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Three storylines in one episode? in this economy? Man, this show really goes by quickly when there's less regurgitation, I wish it was more common. Is Bikini a redressed version of the pizza place? I'm guessing Remy is Sheila's roommate. I wonder if she's been MIA for so long because they can't figure out a set to place her in.

Thanks Toups - shouldn't Friday's B&B W19-49 rating be 0.21 instead of 0.31? Otherwise it would have 0.22 rating for the week.

Good for Bold, up YOY in every category. It even had a rare W25-54 increase.

I don't think you're wrong about that! I do think they could have complimented each other though. Broderick was better with character building & relationship drama but IMO when she attempted stunts/OTT stories (the Jamaica remote for example), which were being pushed at time, they came off sillier than when McTavish wrote them. Probably why her Days stint was absurdly short.

To be fair, Brooke just needs to convince Ridge & Eric, and the latter has never said no to her. Also, as a phrase of the month: Not Propah >>>>>>>Co-CEO. Love seeing Brooke act this way too. The beauty of Brooke when she's written properly is that she justifies her selfishness to herself enough times that she actually believes she's being altruistic. I thought Steffy did a great job sticking up for herself and her accomplishments. I'm waiting for her to throw Brooke going along with Eric's retirement in her face. It won't happen, but Steffy cashing out and going to Logan would be a great twist.

It's hard to imagine a worse delivery system than what Pluto Canada is doing with AMC. Random loops of episodes instead of on demand...why? They should have started with 10, added 5 once a week and dropped the earliest 5 if they wanted people coming back with some urgency. And why begin in the post-Kendall/pre-Liza purgatory when its ratings tanked? Some random thoughts: -The Hayley/Alec/Arlene/Mateo quad is great. Ripa was never heavily praised for her acting, but she anchors this story well. She has chemistry with everyone. -I hated the Taylor recast as a teen, but from the bits I've seen now, I have to say the actress isn't bad at all. The writing is awful though, and she feels so out of place. I can see channel surfers in '95 watching one of her scenes and thinking it's JER's Days. -Adding Bobby, Scott, Laura, Kelsey & Anita pretty much all at once was overkill. Were any of the 5 actors offered a second contract? -Trevor wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but he's so distinct and very AMC. Can't picture him on any other show. -The white opening is awful. AMC went from the best to the worst opening credits with the switch. -I wonder what McTavish & Broderick head-writing together would have looked like....

I'm guessing it's Remy in a wig who scared Dylan. I can't see the show wasting the opportunity to reveal Luna's return on a Friday cliffhanger. For the love of all that's holy please no more scenes featuring Katie talking about Electra with Will. Almost every part of that conversation rang false. Really, Katie wouldn't have any sympathy for Dylan at all?? At least it wasn't as bad as last fall when she told Will to lie about sleeping with someone else (before they knew what Luna did).

Also hilarious that after spending all of 2026 so far meddling in her niece's life, she didn't bother to say goodbye, opting for one last round with Daphne instead.

Good for B&B its rare W25-54 win. Probably wasn't the best move that the show put the Sheila story on ice for 2 weeks and counting afterwards. It's surprising that Y&R lost ground in both demos the week of the heavily publicized returns.

Remy showing up was a nice surprise. I fully expected Deke just to sit and listen to Dylan then disappear. I hope Remy sticks around for a while, the actors have good chemistry. The Quinn mention by Electra of all people was pretty random. I'd love to see Rena Sofer back but I won't hold my breath. Ivy & Daphne are such a fun pairing. I wouldn't have believed it a year ago when Ivy was floundering and Daphne looked to be a DOA character. If we're being generous and counting Hope & Liam getting married, it's now been 6 months since Steffy, Hope, Liam or Finn have done anything of consequence.

I thought Deke still lived at the apartment he had when when we first met him and Remy moved out, but I could be mistaken. It tracks to me that Steffy would judge Sheila forever because she's the most judgemental character on the show, and Sheila gives the most fodder to judge. I do think it would be more interesting if they followed through with Finn softening towards her for the reasons you outlined. If they're going to keep Finn chained to Steffy, it would be nice if they had some conflict. Any conflict they've had for the past few years was very brief, and was some variation of Finn submitting to Steffy, but Steffy deemed it wasn't done quick enough. Deke being ambivalent towards Sheila would interesting as well. Not that he has to be a clone of millennium Decaon, but the character would work better as being morally grey instead of Hope with a dick. I do like seeing Li as Sheila's friend from time to time, so I guess that's a consolation. Anywhoo, seeing Sheila back in her Nurse Ratchet getup was a hoot. B&B is on a bit of a roll with giving us fun Friday cliffhangers.

The W18-49 holds YOY are OK, except for BTG (-38%). But yikes at the W25-54 numbers versus last year, except for Y&R which is just off a smidge: B&B (-24%), GH (-30%), BTG (-36%).

Steffy was right to blast Taylor. Even if Sheila wan't crazy, it isn't kosher to bang your son-in-law's father-in-law in his house. That said, I agree with the above, Steffy attempting Stephanie's role on the show as the sex police doesn't work. At least 50something Taylor wanting to live with her grandchildren for a bit makes some sense. I suspend my disbelief a ton for this show, but I can't for millionaires Hope & Liam living with her stepdad who hates her. It would be one thing if the situation led to fun testy breakfast convos about Hope's role in the Deacon/Taylor situation or Liam's in Logan. But it's just so the show doesn't have to build another set.

More from a scheduling/production aspect, but NBC waited too long to launch Passions following JER's Days departure and the climax of his stories. By the time the show debuted in July '99, Days' big W18-49 advantage versus Y&R & AMC completely evaporated. Both shows beat Days in that demo the during Passions' first week. AW having a bit of a demo resurgence in late '96-97 (along with SB starting) probably played a role in the extended development time frame. But then AW's demos started tanking basically as soon as JER left Days, wasting the 2pm hour for 18 months.

I was pleasantly surprised that Sheila clued in after seeing the pizza box, and we (hopefully!) don't have weeks of Sheila trying to figure out which of her employees is dating Taylor. That said, her first clue should have been seeing Deacon's car in the driveway.