I've been meaning to get back to this post but life has been life-ing. But now that I have time...while I know we have some differences in where stories go, we usually agree on so much overall. This is no difference. I totally agree.
It's rare that I get behind on BTG. Well...when CBS isn't purposely not adding episodes to my system. lol. But it has been noticeable to me that I do get behind. I also rewatch less again when I used to love to do so because BTG is the kinda of show where you can miss little things and go back and watch and then see something new.
That said...why I am still enjoying it, I feel they have lost all of their momentum. Whoever's idea it was to attempt the same technique for this year that they used for last year in terms of writing (waiting until May for payoffs while developing stories) really should be shook. What (debatably) worked last year IS NOT working this year. Worse, I feel they are doing what GH has been doing in a way. With GH...the main story that gets a lot of interest...on this board for sure...is the messy drama between Michael, Drew, and Willow. MESSY...ONSCREEN...DRAMA. When the show doesn't focus on that, it feels very 'throw something at the wall and see what sticks' IMHO. With BTG it's Anita's Cancer that appears to be the main story. And when it's not on with its well-paced self, there's that same feeling of 'throwing everything at the wall.' BUT nothing is sticking. Stuff is happening off screen like an episode of JG's Y&R. And that just makes it worse.
And it does seem clear that Guza was the main plotter on staff. That was very clear in the story of Doug/Vanessa/Joey which is why it was always the best paced of the B plots. So well-paced, it could hold up weeks of episodes without ever being an A story.
And I agree with everything said about the stories above. Love them or hate them, but the Eva/Kat rivalry had legs to run for years. Now they just snarl at each other. There are no shades of grey to them, either which is why it was so compelling. And bones of a plot was there in spite of Tomas's actor being a stick of wood.
Silk Press Sheila's storyline was the best of the A plots. And now? She's just a cartoon with no layers. Circling the mute button every week for me.
Not that this year has been bad. I had mentioned before that I do like that we do have Dupree main stories. Anita's story is of course front and center and the best paced of them all. I know I am in the minority, but I love the Carlton/Nicole/Kial storyline. And it does appear that it is slooooowwly growing into its next phase...which is overdue. The Bill/Dani/Andre storyline which was a breakout storyline last year has totally fallen onto the backburner with a little too much propped writing at one point so I'm glad that propped writing has stopped and got back to the organic writing it had that held my interest. I still don't know nor has anyone answered...did Bill drop the investigation about what Andre did a year before he came back to Fairmont Crest? Good to see the main characters be main characters, but a little bit of ON-SCREEN balance would be nice.
What I really don't like is that it does not at all have to be this way. At the start of February, not only did you have the Anita's Cancer storyline, but there were two stories getting traction...the Cotillion and Hayley's storyline thanks to the introduction of Lynette. Both were building nicely. The Cotillion has vanished for...the attempt to do last year by having a payoff waaaay in the future. And the Hayley storyline was completely derailed...including an OFF-SCREEN visit to St. Barts which would have been perfect for the climax or a new turn in that storyline. It really reminded me of when GH would get great momentum with all of its stories moving and then suddenly, it hits the wayside. Like where is the momentum?
For those reasons alone, I think Guza really was the mover in the plots and without him, it just feels like characters floating around...good characters mind you...searching for a story.
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