B&B: September 2025 Discussion Thread

[Maxim]

Couldn't have said it better.

[I Am A Swede]

I'm sure you could. I'm struggling to find the words to accurately describe how angry and disappointed I am at this show, and Brad Bell specifically. I don't know what audience he's writing for? Is he really that clueless that he thinks this is good? I'm dumbstruck.

[Maxim]

I think you have found the perfect words to describe this fiasco. The one thing that really bugs me is how they are spinning it again to be Brooke's fault. Jesus Christ, Ridge is not a 6 year old child that was persuaded by another kid to eat ice cream in secret. Taylor is not his mommy. Ridge is a man in his sixties and somehow his whole family including his two children and Taylor enables him and makes excuses for him all the time. At this point they are going to blame Brooke for global warming and the war in Ukraine. 

I'm sick of this one-sided bull. And even more absurd is that Brooke takes all of these people harassing her and talking to her like she is less than them... she turns the other cheek. All the time. Why is she even standing there listening to Thomas belittle her and threaten her? I can't even recognize the character anymore. Who is this woman? 

 

[I Am A Swede]

Exactly! This is a woman who went toe-to-toe with Stephanie Forrester and came out on top as often as not! Handling Thomas would be no problem for that Brooke. Grow back your spine woman!   

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[AbcNbc247]

Will's new haircut looks good.

That was the only good thing about today 

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[Soapsuds]

His acting was atrocious just like his dad's acting on YR. What awful acting if you can call it acting.

 

[AbcNbc247]

Worse than some of our Days guys? 

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[Soapsuds]

Yes

He was awful today.

[Taoboi]

Well, the beauty of message boards will always be that everyone can and usually do have a differing opinion. If I can live with that well...

 

You know what? I can see that. That's been my one disappointment (and CBS playing games with their episode count. AGAIN) with his return so far. BB is clearly making Thomas the spoiler in the Brooke/Ridge/Taylor triangle. And while he's been debatably redeemed, that will just lead to Thomas being written back to been crazy and obsessive. But with this show...a step forward, multiple steps backwards. 

[Maxim]

I still have a whiplash from what I saw today. Well... that was a fast wrap. Ridge chose Brooke. Who would have guessed this? 

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This time we didn't even get to the altar. I think this Taylor will go in history as The "Poor man's Taylor". Budig was given the worst of scraps. From "Broken heart syndrome" to... actually proposing marriage to Ridge. This couldn't get any worse. Every single minute this woman has been on she has been talking about Ridge. NOTHING else. She has absolutely no identity, no soul, no nothing.  And where from now? Is she going to be slowly tuned out... of the show. Or what? I ask this question very seriously. What happens now when her entire reason to be in the show is pretty much eliminated.

I wish I could laugh at this. It definitely feels IMO like Brad was planning for a bigger thing and wanted the Budig-Taylor thing to work, he tried making it happen, but I feel he saw the ratings or just... the overall bad reaction to it and decided to wrap it up fast. Maybe he believed it could work better like it did with Krista, but it just didn't. 

And one more thing -Bridge didn't even reunite on a beach or... somewhere dramatic... or even near a fountain or something. They literally did this scene in the Forrester office room. We saw all this bull for months so they could wrap it all up in the Forrester building. They could have done it in the toilet and it wouldn't have made that much a difference.

Even I, who you all know has zero expectations from this drivel... am shocked at how botched this was. And Brooke, she gasped when she saw a 2 dollar rose being given to her LIKE IT WAS THE HOPE diamond. No, bitch, all you get is a 2 dollar rose and a penis later in the evening. You got played once again, your child got called a bitch and a whore and you stood there and DID NOTHING. Shame on you, Brooke. Shame on you! 

 

Edited September 9 by Maxim

[ranger1rg]

@Maxim and @I Am A Swede have said it all. This is a disaster.

Brad Bell needs a literal intervention, but we know that won't happen. There can't be any actors on B&B who are happy with any of this.

In addition to Budig, Lang, and Kaye, Heather Tom must be -- or should be -- sick to her stomach. Katie has no love life of her own but spends her days pining about Brooke's and Ridge's destiny. Appalling. 

It's all so embarrassing.

 

[bongobong]

Taking it on the chin from Thomas & Steffy is 100% in character for Brooke. Her goal is to get Ridge, who has a major blindspot for Steffy & his degenerate son. Hence, she treats them with kid gloves. I didn't have a problem with Brooke quickly forgiving Ridge for calling Hope a bitch either because Brooke almost always puts her romantic goals above her children. 

However, I do have a problem with Katie & Hope not calling out Brooke for this. With Hope, I can suspend some disbelief as she may not want to rock the boat being newly back to work and otherwise occupied with her Liam drama. Katie has no such excuse. IMO, Katie has been the worst written character for a while now. Glaringly so in the past month. Every line she's spoke since advising Will to not tell Electra about his blackout night should have been delivered by Donna.

[Maxim]

P.S I hope both Taylor and Brooke get a quick STD test soon because Ridge is nasty. 

[Maxim]

It absolutely is... Did you see today... how they wrapped it up with a 2 dollar rose?

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 And Taylor actually said... something like "I knew this would happen." while sobbing. This is the smartest thing she has said in the entire show so far.  YA THINK Taylor?

Please write this Poor man's Taylor off... and let us forget this every happened. PLEASE.

Budig should have been a new role. Yet another talented actress wasted. YET ANOTHER. 

[Taoboi]

LOL!!!