i've watch this character do evil cruel things and get away with them,but today for her to push a total stranger telling him were keys are kept so he can enter a woman who alone home has cross the line.now brooke has been raped beaten by that man to me stephaine is a co rapist.she held brooke down while andy attack and rape her.i want stephaine to recieve punishment like andy needs to get.

I've already said that from my point of view, she is not guilty. How could she know this man was a rapist? Of course, Brooke the Slut of Los Angeles will blame Steph for all the trouble in her life. It is the only thing she is able to do. Oops I've forgotten sleeping with every men around !

I've already said that from my point of view, she is not guilty. How could she know this man was a rapist? Of course, Brooke the Slut of Los Angeles will blame Steph for all the trouble in her life. It is the only thing she is able to do. Oops I've forgotten sleeping with every men around !

If you were raped, and then later on found out that your worst enemy, had not only encouraged the rapist to pursue you, but told the rapist how to break in to your house, wouldn't you be a little bitter!? lol

Of course I will. But I know Brooke so much that I can guess she will get on my nerves ! lol

Of course Stephanie bears a moral responsibility for Brooke's rape. Stephanie encouraged this guy out of pure vindictiveness and spite. Brooke was off his "radar" until Stephanie practically prostituted Brooke to him. Steph didn't know and didn't care who or what this guy was, all she cared about was making Brooke look bad in the custody hearing. (I can't even say Steph wants Ridge to raise those kids, she slipped with Taylor and said she wanted to.)

Steph never would have done this to a woman she cared about. She is the worst kind of hypocrite. All of Brooke's kids' problems and moral failings are Brooke's fault....but Steph's kids' problems sure aren't. I sure don't see Steph trying to take Dom or Ally out of Felicia's or Thorne's houses, and they've had just as many people "parading" through their lives as Hope and RJ have this last year.

What Stephanie is, is STUPID! She sent a man to Brooke's house ( a man she didn't really know) and look at what happened! She should be charged with something because she did encourage this man to break into Brooke's house (that was illegal) she told him how to do it (where the keys were). It's conspiracy to break and enter. She helped the guy break and enter.

I haven't watched the show in awhile but from the sound of things, according to the law, Stephanie is an accomplice to breaking and entering, and im sure she can be held responsible for some part of the rape as well. She may not have told the man to rape Brooke, but she led him into her home.

Think about it, when a mob hit comes out, even on GH, most of the time the Mob Leader never says Kill so and so, they always word it carefully, but it still means that they want a person killed. If you can be held responsible for ordering a mob hit, Stephanie should be held responsible for conspiracy to rape.

The way I interpreted Friday's show was that she told Andy(in the convo that Andy remembers of he and Steph having) that Brooke was a regular person that you could fall for, blah, blah. I took the key in the flower pot as either a) a pure guess on Andy and Stpehanie's part or something she had no idea he could use against Brooke later. Looks like some people are looking for an excuse to railroad Stpehanie's character instead of looking at the bigger picture here.

Brooke did not deserve this...but at the same time, Stephanie is not to blame for this. It's not like Stephanie wanted this guy to rape Brooke. In Stpehanie's eyes, she thought she was doing Brooke some sort of favor by "setting her up on a date." Stephanie encouraging Andy to "go for it" wasn't her encouraging the guy to rape Brooke. She was telling the guy to "keep trying to woo her." There's a difference between being persistent and being forceful and violent.

ETA: And Stephanie did have selfish motives for setting Brooke up with the guy. But she didn't expect the guy to be an all out psycho.

Edited August 18, 200718 yr by bellcurve

wow...i think that the blame lays with brad bell. brooke has already slept with all the male leads so why not have somebody rape her? maybe he thinks that the audience will find sympathy for brooke, who knows. but what should be done, from here on in, is have brooke actually shy away from men, and sex altogether. bell should transform the character from a weak, over-sexed child into a woman who has to heal herself while at the same time take stock of all the people she hurt when she used her feminine whiles to get her way. i don't see that happening, in three months she'll be back to her old self and the rape thing will be swept under the rug.

wow...i think that the blame lays with brad bell. brooke has already slept with all the male leads so why not have somebody rape her? maybe he thinks that the audience will find sympathy for brooke, who knows. but what should be done, from here on in, is have brooke actually shy away from men, and sex altogether. bell should transform the character from a weak, over-sexed child into a woman who has to heal herself while at the same time take stock of all the people she hurt when she used her feminine whiles to get her way. i don't see that happening, in three months she'll be back to her old self and the rape thing will be swept under the rug.

