Um, so we have that ever lengthy thread on classic Y&R articles and discussion, I was wondering if we could do one for B&B? I mean the whole show is a hot mess and has been well at least since 2007/2008 and unwatchable but I'd like to think back to when I loved the show 1991ish-2006. A lot of stories liked and/or remember well have now been long forgotten like Ivana's murder and the mystery around it, Macy vs. Karen, Connor(someone mentioned him recently!) Dylan and Michael, CJ/Becky, Sly, Grant. Hell Macy was my favorite character right after Sally of course.

Edited June 27, 201114 yr by soapfan770

8 minutes ago, BoldKara said:

You can catch Season 9 (#2120+) in the Vault. We just can't mention that on youtube for fear of it being shut down.

Sadly... I've seen it mentioned couple of times in the comments section. People still do this, which is a huge mistake in my opinion. 

Question... in the vault, there are bonus scenes for some of the episodes (they might have been uploaded by our dear @Marquise) through October 2020. Does anyone have more recent ones? A friend is specifically searching for bonus scenes with Sheila in them.

@BoldRestlessThe episodes i uploaded have been downloaded in folders each with bonus scene and an episode, but later from the source i dowlnoad there are only episodes, so unfortunately i do not have more bonus scenes.

Edited November 9, 20241 yr by Marquise

31 minutes ago, Marquise said:

@BoldRestlessThe episodes i uploaded have been downloaded in folders each with bonus scene and an episode, but later from the source i dowlnoad there are only episodes, so unfortunately i do not have more bonus scenes.

 

Ah, that's too bad. Thank you for the response  

On 11/8/2024 at 1:35 PM, BoldRestless said:

Question... in the vault, there are bonus scenes for some of the episodes (they might have been uploaded by our dear @Marquise) through October 2020. Does anyone have more recent ones? A friend is specifically searching for bonus scenes with Sheila in them.

Pretty sure bonus scenes are still available on the CBS YouTube channel. You’ll need your vpn set to US in order to view though. 

13 hours ago, boldau said:

Pretty sure bonus scenes are still available on the CBS YouTube channel. You’ll need your vpn set to US in order to view though. 

Thanks for the tip! Is there a playlist? I am searching "bonus" and not finding them but maybe they have another way of naming them.

20 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Thanks for the tip! Is there a playlist? I am searching "bonus" and not finding them but maybe they have another way of naming them.

I've had trouble with that CBS channel when wanting to find something too. One hint or advice - maybe you can try putting the entire channel as playlist in Jdownloader2 - a free youtube channel/playlist software. It will check absolutely every video from the channel... even if they are thousands... then you can use the program's search engine to find which files to download. I've done it before and it works. 

4 hours ago, Maxim said:

I've had trouble with that CBS channel when wanting to find something too. One hint or advice - maybe you can try putting the entire channel as playlist in Jdownloader2 - a free youtube channel/playlist software. It will check absolutely every video from the channel... even if they are thousands... then you can use the program's search engine to find which files to download. I've done it before and it works. 

Thanks, good idea

Edited November 12, 20241 yr by BoldRestless

2 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

Thanks, good idea

Happy to help. 😊

This Spectra fashion show with Clarke's designs inspired by Africa when there's nobody black working at Spectra is a mess lol.

I’ve been binging on the fall 1995 episodes over the past few days in the vault.

Enjoying it surprisingly much, considering how many here have called the second half of 95 bad or boring. Certainly better than almost any of 1994. Not a fan of whatever is developing between Taylor and Eric (why can’t the thing with James and Taylor lead anywhere instead?), but the Maggie/Dylan/Jessica triangle is actually kind of compelling, lack of follow-through aside (I understand it isn’t revisited after the post-diabetes breakup?). Jessica is still as boring as always, but Dylan & Maggie have amazing chemistry. I liked the scenes where Stephanie chewed them out after finding out about their affair. Nice to see Mike Guthrie back too. 

Very little of the above is truly amazing, but I absolutely LOVE the storyline about Rick’s anger towards Ridge, his demands for Brooke to be reunited with Eric, and the rivalry with CJ. I especially liked the scene in the latest episode I watched, where he marches into Connor’s office and asks for legal advice on how to move in with his dad😅

Edited November 12, 20241 yr by Anooj

1 hour ago, Anooj said:

I’ve been binging on the fall 1995 episodes over the past few days in the vault.

Enjoying it surprisingly much, considering how many here have called the second half of 95 bad or boring. Certainly better than almost any of 1994. Not a fan of whatever is developing between Taylor and Eric (why can’t the thing with James and Taylor lead anywhere instead?), but the Maggie/Dylan/Jessica triangle is actually kind of compelling, lack of follow-through aside (I understand it isn’t revisited after the post-diabetes breakup?). Jessica is still as boring as always, but Dylan & Maggie have amazing chemistry. I liked the scenes where Stephanie chewed them out after finding out about their affair. Nice to see Mike Guthrie back too. 

