BTG: May 2025 Discussion Thread

I love Jon Lindstrom on GH...  but I don't enjoy him as Joey, at all.  Joey is a dud character.   And I don't feel any Joey/Vanessa heat at all.  I can see that the actors are trying to show it but it doesn't come off as believable to me.

And it's obvious that Joey is using Vanessa and doesn't care a bit about her.  

Edited May 12May 12 by janea4old

 

I doubted the tests but i liked that htey had Nicole as a doctor mention that the test also had genetic markers that matched Teds that Leslie really wouldnt have been able to fake. I think most people thought the test only said 99.999% chance match but its more detailed than that

Damn, Anita doesn't play, that was pretty vicious.  I hope Eva gets her redemption.

Oh yeah Leslie is Sheila Carter levels of delulu 

 

Damnit, Ambyr Michell you gutted me with that quivering lip

date: Monday, May 12 | Sara A. Bibel, Jazmen Darnell Brown | Anthony Pascarelli

• Teddy Boy. Teddy Bear. DEADBEAT! Now we know where Deadbeat gets it from.
• Vanessa in a random two-second spotting with Deadbeat? Oh, okay then!
• Dana is selling herself to Nicole right now.
• Oh, look who it is... Anita showing up to support Dani in her demure confrontation with Deadbeat².
• Mona is not playing with Eva; from "backstabbing heifer" to "girl bye", she is not playing with her. At all.
• Joey is fully playing Vanessa, and she's so easily falling for it. C'mon, honey, don't do that.
• Shanice is going to be a comfort board for Douglas when he takes her advice and helps him heal himself.
• Mona going off on Dana just like she deserves.
• Mama Dupree went off: "Handle your business!"
• Could Eva and Randy be potentially paired for a one-night stand? That could be an interesting twist.
• Damn Mona with the continued burns, this time for Dana: "Hell was made for people like you, Leslie. Enjoy the burn."
• Anita questioning her own decisions and instincts feels really natural and real. It's a nice change of pace from the other matriarchs we've seen established in American daytime.
• Now the true Dana/Ted scenes are coming out.
• Anita warning Eva that she'll never be a part of the Dupree family shows the claws are fully out.
• Teddy fully calling Dana "demented" and "psychotic" is going to cause some problems, won't it?

Notes:

• I fully need Maurice Johnson (Ted) gone yesterday; his performances are just not selling to me.
• Love seeing Tamara Tunie (Anita) beginning to get her teeth into the meat of the scripts. It's about time.
• Karan Kendrick (Mona) delivered today!!! She's such a breath of fresh air.

12 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

I doubted the tests but i liked that they had Nicole as a doctor mention that the test also had genetic markers that matched Teds that Leslie really wouldn't have been able to fake. I think most people thought the test only said 99.999% chance match but its more detailed than that

I liked that realism, too.  (DanaLeslie/Lulu/whoever  is still shifty enough to have paid someone to learn those details over the years, though)

Edited May 12May 12 by janea4old

Mona... quit being a 'pick me'.  You're nothing to the Duprees except the help.  Now when you find out what Silk Press Sheila did to Laura than you can go off on her... until then.. stay quiet.

I prefer the Joey/Vanessa scenes because they aren't the Duprees.

Am I supposed to root for the Duprees?  I don't tend to root for, nor sympathize with those that come from privilege.  I'll always root for the underdog. 

@Liberty City I look forward to your write ups everyday. ❤️

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• Karan Kendrick (Mona) delivered today!!! She's such a breath of fresh air.

And I couldn't be happier, I loved her from the beginning. She's a great addition to the cast.

 

Just now, Soaplovers said:

Am I supposed to root for the Duprees?  I don't tend to root for, nor sympathize with those that come from privilege.  I'll always root for the underdog. 

Same. The only one I truly like and root for is Nicole. 

Edited May 12May 12 by DemetriKane

1 minute ago, DemetriKane said:

@Liberty City I look forward to your write ups everyday. ❤️

Awe, thank you @DemetriKane! I so appreciate it.

2 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

And I couldn't be happier, I loved her from the beginning. She's a great addition to the cast.

