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-- The teen slang is SOOOOOO overdone and overplayed. Do they need to write it in every line of dialogue??? They're trying way too hard. -- Samantha seemed like a different character today. I would expect that kind of teasing towards Tyrell from a sister who didn't get along all that well with her brother. That's not the relationship we've been given, and don't get me started on her terrible idea for Tyrell to be everything he isn't. -- Samantha telling Tyrell to hit SparkNotes was laughable. Wouldn't young people just use AI? -- The actor playing Doug has been decent, but those couple scenes where he was near tears were bad. That was a yikes. -- Vanessa continues to treat Diego like crap. Every time I think I might appreciate her, she reminds me that she looks down on the little people. Oh, and that she's a ho. We're getting to nymphomaniac levels with her. -- Good scenes today with Bill -- with Chelsea, with Martin, with Tomas. The actor is good at this. But telling Tomas he's partner material? LOL -- Derek and Basic Ashley. I don't even know what to say except that I blame the bible and the writers for this more than I blame the actors. They've been given cringe story and cringe dialogue.

It feels like adults are writing the show.

LMAOOOOOO It's just a plain white wedding dress, and Brooke moved in like like she had a stick up her ass. The cheers and applause for it were insane. There's no other way to watch this than as a campfest. Only on BOLD does a woman in a wedding dress get a guy to rethink his entire marriage.

Thank you. I hate it that so many people are loving Vanessa and Joey together and enjoying their supposed chemistry. The guy is a liar and a criminal and a misogynist.

-- The Kat/Eva/Leslie stuff was surprising and fun. -- Tomas is stiff as a board with Kat. There's no chemistry there. -- Vanessa is a ho. -- The casino stuff continues to be a dud. -- I have no interest in seeing Vanessa ride Joey.

-- Kyle left dinner at the GCAC and then went To Crimson Lights for a latte? Uh...OK. Of course, Audra left the Newman ranch to go to CL. What a mess this sets situation is. -- Cole coughed in the last segment. Yeah, he's terminal. Amy's getting a miracle cure, but I have my doubts about Cole. -- The re-do of the Abbott mansion is more than fine. I like it, and that includes the sofa that so many people are criticizing. I think it works in that space. The archway into the main room is changed, but the essence of the old place is there, and that includes the front door. I did not want to see some huge change like the one done with the Chancellor mansion update. I call it a success. -- I think they pushed out the walls at the tackhouse, too. It looks larger to me.

I agree with that. Carlivati's knee-jerk response was always to have the injured party cheat with someone else, and that trope is tired.

-- If Xander cheats, let it be with anyone but Kristen. I cannot stand her, and I don't want her near Xander. -- Today's show was fine -- especially the heavy involvement of Kayla -- but having Kristen throw a glass of water at Xander to get his shirt off didn't work. It didn't make sense. -- The fundraiser idea was fine, but the execution was a little lame. Not enough crowd energy, not enough going on. All I could do was look at all the balloons the DAYS budget approved. -- I did think it was odd that Kayla rushed JJ out of EJ's hospital room. Why couldn't the guy answer more questions?

I agree. He's very believable in those scenes and it also rings true. I also enjoyed the Lulu and Rocco scenes today. Very moving.

I love these Forrester fashion shows because they're so eye-rolling. -- There's Eric touching the showstopper while he says he's tweaking it. -- There's Ridge announcing Eric as the heart and soul of the company. -- There's the table in the dressing room to display the perfume and jewelry, for no apparent reason. -- There's Christine dropping by because every fashion show needs a useless cameo. -- There's more useless cameos -- Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, showing us they have no acting skills at all. -- There's Carter beaming because Ridge -- his brother -- mentioned his name. -- There's Taylor backstage with nothing to do, so they have her walk into other people. Too bad Taylor forgot to do her hair before leaving the house. -- There's the Forrester runway that's so short it's hilarious. -- There's the blonde model who sat in the background for the entire show while the makeup artist dabbed at her eyes. -- There's Brooke getting dolled up by Katie and Donna, of all people -- while the fashion show is in full swing -- for the "revamped showstopper." -- There's Eric again, saying he likes Taylor but telling Brooke she'll always be the love of his life and his Logan. -- There are the runway dresses that are nothing special and look like prom gowns off a rack at Kohls. -- There's the old door locked from the inside to leave us with a ridiculous cliffhanger.

LOL It is.

That was my favorite line of the episode! I LOL because it was such a perfect throwback To decades past when "watch my stories" was a common saying. At this point, it's all on the writers. Meryl Streep couldn't make this stuff work. The guy is such a background character in that throuple....seems odd to me that he's so quiet and laid back, but maybe that's intentional. He looks ignored by both women.

-- Did anyone else Daphnee Duplaix in a guest role on last night's St. Denis Medical? She played a wealthy hospital benefactor in the final scene. -- Not buying Chelsea going in so hard on her mother working with her. Didn't we get weeks of Chelsea wanting to be on her own? -- Derek and Ashley did all they could with those magazine relationship quiz scenes. The actor playing Derek had his best day today. -- I do not believe the show has already shown that they know Derek and Ashley aren't working. -- Vanessa and Doug have a lot of sexual chemistry -- certainly more than Vanessa and Joey.

-- Michelle Stafford is back to her old tricks -- that acting tic where she repeats a line 3 times. -- Just finished the episode. Those Daniel/Tessa guitar scenes are deadly, and they're fast-forward material. OF COURSE they have to practice and play at Crimson Lights, since no one has a home.

