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Dani's smirk at the meme was giving Maria Roberts (OLTL) when she was fantasizing about shooting Viki. And her showing up at Hayley's house was very much Erica Kane because Erica would go to Brooke's house to talk smack. Hayley's wardrobe is basically a modern version of how tacky characters dressed on old soaps minus the bright colors. Eva is a villain, but Kat's elitism is making it easier for me to root for Eva.

The age thing is no big deal it's just a noticeable quirk. It can be passable as long as it doesn't get as absurd as Dan Stewart's ridiculous aging on ATWT.

If the Fandom page for Beyond the Gates is correct, Brandon Claybon is 36 and it seems like the character is near a similar age judging from the political career that is being portrayed. There are definitely some flubs with the writing in terms of the timeline that is being set. Based on the clash she had with Kat it seems like the writers are putting them in the same age group yet at the same time Leslie is seemingly saying she knew Ted before he met Nicole. Very confusing.

Bill seems obsessed with Dani and her family. He left on his wedding night to attend a press conference despite his new wife not wanting him to do that. No matter what happens it seems like Bill just isn't going to let go of Dani and that will be an issue in his marriage. Lol at him saying that Dani "disfigured" Hayley's face and Hayley touching her cheek like it was painfully scarred.

Delivering a baby in the elevator is a way of getting Ashley to bond with Andre in some sort of way. Assuming that they do end up together at some point that might put her on a collision course with Dani if Dani eventually wants more with Andre. That would be down the road but the writing do far is hinting at Ashley possibly messing up her relationship with Derek for Andre.

At least the wedding was ruined and the Hamiltons had to get married in front of almost no one. Anita had no room to get angry because she should have supported Dani going to Paris and not demanded that she go to the wedding. Forcing her to be that was asking for a huge scene.

The first week was quite good and it wouldn't surprising if the show was number one for the week just from the new engagement. The pace was very quick for a debut week but this is a time when you have to move fast to get viewers. It would have taken a month to get to the wedding at the pace of older soaps.

Bill's main objective seems to be to push Dani's buttons. After her making a fool of herself he still chose to approach her instead of just letting matters go.

Dani begging Bill was embarrassing, but it does add a layer to the character's current state. She is all over the place and it's not just anger. When Vernon stood up and Anita told him to sit down that was such a good moment. She was like "Why are you standing up? Sit your ass down". Was Leslie saying that Ted is Eva's father or did she mean something else? Seems like there might more to it because it's quite early to make a reveal like that.

Promotion for the show helped draw viewers for the specials but it's still amazing that they got decent views with individual promotion. GH's producers are probably dreading seeing the ratings now that actual episodes of BTG have aired.

Martin is to an extent supposed to be irritating because he clearly wants his husband to be at home playing a traditional role. The actor definitely needs to improve on line delivery.

Let's remember that there has been emphasis on Nicole's perfect marriage and emphasis almost always equals there are some hidden cracks. Ted is probably not so perfect and Leslie is probably a part of that imperfection. He either had an affair with her or botched up and killed Eva's father or someone else close to her.

That blouse definitely read strumpet. It seems like the writers are trying to go in a different direction than the standard homewreckers who make snarky comments and brag about breaking up marriages.

"Take your cookies with you" was a top tier insult.

I got Raven Whitney (EON) vibes from Dani in that she is very impulsive and self-confident.

Lots of establishment of the Dupree Family which is to be expected in the first episode. It is clear that Bill and Hayley antagonizing Dani has compounded her anger and that makes her not moving on more understandable as it is hard to move forward with people trying to push your buttons.

I cannot believe we're less than 24 hours away. This is so surreal.

I loved that theme and it's one of my favorites. Martha Byrne's head turn in time with the music was everything. I think a title card is fine for some days (B&B does this) but a full opening adds to the charm of the soap.

ATWT's last opening was just all right save for the fact it left out a lot of characters. And GL never really stood out with openings in it's final years.

Despite sounding somewhat generic I like the theme song. P&G soaps always did have generic sounding themes (save for Another World's vocal theme). But this opening is much more elevated than anything ATWT or GL had.

This is very anecdotal but my mom is going to watch the show and she is one of those people who stopped watching soaps after the OJ trial. She saw Dani punch out Hayley and said, "yes! this is right up my alley!". I think BTG will revive many other soap viewers who have been tuned out.

I responded to a question on one of the Instagram stories and the show shared my response as a sticker. It's the one with Bryton James and Christel Khalil.

The character's background is the perfect setup. There is no getting out of the South Side of Chicago with a child so leaving the child to be raised as an aunt or cousin's child would be the better option rather than to give up a career.

The show is posting stories on Instagram of some of the cast with actors from the other CBS soaps at an event.

I've been to her show twice and it was a positive vibe both times (she touched my sequin jacket when she greeted the audience lol).