BTG: August 2025 Discussion Thread

[Soaplovers]

MVJ should have watched how Bill Bell wrote Sheila on B & B from 1992 to 1995 where she had moments where she was human, acted rational, but would sometimes veer toward acting up if she was threatened.  And she wasn't campy at all.

How Sheila Carter was written during those 3 years was exactly how SPS should be written.

[janea4old]

Ugh.  That's what everyone says when I state my opinion and NO. I do *not* want to watch Hallmark movies. Not at all. Sheesh.

It really is possibly to have bad guys invoke lots of drama and then lose.  Happens all the time -- weekly on SVU and periodically on Star Trek. 

I do agree that there aren't any heroes on BTG. Jacob tries to be a hero, but isn't one yet. Naomi was a hero until last week when she opened a closed adoption.

I think Nicole is the only character that's sort of written as a hero, but they don't give her much of a point of view or much to do.
 

[janea4old]

I still have PSTD from Sheila Carter's first years on Y&R.  I never stopped loathing her and she has never seemed human to me.  Nothing B&B has ever done has changed that for me.

[Taoboi]

Hahah. We were just discussing that a second ago over in the B&B thread for the character of Sheila's grandchild Luna. Same problem, but I feel SilkPress can still be salvaged. 

[Taoboi]

Now it hasn't been that farrrrr back. Some villains still get theirs. Of course, the problem becomes it is usually the stock villain du jour rather than the stay-on more complex villains, but still...

[Broderick]

As far as I know, they haven't elaborated on whether anyone has yet received a distribution from the trust.  Anita knows there are some living relatives, because she commented she "wished" she'd invited them to attend the reunion concert in August, but she failed to.  She probably thinks Barbara's relatives are all living high on the hawg on her trust contributions.  Right now, as far as we know, 25% of the Articulette's royalties from 1970 onward could still be sitting there in the trust account waiting for Peaches to be located so Peaches can lead the trustees to Leslie. 

Like @janea4old I'd like to see Leslie fall sooner or later.  But not right now.  I'd rather wait and see her have a big SPECTACULAR fall after she's driven the Duprees half crazy first, lol.  To me that's the fun of a villain like Leslie --- to see them ultimately crash & burn.  

[Taoboi]

Same. I'm sure she will have one. No way for anyone to be on her side in the audience until she takes some Ls. 

[Broderick]

I wanna see Leslie get her just desserts in some "poetic" manner. 

Maybe in February of 2027, Laura will be driving to work across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, see a WIG lying in the road, think it's a kitty-cat, swerve to avoid hitting it, accidentally strike Leslie's new Mercedes-Benz, and send Leslie head-first into the Atlantic, lol.  

[Taoboi]

LOL. Not a wig swerve!!

[Antoyne]

This just cracked me up because I can already imagine the dramatic and poor soap opera CGI to pull this off and it’s hysterical

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[kalbir]

Tricia Mann-Grant is the breakout star of BtG and she should move on to bigger and better things after finishing her initial contract. I say one contract is a decent shelf life for a villainess.

[Paul Raven]

That brings up the question- are the contract players on 3 year contracts?

[kalbir]

I don't know what the initial contract length is. I always thought three years was CBS daytime standard contract.

[Taoboi]

Yeah, I am wondering that as well re: is the contract 3 years? Cuz don't some new shows and projects still do 5 years?

[melanatedbtgfan]

 

Tamara actually said that one of the annoying things about being the token black character is that they were always presented as morally good because the networks wanted to avoid accusations of racism. Tamara seems to enjoy playing someone like Anita who certainly has some not so nice sides to her.

Fast forward to 56:00 in this interview and you will hear her say that.

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