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Sonny slamming the door on Nina made me bust out laughing. That was probably the only decent moment of the show for me. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to keep watching for this Bobbie death story cause today’s episode was even worse than the previous in terms of feeling hollow. Did we really need to pause on Carly grieving to see her and Drew ream in on Nina? It wasn’t even a good dragging either, they came off awful and I say that as a proud OG Carly apologist. Laura and Cynthia did great with what they were given but yeah, it was all very womp womp The reveal of Bobbie’s death to temp Joss and Michael also fell flat for me. Whoever said the script writing is just so generic you don’t feel a real connection with anything was spot on. RIP to characters having distinct voices I think Maurice Bernard’s son is a decent actor. He’s obviously only on to get another IMDB credit and master script memorization but I’m intrigued. I’ll be sure to tune in for his inevitable turn to full on crazy i know other stuff happened but I already forgot and I just finished watching the episode on Hulu five minutes ago. The strike writers were much better

Yeah I was really disappointed at how this episode was put together. Soaps used to always get these kind of things right but the emotion was just not there for me because of the stilted script, directing and haphazard pacing. LW did a great job but they should have let those scenes breathe and given CM less talking. I didn’t want to hear so much of Carly recollecting what her fake last moments with Bobbie on the phone were or hear Drew constantly telling her how much Bobbie loved her. I just wanted to see Carly feeling the loss and some good flashbacks and it just fell flat for me. I hope the next few episodes are better paced Laura Scotty Lucy and Kevin finding out could have been directed better as well it just felt so point a to point b, appreciated the flashbacks tho This Nina and Sonny fallout was boring, he doesn’t even seem all that upset just mumbling for nothing. Her telling him he just wanted Carly to yell at her cause he couldn’t bear to do it was just??? The Sonny I knew would be throwing bottles of liquor and kicking her out the penthouse. Michael and Willow are a SNOOZE fest my goodness. Kill this girl off Michael needs a wife to carry on the dysfunctional marriage legacy of his parents and grandparents Jane Elliot is great and managed to make dry material watchable I don’t like this Nik recast at all I’m gonna try to watch the rest of this Bobbie storyline but I have a very low tolerance for this writing regime, they give JG a good run for his money in writing lackluster drama

Agreed. Excited about tonights episode hopefully I won’t have to wait too pong for the BritBox upload.

There was a temp Abigail recast on DOOl around the time Ashley Benson was wrapping up her stint and I remember really liking her and wondering why they wrote the character off instead of keeping them. She had scenes with Matt Ashford and Abigail and Jack were out of town for some reason.

Really stupid move. Recasts like this rarely work but Krista was fantastic in the role and gave Taylor new life. Seemed like as soon as Thorsten came back from his vacation Bradley just wanted to stick with boring ole Bridge and cut all of the interesting fire KA/TK/KKL were bringing. I knew when the attempt at Deacon and Taylor kind of fizzled that Krista was probably headed for the backburner but this is such a shame. They should have tried Taylor with Dolla Bill or hell Liam ot Zende to shake things up

Gina Tognoni - When Phyllis confronted Jack about his relationship with Kelly in the Abbot living room, from that moment on she was officially Phyllis for me. I miss her every time I watch. Laura Wright - When Carly and Robin first argued at the Metro Court and Robin slapped her. There was a certain nastiness to how Laura played it all that was so SJB coded in a way TB never touched for me, I was sold. I watched her State Of Mind with Maurice Bernard and she said JFP told her after a year to stop pulling so much from previous portrayals but there was a certain grit to her performances then that got lost afterward that I loved so much

Didn’t Mansi’s Abigail come on around the time Shelly Hening’s Stephanie left too?

I can’t believe they made me care about Karan but this kidnapping exit story was great. The big reveal at The Vic where her and Keanu are just looking at each other and she gives him the okay to throw her under the bus was brilliant acting. I love that her and Mitch still ran off with Phil’s money at the end too, I’m actually gonna miss her now but the show could use a new family in that house. @MichaelGL yeah the Nish/Eve/Ravi scenes were fantastic as well and I typically zone out during Eve & Suki material but they got me that week. I’m glad Ravi didn’t kill her and agree he’s a good anti hero character. I love Sam and glad she’s back but I hope they put her in a new orbit now that it looks like Stacey is about to hunch on Jack ( Denise is an awful wife and character so I don’t blame him if this is where things are headed). I don’t think I commented on Kathy and Rocky and the cafe fire but that was really solid story especially Cindy lashing out the way she did. I also really liked Jay’s spiraling out and Gina’s involvement trying to help, she’s become my favorite of the Knight fam especially with how she supported Linda. Speaking of I hope the six kill Dean so we can be done with him and any more of Shirley’s unfortunate offspring. I hate how the UK shows always have one creepy rapist always lingering around the canvas, its gross.

Theres a cancel thumbnail that appears at the bottom corner of the screen that you can hit 10 or so seconds before it skips to the next episode to watch the full credits but I find it annoying as well.

Y&R’s insistence on Nick/Sharon/Victoria/Phyllis etc never properly maturing into new types of story has hindered at least 2 generations of legacy characters.

