Faulkner

You’ve turned on Carson! Haha.

He’d probably say that it’s budget (limited versus 20 years ago), but it’s not like you listed more characters than we have now. Brooke, Ridge, Taylor, Deacon, Hope, Thomas, Steffy, Sheila, Carter, Paris, Liam, Grace, and Zende have all been featured, and they could be doing much more than repeating the same tired dialogue every day and playing out a single A story (everything surrounding Brooke) and a segregated black B story in a corner (Carter/Paris). So much richness and character exploration is left on the table. There are times when it feels like JER at his laziest. Maybe they think the aging audience won’t be able to keep up with speedier or deeper storytelling.

I saw it, and it just seemed odd to not even have a peck on the lips. Not the hugest deal, but it struck me. This show obviously doesn’t shy away from same-sex intimacy as evidenced by the Chanel/Allie love scene.

At least Paris wasn’t grimacing and squinting during today’s love scene with Carter. She just looked kinda bored. Zero chemistry or connection between the actors, whereas it was palpable between LSV and RS. The hyper close-ups on Paris/Carter were also a bit odd. Again, they’re just pretending like Crazy Taylor never happened. New actress, wipe the slate clean, I guess. B&B has a problem keeping the energy up between story peaks.

No smooch between Craig and Leo?

What even is this show? Zzzzz.

K&A’s problem was that it was on CBS. I feel like the only ‘80s CBS sitcom (prior to Designing Women and Murphy Brown) with any sort of legacy is Newhart, and even that’s pushing it.

This guy from the Japanese water polo team is adorbs:

King from GA 🇺🇸

JMW has maternity leave coming up, so…

Ezza in Taiwan 🇹🇼

Dee from LA 🇺🇸

Iga, wow. She just destroyed Anett Kontaveit. It was 2-2 in the first set and Anett didn’t win another game.

B&B regularly asks us to have selective amnesia about stories they *just* told. And Taylor’s troubled recent history has been completely whitewashed so that Bradley can tell this story. It’s obvious that he thinks that complicated history would interfere with the effectiveness of the story (or simply overcomplicate things for us dummies, who need a clearer distinction between messy Brooke and sainted Taylor), but it actually makes things boring. He has zero respect for his viewers. It’s funny and predictable. Things were looking so up for a while, but B&B always goes to sh!t. Bradley was making some positive moves by shoring up the older cast with KB, SK, and KA; not going to the tired $Bill well; and moving away from the endless Hope/Liam/Steffy merry-go-round (this must be the longest stint on the back burner Scott Clifton has had in memory), but Bradley always reveals himself to be who he is. Diamond looks like she’s in physical pain every time she kisses LSV.

Leonardo from Rio 🇧🇷

Oh no. I wish her the best.

It’s some of the most uncomfortable-looking kissing I’ve ever seen.

Preach. I feel like B&B just photocopies scripts and reuses them at times. I was actually surprised to see Carter today. They did a recap of his story because he’d been off screen for so long.

LOL at his caption, which is about right.