SOD: Best & Worst - 2017

December 9, 20178 yr

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That time of year again!!.....for those who care...LOL

Best Story - Newman Implosion (Y&R)
Worst Story - The Chimera (GH)
Most Preposterous Plot - Jungle Madness (DAYS)
Most Shocking Twist - Will's Alive (DAYS)
Biggest Waste of Screen Time - The Sex Ring (Y&R)
Best Use of History - The Spectras (B&B)
Best Family Feud - Bill/Liam (B&B)
Best Secret - Quinn & Ridge (B&B)
Worst Secret - Nelle is a Benson(GH)
Most Rejuvenated Family - The Abbotts (Y&R)
Most Rejuvenated Character - Lucas (DAYS)
Best Return - Steve Burton (GH)
Most Shocking Return - Sheila (B&B)
Best Couple - "Jason" & Sam (GH)
Worst Couple - Chad & Gabi (DAYS)
Best New Couple - Wyatt & Katie (B&B)
Most Tortured Couple - Cane & Lily (Y&R)
Best Triangle - Eric/Nicole/Brady (DAYS)
Worst Triangle - Phyllis/Billy/Victoria (Y&R)
Biggest Waste of Talent - Dominic Zamprogna (GH)
Biggest of Talent Part II - Jacob Young & Karla Mosley (B&B)
Most Improved Show - DAYS
Best Show - B&B

Honorable Mentions:

Best Trend - "Visits from returning Favs"
B&B:(C.J/Kristen/Tony/James)
DAYS:(Austin/Carrie/Anna/Stephanie/Belle/Shawn/Nancy/Ben/Dr.Rolf/Susan/Sister Mary Moira/Kristen)
GH:(Emma/Jax/Robin/Spinelli/Spencer/Nora/Stone/Helena/Serena
Y&R: (Jill/Traci)

Most Entertaining Duos -
B&B - Bill & Justin/Darlita & Saul
DAYS - Brady & Victor/ Andre & Kate/Sheila & Bonnie
GH - "Jason" & Curtis/ Diane & Alexis/ Anna & Finn/ Franco & Scott
Y&R - Hilary & Mariah/ Billy & Phyllis/ Ashley & Gloria

Props of the Year -
B&B - Sky & All the Portraits
DAYS - The Amulet
GH - Morgan's Pill Bottle, Tracy's Portrait, Patient 6's Mask, Franco's Twin Painting
Y&R - Chloe's Tranquilizer Gun & Adam's Wedding Ring

"Meh" Motivations -
B&B - Bill's "Sky" Obsession
GH - Olivia's resurrecting Duke
Y&R - Graham's revenge against Dina

Characters we won't Miss -
B&B - Mateo
DAYS - Dario, Eduardo & Jade
GH - Samira
Y&R - Zack

Blink and You Missed Em (Character exits/disapperance) -
B&B - Sasha, Zende, Thomas &Caroline
GH - Alex Devane, Dillon, Parker, Kristina, Brad, Lucas & Lucy

2017 Words we Don't want to hear Again -
B&B: "Bucko"/co-CEO
DAYS: Halo/Orwell
GH: Man Landers/Toxoplasmosis/Zen-Zen
Y&R: DesignDate/Hashtag

Best Double Duty -
DOOL/GH: Wally Kurth
Y&R/DOOL: Eileen Davidson

Better Luck New Year (For more Story) -
DOOL: Jennifer
Y&R: Neil, Paul & Christine

Best Reunion - Steve Burton's Jason being reunited with loved ones

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Yeah, they're living in some kind of parallel universe with most of these choices. To each one's own, but B&B is the worst it has been in years in almost every way.

But I feel bad for those who have to cover this genre. I can't really think of many "bests" to speak of for this year on any show.

December 9, 20178 yr

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It's almost like Brad Bell himself, picked all of his choices ain't it??

December 9, 20178 yr

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B&B best show? GTFOOH wit dat BS!

December 9, 20178 yr

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So much eye-rolling here...

December 9, 20178 yr

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Quinn and Ridge as best secret?

Wyatt and Katie as best new couple?

B&B as the best show?

Bradley must have rigged the results @YRfan23

Edited December 9, 20178 yr by soapfan770

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So GH's Dillon got a non exit???

December 9, 20178 yr

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The list is a joke.

Sheila most shocking return....NO

B&B best show.....NO

Quinn and Ridge best kept secret....NO

B&B was the worst show this year.

December 9, 20178 yr

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Um, y'all got amnesia? Sheila's return WAS a huge surprise.

December 9, 20178 yr

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Just now, YRBB said:

Um, y'all got amnesia? Sheila's return WAS a huge surprise.

True.

December 9, 20178 yr

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I won't dispute that Sheila's return was a big surprise on many levels. That was a huge secret to keep under wraps. But the execution of it was soooo poor. It had little impact at all. And the show itself basically treats her as a day player waitress these days, so it's easy to forget the surprise.

In typical Brad Bell fashion, he took a big splashy opportunity (like Maya coming out as transgender) and totally wasted it due to his chronic ADD and lack of discipline.

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1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

B&B was the worst show this year.

10 minutes ago, YRBB said:

Um, y'all got amnesia? Sheila's return WAS a huge surprise.

Yes B&B was the worst show of the year, but yes Sheila's return was pleasing considering it appeared we were set up to have crazy Quinn vs. crazy Katie over Eric. The show finally acknowledging it's Spectra history was good and we finally saw James and Sheila interact again! But overall, the show has just been a joke this year, the Avant PSA family feud story that aired in June was a DISASTER, Brooke still getting 1994 era storylines, Bill and his ~~penis~~ skyscraper, Wyatt and Katie pairing, and wasting Rick, Maya, Thomas, Caroline and more recently Bill/Steffy the show has really devolved into Bradley's worst tendencies gone haywire.

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21 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I won't dispute that Sheila's return was a big surprise on many levels. That was a huge secret to keep under wraps. But the execution of it was soooo poor. It had little impact at all. And the show itself basically treats her as a day player waitress these days, so it's easy to forget the surprise.

I'll give you that -- what they did with the return colors the perception of the surprise.

Nevertheless, this list points out a lot of things I've seen many here constantly say. So, while we're at it, let's point out some things this list did get right:

Biggest Waste of Screen Time - The Sex Ring (Y&R)
Best Use of History - The Spectras (B&B)

Most Rejuvenated Family - The Abbotts (Y&R)
Most Rejuvenated Character - Lucas (DAYS)

Worst Couple - Chad & Gabi (DAYS)

Worst Triangle - Phyllis/Billy/Victoria (Y&R)

Biggest Waste of Talent Part II - Jacob Young & Karla Mosley (B&B)
Most Improved Show - DAYS

and more. Let's not get crazy here!

I mean, these are literally things posters here have been complaining/praising!

Edited December 9, 20178 yr by YRBB

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Sheila's return could have been so much better. I still think it was a mistake to pit her against Quinn. Like it happened, she should have exposed Quinn and Ridge and then set her sights on vulnerable Eric. So far so good. But then it should have been Brooke that took up the fight against her, thereby stepping into the role of Forrester matriarch that she should have transitioned to after Stephanie's death. Sheila and Brooke also have a history which then could be used. That would have been far more interesting than Sheila vs Quinn.

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2 hours ago, YRBB said:

Um, y'all got amnesia? Sheila's return WAS a huge surprise.

THANK YOU!!!!!

I actually agree with this list for the most part EXCEPT for Best Show. As A WHOLE, I can see why B&B would go there, but at the same time it has declined since...summer?

So...it's been revealed that Project 6 IS Jason? If not it's shady to use 'Jason' for BM.

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