BTG: May 2025 Discussion Thread

[AmandainNC28655]

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.  

[Jdee43]

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.

[ranger1rg]

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

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

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.

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.

Maxim said it better than I did.

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.

 

[Antoyne]

I sometimes wonder if he’s even breathing.

[DemetriKane]

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

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

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

[janea4old]

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

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[DemetriKane]

 

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

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

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

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

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[Contessa Donatella]

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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.

[DemetriKane]

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

 

[kalbir]

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

[GLATWT88]

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, but I watched the episode just now and after I read 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, tge actress playing Naomi has comes a long way from day one.