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Did I hear Jan say her heart goes out to Leslie? Are you kidding me?

-- How many times will we hear Ridge say "I miss Dad around the office"? -- I still think it's a terrible and ridiculous plot point to keep the secret that Eric is Logan's chief designer. -- Scott Clifton's acting has devolved to a ridiculous degree. He plays everything like on a soap parody like Soapdish or As The Stomach Turns. -- In Deacon's scene with Taylor, Sean Kanan had trouble keeping a straight face. -- The best part of today's show was shirtless Finn.

The writers continue to make Portia look awful. Her reasoning for not taking a paternity test is spectacularly stupid and selfish. She hasn't learned a thing from her past mistakes.

-- So Nicole will sleep with Carlton but not with Kial? -- Good to see Shanice put Ted in his place, but I really didn't like her jumping to conclusions about the panties on the couch. -- Anastasia is real housewives mess, but she's needed. We need more clawing than Eva and Kat at each others' throats, repeating the same thing. -- Glad to see a new set, but Joey's place looks like a Wayfair display. Nothing about it is impressive. I'd rather see an office for Joey or Vanessa, or a home for Vanessa....or a decent coffee shop.

It is. I hate it, and it makes Dani look weak af. Exactly right. I'm not calling for some grand, expensive set -- just something that looks much more private and hidden. That along with the wretched coffee shop set are seriously taking away from good stories. -- I'm typing this post on my laptop. Is anyone else getting CONSTANT pop-up ads from Azamara telling us to "Discover Alaska"? It's SO much worse than anything I've ever experienced on this site, from audio that I don't want to hear to the entire page being overtaken by an ad that I have to X out of.

-- I did enjoy the mix of conversations between pairings we're not used to seeing. However.... -- They're relying way too much on that out-of-the-way coffee set. I guess we have to ignore that it makes no sense for those people to go there/be there. I'd rather Orphey Gene's and Uptown be used repeatedly than to see that mess. -- I also think it's a mess that this undercover police work is done in such a public way. This Max is afraid of being beaten to death, so he meets Smitty at Uptown? Huh??? This is a potentially good story, but these meet-ups (like those with Hayley and Randy) are nuts. -- Andre was way too kind to Dani when she confessed to kissing Bill. She CHEATED on him, and I don't think Dani has learned her lesson. She IMMEDIATELY went to see Bill, where she spent too much time throwing shade at him and Hayley. -- Yes, Dani walked out before again falling into Bill's arms, but has she really learned anything? Her marriage was a series of dumpster fires caused by a man who consistently cheated on her. Yes, I know it's a soap, but I want a heroine who doesn't constantly reflect on the good times with a POS.

I hear you. For me the mistake is pretending that Anita's long hair was her own. Didn't we all assume that was a wig? It was a great wig and looked good on her, but it was clearly a wig. Now we're supposed to pretend that was her real hair. Huh? Dani cuts it and all of a sudden Anita's long straight hair turns curly -- and there's no mention of further hair loss. I realize we might hear more about this. BTG has surprised us with more in the past. I'm just concerned this wasn't fully thought out. I've said before that I don't want the show to be cancer heavy, but I also don't want the show to cover real issues in an unrealistic way. Anita already gets a private room for her chemo treatments. You've brought up a hair loss treatment that these people should know about and can afford. Am I nitpicking again? Yeah, I am, because serious issues shouldn't be treated with anything less than the truth. If they can't do that, I'd rather not see it at all.

Which begs the question as to why Anita wouldn't know this with all her money and connections.

Yeah, like when she meets Randy in public when their entire conversation could've been an email 😂

Jada saw Alex wearing a towel after his shower. Why was she stupidly staring at his crotch? It made no sense since the towel wasn't skimpy and it wasn't falling off.

Yep.

-- This show is maddeningly bad. -- That Chancellor Cafe set is very nice, but it's also a complete joke. No one is sitting outside in winter conditions to have a latte. -- I'd never hit a woman, but Claire can have such a punchable face. Newman has been devastated, right? Eaten up by AI? Yet this bimbo is wearing a riding habit and ready for dressage? -- Audra continues to be a mess. It is insane that this character would be so worked up over Claire. They cannot make up their minds about who Audra is. -- Today we got another invented past for Audra. Jesus. -- Sienna is a joke. Why is she written like she's from Podunk, Arkansas? Didn't she run a bar in L.A.? She can't live in Noah's world because she doesn't know what fork to use? Who is writing this shlt? -- Nothing Noah told Nick explained why he loves Sienna. Nothing. -- Sharon immediately says "It's all my fault" when talking about Mariah. I hate the soap trope of characters blaming themselves when things go bad with other people -- turning themselves into the main character. That's followed by someone else declaring "It's not your fault." Save me from this mess.