I’m not mad at the idea of all this but the pacing is absolutely horrendous. They ran thru what should have been 3-6 months worth of story in a couple weeks and missed so many beats. We should have seen Claire/Eve inserting herself into Victoria’s life not just Nicki’s. Wrecking things for her then feeling guilty and yearning for the family connection. Aunt Jordan could have come to town and befriended Nicki for weeks slowly gaslighting and tricking her into drinking. Like come on basic soap pacing. Watching the big reveal felt so unearned and rushed. I hate that JG will probably be the shows last idiot in charge because he just always fumbles the ball in the least interesting way.

Great news. Hopefully Easton’s is up soon as well.

Randomly caught five minutes of the show and man this is the best Annika Noelle has ever looked my goodness 🤩

Her writers weren’t very good so hopefully she hires better ones.

I’m enjoying the show aside from this Only Fans stalker with Stacey but now Freddie’s maybe killed him so hopefully the stalking bits almost over. The UK soaps always have to have at least one predator story and way underage pregnancy plot going at all times and its my only real annoyance with them Love Cindy being back and her new black daughters and ex are decent new characters I really picked the show back up for them. Shame they’re attached to Linda (her Mick and Shirley and the two daughters drove me away from the show way back) but at least they run The Vic. I’ve never been an Ian fan either and Bobby is just as much of an insufferable loser his entitlement to the one daughter is gross I hope they ship him off eventually and just keep Peter around. I like Ravi but the writings on the wall. He better not be the Christmas death cause it’d be really lackluster. Suki and Denise are two other characters who really grate for me I wanted them to leave him and Chelsea and his kid alone I like Kat with Phil, him cheating was pretty dumb but I enjoyed Alfie, Sharon and Keanu’s involvement. Add Sonia and Ben to characters I dislike list but thankfully the pace of the show is so quick and they aren’t being played heavy so they don’t really bother me I just zone out when they pop up. I really wish Janine and Sam were still around when I tuned back in they are my favorite UK vixens. Hopefully Sam pops back in soon

GH should definitely dump their current head writers and keep the scab team. Pacing has been much improved and this is the first time in a decade I actually can sit through whole episodes without fast forwarding

Yeah this Molly is god awful. Frank’s penchant for bland blondish brunette low talent white women needs to be investigated. The actresses playing Esme, Sascha and the one who was Nelle have the same vibe at varying degrees of talent level and its such a bad casting type for soap operas, I don’t understand it.

YR - Fetus in the fireplace with Ashley and Adam drove me away for a while, didn’t come back until JFP became EP. Didn’t miss an episode again until Mishael Morgan was killed off as Hilary and have only sparingly tuned back in since. GH - I never missed an episode until shortly after Garrin Wolf took over. When Frank and Ron joined I stopped watching full episodes for a few years its only been recently that I’ve kind of gotten back into it. Days - When EJ raped Sami I took my first break. Now I’ll randomly watch for a few months when characters I like pop in for visits. AMC - Was never the same when production moved to LA. When it got cancelled I felt guilty for abandoning the show Passions - When they made Whitney and Chad brother and sister it was just too much lol, couldn’t do it. Guiding Light - Somewhere around Peapack I just had to give it up

She actually reminded me of the original Chanel actress. Very boring character but that current 20 something set all are.

Melissa Ordway is so dry as Abby I would have taken her back as a recast tbh

She was too old for the role in the first place. I’ll never forget one day Charity Rahmer was walking around in a bad wig and the next here was Grandma Belle looking older than Sami. It was sad to see a legacy character dismantled by poor casting decisions.

I agree with her that Belle should be a more important role on canvas but a big reason for why she isn’t has been the fact MM has never been a good candidate as a leading actress. They tried for years to make her work and it never really clicked until the Chloe/Phillip/Belle/Shawn quad back in 08 before they let her go the first time. Corday should have dumped her and let Kristen Storms come back when she asked right before she went to GH. I hope they recast with a more interesting actress.

Watching season 7, the storylines are pretty decent and stronger than the previous season but I think the casting for Katherine Wentworth was a complete miss and hinders so much of the potential. She’s not mysterious subtle or intriguing, she’s just blah! I have a hard time buying Bobbie and Pam wouldn’t have seen right thru her already and it makes the relationship angst less believable even with Mark and Jenna as interlopers. Sue Ellen and the pool boy was also pretty gross but I think that story has wrapped where I’m at.

I’m glad Alarr’s been fired but him getting away with this behavior for damn near 20 years and being allowed to take over the entire production indicates a need for bigger changes. He can’t be the only one exhibiting that kind of behavior BTS. More heads need to roll and a deeper look at how the cast and crew are treated and (over) worked. If the show was ever do for one of Ken’s “Plans to save DAYS” this is the time.

The general shoulder shrugging this story has gotten from Corday, SAG/AFTRA and the industry as a whole is really disgusting. I figured with this production model the show had to be pretty nasty BTS but this is insane. The fact Alarr has been able to get away with this crap for years even post Me Too era is ridiculous. Ken, Sony and NBC Universal should be ashamed of themselves, SOD as well for their lack of coverage. Very proud of Ari Zurker and the entire cast and crew that have spoken out and hope they not only fire him but reroute the hr, pr and production issues.