Very little of the above is truly amazing, but I absolutely LOVE the storyline about Rick’s anger towards Ridge, his demands for Brooke to be reunited with Eric, and the rivalry with CJ. I especially liked the scene in the latest episode I watched, where he marches into Connor’s office and asks for legal advice on how to move in with his dad😅

1995 has some great moments, so does 1996...  It's a looot better than the fiasco 1994.  

6 minutes ago, Maxim said:

1995 has some great moments, so does 1996...  It's a looot better than the fiasco 1994.  

Since I’ve seen you express 94-98 as being worse than the surrounding periods, what are your top 5 (or even 10) storylines from said period?

Regarding 95, I actually found Sheila’s exit storyline to be a bit of a dud. I did see bits and pieces of it as a kid (before regularly watching from the 1998 episodes onwards), and certain received consensus had created almost mythological expectations about it, but it largely failed to click. The fatal flaw is how the Eric/Sheila relationship storyline was sidelined in favor of the James kidnapping thing. Since the storyline was up to then about Sheila keeping her past secret from Eric, it felt anticlimactic to not have her past revealed in the context of that marriage, with epic confrontation scenes between the two and the like. Instead, Eric breaks up with her over strong suspicion that she’s hiding just something, and Sheila gets moved into this new storyline where it all comes out.
One wonders if it might have worked better if the story had her kidnap Eric instead, upon her realizing she can’t prevent him from leaving. Might have had interesting effects on the businness storyline too. I did think some individual moments were strong, like the goodbye party episodes where she held the family at gunpoint, but some other stuff was really weak (why does Eric insist Lauren should tell James about Sheila’s past but not him, and why are the police too dumb to figure out Mike’s hiding Sheila?)

The Anthony storyline was much better, other than Thorne’s family frequently forgetting he’s imprisoned, and certain dumb moments like the jailbreak. Anthony’s a fun diabolical villain. Taylor’s return story even became interesting once her identity was revealed to the other characters, and the trial was held to determine who Ridge’s married to (less said about the Morocco crap in 1994, which was AWFUL)

1 minute ago, Anooj said:

Since I’ve seen you express 94-98 as being worse than the surrounding periods, what are your top 5 (or even 10) storylines from said period?

Regarding 95, I actually found Sheila’s exit storyline to be a bit of a dud. I did see bits and pieces of it as a kid (before regularly watching from the 1998 episodes onwards), and certain received consensus had created almost mythological expectations about it, but it largely failed to click. The fatal flaw is how the Eric/Sheila relationship storyline was sidelined in favor of the James kidnapping thing. Since the storyline was up to then about Sheila keeping her past secret from Eric, it felt anticlimactic to not have her past revealed in the context of that marriage, with epic confrontation scenes between the two and the like. Instead, Eric breaks up with her over strong suspicion that she’s hiding just something, and Sheila gets moved into this new storyline where it all comes out.
One wonders if it might have worked better if the story had her kidnap Eric instead, upon her realizing she can’t prevent him from leaving. Might have had interesting effects on the businness storyline too. I did think some individual moments were strong, like the goodbye party episodes where she held the family at gunpoint, but some other stuff was really weak (why does Eric insist Lauren should tell James about Sheila’s past but not him, and why are the police too dumb to figure out Mike’s hiding Sheila?)

The Anthony storyline was much better, other than Thorne’s family frequently forgetting he’s imprisoned, and certain dumb moments like the jailbreak. Anthony’s a fun diabolical villain. Taylor’s return story even became interesting once her identity was revealed to the other characters, and the trial was held to determine who Ridge’s married to (less said about the Morocco crap in 1994, which was AWFUL)

That's a good question. Top 5 storylines... from this period.

1. Brooke invents the Bedroom line throwing Forrester into chaos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THKWY_9RMtM

2. Sheila's exit storyline - shooting Stephanie - one of the best showdowns in the show's history. And the build up to it was also GREAT.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xwvY0T5AIE

3.Amber arrives in town and is a breath of fresh air for couple of months. Sneaks her way into Rick's life and turns into Brooke's biggest nightmare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCgAd-_chOw

4. Sheila poisons Stephanie with mercury pills - Stephanie slowly goes mad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZp_TQKiDI

5. Lauren hooks up with soon to be married to Stephanie Eric. Destroys Stephanie's wedding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0BMpBmzbE

@Anooj Which do you consider to be the show's worst 5 storylines... ever? From what you've seen.