BTG: June 2025 Discussion Thread

[Cheap21]

Bill right now

 

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so there was a 4th Articulette and she killed herself bc of Anita? Im confused

[Liberty City]

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date: Tuesday, June 3 | Sara A. Bible, Danielle Paige | Steven Williford

• Anita is too emotional for an artefact of the Articulettes? What the Hell happened?!
• Child bride, what in the Hell are you doing at Dani's home? Put your pee-pee stick away, please. No one cares.
• Dana is seeking a restraining order against Katherine, yet approaches her at Orphey Gene's? Delulu to the highest of extents, ma'am!
• Of course Bill would want Tomas to spy on the Dupree family for him via his [new] relationship with Katherine. That's low, Bill. Do not do it, Tomas. Not even to get yourself ahead; I'm sure the Duprees will help you open your own law firm.
• Yes, child bride, take the test in front of the superior Hamilton wife. Do it. I dare you.
• What have you got there, Anita? A letter to "Anita Williams Articulette"? What's this about?
• Dani's line about sharing a husband and the child bride spreading her legs for her is brilliant.
• Poor Andre, having to see Ashley make out with the man she shouldn't even be with. Go fight for your woman, Andre! But the second choice is always there.
• Oh, so much like the Supremes, there was a fourth Articulette at some point? Interesting. Nice detail.
• Ashley versus Dana? Oh now this is some juicy, juicy development I needed! Yes, let this happen. But Derek, sit your useless ass down. Maybe go save another cat from another fire.
• While I appreciate Katherine's persistence, Tomas continues to bring up brilliant points from a legal point of view.
• Ms Dana, go ahead and take Derek off of Ashley's hands, please. Time you got yourself someone new, although you want things you're not meant to have. It's your character trait.
• Bill is definitely beginning to give signs of something very serious; is it epilepsy?
• Oh shït is hitting the fan, re: the Anita storyline. She knows this letter, back to front. Wow. Damn... so the fourth Articulette unalived herself? That's a strong reveal, and not at all what I would expected!

Notes:

• Once again, Karla Mosley (Dani) continues to eat up the dialogue written for her and delivers it so effortlessly.
• I've noticed this several times in the past month, but Alex Alegria's (Tomas) jackets, from my perspective, seem to be tailored too tight in his arms, or Jeresa Featherstone is buying things to fight the other parts of his upper body. The smarter thing to do would be to buy something that fits his more athletic upper arms and tailor in the sides of the jackets. Because the ones he's been wearing recently do not fit him properly, they should not be bunching at the shoulders like that.
• Tamara Tunie (Anita) just earned herself the Emmy! Give it to her right now.

[Rmodelboy]

Fantastic show today.

 

Tamara has me weeping and she was right when she said the story would be unexpected.  

[MontyB]

LOL! 

He kept saying homina, homina, homina. Like the Three Stooges. 

 

[janea4old]

Because of the suicide note from the fourth Articulette that Anita read aloud ...

A list of crisis hotlines, if anyone is triggered by this storyline:

- - - - - 

Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a volunteer Crisis Counselor

This free service is available in both English and Spanish 24/7 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

In the UK, text 85258
In Canada, text 686868
In Ireland, text 50808.

This link can connect you via texting, online chat, or whatsapp:
https://www.crisistextline.org

you can pretty much text *any* word to the following text numbers,
such as texting the generic word "HELP" in English, or "AYUDA" in Spanish.
or the word "HELLO".

United States
US – Text HOME to 741741
We provide free, 24/7, confidential text-based mental health support and crisis intervention in both English and Spanish for anyone in the United States and Puerto Rico.

United Kingdom – Text SHOUT to 85258
Shout is the UK’s only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope. The nonprofit has taken more than 2.5 million conversations with people who are sad, worried, lonely or suicidal and who need urgent, in-the-moment support. Shout is powered by Mental Health Innovations, a charity using digital innovation, data-driven analysis and the experience of clinical experts to improve the mental health of the UK.

Canada – Text CONNECT to 686868
Since 1989, Kids Help Phone (KHP) has been Canada’s only free, 24/7, multilingual and confidential e-mental health service offering youth from coast to coast to coast support and a non-judgmental space for their feelings to go. Over the past 35 years, over 10,000 people have volunteered their time at KHP. When “fine” isn’t fine, nearly 2,500 active volunteer crisis responders at KHP unlock hope for more youth to thrive through text.

Ireland – Text HOME to 50808
Text About It by spunout is a free, anonymous, 24/7 messaging service providing everything from a calming chat to immediate support for our mental health and emotional wellbeing. Since the launch of Text About It in 2019 over 1,180 volunteers have taken more than 200,000 conversations with people who were in need of a listening ear, some of whom had nowhere else to turn. The Text About It service is operated by spunout, Ireland’s youth information and support platform, working towards an Ireland where all young people are supported and empowered to thrive.

988 Lifeline
Free, 24/7/365, confidential support.
Call or text the 988 Suicide Crisis Lifeline,
or visit their online chat:   https://chat.988lifeline.org

24/7 support for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals:
learn more at
 https://988lifeline.org/deaf-hard-of-hearing-hearing-loss

For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988
 

Veterans
24/7, confidential crisis support for veterans and their loved ones.
Dial 988 then Press 1
or visit veteranscrisisline.net for online chat services.
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net

Español
Lifeline está disponible para todos, es gratuito y confidencial.
Llame a 988 y marca numero 2
o texto envía "AYUDA" al 988.

LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults
LGBTQIA+ people under 25 can access 24/7 LGBTQIA+ support via the 988 Lifeline.
Dial 988 and then press 3.
To text, send the word PRIDE to 988.

Australia
https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/external-support-services

suicide prevention resources worldwide
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide

Another list here, not sure how current it is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

[alwaysAMC]

Yep, another good episode with a powerful and emotional ending!  

