Overall I was impressed with this week and fall out from the revealation.  I am looking forward to seeing the Nicole/Dana showdown next week.  I do wonder if June is going to be tied to Hayley.  

The Eva / Tomas scenes at the end -- to see a good actress having to play a scene with someone giving her less than nothing -- that was painful.

16 hours ago, Gatecrashers said:

I'm thinking he's much older than the age he's playing and botoxed the hell out if his face - that's why it doesn't move. Source: I saw him in a 2012 episode of CSI. Not only was he already in his 20s, but his face moved back then.

I hit the Google Machine, and can't find Alex Alegria's (Tomas) age anywhere.

5 hours ago, Aback said:

- Bill’s been played way too soft by the actor. I just can’t buy him doing anything truly sinister. I wish he had more of that old-school Victor Newman edge.

Wow, I really disagree with this. I like that Bill plays against the typical bad guy.

5 hours ago, Aback said:

- Thank God Ted is getting recast. I honestly couldn’t handle that constant swaying much longer.

I think Maurice Johnson has been just fine -- except for that swaying. I cannot believe someone -- anyone -- on that set didn't give him a note. He should have been called out on that in week one. The swaying and swiveling never stops unless he sits down.

5 hours ago, Aback said:

- I’m 50/50 on the product placement. On one hand, it’s totally misplaced and campy—especially when it shows up in the middle of emotional scenes. It just feels wrong. But on the other hand… here we are talking about Febreze and Tide. So maybe it is working? I honestly don’t know.

I understand the need for product placement and the reason for it. However, it does feel wrong during emotional scenes. Yes, we're talking about the products, but it takes us out of those emotional moments, and GATES shouldn't be happy about that. They need to do better.

2 hours ago, Maxim said:

I absolutely HATE the way they are doing product placement in BTG. I really hope this doesn't catch on or evolve into more and more of these moments. It's incredibly off-putting to place them in a highly dramatic moment where we are still on the emotional journey with the character. What is next - Dani spraying the house while having a nervous breakdown?

Maxim said it better than I did.

2 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

The Ashley/Naomi scene reads off to me for one reason....  Ashley was talking about the new scandal without any sort of mention and/or subtext.. considering she knew both Silk Press Sheila and Eva.  I'm not sure if the writers have forgotten, if Jen Jacobs isn't able to play subtext, or what.   It's just apparent the writers do not know how to write a young white millennial couple.. and perhaps they need to get a younger white script writer to be on staff... or let the actors play around with the lines to make them more natural/realistic.

I agree. The writers have absolutely failed Ashley and Derek. I've abused both of them here, but I do place more of the blame on the writing. Compare what A & D have been given with the dialogue Ambyr Michelle is getting as Eva. We're not even in the same universe.

Ambyr is getting writing that plays to her (many) strengths. She takes good dialogue and knocks it out of the park. Ashley and Derek are given garbage to play and garbage to say.

 

7 minutes ago, Jdee43 said:

The Eva / Tomas scenes at the end -- to see a good actress having to play a scene with someone giving her less than nothing -- that was painful.

I sometimes wonder if he’s even breathing.

Bill and the performer are the strongest male character and actor on this show. 

Just now, Jdee43 said:

The Eva / Tomas scenes at the end -- to see a good actress having to play a scene with someone giving her less than nothing -- that was painful.

Yeah, how I see it too. you pair your best young female with one of the weakest screams sabotage to me. 

15 hours ago, Gatecrashers said:

I was thinking that June could be Kat's mother and Eva is Nicole and Ted's.

I like this idea, it doesn't make things too predictable. I would buy that!

Bill attempts to use Smitty to send a veiled thread to Martin.

Bill offers to be Smitty's ally. #BeyondTheGates #BTG

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18 hours ago, janea4old said:

interesting idea.  That makes sense, as MVJ seems to have set up each character development (traits) for future plot developments.

!!! I felt the same. Martin secret has always been my favorite storyline. 

8 hours ago, Aback said:

- I don’t have any issues with the fashion on the show overall, but André’s wardrobe is just off. Not in terms of style, but size. His tops are way too tight and actually make him look even shorter than he is. Same goes for Smitty. Both of them would seriously benefit from some larger blazers or chunkier sweaters.

I happen to like Andre's wardrobe but it ages him. They have a grandpa vibe.

5 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

I always get the vibe that Martin/Smitty have an emotional abusive relationship set up... but I doubt the show will really go there with that element given that Martin is a Dupree (and we can't have the Duprees be portrayed in a negative light), and because it's a gay male relationship.   Even though abuse in the physical or emotional sense is a huge thing in a lot of gay and lesbian relationships.

💯, Facts! I would like to see something like that in Daytime.

21 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

So limited that he was on Dynasty and AMC.😋

Both of y'all can back up off my husband! Tomas couldn't shine his shoes.

Edited May 10May 10 by DemetriKane

Is this someone you should be dealing with? I got the drama on lock. Leave it to me. You are my sister. You have loved & protected me every moment I've been in this world. It's my turn to stand up for you.

@Rmodelboy Thanks for posting that On-set pic of June. She looks great, you just might be right about her being Hayley sibling. 

 

None of the males are taking their shirts off every week, so we know they have some degree of acting skill.

Yassss....come on Maurice and Brandon...give us nothing!!! Wow, their need to develop their craft shone like a blinding light this episode. Brandon in his Martin and Smitty scenes sounded like he was reading and the facial expressions were giving Disney Channel. He did much better against Maurice in the Martin v Ted scenes. Now, Teddd-dyy (Dana's voice) was just flat. I watched the episode just now after reading the comment on here that Maurice needs to stop swaying, and now I can't unsee it. Has it really been this bad all along? 

Ambyr carries. I don't need to say anymore. I am kind of excited to see this Kat/Tomas/Eva stuff play out. 

Bill is such a dick to Dani. Like that's the mother of your children that you cheated on with your daughter's best friend but you look to take those low blows. Lord! When he said that thing about it being obvious he didn't care about Dani anymore since he was the one that walked out...that was cold. I even felt for Dani.

Bill definitely is all over the spectrum. You can see a villain possibly surfacing, but you also see this great father.

The elder Duprees move a little funny. I'm wondering what that is all about. Are they just overly protective matriarch and patriarch because they think it's what's best for their family, or are they afraid their secrets will come out or there's something more sinister there. Why would Vernon want to keep that information from Martin? 

I hope something interesting comes out of this June stuff, but as of right now, I'm not too invested. It's not helping my interest on Naomi or Jacob either. However, the actress playing Naomi has comes a long way from day one. 

 

Edited May 10May 10 by GLATWT88

I wish I cared about the homeless lady as much as everyone else seems to. After the nothing burger that was the lawsuit, this just feels like another boring Naomi storyline at Orphy Genes since she has no office.

Edited May 10May 10 by Antoyne

28 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I wish I cared about the homeless lady as much as everyone else seems to. After the nothing burger that was the lawsuit, this just feels like another boring Naomi storyline at Orphy Genes since she has no office.

This better be something, because as I said, so far it's just cliches and stereotypes -- the story we've heard a thousand times about the homeless person who doesn't want a home and prefers to live on the streets.

1 hour ago, Antoyne said:

I wish I cared about the homeless lady as much as everyone else seems to. 

Oh God, she's back? I thought those first scenes were well-intentioned but hysterical.

4 hours ago, Antoyne said:

I sometimes wonder if he’s even breathing.

LOL!! That's funny. 

I actually thought he got a little better. 😅