B&B Week of Jan 21-25

[Cheap21]

I HATE the Taylor/Nick/Brooke storyline and what they've done with Taylor. The show was soo good the past few months and this story is bringing it down. Focusing solely on it now has been bad for B&B and I cant stand to watch this crap. As a Taylor fan, Im disgusted and I wish they wouldnt have her crazy and drinking again. She already hit rock bottom a year and a half ago. Why crap on her again?

[Toups]

ITA!! B&B is not as good anymore with this as their A storyline.

[Cheap21]

They completely dropped the other storyline with Susan Flannery on vacation. I wish they had used this time to focus on Thorne/Katie. They were getting closer only to have her drop him at the Fashion show and thats the last we saw of them as a couple. They should go light on this baby storyline and add some other stuff to the mix

Another thing is who is writing this show? Are Bell and Alden on the strike? Could explain why the show has taken a nosedive in quality

[Toups]

Maybe it's easier for the scab writers to just focus on one storyline?

[Chris B]

The tone is definitely different with the scabs, but I'm enjoying this story! It's extremely campy and Hunter Tylo is doing a great job with it. I know many think Taylor is crazy, but I still blame Brooke. I'd go crazy if I had that viper on the horizon. When has Brooke ever been content with what she has? Never, so Taylor is smart to worry.

My only complaint is that this is the only story...why?! Is it really that hard to come up with a third story? A simple romance? Why not just show Ashley and Rick together until they have something better for them? Seems pointless to pay these actors to do nothing.

[Soapsuds]

I agree the Taylor storyline is awful. That is why I stopped watching B&B again. B&B had been so good. Now it's not worth watching again.

[JamesF]

I don't mind the story itself but this week has really nosedived. The same scenes/dialogue are being repeated over and over again and I can't be bothered with it. Brooke and Nick talk behind Taylor's back, Jackie slagsher off and Taylor keeps hallucinating. I think this is why HT's performance is getting too hammy -- she's probably as bored of doing these 'crazy' scenes as we are of watching them.

Instead of the constant hysterics, she should have quietly turned back to the bottle after she initial flipout. Brooke, Jackie etc would be suspicious about why she was suddenly calmer with the whole situation but she would let herself go in other ways.

[JamesF]

Everybody else bored too?

Friday was a nice change of story even if it was slow. I noticed there was padding with the Donna/Eric flashback montage but it was great to see Stephanie back at the end barging into Donna's hotel room. Sidenote, her hair's longer than it's been in years. Wonder if we're going to see a bit of femininity creep back into old Steffers.

[P.J.]

I think Taylor flipping out is a wonderful idea. I think HT is totally beyond "over the top campiness" to some really, really bad acting however.

I cringe at yet another return of the BrICK relationship.

[Sylph]

Sure. But people are going to say I spread the negativity about the only good daytime serial on TV today.