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One thing the writers don’t seem to get is that we’ve come a long, long way from the roaring 80s when everyone was drunk on money and the American dream was selling like crazy. These days people hate the rich (well, not enough) because they’ve realized that you don’t get that rich without exploiting labour. So you’ve seen AOC sporting an ‘Eat the rich’ dress at the MET Gala and people like Musk or Bezos are now seen as diabolical hoarders, not as inspirational gurus any longer. In the meantime primetime has thrived recounting stories of everyday life. So… where’s daytime in all of this?

Everyone on this show is so understanding, conciliatory, always up-to-date with therapy speak... Call me old-fashioned but you need at least 1 conflict in an episode, a couple of characters disagreeing on something.

I like that they're framing it as 'anytime' as opposed to 'daytime', it's an appropriate evolution but the promo itself seems to mock the genre.

Thanks Jane. I have to say Christie comes across slightly annoying - the only one in the panel tbh - but she drops a few interesting tidbits here and there. Like she implies they had a couple of ‘bad apples’ on the show coming from other soaps, but they didn’t last long. Wonder who they were and if she was referring to Krista Allen? Her leaving the role of Taylor so soon is still an unexplained mystery.

This reminds me how pointless and random Hayley/Izaiah was...

Y&R's Mark Grossman was B&B's casting director's first choice for a Thomas recast but the role went to Matthew Atkinson, as per this panel: @janea4old thank you for sharing the link, so interesting.

Big agree. I adored it and no one was able to capture that in the decades after, on any soap. Her Jill's always come across as an insecure shrew. It's damaged the character and driven her to irrelevance.

Is it me or has the B&B app helped the show get a lot more classic clips on TikTok? Maybe my algorithm's shifted but it did not use to be like this.

That observation is spot on and also why I could really do without her. She adds nothing and reconducts everything back to her and those 4/5 milestones in her life.

They're unflattering but they fit Vanessa's role as a wannabe mobster madame.

OT but Tom Selleck would be the perfect Matt Miller now 🥺

Uhm obviously I was referring to the me too lawsuit and not sure why there's often miscommunication between you and me but this is what I meant: Moving on... They just HAD to throw their favorite anti-hero in the mix, just because. And another thing that irked me was Joey making a subtle reference to Bill's shaking hands, just to show he's always on top of everything and one step ahead. ANNOYING. He was catatonic for an episode and that's pretty much it. That must be the writers' concept of PTSD and the major consequence for the newly rebranded Red Market ordeal.

I thought the same thing! What a silly mistake... Most of all they were discussing something they should've buried a long time ago. Why is Mike so relevant... The lawsuit was months ago.

Very well said. And all these plastic, dreamy, ego-less men (Andre, Kial, Izaiah, Jacob) don't make for good drama. Was it? 'My first time was a mess too, just like yours' 'Really, dad?' 'Yes, it was with a girl... and I was gay' lmaooo That was involuntarily hilarious. Big agree. Derek did nothing wrong. While Greyson is a criminal. BTW I also dislike Greyson's terrible dye job and the fact he's never once smiled, apart from his first appearance. I can't stand Nicole anymore. She's uppity, entitled and insufferable. And she must be an awful shrink. Reminds me of my former boyfriend. Great songwriter and singer. Wouldn't post anything on Youtube cause 'they could have stolen his songs'. Never heard him on the radio and probably never will. If you want to do something with your life, do it, take actions. Otherwise do not complain about people 'poo-poohing' 🤷‍♂️ on your ideas on a message board.

I don’t understand for the life of me why someone who’s so passionate is not willing to e-mail their fan fiction/ideas or at least contact the writers in some way but would rather just share said ideas (quite thoroughly) on a message board. Also if one believes the writers come on here to steal story ideas buried in hundreds of discussion pages, well, that’s giving delulu.