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B&B: Will we see another head-writer of the show in our lifetime?


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  1. 1. Will we?

    • Yes, it may happen.
    • No, never... the show will go down with him.
    • Bradley Bell is okay. Why do we need a new writer?
    • Something else. I'm going to tell you in comments.


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In entertainment value, probably: 2000 > 2002 > 2001 > 1989 > 1993

Accounting for actual quality: 1989 > 2000 > 1993 > 1992 > 1988 (though I might pick something else over the last two on a different day)

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My picks would be somewhat different, but similar at the same time. Entertainment value.

1. 1993 - the show's ultimate top year, culmination of eeeeeverything that started from day 1. BeLief... and Brooke taking over Forrester is a masterpiece. Culmination of Brooke/Stephanie war. It lost steam slowly after that (with small exceptions and moments like 2005 for example). 10/10

2. 1991 - Brooke marries Eric, changing the whole scope of the show. Stephanie has a brain hemorrhage and becomes homeless. 10/10

3. 2002 - the show's ultimate trash year, culmination of Brooke's scandal era that started in 1999 with Thorne. 10/10 - just for the trash. 

4. 1992 - Brooke pregnant by who knows who and terrorizing Taylor and Ridge, a wicked nurse called Sheila... working at Forrester... Stephanie vs everyone. Amazing. 9/10

5. 1999 - Brooke and Thorne, with Macy's life turned upside down. TRASH at it's finest. 8/10

 

and may I add 2005 and 2010 outside the ranking, just for the laughs.

According to quality.

1. 1993 - iconic

2. 1991 - brutal and dramatic

3. 1987 (can't go wrong with the inception) it's like a fairytale.

4. 1992 - suspenseful 

5. 1989 - comedic and just gold (Sally Spectra)

I would not even dare put a Bradley year in this rank. 

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Me and my husband have always been in disagreement about Sheila. He hated her ever since her first episode that we watched... And didn't like any of her storylines. He finds her cartoonish and he hates her catfights with Lauren.

I, on the other hand, adore Sheila circa 1992 and 1993. I regularly re-watch her first episodes. And I especially liked when Sheila became Brooke's "confidant" and tried to throw Stephanie out of her office. Or that dream sequence when Lauren recognized her on the podium. I was mesmerized by that scene.

My husband doesn't like psycho stalker characters and types like... Sheila, Morgan etc. He finds them annoying. I have no idea why. I love me some classic Sheila on a rainy day.

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I don't even consider the show... The Bold And The Beautiful after 2012. But if someone hasn't watched 1987 to 2002... It's all on YouTube and I'm so jealous of you. That you can experience it for the first time.

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