B&B: May 2025 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

I'm sure he'll get a miracle cure. They say there's nothing they can do for Liam but that bullshit. 

[dragonflies]

Monday's episode(what was today's before the pre emption) is posted

 

https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/CAD_kZcynpkzM5vrwPg77Hh5MQD3hTbH/

[janea4old]

on p-plus, too!

Edited Friday at 11:56 PM by janea4old

[dragonflies]

Yep just watched it!!

[Maxim]

No.

Absolutely No.

I don't know who this is... since it's just some random Twitter quote...

But NO.

The only parallel between OG Caroline's leukemia and Liam's tumor... is that they are both having cancer. That's it.

Other than that... I see absolutely no similarities. 

Caroline hid her sickness almost till the last moment. She was also giving the viewers signs that she is not well for days if not weeks before the diagnosis. It was not like Liam... falling down and hitting his head on a table and bam he has a tumor.

Caroline's storyline broke our hearts, because of her attempt to live out the rest of her days with dignity and grace.

It was written slowly and with care.

What we are seeing right now with Liam is the complete opposite. It's begging the viewers for empathy and cheap tears. It's so in your face and trashy... I can't believe they are using cancer for something like this.

Bradley Bell should never do terminal stuff again in his stories. It's borderline offensive to people who actually have lost relatives to cancer. To me it is.

[edgeofnik]

@Maxim This Liam dying out of the blue was crafted in a hurry for three reasons:

1. To facilitate JMW's leave

2. To prop Steffy - 'Oh, Steffy has so much grace and moral superiority that she ignored everything that swine HoLo did to tell her for the sake of their daughters. Queen Stephanie would be so proud of her!'

3. Distracting Steffy enough to give Lunacy an easy way to slither into Finn's life. Once Luna discovers that Lame is dying, she'll play that card: 'Dad, life is too short and precious!'

If this was an intentional story, we would've had the typical B&B foreshadowing - Liam faceplanting into a bowl of pasta, Lame missing meetings, being forgetful. Instead, Lame does an impulsive quick quit and $B doesn't even care enough to make a single attempt to get him back? Please. 

 

[Maxim]

Oh, I know it was. I was just talking about how it's not giving me parallels to Caroline dying. It's really as far from it as possible. 

But about the foreshadowing - Hahahhahah. Yes. And you missed one - Liam googling - "what is cancer"...

Edited Saturday at 07:34 AM by Maxim

[Wendy]

With the death of Days and GH actress, Denise Alexander, someone posted this in the Days thread, a '60s-era photo of some of the cast, which lists the names. In the upper left, is a young Susan Flannery, who obviously ended up playing Stephanie Forrester on B&B, who was one of a few actresses to play Dr. Laura Horton [mother to Mike and Jennifer Horton] on Days.

Here is a link to the photo:

https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/38014-days-behind-the-scenes-articlesphotos/?do=findComment&comment=2022200

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Wendy

[dragonflies]

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