8 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Hold up...bullying AND catfishing? I can't believe we are getting a teen storyline. It's been soooo long. And relatable. I love it. 

 

Hahaha!! That ending!! I want the smoke!!!

Percolating just in time for Spring/Summer.

27 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Why the shaming of someone being a virgin?

 

So Ted knew of the baby?  Lots of foreshadowing with Nicole and Kat proclaiming Ted is perfect.   The recast makes sense, but I think it would have been smarter to keep this actor as Ted.

Hayley seems like she understands the law and seems like she's a good paralegal.  It would be ironic if Mike sabotaged the other women in order to get Hayley the job when she's probably qualified to have gotten the job on her own merit.

Eva vs Kat continues to simmer.

Vanessa and Nicole finally interacted...and I have a feeling we'll be getting some 1:1 with them in the future.  Also, Jon Lindstrom does give off that creepy vibe quite well.  

Smitty/Martin = nice filler scenes

This wasn't their first scene. 

3 hours ago, Rmodelboy said:

I really wonder if Bill is the lawyer Ted was speaking of. Bill being the Dupree bone collector is so funny

That would be interesting, I have been waiting for them to interact more.

3 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Percolating just in time for Spring/Summer.

I didn't even think of that! Reeeeeally old school.

 

3 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

That would be interesting, I have been waiting for them to interact more.

I definitely would be impressed if true. Bill did say in that first week when he talked to Vernon that he had always done favors for various members of the family. So it would track. 

Leslie's voicemail greeting. #BeyondTheGates #BTG

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1 minute ago, janea4old said:

I need to copy this and record a similar message... especially when my boss calls me after my work time is over. THIS IS GENIUS. 

I was really liking Tyrell and Samantha today. Yeah, a bullying storyline is a little cliche but, just like I said with Days, it's so hard to write realistic teens in general, from any generation, that I don't mind it.

Idk about Smitty and Martin though; the way they talk about their kids, you'd think they were 5 years old or something lol I hope this isn't the end of the conflict. So much can be written based on Smitty going back to work, or Martin trying to control his life.

And yes, Kat vs. Eva was the best part of today. They really need to build up every part of their storyline; their rivalry with each other, over Tomas. Everything. So that when the reveal finally happens, the fallout would be explosive. 

17 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

it's so hard to write realistic teens in general, from any generation, that I don't mind it.

And it's been a minute since it was that age with age-related drama, too.

2 hours ago, Taoboi said:

OOoo how Kat vs Eva gives me old school soap rivalry vibes. I love every minute of them. 

Kat/Eva/Tomas is the sisters fighting over a guy story that's so gonna happen.

2 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

It’s not shaming, but they’ve made Kat’s virginity her defining character trait outside of her hatred for Eva. It’s a bit baffling tbh. 

I pointed out before that the prized virgin heroine is not a new thing.

20 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Kat/Eva/Tomas is the sisters fighting over a guy story that's so gonna happen.

Totally. The writers are making sure they have something to fight over at ALL TIMES.  And the Hairdresser might be ahead of the Bougie Bitca for now, but she gotta score at some point too. Too much time to go. hehe. 

6 hours ago, Cheap21 said:

Eva found Nicole at her office. Why couldnt nicole sign herself out of the hospital system? That scene was so weird bc I thought she would have mentioned the email and then clocked that Kat set her up

Yeah, that didn't work for me. I don't enjoy pretending the obvious wouldn't be said.

Likewise, it made no sense that Smitty and Martin took so long to mention the bullying possibility. You mean that black eye wouldn't have been asked about?

 

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

Eva deleted the spy camera footage from Kat's phone, but wouldn't the camera itself have a copy?

If  they don't mention the system or the cloud having that footage, that's a problem. I'm not a fan of that kind of writing.

 

5 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Can they end the gambling story? The story sucks and the set is ugly.

That gambling set is so low rent. There'd better be a really good reason for bigtime mob boss Joey spending to much effort on Dr. Doug.

 

3 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Oh, lord...really, Hayley!!!

Hayley isn't dumb, but she is clueless and sooooo damn immature. When she see things are off, she complains like crazy, denies Bill his kisses, and then forgives him two minutes later.

She has no idea how to navigate any of this.

 

So now that it's been over a month, anyone change who your favorite was coming into the show...or has it changed?

 

For me, my favorites are still Nicole and Anita. Though this show is making me realize how much I love the character trope of the good guy cop. I shouldn't be surprised given how much I love Chance on Y&R and Dante on GH. Perhaps it's the onion...I mean how attractive Jacob is. And enjoying how (fingers crossed) his family is sloooooowwwwly being touched on.

 

7 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Hayley isn't dumb, but she is clueless and sooooo damn immature. When she see things are off, she complains like crazy, denies Bill his kisses, and then forgives him two minutes later.

She has no idea how to navigate any of this.

I mean, I know people compare her to Brooke Logan, but I don't even think Brooke acts as dumb as Hayley is acting. If she is feeling red flags from Bill, she should trust herself. Or worse, if she is this insecure, she needs to be careful to not make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

 

42 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

So now that it's been over a month, anyone change who your favorite was coming into the show...or has it changed?

What surprises me is how many of my favorites came out of nowhere. Characters like Kat, Eva, Leslie and Ted didn't really make an impression on be going into the show and all have become favorites of mine. I think since they focused the promo so much around the Duprees I was expecting Dani's story and the core four to be my main favorites. Now don't get me wrong, I love all of them, but that Ted/Leslie story has stolen my heart.

59 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

So now that it's been over a month, anyone change who your favorite was coming into the show...or has it changed?

 

 

I will say I definitely wasn’t expecting to Silk Press Sheila and Eva to become the breakout stars of the show for me or become Team Eva.

My top 5 characters for myself so far are definitely Nicole, Anita, Eva, Vernon, and well a good 3 way tie for Chelsea, Jacob, and Naomi at 5th for right now. I’d throw Ted in too but I also want to see how the recast is as well. 

I will say the most disappointing thing for myself is my overall lack of interest for Martin & Smitty, mainly because I don’t see the chemistry. I don’t know, Martin sounds fine on paper but it’s becoming poorly executed on screen IMO. 

(I would have prefer it if Martin was shown at a busy congressional office too busy for his family, or perhaps have a minor issue that Martin missed a key House vote thanks to family drama etc.)

I think the best thing is in the past month BTG has shown us that yes, we in 2025 can still have an engaging/engrossing, entertaining, and vibrant soap. Not to mention that yes even despite side eying a few names in the credits lol some of these long time soap writers can still produce fresh updated material while using familiar soap tropes.

Best of all feeling I get and I don’t even know why though is despite only being on for a month I feel like I’ve been watching this show for years now. The show’s has done a great job of explaining how these characters developed and moving the plot forward. 

Edited March 29Mar 29 by soapfan770

58 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

So now that it's been over a month, anyone change who your favorite was coming into the show...or has it changed?

Anita serves up matriarch/grande dame diva fierceness. Andre is the hotness. Silk Press Sheila is the breakout character.

Well... My faves evolved now as I think about it. Good question.

My favorite... Initially... episode one was Dani... That changed Fast.

Now my favorite is Silkpress. Hayley is my second favorite. I like Nicole too. Kat. 

Queen Anita is out of rankings. She is above everyone. 

I dislike Martin and Dani now. Both toxic. 

Really annoying is Ashley.

Not sure about Eva. 

 

1 hour ago, Maxim said:

Queen Anita is out of rankings. She is above everyone. 

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Edited March 29Mar 29 by janea4old