FIVE STARS FOXHUNTER! FIVE STARS!

This is what bugs me the most about this story! Brad Bell(as much as I love the guy) cannot write a story that has lasting repercussions to save his LIFE!

This has "prop-Brooke" bait all over it. We're supposed to feel sorry for Brooke because she was raped...this is supposed to be Brooke's turning point. She's supposed to settle down and not parade in her lingerie all the time, blah, blah, blah.

Even IF Brooke is all of a sudden reformed into some heroine after her attack, it still baffles me why rape was the storyline of choice? Couldn't we have seen Brooke just hit rock bottom in general? I would have a lot of respect for Brooke if she(by herself instead of through some plot-driven rape) admitted to being the whore she is and do something constructive with her life instead of always hanging around her ex-Husbands begging for handouts, begging for sex, and wanting that "one last chance."

Although this storyline will make me feel sorry for Brooke that she was raped, it won't make me feel sorry for her situation in general. This rape will not change anything...if anything it will sweep her own responsibility for past actions under the rug and she can always use something like this as a crutch to lure Nick, Ridge, Eric, or any man she wants.

Is Brad expecting us to forget that Brooke neglects her children(whether by accident or otherwise), uses her sexuality to get what she wants, and that she is a selfish, arrogant narcissist?!

I won;t.

Five starts for Foxhunter and Bellcurve!

Edited August 18, 200718 yr by Sylph

wow...i think that the blame lays with brad bell. brooke has already slept with all the male leads so why not have somebody rape her? maybe he thinks that the audience will find sympathy for brooke, who knows. but what should be done, from here on in, is have brooke actually shy away from men, and sex altogether. bell should transform the character from a weak, over-sexed child into a woman who has to heal herself while at the same time take stock of all the people she hurt when she used her feminine whiles to get her way. i don't see that happening, in three months she'll be back to her old self and the rape thing will be swept under the rug.

I used to think Brad should change Brooke. People HAD to be getting tired of her jumping from guy to guy. However, Brooke backed away from Nick and Ridge hooked up with Ashly and what do we have? Ratings that are lower than B&B has ever seen. It stuns me, but I've accepted that people WANT to see Brooke ping ponging around. Maybe a lot of the people who don't like it stopped watching the show long ago, I can't explain it, but the numbers are what they are.

The way I interpreted Friday's show was that she told Andy(in the convo that Andy remembers of he and Steph having) that Brooke was a regular person that you could fall for, blah, blah. I took the key in the flower pot as either a) a pure guess on Andy and Stpehanie's part or something she had no idea he could use against Brooke later. Looks like some people are looking for an excuse to railroad Stpehanie's character instead of looking at the bigger picture here.

Brooke did not deserve this...but at the same time, Stephanie is not to blame for this. It's not like Stephanie wanted this guy to rape Brooke. In Stpehanie's eyes, she thought she was doing Brooke some sort of favor by "setting her up on a date." Stephanie encouraging Andy to "go for it" wasn't her encouraging the guy to rape Brooke. She was telling the guy to "keep trying to woo her." There's a difference between being persistent and being forceful and violent.

ETA: And Stephanie did have selfish motives for setting Brooke up with the guy. But she didn't expect the guy to be an all out psycho.

The difference is motive. Steph wasn't out to "help" Brooke, she was out to sabotage her. She made that clear from the beginning. It's a total reckless disregard for Brooke as a human being. So what if where Brooke kept her key was a guess? (And Steph's around so much, I sincerely doubt that anyway...) It doesn't matter where or how the guy got to her...she's in this situation because of Stephanie's hatred of all things Brooke. It's no different than someone having one too many drinks and causing an accident. They didn't see the consequences, but they're still responsible for their actions.