I'm really enjoying learning more about Anita's storyline, as they make small reveals each episode. It's also nice not being spoiled about these reveals!

It was nice seeing Leslie interact with Derek/Ashley - keep mixing these characters and building a community, it's great. I had to LOL at Derek and Ashley studying the menu though, these people eat at Orphey Gene's every day, surely they have the menu memorized by now haha.

Maybe these girls will finally make Bill figure out his problem.

Edited Tuesday at 08:14 PM by alwaysAMC

[Soaplovers]

Finally... the show is giving TT some material to play and I like that Anita isn't coming off as so innocent.   Although I do think so far that the story is mirroring the Supremes just a bit too much with Tracy as Mary, Sharon as Florence, Anita as Diana, and Dante (name?) as Berry. 

Andre... run far away from Dani because she isn't over Bill and you're far too good to settle for being second choice.  The fact that I've read comments on other forums stating that Dani just needs the love of a good man makes me think a double standard is at play here.   If the shoe was on the other foot, viewers would be telling Dani not to settle for being second best and to find someone who would put her first.... but since the person in that position is a man, that doesn't apply.   Misandry at it's best.

That said, the twist of Naomi and Hayley both witnessing Bill's latest health flare up and being on the same side was nice.   I doubt this will repair their friendship... but it would be nice if the two learned to co-exist on a civil level.   The Dani/Hayley scene was not needed and was the writers attempt to prop Dani.  MVJ certainly  learned about character propping from the Bell soaps.

And I guess that Andre/Derek/Ashley is still a thing... or it was at the time this episode was being filmed.  From what I understand.. both Derek and Ashley were one of the characters featured in MVJ's story bible and I'd be curious one day to see what the write ups for both characters were in the intial character pitches (we know that Vanessa was originally named Stacy and was supposed to be AA and more level headed.... so I wonder if perhaps Derek and Ashley had a different write up/vision that changed during casting).

 

In the 2nd episode of the series, it was established aht Leslie knew Ashley.  She was with Jan and Eva wishing Ashley good luck on her first day nursing.. and all were chummy.

[Tisy-Lish]

Wow, this was some amazing acting and amazing writing.  And who came up with the idea that Anita would have memorized the letter?  That person deserves an Emmy!  I love it when soap operas do very serious storylines.  So much in the last 40 years on soaps has been done for laughs or as camp.  Its good to see BTG is not afraid to hit the serious notes.  We all knew Anita had a secret, but I never expected this kind of tragedy was behind it.  

[ReddFoxx]

Bill is about to fall out, lol.

Why would Hayley even feel like she had to prove that she was pregnant to Dani? Maybe she likes this non-stop roundabout of drama or perhaps she's triggered because Dani actually was on to something.

Anita really was an opportunist and now it's caught up to her. 

[dragonflies]

This is why they complain cause the other soaps got them brain washed into believing soap stories should drag and drag and drag

[DemetriKane]

Tamara Tunie was exhilarating today. All her scenes were emotional, touching, and heartbreaking. 

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

Holy hell, this episode... I had a lot of theories about what Anita's secret entailed, but I didn't think it involved this. What happened to Barbara was extremely tragic. Is that why Sharon is so angry with Anita? Because she basically holds her responsible for Barbara taking her own life? Wait, does Sharon even know? She has to know, right? 

I can't even imagine the kind of ramifications this is going to have on the entire town, let alone Anita's family. What are they going to think of her when they find out what really happened between Anita and the other Articulettes? What is Vernon going to think? I doubt he's going to be too happy about what Anita did? I wonder if Anita is going to feel so filled with guilt and shame over what she did that she might even attempt to take her own life. People think that Ted cheating on Nicole and having an illegitimate child was earth-shattering? I think this is going to be even more so, or maybe on the same level as Martin's secret, (but we won't even know for sure until it's eventually revealed, whenever that is). 

[Cheap21]

Justice for Tracy, Sharon and Barbara! Anita is the real villian and she shouldnt be painted as the victim. The Articulettes was the dream of Barbara who founded them only for Anita to steal the group and throw them away when she was done using them for her come up.One of the worse things you can do to a person is ruin their reputation and Anita was complicit in having Tracy and Sharon basically trashed and blackballed, thus ruining any chance they had of bouncing back

 

I wondr if the public think Barbara's death was an accident but the sad reality is, she is likely forgotten as an unknown footnote in the Articulettes origin story.

 

Anita didnt do anything that would warrant jail time but she should suffer. I hope this story is really a redemption one for Sharon and Tracy whom have their names cleared and they are able to be celebrated and have their accomplishments to music history recognized on a grand stage. Right now, this has all been about elevating Anita's own self and reliving her on glory. She needs to take a back seat and do right by those women and honor Barbara's legacy. She's a part of black history and Anita erased her

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Edited Tuesday at 09:59 PM by Cheap21

[BetterForgotten]

I wonder if Anita stole the spotlight at Barbara’s funeral in the same way Ms. Ross did when she arrived to Florence Ballard’s funeral in this over the top ensemble with cameras focused on her.

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Edited Tuesday at 10:12 PM by BetterForgotten

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

If Barbara overdosed on pills then I definitely think it could possibly be construed as an accident. Otherwise then I don't really see it. It could also be likely that Barbara was just simply forgotten about and faded into obscurity because she was left behind and it was the other Articulettes that became famous. 

Also what I meant by earth-shattering was that Ted and Nicole's marriage is on the rocks and Martin, Kat and Nicole still haven't really fully forgiven Ted for what happened. Then again, maybe I'm just being a bit hyperbolic. I mean, Nicole still hasn't even decided whether or not she wants to file for divorce and actually I'm kind of surprised that subject has not been broached upon yet.