-- Bill is a moron. -- Hayley wore a hoochie-mama outfit to the hospital. I was dying 🤣 -- I feel sorry for Andre. Dani's emotional attachment to Bill makes her just as big a moron as he is. I really think Andre deserves better. -- I can't get invested in Chelsea and Madison going to Copenhagen, because I think there's zero chance of that happening. -- Tamara Tunie looks good in short hair, even if this is just another wig. The scenes with her and Dani were nicely done. Still, I'm not crazy about how they're dealing with the hair loss situation. -- Will she continue to lose her hair in a realistic way, like most cancer patients suffering hair loss? Or will they pretend that Anita's problem is solved with a haircut? If they're going to portray this realistically, Anita will have to wear a head scarf or turban for months. I don't know that the show is willing to go there.

Bad Willow is a lot of fun.

That's why it was so noticeable to me that Kat was low energy on today's show. It seemed intentional, either on her part or from the direction of others.

You and me both. I think Diane is back this week, so I hope this talk-to gets reduced airtime. I know some people love her, but I'm not buying Alexis feeding her so much.

Exactly. They are TERRIBLE as a couple, and there's nothing electric about the pairing.

-- Today's episode was kind of flat to me. It did set up a few things, but without much energy. -- Kat was all of a sudden very calm and measured in her conversations. Whats up with that? It's like someone gave her Valium. I prefer Kat when she's Kat. -- I'm stunned that BOT TOMAS continues to get this much airtime. He can't make anything work, and it's nuts that no one at BTG can see it. With Kat in this "I'm calm" state, his scenes were even worse -- there was nothing to distract from how bad he is. -- Lots of Eva propping, especially by Izaiah. -- We still know next to nothing about Izaiah, not more than we knew on his first day in town. All he does is go from drinking at Uptown to Eva's for sex. -- Ashley's character is definitely improved as of late. Jan's, however, is worse. Are they moving her out of the have-nots? If so, it's a mistake. -- They replayed Chelsea telling Madison "I'm just a girl standing in front of a girl...." I hope this is meant to be a signal that Chelsea lives in fantasy land. -- Leslie is doing the hiring at the free clinic??? Leslie??? If you needed a reminder that this is a soap, that's it. -- The Leslie and Shanice showdown (at that godawful coffee shop) was uneventful and disappointing. We usually get really good barbs from Leslie and really snappy comebacks from Shanice. I don't think we got either today.

Leo? Are you posting on the wrong board? And my God, I wish you were trolling.

Tamara Braun is too old for Lucas Adams. The chemistry isn't there. I think she should be written out.

If that's where Danny and Charlotte stand, I'm perfectly ok with a relationship.

I'm tired of the excuses made for Eva. No matter what she says or does, Leslie and Eva's upbringing are raised. It's her go-to excuse. On the other hand, Kat is criticized because... well, because she's Kat. Her upbringing and her parents are never raised as blame. Eva was doing dirty to the Dupree family on DAY ONE. Kat clocked her. Everyone else moved on like Eva really did nothing wrong -- it was all Leslie's influence and fault. Then Eva slept with Tomas -- Kat's boyfriend. Again, according to Eva fans, not really a big deal and Kat is annoying and deserved it and it's all Leslie's fault anyway. GMAB. Kat can be sharp tongued, but she's not wrong about any of it.

-- This show continues to write scenes that make no sense. -- Why would Devon and Abby go to Crimson Lights with all that's happening with Dominic? I realize they wanted scenes with Tessa, but they can't do better than this? A visit to the coffee shop? -- With Devon's money, why aren't swarms of investigators around? Where is Abby's family? -- Billy and Cane take over an entire company and now want to keep it a secret because Jill is sick? What? No one does any work at these companies -- they talk about taking over and who's in charge. -- Newman is in chaos, but Nick and Sharon head to the GCAC for eats? What? -- I know budget is the problem. So stop writing scenes and stories that don't work without a budget.

-- Did we get no Drew and Willow this week because Cameron Mathison was away filming for someone else? -- The Joss stuff is so bad and continues to ruin every show she's in. -- I thought the final montage was really well done -- until it left the couples pairings and decided to show Trina/Portia and Joss/Enemy. It all made sense, and then they ruined it.

-- Carlton and Izaiah are both good looking, but damn, they're boring. Neither one has personality or edge of any kind. -- The conversations between Eva and Izaiah have yet to show me what they see in each other. -- The bedroom scene with Nicole and Carlton was well done and well-directed. Still, I can't pretend that this was some daytime breakthrough. There was no pushing the envelope there. -- Really good Vernon and Anita scenes. Fun, genuine, entertaining stuff from two strong actors. -- Chelsea screaming her head off to Madison in the hospital -- ugh. Again, These public displays are too much. And Chelsea's "I'm just a girl standing in front of a girl...." was another ugh. -- Chelsea wants to party and do drugs. She thinks that's part of who she is, and that is sad. -- I wish the show handled Anita's hair loss differently. I can't be the only one who's always seen Anita as wearing wigs. Now we're supposed to think this is her real hair that she's losing? They're playing the beats here in a very inauthentic way.