And I disagree people want to see Brooke "ping-ponging" around between Nick and Ridge. The rating slide started earlier this year. Even the anniversary shows in Australia in March (where after Brooke dumped Ridge and straddled Nick on his honeymoon (or after his engagement to Taylor, whatever that was) were under-performing. And I sincerely believe it's the focus on Pheebs and Rick that's causing as many people to tune out. That story sucks.

Edited August 19, 200718 yr by P.J.

The difference is motive. Steph wasn't out to "help" Brooke, she was out to sabotage her. She made that clear from the beginning. It's a total reckless disregard for Brooke as a human being.

How many times has Brooke had a total disregard for people as human beings?! We could go down the list...

It doesn't mean she deserved being raped by psychoAndy, but Brooke's actions against the people she claims to love have also been reckless.

The difference is that Stephanie is reckless because she's protecting her family. Brooke is reckless because she wants what someone else has, whether it be a man, money, or even a job opportunity.

So what if where Brooke kept her key was a guess? (And Steph's around so much, I sincerely doubt that anyway...) It doesn't matter where or how the guy got to her...she's in this situation because of Stephanie's hatred of all things Brooke. It's no different than someone having one too many drinks and causing an accident. They didn't see the consequences, but they're still responsible for their actions.

She's in this situation because of the psycho named Andy who wouldn't take "no" for an answer. All Stephanie did was merely suggest that he pursue Brooke. Stephanie's a control freak, but no way would she "consciously" send a guy over that she knew was unbalanced to rape Brooke. Stephanie would do the raping and pillaging before she would send someone over to do it.

And I disagree people want to see Brooke "ping-ponging" around between Nick and Ridge. The rating slide started earlier this year. Even the anniversary shows in Australia in March (where after Brooke dumped Ridge and straddled Nick on his honeymoon (or after his engagement to Taylor, whatever that was) were under-performing. And I sincerely believe it's the focus on Pheebs and Rick that's causing as many people to tune out. That story sucks.

But that certainly didn't help matters either.

I used to think Brad should change Brooke. People HAD to be getting tired of her jumping from guy to guy. However, Brooke backed away from Nick and Ridge hooked up with Ashly and what do we have? Ratings that are lower than B&B has ever seen. It stuns me, but I've accepted that people WANT to see Brooke ping ponging around. Maybe a lot of the people who don't like it stopped watching the show long ago, I can't explain it, but the numbers are what they are.

That's why I think this will only be a temporary fix instead of a turning point in Brooke's life. Brad will need the next big thing to shakeup B&B and the only thing he will think of is a love triangle between Brooke and two dudes.

I just have this feeling the Mattress, after she's healed, will be out of early retirement very soon. Look what happened to Stephanie?! She confronted her mother and things still didn't change.

WOW - Friday’s show was INTENSE to say the least.

I was shocked that by accident Stephanie gave Andy a clue for his manic actions. The ending was so OMG and really terrifying... I really don’t think Steph shares any responsibility because who could have expected Andy being SO crazy. Too bad because I thought the character was extremely intriguing and could have become a new Deacon Sharpe...

To give an answer to Bellcurve’s question what Brad Bell’s motives are for this.

I think the story was handled pretty good so far and have no doubts it will much different in the next days. And it definitely seems to be a way to get viewers warming up to Brooke again which will not entirely work - probably.

However; my take is far less profound: Brad Bell wants an IT-story. Sth. people are talking about - judging by this board alone it did work - to get the ratings up. This engaging story and the upcoming concert are two things soaps did well with in the past, so let’s see whether this will work out for B&B. Unless DAYS who wasted their serial killer momentum - not-withstanding that B&B gets little or no publicity from CBS despite being their best-written soap on the line-up for all year – the writing on the show could actually keep those viewers invested, if they really check out B&B which is the big question.

It’s been apparent that those ABC refugees for Y&R don’t add to additional viewers for the rest of the CBS line-up but rather bring their ratings down due to core audience alienation.