42 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I also think Karla Mosley has great chemistry with her onscreen daughters and the way everyone interacts they don’t feel like her sisters as some have implied. I clearly see two exasperated but supportive daughters in their portrayals.

So do I. I think KM is killing it and the relationships there feel right as well as with Nicole's kids (though Martin is a bit old for Daphnee Duplaix).

It doesn't take me out of the show so much as a couple weaker actors do, but this is Week 3 - things will get ironed out.

Edited March 14Mar 14 by Vee

Re: families. I don't think we need a rival family at this point to be honest as the show is busy as it is at the moment. They can always pull out that card once Silkpress's revenge business is done and Bill / Dani / Hayley winds down. Not everything needs to be introduced at once (if anything I think they've introduced too many c-storylines at the moment that don't have the ability to grow for a while due to the business of the A/B storylines)  - we're just about to end week 3!

17 hours ago, Vee said:

The sheer tonnage of new viewers on TikTok, Twitter, etc. asking if a soap is actually 5 days a week, can they catch up and follow it, etc. is real and notable

That's funny and also cool.

8 minutes ago, janea4old said:

That's funny and also cool.

There's a whole generation that's only ever known streaming at this point and "Netflix drops". You often see them getting into linear tv shows and being confused at the concept of not only one episode at a time, but the fact that there's episodes spread out and aired irregularly during nine months. At least Beyond the Gates doesn't have that problem (except for pre-emptations).

Re Dani. It was stated she was a successful model and gave up her career to marry Bill.

So she must have been a teen model b/c she married Bill at 19, right?

I really enjoyed today’s episode! I was relieved that Leslie didn’t actually make a scene and she was escorted out before she could (thanks to Eva haha) based on what others said I was thinking she had barged her way onto the stage alongside Ted and Nicole. Definitely glad this story will be played out longer it looks like.

Martin and Smitty got another little kiss too today at least! Haha. 
 

Are they still using real music in the background? Sometimes something sounds familiar, but then sometimes it’s hard to tell. 

Good episode, but I still think everything’s moving too fast. 

They really need to allow these storylines to breathe and develop all of these characters some more, which the exception of the core four. Ted, for example could really use a friend to confide in about Leslie lol and what happens to Leslie after all of this is exposed? She goes away and just pops up once a year to cause trouble like Orpheus and Clyde on Days? I agree, Trisha is a standout among the cast, and I feel she deserves more than that. 

The pacing, and the fact that everyone in the family, the community, etc. are so fine with Dani after she just tried to kill people is B&B-like. 

And yeah, Martin is still a dick. Hopefully, they bring in a man for Smitty to cheat with and eventually dump Martin’s petty bitch ass for. 

I just noticed Smitty/Mike Manning was wearing the same tuxedo on today's episode from the soap's opening.

I liked today's episode, but they needed more extras at the award gala and someone to actually emcee the gala and give Nicole the award, not her family.

I loved the ending, and I'm sure Eva is going to double-cross Leslie before this story is done.

9 hours ago, Cheap21 said:

 

Sherry Carter needs to kill him!

All I see when I look at this man is the party planner who told Sheree “you need to watch yourself before you get checked” on RHOA

 

 

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Good episode, but I still think everything’s moving too fast. 

They really need to allow these storylines to breathe and develop all of these characters some more, which the exception of the core four. Ted, for example could really use a friend to confide in about Leslie lol and what happens to Leslie after all of this is exposed? She goes away and just pops up once a year to cause trouble like Orpheus and Clyde on Days? I agree, Trisha is a standout among the cast, and I feel she deserves more than that. 

I've been hoping we get more scenes with Ted and Doug for that reason. 

I was surprised to see Robert Christopher Riley, who played Michael Culhane on Dynasty, pop up as a co-worker of Ted's who attended the gala. The way Nicole interacted with him for a moment seemed to imply there was more to come with him...maybe her love interest down the line???

9 hours ago, Vee said:

I actually think they've taken pains to show working-class people (Mona, Dana/Eva, Vanessa's mother, the somnambulant Ashley and Derek). I just don't think that's enough, and I would bring in a real poor family at some point. I wouldn't mind it being tied in to Dana or Mona. I like Mona a lot.

Nah IMO it's not needed. IF they did it should just be recurring. 

5 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Re Dani. It was stated she was a successful model and gave up her career to marry Bill.

So she must have been a teen model b/c she married Bill at 19, right?

I believe there was a line of dialogue that she left home at 16 & became a model.  So, that would confirm what you're saying. 

The pacing, in my opinion, is on point. It must be understood, it's not just about attracting viewers, but it's also about KEEPING them.

38 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I believe there was a line of dialogue that she left home at 16 & became a model.  So, that would confirm what you're saying. 

See this is what gets me and makes me think that Dani is more upset over losing her career and what could have been her career that she gave up when she married Bill, rather than losing her marriage.  I wish they would stop having Dani be so hung up on Bill and explore her as an independent woman who is learning to pick up the pieces of her life and stand on her own 2 feet.