B&B: Week of 28 January, 2008

[BadZoe]

We don't need more Nick and Brooke. He was always dragging her around by her arm like a caveman, which I don't see as a romantic gesture.

[Cheap21]

unless they bring on a new man, Nick is a lot better option than Ridge

[baller]

So if they are going to do this Taylor and Rick stuff, have they at least spent any time on Phoebe's reaction to it?

[BadZoe]

Shhhhh, the scab writers don't know that Taylor has any other kids. Lets keep it that way.

[boldfan01]

And whether she took the fall or volunteered, it's quite possible Alden has some kind of commitment for a reward down the line for stepping in. B&B's the one soap on the air that really runs their own ship without some form of connection to a larger corporate entity, so the Bells could make sure she'd be taken care of in some manner jobwise - like you said, she doesn't need the money - once the strike is over.

In one interview, Ian Buchanan said he'd like to stay around for a while, but another said he had a commitment in New York that would require him to take leave of B&B after a short time. So I guess whether he stays depends on his current commitments. So far, we've only seen him with Taylor and Nick, but there are lots of other people he could get reacquainted with if they want. Since James treated Rick for a short time after Rick shot Grant, maybe they can revisit that and have Rick really come to terms with what he did back then (since they only skimmed it last year during the Shane shooting story).

[boldfan01]

Ridge's screen time the last few weeks has for some reason been pretty minimal. He was absent for most of the time since the reveal of Storm as the shooter other than a few token appearances around Christmas. But he was around this week on Thursday and Friday for the dinner party. Those were also the only days Brooke was around as well, which is unusual, but she might be back in the mix more this week with her involvement in both the whole Taylor/Nick/Brooke/Ridge quadrangle and in her sister's story with Eric's plot to trick Stephanie.

[Juliajms]

I think so too. I thought they had some serious chemistry. I hope the show goes there. We know Rick likes them older.