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Brooke embarrassed herself to Ridge today. AGAIN. She told him to "come home," saying she misses his kisses and lying next to him. She said she knows he feels the same. She topped it off with saying "I still want to be your Logan." It's all wretched and pukeworthy.

I co-sign this. I have complaints about the show, but some of these suggestions from soap fans are...a choice. I made fun of Joss and The WSB thing when it started, but I agree GH has done a good job of making it plausible. The actors are selling it as well as anyone could, and the guy playing Vaughn is excellent.

Yes, American Dreams was a really good drama. I loved it. The actor you're thinking of is Tom Verica, who's now a bigtime producer for Shonda Rhimes. He was in the How To Get Away With Murder cast for a time and then went on to exec produce Scandal and Bridgerton. Your opinion, of course, but that seems like an overreaction. Yep to all of this. I like Maurice Johnson and I've posted multiple times about it, but people are running with this like it's some kind of scandal. It's not.

I hope you're right. On another board, someone suggested -- without any evidence -- that Frank wanted to pair Kristina and Lucky but that ABC said no way.

I don't know Maurice Johnson, but I have to defend him here. I've now read multiple times that it's possible he couldn't handle the pacing and rigors of daytime, that he wasn't up to the production grind, that he couldn't handle all that dialogue. I'm sorry, but it's not like Ted had monologues all over the place. I don't recall any scenes with demanding dialogue, frankly, and I think it's wrong to tag an actor with that. Is it possible? Yes, but it's also possible he came to work drunk every day and everyone had to sit around until he sobered up. It's demeaning -- in my opinion -- to attribute the recasting to MJ being unable to handle the work. I think this is clearly a case of "taking the character in a different direction." I trust this was given careful consideration and I hope this isn't followed by more recasts any time soon. I don't like the signals that multiple recasts would send to the audience.

I agree wholeheartedly about GH keeping characters beyond their expiration dates, but including Dante on that list? Sorry, I don't get that at all. I hope that's not a Lucky/Kristina chem test. They really don't seem to have any idea of what to do with Kristina.

I don't think Hayley self-sabotaged, but it was stupid to go to the club by herself. Why not have a friend with her? And look, someone clearly told the staff there to ignore her. Maybe it wasn't Dani, but someone got to the staff.

I agree with that. Yep. She's clearly better when trying to match the energy of her screen partner.

Karla Mosley in only about 7 years older than Sean Freeman, but the difference between them reads generational to me. It's not a Mrs. Robinson situation, and I don't have a problem with May/December relationships on soaps, but this one feels off to me. Just as I don't understand why we're supposed to see some possibility between Andre and Ashley, I don't understand the possibility of Andre and Dani, either. You know how Andre had a heart-to-heart with Nicole about his romantic life? That's the same relationship I think he should have with Dani.

Count me out on a Dani and Andre pairing. I just don't see it and I don't feel it at all.

😂😂😂 Have to agree. All that ham and chewing of scenery is something to see. I know that conventional wisdom is that she'll win an Emmy for her "Doug's funeral" scenes, but she was so over-the-top that I couldn't stop staring at my screen with my mouth wide open. I felt like I was watching Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.

He did not come across as kind of fey.

I just checked Twitter/X. BTG viewers are not happy about this recast. Hard to believe Maurice Johnson left by choice. He's been actively engaging with fans on social media as of a couple days ago. Would he do that if he knew he was leaving/out?

Whoa. I don't get this at all. Robinson is 3 years older than Maurice Johnson, but I think he reads younger, and the ages on BTG are already screwed up. More importantly, Johnson was doing just fine in the role. I can name a bunch of other actors I'd recast before him. I think it's a mistake to do any recasting before the first 13-week cycle is up, and I don't like the message this sends.

Good article. I do think ML has done a nice job as costume designer. I think you can see her "elevated fashion" outlook on just about every character.

Yeah, that's what I see, too. I know JPS isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I like him as Valentin. It's just that Frank allows writing that makes the character irredeemable -- and then saves him anyway. He never knows when to let go of an actor.

Shanice doesn't get enough airtime.

I'm sure you realized I mean Google machine 😂 Is there any good reason for Joy keeping her pregnancy a secret from Alex? Or did Ron just wake up one day and realize he already had another "I got her pregnant" storyline running? The establishing shots on DAYS are the worst of any soap by far, to the point that I enjoy them because they're so laughable. A high schooler could do a better job with these shots. I honestly think Janet Spellman-Drucker is a luddite who doesn't even know how to use that Google machine I mentioned.

I'm on record as despising the Natalia character. I hate what she did and what she said, and I don't want her on my screen. Eva LaRue has been a dud on GH. Would she have worked if she hadn't been painted as a homophobic POS? Maybe. I'm not sure. But I will defend ELR, I can see her being hired and knowing the outline -- that she'd play a mother who struggled with her daughter's sexuality. It's entirely possible she had no idea how unlikable and even hatable they'd write Natalia. With those GH taping schedules, do you really think she had the agency to hold up production with complaints about her lines? No way. She did her job and barreled through that dialogue, and now here we are.

Isn't that the truth. Javi is as much a freeloader as Leo ever was. They're both guys who'd love to do nothing all day but watch Real Housewives and let some sugar daddy pay the bills.

That was the worst part of today's show. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I heard that. I also hated that once again Valentin was THISCLOSE to death and once again was bailed out. Frank loves saving his boyfriend. I did appreciate Chase's scenes with Lulu. They finally gave Josh Swickard something to play.

Yep, now we have the Javi character being wrecked at the altar of Leo. And why was it a big deal to hear Javi say he loves Leo? Shouldn't you frickin love someone before you move him into your house? Yeah, too nice for that tiny kitchen we get. Janet Spellman-Drucker must be on her Goggle machine again. Sure looks like it. Disaster.

Yep.

I've complained non-stop about Y&R lately, but this week was pretty good, and Friday was a good cliffhanger. -- The family scenes (like Friday's with Jack, Diane, Traci, and Kyle) are well-written with natural and real performances. -- At least the kidnapping is over. -- Looking at next week's previews, I worry the Alan plot will be rushed. Josh Griffith is bad at a lot of things, including playing the beats. There has to be something between his 3-week story arcs and the old days when Bill Bell took 3 years to finish a story. -- I've been bored with Adam and Chelsea, but yesterday's scenes worked. They had some depth, and I felt movement in their relationship. -- I am so tired of being teased with a possible Sharon and Nick reunification. If you're not going to go there, don't mention it. Seems like a sick joke to those of us who want them together and "know" they should be together. If you're writing Nick as someone with a deep understanding of what they have together, then don't have him lead Sharon on before telling her they're better off as friends. It's cruel to her and cruel to the audience.

That's where I am. I've offered some criticisms of the show, but I consider it to be normal soap talk. The wrong thing to do would be to say everything -- the dialogue, the acting, the sets, etc. -- is fire. I really enjoy BTG and am extremely happy it's on the air. I think MVJ is a hero and a miracle worker for getting this to air. She has cemented her role in daytime history. She is legacy and she is iconic. I have no words to fully explain how impressive she is. That does not mean I won't criticize what's not working. I agree. Ambitions was a wild ride and a lot of fun. Jamey Giddens gets a ton of criticism here, but he did really good work on Ambitions. Many of the people here who are wild about BTG mention reasons that were all over the place in Ambitions. My guess is that most people here never watched an episode of Ambitions. So do I think Jamey is a positive addition to BTG? I do.