BTG: March 2025 Discussion Thread

[Cheap21]

Is she not bc she definitely is giving villian. Actually i feel the writers arent telling us how to feel about her. I have moments when I am extremely irritated by her but also find her sympathetic and fascinating. The writing isnt black and white and I think people need to get out of their hands with how this may typically be approached on other soaps. She's not a heroine or villian. She can be a bit of both depending on the day. I think one thing clear is that she is someone with an undiagnosed mental illness. They've had characters suggest that she see a doctor because they all know she is sick but no one is putting their foot down and putting that pressure on her to do so. Until she seeks real treatment, she is going to continue to act like this. She may even have a chemical balance and need to be on meds.

[Contessa Donatella]

We all need to take a break. Breathe deeply. Eat something.

[Antoyne]

She definitely has an undiagnosed mental illness that everyone including her sister the psychiatrist, have seemingly never really told her to get help. They talk about this stuff happening all the time and just brush it off as that’s just Dani when she’s a nut job.

[Contessa Donatella]

I see no sign of mental illness or alcoholism. If so, she is incredibly high function.

[Cheap21]

Agreed. Im glad Nicole at least acknowldged wanting to referring her to someone but I wish her parents would also get involved and worked out a deal that part of her release from police custody be that she seeks mandatory sessions with a psychiatrist. At the very least she needs someone impartial to talk things through

 

Nothing about Dani comes across as a sane person. She has a mental issue that needs to be diagnosed by a doctor. Highly functioning normal people dont go around pulling guns out at weddings, threatening to kill people and break into someone's home bc she has an obsession she cant shake. Bill also is a bit obsessed with her but he functions quite well in a way that she cant. Dani has a mask that she puts on in front of everyone but even those around her have seen through her cracks

[Maxim]

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[Cheap21]

[Maxim]

[Cheap21]

Yeah she's perfectly sane...LOL. I need Silk Press Sheila to catch her flipping out and then shade her under her breath for how crazy she comes across

Edited March 15 by Cheap21

[Antoyne]

 

 

It’s crazy seeing all of this laid out after only 3 weeks

I would DIE laughing 

[ReddFoxx]

Dani is giving Betty Broderick vibes. Not sure if the writing was inspired in part by that story.

[Liberty City]

Oh, that would be INSANE!!

[All My Shadows]

Dani is absolutely the worst. A pathetic, miserable, sad, depressing, delusional, stupid ass, dumb ass bitch. Periodt point blank, argue with ya mama and not with me.

As far as how they’re portraying her? I will give the benefit of the doubt bc it’s still early days. Sure, they can be heading for a major intervention where everyone tries to get her the mental help she needs. But, I feel as though her ridiculous family needs an intervention first where they’re forced to admit that she has a problem. And not drive-by comments about her needing to talk to someone. She’s past that point, and they don’t seem to realize that. The fckng shootout should have been the last straw.

The fun, cool, hip, “isn’t she delicious” mugshot photo shoot told me that they (TPTB) view her as the fun bad girl, but there’s nothing fun about her doing the same pathetic [!@#$%^&*] week after week. I can totally be wrong about what they want us to see, and the future may prove that, but…all we have is what we have right now, and all I see is an exhausting cartoon character.

Didn’t some of yall say last week that it was okay for her to worm her way into Bill and Hayley’s house bc she was there to seek closure and move on? No tf she was not. The bitch is literally back again and joking about bombs. Leave them ppl the fck alone! Yes, they moved into your neighborhood. They can do that! It makes them really shtty people, but it ain’t against the law!

I want footage of TMG watching the show in character as Leslie, commenting on how much of an amateur Dani is. Bc at this point, I see Dani as crazier than Les.

Meanwhile, Kat as a virgin is interesting bc based on prior dialogue, I assumed she was all about easy, NSA fun.

[Maxim]

Silkpress (talking to herself) - 

Oh, darling Nicole, the much adored "Psychiatrist of the Year"... If you truly excelled in your profession, then tell me, why is your pathetic little sister wobbling on the edge of madness?

[detroitpiston]

I agree. I think what we’re watching is Dani have a complete and total breakdown. The constant drinking and erratic behavior isn’t being written to put her in a badass hero or villain position but to display how broken and unhinged the divorce and Bill and Hayley’s intrusion of her territory has left her. This is a story set up for her to go to the darkest low and come out of the other side eventually.

I agree with everyone saying todays episode was boring though, I might even say worst of the lot for me so far. A lot of the stories felt very stale and contrived in a way the show had thus far managed to avoid for me. I went back to the in episode credits after finishing and seeing RC’s name listed explained it all for me.

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I get Dani losing it again after seeing Bill and Hayley’s instagram photo dump but the hijinks of her sneaking past the neighborhood security into their house joking about bombs and passing out drunk didn’t land well for me. The scenes with her talking to herself while drinking were especially cringe. Not Karla’s fault either just cheeky writing IMO.

There was way too much Andre/Ashley/Derek as well. No parts of this triangle work for me. I see no chemistry between anyone and constantly having black characters telling Ashley and Derek how amazing and good at their work they are is straight insufferable at this point. I don’t care if Derek is about to turn uber jealous or angry because of his injury either,I need recasts or this whole set of the canvas to be dropped (Nurse Shanice not included)

I was looking forward to Kat and Tomas but yeah his acting is awful, I can see why they’ve kept his screen time minimal so far. Kat and her actress are still one of my favorites though  and I like that she is on her Donna Martin and still a virgin until meeting the right person without coming off like a shut in freak. I have to give big credit to this shows writers for how they’ve handled sex and sexuality so far, nothing has felt after school special or awkward.

Anita, Vernon and Nicole didn’t get to do much today other than be talk to’s for everybody else but I do hope Anota and Vernon get Dani put of Bill’s house before he and Hayley can see.

Minus my Nicole having to counsel Andre over his obsession with Nurse Basic the previews for next week look good. Eva vs Kat, Dani vs Hayley is always must see for me.