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I think Quinn is clearly a red herring for the stalker. I wouldn’t mind Esme turning up from the sea and that leading to a Spencer recast.

Lynette was a star man I can’t believe they just dumped her. I don’t understand why Laura disappeared either she could have been a real much needed heroine for the show.

This has been my exact issue. Season 2 has felt like absolutely nothing has moved forward, they’re just treading the same waters over and over because they have no idea where to go. I wouldn’t even mind if it felt like we were watching interesting character studies and dynamics but there are none, just Dupree’s fawning all over each other. Tracy T has not been a good addition and I wish they would get rid of JHC as EP and whoever is the current script editor. Bring in people with tighter quality control and willing to move the needle.

I always liked Colin, he was on my list for a potential Nikolas recast on GH. I wonder if Greg V is still with BTG or if they had to swap him out

I was over Zoe after the third week of every doof doof cycling between “I need to find my son/Mini mo/stalker/Jasmine’s phone”. Killing her off is stupid but I get not wanting to leave that carrot dangling anymore if Michelle Ryan is done for good. At least we got some great scenes with her Kat, Tommy, and Jasmine, who I really enjoy and hope they keep integrating into the Slater clan and keep away from Oscar (Josh I have no use for). The scenes earlier this week with Sharon throwing a drink on Zoe and the twins defending her were pretty good as well. Wadey’s tenure has ended up exactly how I expected. Show feels like it reverted back to the bleak late 2010s era, useless, plot driven and contrived depressing storylines with very little nuance and way too much Max Branning and his clan. Still watching but definitely not as invested as I was for Clenshaw.

Going to love not seeing Steve Kent or this clown salary hogging this show into death anymore. I can’t believe it took this long to get JG outta here. Damn near every headwriter stint he’s had has driven me away from shows, Tico Santi era OLTL, Victor walking around art galleries with Sabrina and Zapato era YR, Days with the Horton rape couch, and this current abysmal run being the worst of the lot. Good luck to whoever takes over. I’d hate to have to be the one to figure out how to write around the studio space issue and these very tenured actor salaries. I would love to see Guza run amok with this show or Patrick Mulcahey tbh.

Naw I think that argument would only hold water if this was a show filled with nothing but criminals and downtrodden black folks and no nuance. The stereotyping accusations mainly come when that is the only representation black characters are given. What they’re currently doing by having Joey exert power and control over the Dupree’s and he, Vanessa and Ashley hogging all this airtime leaves a far worse impression for me. You invited an audience and said “this is for you” then pulled the rug out from under us.

The Impaler reveal was so bogus I’m about to seriously reconsider my viewership. The last thing this show needed was another white person running murky operations, making it Joey’s never before seen sister just put salt in an already growing wound. I’ll be 100% honest and say that if Joey were played by a black or even Latino actor I wouldn’t be bothered by his control and story focus on canvas. Watching this tired white man wield so much power on what was sold as a black soap opera has become too blatant for me to ignore at this point, and to top it off he and Vanessa and their low budget Sonny and Carly adventures from the 00s aren’t even interesting outside of Deanna being on their asses. I’ve been very disappointed by the trajectory of the show overall these last few months. I think the creatives in charge have mediocre taste and lack consistent quality control. Post Guza’s exit the storylines I did care about have become so stalled I’m barely invested anymore. Weeks of episodes go by and it feels like nothing truly significant is happening. I wish they weren’t so insistent on portraying the Dupree’s as this happy black excellence family who only endlessly praise themselves and each other and would instead delve deeper into some of the inner conflict we saw brewing during the first season. It would make things so much more interesting. As it stands the show has become little more than background noise for me which is so disappointing.

I saw her last YR return and still wasn’t impressed. She has a very dry generic presence on screen that may work for low budget Christmas movies but I wanted someone stronger for Serena.

I wanted Serena back but I’ve never cared for Kelly Kruger as an actress 😕

I binged the last couple weeks of shows over the holiday weekend and Lulu and Dante have had some amazing scenes. Dante confronting Lulu about not telling him what happened to Rocco and later when they argued over her taking Rocco on the run was damn good stuff, reminded me of Guza era. This regime is really good at rage baiting the audience and keeping you engaged, I damn near threw my remote at the tv when Britt took off with Rocco. I hate the weird ass bond the show keeps pushing on us but I do enjoy watching the material its created for Alexa Havins, Finn Carr and Dominic Z.

Once JJ left Kristina became nothing more than a talk to. They abandoned any trace of her potentially getting involved with the mob and Frank letting her direct and consult for the Endometriosis story gave me a feeling an exit loomed. I would like another recast tbh, Victoria Konefal would have my vote.

Yeah congrats to Sally but he needs a full permanent exit.

Congrats to Sally. Unfortunate JG didn’t exit all together.

I love Ashley Jones. Brad Bell gave her absolute dreck at Bold but she held her own there for years. I wonder what the role is. Vanessa’s sister?