B&B: July 2024 Discussion Thread

[Maxim]

Let's all wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bold's quintessential femme-fatale Katherine Kelly Lang!

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She is true statement to the saying that - age is just a number. Happy 63rd, Kelly!

 

[Maxim]

Thursday

I think I've watched Steffy ask Ridge to choose her before Brooke and Hope hundreds of times... and ask Finn to choose her before Sheila... thousands of times. At this point... Steffy should understand that if these men, both over the age of 35, NEED to be reminded all day where their respect should lie... NEED to be SCHOOLED all the time on what to do and not do... then THEY are NOT really on her side after all. It's so pathetic to BEG and want something, which if THEY truly respected her... they would have given her a long time ago.

Finn - if he loved and respected Steffy, would never put her in this place time after time again... He will never become best buddies with Deacon and never go to pick up pizzas from the woman who shot his wife's working place. Will never go all around town searching for her and etc. Also he would never say to Hope that she is this AMAZING woman and deserves an amazing man. He would never secretly from his wife - massage her hands and head - this is cheating. CHEATING. CHEEEEATING. You don't need to stick a penis in a vagina to call it cheating.

Ridge - if he loved and respected Steffy, would never ALWAYS pick Hope and Brooke's side time after time after time. If he loved her, he would never even put her in situation where she would feel like he is doing this. He would make sure she KNOWS she is number 1 - Because Brooke and Hope are not blood-related to Ridge, Steffy is HIS FLESH AND BLOOD. His little daughter. If this man was not a traitor and a complete POS, he would never pick these people over his own baby.

They are both traitors and she is not their number 1 priority. PERIOD. It's that simple. Steffy needs to WOMAN-up and kick both these idiots to the curb. IF you husband doesn't respect you... massages your biggest rival's little fingers - throw him out. If your father always does this to you and chooses his Logans - stop fighting his battles and acting like YOU are his mommy and when he comes at your door asking for help - tell him it's TOO LATE.

Steffy needs to fight and unleash a WAR where nothing is out of limits if she wants to beat  enemies. It's time for action, time to stop making bitter faces and ranting. Start plotting, finding people who can help you in your goals and... ACTION.

JMW deserves more meat on her scripts than every single day repeating these 2 lines.

- Finn, I don't want you to see Sheila!

- Dad, are you going to choose me or Brooke?

At this point this has gone into Stephanie Forrester at her worst territory aka Stephanie after 2005. She would also repeat herself all the time and rant to Ridge and Eric why they should be on her side. At a point, it becomes BORING and repetitive and people start actually sympathizing with the other women. 

OG Stephanie went to friends, private detectives, press, court, surveillance, anything you can imagine in her war against her enemies. I want to see Steffy pro-active and IF they are going to make her a copy of Stephanie - at least let it be the early Stephanie. 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2024 by Maxim

[soapfan770]

I’m sorry but HT’s Katie looks so bored and constipated in her scenes lately. 
 

And how exactly did the homeless guy go from being a well known musician in 2004 to being forgotten and homeless in 2024, WTF ?!!?

[edgeofnik]

This isn't that unusual. Plenty of actors and musicians who had some degree of success or fame have fallen on hard times because the moneymaking years are quite short. In Tom's case, it may have been losing whatever money he had to drugs or that he couldn't get well-paying gigs and simply ran out of money.

Unfortunately, B&B gave absolutely no opportunity for us to learn enough about Tom's history to understand or, frankly, care. He might as well have been a 5-line dayplayer.

[soapfan770]

That makes sense and fairly realistic but I figured between social media and Reddit groups there would have at least been someone who knew of Tom’s whereabouts plus at least a couple clickbait articles sitting out there or something out there lol. 
 

But I definitely agree with you on B&B should at least giving us better backstory before the murder, but who are we kidding? Thudley just wanted to push a D-list celebrity around the show for a hot minute.
 

 

[Liberty City]

She's probably been bored for years but is afraid to leave the comfort of the soap.

[soapfan770]

Yeah I thought she was still directing but realized she hasn’t directed in two years since Dynasty 2.0 went off the air after looking it up.

A shame because I thought finally utilizing HT again would have brought something watchable to this miserable story, but instead we get HT phoning it in for the first time in her career and that’s pretty disappointing.

[janea4old]

Heather Tom still directs B&B.  Per IMDB, 5 episodes in 2023.  So far 4 episodes in 2024.
(I know IMDB isn't always correct but she does still direct B&B.)  She last directed one of the Sheila/Sugar cremation episodes, and an episode in May or June after Sheila was found alive.

 

 

[Taoboi]

7-23

 

I have to admit that I was touched by what Ridge said to Brooke. Sexy and beautiful has no age. And Brooke might have aged, but she still looks sexy as sin. And KKL has aged like wine and can totally pull it off. So I'm happy to see Brooke go for it. Steffy's head is going to explode though. lol.

 

Them Will mentions. hehe.

 

Hahahahahaha at Finn turning Hope all the way down. He told her to button up. Button up? I...

 

 

 

 

 

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Because outside of Sheila, it was clear in those embarrassing scenes how much they have in common.

 

Well I have mixed feelings about Katie vs Poppy. Great scenes for sure. And it's nice to have Heather Tom going what she does best...female showdowns. That said...Katie butting into Bill's relationship. There's so much more she could be doing. And of course, I still wish it was Li doing the butting in. 

[dragonflies]

Heartbreaking

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[ranger1rg]

-- KKL looks great, but that photo shoot was hilarious. They're filming in a damn ballroom, and the lighting is Walmart bright. The Black makeup artist (yeah, diversity on BOLD!) flames in to touch up Brooke's makeup while Zende takes all the photos. LMAOOOOOOO

-- Heather Tom's directed 9 episodes of BOLD in 2 years? I hardly call that consistent work.

-- The Il Giardino crowds should be gone. I mean, zero customers. Who would eat at Deacon's pizza dive with two murders in the news? And I wouldn't touch takeout.

-- Luna was hilarious. She not only told Bill the story about not having much with her mom, but had to add that their apartment building is being torn down and they're the only tenants left. LOLOL

[Taoboi]

7-24

 

Okay. I see what you all were mentioning. I guess HT did look kinda phoned in during the first part of this episode where she was still confronting Poppy. But I felt she bounced back a little during her talk with Li. Though I can only imagine that HT was enjoying Katie in a new relationship and now here she is messing with Bill. 

 

Speaking of which...awwww at getting a Bill/Li scene. FINALLY!!!! I really wish they had gone in that direction with them. Just this scene alone. Li getting emotional at being called a Spencer and respecting Bill's strong protective love of his family...so much like how Li feels about Finn (and Jack once upon a time). And it's just how they do let their guard down with each other, too...their talk about secrets. Just well done. Heck...they could have had them getting closer back then...and then Bill encountering Poppy with no idea that she was Li's sister. Le sigh. I did giggle at Poppy talking to herself when Luna came home. So DAYS OF OUR LIVES. 

 

I thought that was a cute Brooke/Hope scene when Brooke announced Brooke's Bedroom was back. But yeah...Steffy's head is going to explode. 

 

[AbcNbc247]

Well, ya gotta remember, it’s the only restaurant in L.A

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[Taoboi]

Oooooooooooo

 

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[Maxim]

I haven't had the chance to watch in full, but saw some snippets and clips from instagram. KKL/Brooke modeling the lingerie.... WAS HOT, HOT, HOOOOOOOOOOOOT. RAAAWR