Just now, Contessa Donatella said:

Recently she even said this 

"Contrary to popular opinion everything does not have to be about me." - Dani BTG 

and to me it was consistent with her actions of late.  I love her perspective about Nicole as her sister, now, in a time of need. She's literally been all about someone else, quite recently. 

But, you have to admit, Dani seems to be, relishing in the fact that she is not the only one in pain, or had a trash husband. That's how it is coming across to me, she is enjoying this too much!

1 minute ago, John said:

Are we supposed to care about Ashley and Derek 

We probably would if the writers bothered to write for them... but they've proven unable to write anything for them.  Even though Ashley has potential as a character.

 

@janea4oldMy theory is that Joey might end up being Ashley's father... but time will tell.

Martin and Eva

Awww Martin 😭 #BeyondTheGates pic.twitter.com/bJQMQJl9L1

— N. (@missniastor) May 13, 2025

This was so sweet!

 

Martin making me like him for a few seconds by comforting my Eva. There can be miracles. #BeyondTheGates #BTG

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— JBberrygirl 🧿🪬🧘🏾‍♀️🌍 (@jbberrygirl.bsky.social) May 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM

15 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Yes, I am glad to hear that. I personally feel he shines in other areas. 

👍🏻

27 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

But, you have to admit, Dani seems to be, relishing in the fact that she is not the only one in pain, or had a trash husband. That's how it is coming across to me, she is enjoying this too much!

Now, actually not. That thought had not even made it into my head, so, no, so far anyway, I've not seen that. Haven't seen today yet. What you're describing is warped & I think she's feeling genuine empathy & sister bond. 

31 minutes ago, John said:

Are we supposed to care about Ashley and Derek 

When Derek finally appears with only a towel, and his chest and pecs/nipples are finally shown, I say yes.😂😂😂

Today's show was good. The only part I didn't care for were the Derek/Ashley scenes. I think they are bland together and Derek is very bland by himself. He is the least interesting character on the show IMO. I don't think they have much chemistry together.

I appreciated Jan's reaction to Leslie. I like how regular/realistic her and Mona are as characters. Jan came across as very believable of being appalled and even hurt by Leslie's treatment of them and towards Eva in the diner. 

Leslie continues to try and manipulate people with IMO her fake caring routine, only to show her true colors after she's confronted/called out for her treatment of others. I continue to dislike the way she mistreats Eva.

Speaking of Eva she was great again today. I love her and I like how Martin comforted her in the diner. I liked that Vernon showed concern for her as well. They (especially Martin) will come around quicker to her before others (like the Dupree women) will. I also am glad to see her and Ted continue to bond and him behaving like a father towards her/helping her. He's the only one in her life who is fully trying to stand by her. I look forward to seeing their relationship grow.

Edited May 13May 13 by xtr

Great episode, better than what the spoilers said. The gambling story was tolerable but Jon Lindstrom sucks in the role.

Ambyr Michelle continues to shine.

The diner and country club scenes were very well executed. 

The Jan and Leslie scenes were very good!

My favorite is Eva, now followed by Nicole.

1 hour ago, DemetriKane said:

But, you have to admit, Dani seems to be, relishing in the fact that she is not the only one in pain, or had a trash husband. That's how it is coming across to me, she is enjoying this too much!

I'm seeing some interesting takes on this thread regarding Dani's behavior/personality, including right now. Here's my take on her:

I think that Dani relishes in lighting people up. I think that's for multiple reasons.  I feel like Dani has probably largely been like this throughout her life. And that she gets joy in dragging people whenever she feels like it's necessary. I believe she feels like this is her being herself.

I think one big reason why she's particularly giddy right now is because she's able to go back to acting this way, minus the hurt she's been dealing with due to Bill's affair. She got in Bill and Hayley's faces after their affair/wedding, but she was miserable doing it due to dealing with the hurt of that situation.

Nicole's situation with Ted/Eva/Leslie allows her to act this way minus her suffering like she did at the hands of Bill. I believe she does empathize/care for her sister but is also interestingly enough rejuvenated by this situation.

This situation is energizing her and making her act more like old self again, minus being hurt by her own's husband's infidelity. I think Nicole's situation is also a distraction for her from dealing with her own failed marriage to Bill.  

Edited May 13May 13 by xtr

Nicole's lucky Im no a soap villian bc if I was Wig, Id replace the liquid in her Febreze bottle with an odorless poison so that everytime she sprayed that thing, she'd be slowly killing herself

 

1 hour ago, Soaplovers said:

We probably would if the writers bothered to write for them... but they've proven unable to write anything for them.  Even though Ashley has potential as a character.

 

@janea4oldMy theory is that Joey might end up being Ashley's father... but time will tell.

Is that even still possible? I thought that too at first but with Jan saying that she's never lied to Ashley about who her father is... Does Ashley even know who her dad is? 

12 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Nicole's lucky Im no a soap villian bc if I was Wig, Id replace the liquid in her Febreze bottle with an odorless poison so that everytime she sprayed that thing, she'd be slowly killing herself

 

😅😅😅😅

16 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Nicole's lucky Im no a soap villian bc if I was Wig, Id replace the liquid in her Febreze bottle with an odorless poison so that everytime she sprayed that thing, she'd be slowly killing herself

 

I really don't like Joey. Please get that disaster off the screen.

Leslie going off like that finally let everyone see exactly who she is. She said she has more surprises up her sleeve which reinforces my thoughts that she knows something about Martin.