B&B: Old/Classic Discussion & Articles

[yrfan1983]

I finally reached 1573 and Brooke's glorious line: "Here's to Taylor... and here's to you... and here's to all you frickin people!!"

So great. It sounds like something would say when they were really upset.

Why is Thorne totally absent from the Belief story? He's not currently involved in the Macy story, so we're just not seeing him on-screen at all.

[fivethej]

Does anyone have May 28, 1998 episode? Ridge & Brooke get attacked and beat up by a group of street kids while they're searching for Bridget, who ran away.

[Marquise]

were they really beaten up? i do not remember such thing, but i do remember them searching the streets in a car i think

[sheilaforever]

Thorne is in the basement, as usual. Lol

he gets involved in Macys story plus some sideline moments with BeLieF very soon, though.

[fivethej]

https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/recaps/1998/980525.php

"Ridge sees a girl that he thinks is Bridget, but is disappointed when it isn't her. He tries to convince Brooke to let him take her home to get some rest, but she refuses. You are exhausted, he tells her. I could get Rick or someone else to come out here with me. Brooke insists that she wouldn't get any rest at home. She would rather be out here. As she looks around she comments that the number of young kids here on the street overwhelms her; their families that are going through the same thing that we are going through. Ridge tells her that that isn't so; these are "throwaway kids." Their families aren't concerned about them. Brooke imagines that is how Bridget feels; what have we done to our baby? Arriving at the guitar shop, Ridge is pleased that it is still open. As they are about to get out of the car, Brooke stops him because there is a group of street kids walking by. The kids stop and begin making comments about the fancy car. Ridge says that he will go ask them if they have seen Bridget. Just then, Brooke notices that one of the girls has Bridget's handbag. Ridge gets out of the car and demands to know where the girl got the bag. The guys take offense and begin to push him around. Brooke comes up explaining that they are looking for their daughter; she has a bag just like that one. Ridge takes out a picture and asks if they have seen her. The two guys tell him no, but he doesn't believe them. The gang wants to leave, but Ridge tells them they aren't going anywhere until they tell him the truth. "Did you hear that?" one of the guys says. "Rich boy thinks he can take us! As the boys jump Ridge, Brooke tries to make a call on her cell phone. Seeing what she is doing, one of the girls' rushes Brooke and knocks her down. When Ridge tries to come to her aid, the boys' catch Ridge off guard and knock him to the ground. They begin to kick him over and over; as they kick him mercilessly, Brooke begins to crawl toward him. The kids run off, leaving Ridge down and in pain. Where are they? Ridge asks as Brooke lifts his head from the ground. They ran off, Brooke tells him. They ran off with Bridget's bag."

Edited September 15, 2022 by fivethej

[AbcNbc247]

It’s lonely being head of production

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While I was watching, I noticed that Ridge and Thorne pretty much had no relationship in 1993. Even SOD named them “Worst Brothers” in the Best and Worst issue 

[yrfan1983]

Thorne and Karen's romance ended with a fizzle around ep 1550 or so. Feels like the character of Thorne has lost the status of lead character by this point. I was surprised when someone mentioned that Jeff Trachta was even put on recurring by 1995.

[sheilaforever]

It's true that Thorne suddenly has a lot less airtime (while Connor is on 24/7) but he will be seen more in just a few episodes in your rewatch. There will be some Ridge/Thorne scenes as well; yet it is true that Thorne is one character that you actually notice is missing in quite a lot of episodes where he could have been around. Ronn Moss on the other is still clocking in one episode after another. Lead or no lead. It's quite interesting because back in the day I did not notice that or would have assumed that Brooke is more frontburner than him. Not true at all for at least 1987-1993.

Fascinating. That recaps makes it sound so dramatic. In my memory it's exactly like @Marquise described it. That "brawl" must have been a 10 second scene with just one important detail: Bridget's bag is now gone. Agnes Bruckner made a great teen Bridget BTW.

[Soapfan8]

Who would you all say was B&b most popular actor back in the day? Like the one with the largest fanbase.

[AbcNbc247]

Yeah. And it seemed to get even worse after Anthony showed up.

[YRfan23]

Well dang! I want to see that scene! That’s too bad about Brooke, but it’s always fun to see Ridge get his ass beat!

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[Soapfan8]

Any guesses for my question above? For example as of now I’ll say Steffy, maybe? Back in the day not sure. 

[Contessa Donatella]

As an outsider, who would tune in every once in awhile for, like, 2 yrs & then go away, to come again another day, I would have thought it would be Flannery. But that could be my own bias.

[Videnbas]

Thorne even got shipped off to Paris for much of early 1994. And, oddly, during this period Macy had significantly MORE air time than usual.

[Soapfan8]

Hmmm I was thinking maybe Hunter Tylo? I feel Stephanie was the icon but didn’t have the largest fandom but who knows