30 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Anyone find it wierd of Naomi to introduce Andre as "My uncle Ted's nephew" instead of just saying thats my cousin?

He is not her cousin. I would never introduce the nephew of my uncle by marriage as my cousin because he would not be. 

10 minutes ago, Vee said:

There's no evidence this exists, John.

P&G has long had some of the longest standing and most liberal policies for its LGBTQIA+ employees in corporate America. That’s often been a source of conservative bigots and political groups calling for boycotts of their products as well. Those why try to claim otherwise are severely misinformed and have another agenda going on. 

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2 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

P&G has long had some of the longest standing and most liberal policies for its LGBTQIA+ employees in corporate America. That’s often been a source of conservative bigots and political groups calling for boycotts of their products as well. Those why try to claim otherwise are severely misinformed and have another agenda going on. 

!!!!!!!  This needed to be said. Thank you! 

41 minutes ago, John said:

I really hope I'm proven wrong and the Martin smitty cheek kiss was a story point and not anti gay stuff from P&G

I'm interested to see if Joey will be related to someone like Ashley or Derek

Or Smitty.

As a NBC fan and a P&G fan, the only bigotry I was aware of during a very BRIEF time BITD came from NBC not P&G. Offered FWIW. Unless people are

thinking about the really lousy thing P&G did to Pete Lemay or the firing of the first Scott Eldridge actor. 

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Finally Watched yesterday's Episode, And I really hope Smitty leaves That SOB Martin DARN! How could Nicole raise such and selfish and Entitled Brat?

17 minutes ago, Efulton said:

He is not her cousin. I would never introduce the nephew of my uncle by marriage as my cousin because he would not be. 

My bad in that I confused her backstory with Kat. With that said, I wouldnt have found it odd if she introduced him as her cousin. Its not that uncommon especially if they all grew up together. I know i have a few cousins of cousins that are very close to my age that I consider cousins

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11 hours ago, John said:

I am hoping I am proven wrong. Given what they did with gay roles at ATWT & GL I am not optimistic 

GL with Otalia you have a point. But, ATWT they committed 100% to Nuke. What specifically are you referring to?

On CBS alone, the show averaged a little over 2 million viewers over three days, finishing in a virtual tie with ABC’s General Hospital. It also beat out the long-running ABC series in key demographics, including adults and women 25-54. Streaming added another 272,000 viewers to Beyond the Gates‘ average for the opening week. About 5.2 million people watched at least a few minutes of the show.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/beyond-the-gates-ratings-premiere-week-cbs-1236156508/

 

More than half of the Beyond the Gates audience — 55 percent — for its premiere week was made up of Black viewers. That compares to 30 percent for CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, 29 percent for The Young and the Restless and 22 percent for General Hospital.

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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.

15 hours ago, Antoyne said:

My god the guy Chelsea went home with sounded awful. Not a single natural line reading throughout any of his scenes with her. 

I know we are all on Brandon Clayborn's case, but THAT GUY....no, ma'am. 

 

50 minutes ago, Joseph said:

Finally Watched yesterday's Episode, And I really hope Smitty leaves That SOB Martin DARN! How could Nicole raise such and selfish and Entitled Brat?

Well two entitled if you count Kat.  I find it interesting since Nicole herself does not come across entitled.

 

 

9 hours ago, Khan said:

And for that, we must give thanks.

Now you leave him and Victor Webster alone. 😜 

15 hours ago, kalbir said:

 

I'm not seeing it. I say the hotness of the show is Andre. 

Andre and Dani cannot stay away from each other.

You don't have to see it. More for me. 😜

 

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

 

 

9 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

I know we are all on Brandon Clayborn's case, but THAT GUY....no, ma'am. 

 

I mean, he did make everyone else look better by default. 

Still not as good as Charity Rahmer, though. 

Just now, te. said:

I mean, he did make everyone else look better by default. 

Still not as good as Charity Rahmer, though. 

Lol ok true.

 

And for that, I think we are all grateful. But daaaaarnnn.

 

 

I really liked yesterday's episode. I felt there were so many layers going on with all the characters and storylines that it was just such a feast for the eyes. And I liked that while Dani was in the episode, it felt like she was the C plot to the B plot and other C plots being the focus.

 

I like that we are continuing to get some to see conflict with our gay couple. But lord, Martin is a complete and utter a$$hat. With that said, I just found it interesting how entitled and selfish he came across and the same could be said about Kat...though she's totally right about Eva. One can't help but side-eye Nicole a little bit who doesn't seem that way. Nor does Ted. Commentary on how when your black family make it easier on the next generation, the next generation is ungrateful. Time will tell. In any case, I loved that Smitty stood up for himself. As someone who have seen gay couples like that in the South (just flip the races), it resonated with me. 

 

I continued to like the Kat stuff. I did love that Chelesa called her out on how she acts with other people, going back to what I said about coming across entitled. I mean girl came for Eva's clothes on sight. And now she has walked in on Eva in the wrong place, wrong time. Add on her coming for Eva earlier in the episode, Kat vs Eva is giving for me.

 

Now about Dani vs Hayley...lol. That also gave. Dani read her good and KM played that to the hilt while being softer. Because 'woman to woman, i'll settle for you' oooo that was soooo nice nasty good and well performed. And look at them starting to have more and more in common, too. Bill wants Hayley to immediately stop working...just like DANI. The ladies come to a truce. And who wants to keep it going...BILL at the end of the episode. Why? He can't let go. I loved M. Goins has been adding grit and backbone to Hayley's character since Monday making the character more of a inner strength (not weak either) character when people come for her. 

 

Then Andre/Dani...mmmmm. I love how unexpected that ending was. It seem like Dani was not even going to sleep with him again. And both of them went off to their own storylines during the episode. Only...to come back together at the end. Loved it.

 

Nice cliffhangers at the end, too. Kat caught Eva. Bill is planning something. Chelesa getting it on with a couple while her mother is getting it on on some glass...good times. 

 

 

18 hours ago, Forever8 said:

And I think Hayley does need more of a bite, especially in scenes with Dani. And after today's episode, maybe it's heading that way?

I would say since Monday, but it does seem to be heading that way.  

 

17 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I applauded, stamped my feet, wolf whistles!!! WTG Smitty!

But, I think Martin really does love him.

Have I mentioned how much I hate the name Smitty?!!

Who? The Lout? I give her 6 months, at the outside. He'll cheat on her. Once a cheater, always a cheater. And, how outrageous that he wants her to resign & not be a paralegal any  more. Credit card, a blatant bribe.

 

 

Yeah, I was happy for him and to see conflict for our gay couple.

 

I was talking about Nosy Nurse. My favorite side character so far. And also was talking about how Andre is so into Dani that it's nice to see.

 

 

6 hours ago, SFK said:

Andre's diction is throwing off the closed captioning: "Nice pic."->"Nice pig."; "No lie there."->"No leather." 🤪 

Thank you for this!  LOL.  I'm slightly hearing-impaired, and I rely on closed captioning.  I had to replay that section from Thurs March 6 --
replaying this morning Friday on ParamountPlus, and was like what? Then I remembered I had read your post earlier, something about closed captioning and pig and leather.  So I searched for your post and found it.  Now the scene makes sense!

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