It's going to be a wild week B&B fans. I can't wait to see KKL rock her scenes. Let's hope for lots of Felicia and THorne and less Rick and Phoebe.

See, this is what I'm saying, Tony's HIV was done really well (they raised awareness, tackled common misconceptions, were informative in giving out info that most people probably didn't know, etc.) and B&B was still a campy, melodramatic soap back then. So why can't a serious issue of rape be treated in the same way as other social issues, like Tony's HIV?

If Brad really cared about this HIV Plot, he would have found a way to integrate the characters of Tony, Kristen, and Zende onto the canvas. Yeah, Brad told a story about HIV, but as soon as it was done, he didn't want to deal with the aftermath of the story or with Tony as a character because he couldn't hop around from woman to woman.

The story may have shattered misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, but it didn't really change the characters lives or the canvas. These people still have unprotected sex and no one hardly ever mentions Tony anymore.

Feel free to tell a storyline about social issues...but make it worth my time as a viewer.

Crippled by flu or whatsoever I didn't manage to post at all last week... Since Tuesday my mood also changed; I was also VERY disappointed how this rape story has been handled. It feels so fake and unrealistic. Where's Brooke's angst/terror, why did she remain so civil with Stephanie and just throw her out in anger???

I must also agree that everything is told way to razy which is saddening and unusual for B&B whilst takling such serious issues. I might have hated the Tony-story because it was insta-thrown in but it had more heart unfortunately.

Finally; I think it was a mistake not to bring Deacon back at this pivotal time...

I guess, it's suffering on a high levl compared with the other soaps because the show is still good but I expected more.

If Brad really cared about this HIV Plot, he would have found a way to integrate the characters of Tony, Kristen, and Zende onto the canvas. Yeah, Brad told a story about HIV, but as soon as it was done, he didn't want to deal with the aftermath of the story or with Tony as a character because he couldn't hop around from woman to woman.

The story may have shattered misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, but it didn't really change the characters lives or the canvas. These people still have unprotected sex and no one hardly ever mentions Tony anymore.

Feel free to tell a storyline about social issues...but make it worth my time as a viewer.

I really wish they had kept Kristen and Tony around. I miss Kristen a lot.