B&B can you get a facile, scrubbed up picture of homelessness like we're getting. The Disney-esque PSA with stats thrown in about the homeless are really something. There's no attempt at realism, at least not as far as Dylan's wardrobe and makeup 😂 All we get is "She's been living in a car."

Same. I've complained about couples who always seem to be in the starting block and never getting anywhere, but today's show was really good -- and the couples all worked. GH has flaws, but they really pulled off the sparks and the romance, something the other soaps == especially Y&R -- cannot do.

Haven't watched today's episode yet, but yesterday's was so bad I have no words. -- Except for a couple scenes with Noah, Sharon, and Nick, every scene had only 2 people sitting or just standing there. Stultifyingly boring. -- The Crimson Lights scenes with Phyllis and Billy stuck out to me the most for their lack of energy or anything else. Except for the counter worker, not a single customer in sight. The music soundtrack was so low I'm not sure there was any. The dialogue was repetitive and all of it was DEADLY. And let's not even get into why either Phyllis or Billy would make this or any other trips to that coffee shop. -- As others have mentioned, why doesn't Phyllis just steal the AI program from Victor? Why are we hearing about what she'll get for stealing it? Just do it already, for Christ's sake. -- The "Victor Must Win" trope has always been a problem, but never more than it is now. -- Surely these actors know that what they're putting out is awful.

P.S. I could not care less about Kevin and whether or not he goes to Dublin for 6 months. It's hilarious that they think we care about the Laura/Kevin relationship.

Is it now Brady's Country Pub? Who in the hell decided that ALL the music there would be country twang?

I love this entire post way too much. Thanks for the truths and the laughs! -- Regarding "Brad and Britt are not the gay icons this show thinks they are. Watching the two of them Yas Queen-ing it up is painful. Also Parry Shen simply isn't a good actor. He's also not hot!" I have a confession. When Ryan Carnes played Lucas, I honestly thought he and Parry Shen had chemistry. I never found him hot the way Carnes is a smokeshow, but I found him attractive. Now? No. Get him off my screen. -- I'm still infatuated with Rory Gibson. His Michael is brooding and sexy in all the right ways. -- Trina's role has been rinse and repeat, but I still think she's getting better materials than Josslyn, who is a complete joke. And I can never take the character Brennan seriously when Joss is such a major player in his world.

I love this entire post way too much. Thanks for the truths and the laughs! -- Regarding "Brad and Britt are not the gay icons this show thinks they are. Watching the two of them Yas Queen-ing it up is painful. Also Parry Shen simply isn't a good actor. He's also not hot!" I have a confession. When Ryan Carnes played Lucas, I honestly thought he and Parry Shen had chemistry. I never found him hot the way Carnes is a smokeshow, but I found him attractive. Now? No. Get him off my screen. -- I'm still infatuated with Rory Gibson. His Michael is brooding and sexy in all the right ways. -- Trina's role has been rinse and repeat, but I still think she's getting better materials than Josslyn, who is a complete joke. And I can never take the character Brennan seriously when Joss is such a major player in his world.

I love this entire post way too much. Thanks for the truths and the laughs! -- Regarding "Brad and Britt are not the gay icons this show thinks they are. Watching the two of them Yas Queen-ing it up is painful. Also Parry Shen simply isn't a good actor. He's also not hot!" I have a confession. When Ryan Carnes played Lucas, I honestly thought he and Parry Shen had chemistry. I never found him hot the way Carnes is a smokeshow, but I found him attractive. Now? No. Get him off my screen. -- I'm still infatuated with Rory Gibson. His Michael is brooding and sexy in all the right ways. -- Trina's role has been rinse and repeat, but I still think she's getting better materials than Josslyn, who is a complete joke. And I can never take the character Brennan seriously when Joss is such a major player in his world.

SAME. The show has never been worse than it is right now. Never.

Not my point. I specifically mentioned that there has to be something between no cultural references and a half dozen in one conversation.