BTG: March 2025 Discussion Thread

3 hours ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

And please don't use they "it's just a soap" response.  That is insulting to the entire genre.  A soap opera is not "just" a soap. 

thank you!  

watching drama requires the suspension if disbelief — even more so for soap fans — but, there are limits. exceed those limits risk insulting their intelligence.  

fans will walk away!

3 hours ago, DemetriKane said:

The Leslie storyline is moving too quickly. I didn't want her to interact with the family this soon. It looks fun though.

for me, it’s all moving too quickly. these first two weeks have left me exhausted — too much happening too quickly to too many characters we’ve barely met — for more than a few, i still have to check a cheat sheet to figure out their name and who they are  

i’m hoping that things settle down sooner rather than later. but, after the breakneck pace of this week — a three-way!? already? — i’m not holding my breath. 

Super pleased with the last two weeks. Out of the remaining soaps I watch, I’ve only really kept up with GH since BTG began. I’ll occasionally try to get caught up on Days or Y&R and I just can’t do it. Even when GH frustrates me with Sonny worship, there’s enough other things and characters I like to keep me interested.

I think we're going to be seeing a lot of changes on GH. Various actors have just announced rather drastic changes to the dates of fan events. This leads me to believe they've just gotten new taping schedules. This is all on the wrong thread so I won't belabor any points.

Jeresa Featherstone’s work as costume designer is truly stellar. And I love the way her wardrobe choices also complement the set design. Black women doing big things in soaps. #BeyondTheGates pic.twitter.com/uxHnOLBTOB

— ryan w (@SourceRyan) March 7, 2025

Sorry, but I'm Team Jacob. He was put in an untenable position and I hope the family realizes that next week lol even though the potential conflict between him and Naomi could be interesting. 

It was good to see Jon Lindstrom finally make his debut too. I wonder where he's gonna go from here. 

1 minute ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Sorry, but I'm Team Jacob. He was put in an untenable position and I hope the family realizes that next week lol even though the potential conflict between him and Naomi could be interesting. 

It was good to see Jon Lindstrom finally make his debut too. I wonder where he's gonna go from here. 

I dunno. There’s a whole police station of cops. I don’t think Jacob had to be the one to arrest his mother in law.

13 hours ago, Vee said:

'Miss a day, miss a lot' is back - I get behind for a day or so and y'all create 10-20 pages. 😩

I can barely keep up with this thread. It might break the board 

8 hours ago, Taoboi said:

They really can't. God bless them for that because they are hot. 

Andre/Dani have the most off the charts heat generating romantic chemistry that I haven't seen in I don't know how long.

 

22 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I dunno. There’s a whole police station of cops. I don’t think Jacob had to be the one to arrest his mother in law.

They're not on contract...lol

16 minutes ago, kalbir said:

I can barely keep up with this thread. It might break the board 

Andre/Dani have the most off the charts heat generating romantic chemistry that I haven't seen in I don't know how long.

 

The live posting is driving   ... I don't know what it's driving but among other things it is fast & furious, almost manic but it sure is fun. 

 

34 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I’m obsessed with the wardrobe on this show. Easily best dressed soap for me and before anyone jumps in with calling it hyperbole, this is my opinion.

1 minute ago, Cheap21 said:

They're not on contract...lol

Lol Cheap 😂😂

2 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

They're not on contract...lol

That applies to half of the cast!!!

17 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I’m obsessed with the wardrobe on this show. Easily best dressed soap for me and before anyone jumps in with calling it hyperbole, this is my opinion.

Lol Cheap 😂😂

Jeresa Featherstone is legendary. She was one of the first people to "jump ship" which in her case, not a stretch by any means, was from B&B, and she began from scratch in August. I believe that made her the first person on support staff to get underway. And it shows!!!

 

2 hours ago, Antoyne said:

I dunno. There’s a whole police station of cops. I don’t think Jacob had to be the one to arrest his mother in law.

I feel like it speaks to his character that he did it. We've seen people arrest family on soaps before but he did it with no empathy for Dani or care for how it would affect his family. Plus we saw his dad telling him to chill so I wouldn't be surprised if he jumped at the chance.

I'm very interested in seeing how Naomi reacts to him next week.

Is Leslie a deranged former patient of Ted's who has fantasized this entire thing? Eva may not even be her biological daughter.

On 3/6/2025 at 8:07 AM, All My Shadows said:

I’m gonna always be hung up on age with soaps lol Wonky ages and timelines is why so many of our favorites were written into corners and cast aside as the “elders” by the time they were 50 years old. I don’t want to see the likes of Daphnee Duplaix relegated to presiding over family brunches and talking her nutjob sister off the ledge because she’s playing a great-grandma at 50. Pat Bruder weeps.

This can be easily resolved. Daphnee could deliver lines the way Susan Lucci did as Erica when she said, "my daughter's daughter." 😂

11 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

MVJ called Julie Carruthers their “firefighter” on IG. Assume she’s the one that’s been dealing with all the production hiccups that happened in the beginning.

Julie is likely putting out fires every day, which is typical for a "startup" environment, which is exactly what BTG is.