I've had it with the Amy Has Cancer story. They should have moved on from that by now, using it to propel future story. None of it is any longer interesting. That's already old, too. No way would a guy starting a new company talk this much about someone who doesn't seem to be interested -- and who isn't qualified, either. And Daniel? He's asking Tessa for guitar lessons. Are you f_ucking kidding me with this? Ugh. That's what I worried about. I didn't think anything was wrong with the old set. I hope a massive change blows up in their faces. The sets problem on Y&R isn't individual sets. It's that we see so few on a daily basis and characters are ridiculously forced to gather/meet in two restaurants and a damn coffee shop.

-- A hospital fundraiser is fine, but holding it to save the hospital??? Really??? Another ridiculous Carlivati move, just like watching obnoxious Leo and Javi bid with money they either don't have or lied about not having. -- Gabi had to jump from a $1000 bid to $15,000 to make JJ jealous? Girl is clueless.

I agree with you and others about CM. He plays a louse very well, and I'm enjoying him lately. OTOH, what's with Carly going 0-100 ALL THE DAMN TIME? I don't mind Carly being Carly, but Laura Wright way too often starts yelling and screaming when she talks about someone she has a problem with. It's annoying and hard to watch.

Yeah, I'm watching it now and Clifton cannot elevate trash material. This is bad. After Steffy cries and sobs for an interminable amount of time, Liam says "I'm not dying! They can do anything nowadays!" while smiling. Jesus, it's just all so awful. And don't get me started on that knit cap on his head. They'll probably do something like have Steffy wake him to Europe for some "miracle treatment" when JMW goes on her 74th maternity leave.

I felt that as soon as I posted about Scott Clifton getting crap to play. Of course, you're right -- I just think in a sea of crap, no one's getting more or worse than SC.

Excellent post that says a lot that I'm thinking. I enjoy the freedom to be honest about my opinions here at SON. I don't expect everyone (or anyone) to agree with me, but it's a comfortable place to post both positives and negatives about the soaps. The praise for BTG was over-the-top in the first month, but I get it. We were starved for something new, something like this. I didn't agree with it all, but I let it go. I'm glad now, though, that we've settled into a place where it's OK to criticize what's wrong and needs work. Is the general audience doing all this deep introspection and analysis and nitpicking the way we do? Of course not. But let's not kid ourselves -- BTG needs to build a steady and loyal audience, and that is not easy in 2025. The show doesn't have "forever" to get and hold on to viewers. With all the TV out there, people move on from shows much more quickly than in the past. BTG does not have that same loyalty that Y&R and BOLD have -- shows that keep decent ratings even when the show is bad for weeks and even months. BTG cannot afford to do that. On another note, I will never understand why it's a good thing to tape months ahead. I've heard all the reasons, especially that it's "cost-effective and cost-efficient." Sorry, I don't get it. Why does GATES need to be 3 months ahead? If they still taped individual shows, how did that save money? Yes, I understand more than 5 episodes are taped per week. DAYS is getting closer to being a year ahead in taping. How does that "save money"? Would they save even more money by taping 15 months ahead? Two years ahead? I don't get the business model no matter how many times it's explained to me.

-- Beating A Dead Horse, Part XIV: Samantha looks 30, and Najah Jackson isn't even trying to play her younger. I don't know what the hell casting was doing. -- Wasn't Chelsea supposed to move away from modeling? Then why is she spending so much time working on Samantha's modeling career? It makes no sense. Besides, Samantha doesn't even have that model look. -- A partnership at the law firm is mentioned for Tomas. In what world is Tomas partner material? -- Silk Press was good again today. I enjoy how she appears and disappears at the most convenient moments LOL -- I hope Dani sticks to her guns and says no to working for Chelsea. I don't know in what world Chelsea would want her around anyway. -- When anyone here says Dani should be written out, I have a hard time with everything else that person says. -- If Anita returns to the spotlight, I hope they keep it realistic and not pretend she's going to fill stadiums and huge arenas. Keep it small and simple, like with classy lounges and clubs. Don't pretend she's going to be some huge hit on Spotify. I mention this because I think that "going too big" mistake was made in talking about Martin's run for president.

Have to agree with this. Look, we're watching a show on which Sonny kills people and it's just not mentioned again. If we're speeding by redemption with Sonny to the point of ignoring it, we can keep an ass_hole like Drew around. I've seen that all over the place, too. Jesus, what a terrible idea...which means GH must be considering it.

-- Billy is AGAIN strategizing about his Abbott Communications from a sofa at the GCAC. What a hard worker! Does he ever do any work? Do any of the companies on this show ever do anything? -- Daniel is STILL sitting in Crimson Lights telling Tessa his sad, sad story. In what frickin universe is any of this interesting? -- Tessa, why aren't you home with your wife and your daughter? Do you always go to CL for coffee after leaving your managerial position at Society? And why is failure Josh Griffith chem-testing you with Depressing Daniel? -- Is it supposed to be a BFD that Kyle and Claire might move in together? Really? The stakes are so low on this show. And no, having Amish Girl tell Kyle she's fallen in love with him doesn't save the scene. -- WHY AM I WATCHING THIS TRASH???

A while ago, we got a glimpse of what looked like could be Bad Liam. Of course, that lasted about a week and they dropped it. I fully agree that Clifton has been getting crap to play.

She annoys me as much as Leo does, honestly. And that's A LOT.