She really is; she's a strong principal guest, and I cannot wait to see what this next year has in store for her.

 

 

 

 

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Loved everything Mona and Karan today. I hope we get to see her more. They have a real find with her.

Im still calling shenanigans on Eva being Ted's child. I really can't wait to see if it will be revealed who Leslie talked to on the phone when she said she needed a favor when Eva took Ted's straw.

1 hour ago, alwaysAMC said:

Might be a dumb question, but how long is a season? Is that another full year after Season 1 ends? And how long is Season 1?

Calendar year, at least going by when the Season Numbers have changed in the past several years on GH and on DAYS it's been calendar years. What their start dates are though haven't necessarily made inherent sense to me. 

16 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Am I supposed to root for the Duprees?  I don't tend to root for, nor sympathize with those that come from privilege.  I'll always root for the underdog. 

Hmm, interesting point. I'm used to being for underdogs, as well, but I am very invested in the Duprees. 

22 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I liked that realism, too.  (DanaLeslie/Lulu/whoever  is still shifty enough to have paid someone to learn those details over the years, though)

I think most people's knowledge of DNA tests comes from Maury. I dont think she nor most people would even think to consider genetic markers

2 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

Might be a dumb question, but how long is a season? Is that another full year after Season 1 ends? And how long is Season 1?

Edit.  This was answered on page 2 of the renewal thread link

Edited May 12May 12 by janea4old

9 hours ago, Darn said:

Some country club revelation thoughts from a casual watcher no one asked for.

The Great:

Daphnee Duplaix gave the best performance we've seen yet. Nicole's dialogue was also well thought out and felt character specific. TJ Maxx Ted was also pretty good.

Trisha Mann-Grant steals every scene she's in. Often without even trying. Carrying multiple episodes worth of exposition heavy soap dialogue with starts and stops and recapping and drama and humor is no small feat and she nailed.

Vernon telling Lesliana to STFU. 

The Bad:

So much of the dialogue for the rest of the cast was overly written. Martin said "You are a vile human being with a hole in your heart!". Marty, what are we doing? It's SO dramatic and sounds so silly coming from this grown man.

Do Bill and Hayley do anything but talk about the Duprees? And the nerve of her to get so excited to find out Ted is a cheater when she and her husband are too. There should be a hint of shame mixed in with your glee, ma'am.

The Questionable:

Coffee and a rendition of Amazing Grace after finding out Nicole was betrayed by her husband. The Duprees are an odd bunch.

The stinger of one segment had Anita prepared to lambast Lesliana, when we came back someone else was talking. When Anita eventually said something to Wig, it was a lukewarm at best. And then of course she thought singing a song about something that should absolutely not be extended to her son-in-law.

The entire family allowing this deranged woman to speech at them in their own was...nuts. I know she said something about what would the neighbors say but my GOD. Is she just going to be allowed to trespass whenever she feels like it now?

The focus on Leslie and her wig usage as an oddity is...odd. I think Chelsea said something like "and she wears wigs!" (while wearing a buss down middle part). Okay? It's just not that odd for a black woman to change up her hair. It's the different names that's the problem. I know it's meant to be humorous, in a throwback soap kind of way, but it fell flat for me. 

I'm sorry I find the whole family to be WEIRD. It's like they want us to see them as ruthless yet benevolent, open yet furtive, snobbish yet tooth achingly sweet all at the same time. I cannot get a lock on the family dynamics. Everyone is just there. 

I'm gonna cry if this show doesn't start giving us ages (or close to it!) for these characters. Because if Eva is 21-22 then Martin was being given crayons, a soda pop and blinders when he was 15-17 years old. Martin had to have been under 8 for me to buy this story, which would make Eva and Kat late 20s (Martin is at least 35 since he wants to run for president), which I don't think they're meant to be. It's honestly minor but it bothers me.

I've mentioned this to @Vee but I think the optics on opening the show with both sisters discovering their husbands of over 30 years are cheaters should've been considered. I doubt there was any intention behind it, no one's rubbing their hands together as they scheme to say the married black men can't stay loyal but how does it look? Maybe it's just me. Honestly it's probably just me!

You may be a casual watcher, but you got SO much right.