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What was the point in Lori's return as Mrs. Max Hollister? That little story never made much sense to me. Were there plans for a permanent return? Or even a new family with her as the matriarch?

I love serious reviews from critics who have something to say. Like the vintage ones for the old soaps.

He is really hot. And like you said in a previous post... how do you want to kill THIS?

Mitch and Sienna Bacall are horrible soap names.

We only got to see about a year. It was not a success and of course I was furious when it was cancelled. Back in the 90s every network wanted a soap to compete with B&B. Only Y&R and Santa Barbara were really successful and were broadcast here for many years.

May I say how much I enjoy your thoughts about this era? In Greece we got to watch episodes starting with Marty's rape.

All this early 90s talk reminds me how smitten I was with Sloan as a teenager lol.

I remember seeing him and thinking that this guy does not look like a RH guy at all. He looked like a soap actor.

Cane is Billy's older brother. Cane's twin's son is older than Billy.

ICAM, it was a joke lol. Everytime a "star" joins Y&R I say that they will be playing Brooks Prentiss or Jennifer Foster. Besides Josh Griffith would kill off Brooks after six months. Besides

Brooks Prentiss!!!

SJB would be amazing. A code name, love your positivity. I'd rather see Grace Turner show up with a young daughter, than Tara Locke. Never cared for that storyline. I just hope she is not another random psycho.

Yes. It feels like someone made a list of soap names and connected two random ones.

My 2008 self (when I still had hope about this show) thinks that she will be Jennifer Foster.

Unpopular opinion, but I was never crazy about GA as Phillip. I don't care for his looks (too JER Days) and in my mind Phillip should be the spoiled, sometimes bratty, but deeply hurt friend/antagonist to Rick. Someone like a young Linden Ashby would make him more interesting to me.

Yes, I have watched several scenes with her.

The Kimberly show and Greenberg's Hope were far worse than the Kirkland invasion. I don't really think that Rae really worked as a long term character in the Ryan universe. Labine obviously loved the actress, but Rae seemed to be on a different show for quite a while.The fact that she never shared romantic chemistry with any of the Franks didn't help things. I liked her relationship with Roger though.

No, but I will check it out. I have seen the actress in many other scenes and I don't find her very interesting for such a part. She feels like a friend of the Basketball Wives, or something like that.

He was never leading man material, it was insane how he ate the show along with Kimberly. These two had someone who liked them a lot at the network, that's for sure.

I really need BTG to be a success, because I love soaps and want the genre to make a comeback. The show feels like a more decent and serious B&B and this should not be a good thing. I agree with the people who want more of a 90s GH vibe and less of a Bell soap one. MVJ decided to start a new soap with a family of twenty people. The show's matriarch and patriarch are already great-grandparents to some grown up people. There is already too much history between these people. And too many secondary rather unimportant characters around the main family. Is there a couple around for the viewers to fall in love with? Where does Washington fit in MVJ's story? This could have been Madison, Rosehill or Henderson. I don't want BTG to end up in soap history like SSM's Generations. At this point, I think that there is a need for a change. Perhaps a story consultant? An experienced soap director? (Not from the Bell universe!) A new EP? Something. Along with some recasts. I mean... Hayley... shouldn't she be a little more interesting? Why should I care about Ashley and her boyfriend? Or Vanessa's story? Perhaps it would have been better if Dani and Nicole were best friends and not sisters. Now everyone is related. Vernon could have been Dani's father and Anita could have been Nicole's mother. And I really need the show to feel soapier and more dramatic. If Days can make me cry with John Black's death and GH can make me care a lot once in a while... What is BTG's identity? Being identified as the black soap is not enough. Even the opening is something out of the late 90s. Make it work people.

Thank you so much. It feels so wrong. And it is sad to see a P&G soap trying to mimic the cheap DAYS aesthetics after JER's success.

I've been reading about the Company redo for years and I have never seen the set. Could someone please tell me where to find some scenes with it?

I get "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" from Nikki's look. Her character would be great for this kind of story.

The show lost me after episode 6, when I realized that MVJ promised CBS a black B&B. The shooting at the wedding, the live streaming, the press conference with someone in their wedding dress. This was too much for me, way too soon. The fact that everybody is super famous and mega rich, the weird thing with the character versus actor age... However, everytime I watch some scenes, I see a rather good B&B, but this is not my cup of tea. I understand that no network would back a black RYAN'S HOPE, but the truth is that I expected something else.

Cane is supposed to be the same age as Nina and Cricket, right? And old enough to be Chance's father. This sounds like a mess. And for no reason. Not to mention that I love the A.D. name, reminds me of an 80s mini series.