BTG: November 2025 Discussion Thread 

Shanice is awesome!

56 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

Leslie has the worst bedside manner, geez. I wouldn't want her around me if I'm sick or dying.

I wouldn't want her around me... even when I'm healthy. 😁

16 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Like I said before, I was worried, but Jazmen really does have a thing for taking breakdown writers that are not my favorites and making lemonade out of lemons.

I'll ask you since I can't get a response from the poster who continually complains about the breakdowns from Carlivati and Giddens. Just what is wrong with those breakdowns? Why do their episodes need to be saved by the script writer?

I'm not trying to be difficult. I really don't get it.

57 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

Leslie has the worst bedside manner, geez. I wouldn't want her around me if I'm sick or dying.

😂 Exactly what I thought. Leslie entered that hospital room and CONFRONTED Peaches. No loving concern, no warmth. I guess that's an intentional choice, but YIKES.

It doesn't help that the Peaches casting is so off -- a young woman wearing a Marla Gibbs wig, pretending she's old and dying as she hacks away in a hospital bed.

The room itself makes me laugh, too. This patient is in dire straights, yet there's a solid door on the room that stays closed so no one can hear her or see her. I am DYING! 🤣

15 minutes ago, Vee said:

I'm still rooting for Ted and June.

Kind of where my head is at, too.

Just now, ranger1rg said:

The room itself makes me laugh, too. This patient is in dire straights, yet there's a solid door on the room that stays closed so no one can hear her or see her. I am DYING! 🤣

🤣😂😁

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

I'll ask you since I can't get a response from the poster who continually complains about the breakdowns from Carlivati and Giddens. Just what is wrong with those breakdowns? Why do their episodes need to be saved by the script writer?

I'm not trying to be difficult. I really don't get it.

😂 Exactly what I thought. Leslie entered that hospital room and CONFRONTED Peaches. No loving concern, no warmth. I guess that's an intentional choice, but YIKES.

It doesn't help that the Peaches casting is so off -- a young woman wearing a Marla Gibbs wig, pretending she's old and dying as she hacks away in a hospital bed.

The room itself makes me laugh, too. This patient is in dire straights, yet there's a solid door on the room that stays closed so no one can hear her or see her. I am DYING! 🤣

Basically Ron Carlivanti and Jamey Giddens are terrible writers and they really suck. The last couple of years of Ron's tenure on Days was especially bad. I also think the whole Renee/Sarah debacle was Jamey's idea too, so I'm always giving him a massive side-eye for that. Honestly, I'm starting to understand why Ambitions only lasted one season.

47 minutes ago, MissPhoenixGirl92 said:

Basically Ron Carlivanti and Jamey Giddens are terrible writers and they really suck. The last couple of years of Ron's tenure on Days was especially bad. I also think the whole Renee/Sarah debacle was Jamey's idea too, so I'm always giving him a massive side-eye for that. Honestly, I'm starting to understand why Ambitions only lasted one season.

That doesn't answer my question, which is about the BREAKDOWN.

I know the problems with Carlivati's and Giddens when it comes to story and even with dialogue. What does that have to do with their breakdown work at GATES?

I'll add that I enjoyed Ambitions and think it deserved another season. It was campy and over-the-top and entertaining, with a great looking cast.

51 minutes ago, MissPhoenixGirl92 said:

Basically Ron Carlivanti and Jamey Giddens are terrible writers and they really suck. The last couple of years of Ron's tenure on Days was especially bad. I also think the whole Renee/Sarah debacle was Jamey's idea too, so I'm always giving him a massive side-eye for that. Honestly, I'm starting to understand why Ambitions only lasted one season.

Opinions will differ of course, but I thought Ambitions was great. Great characters and real genuine drama featuring mystery and suspense. The kind of drama that you didn't feel the desire or the need to fast forward on.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Vanguardian53

I will always be here for Dani having no love lost for scum...I mean Ted.

-- Leslie's "Keep your hands off my man" diatribe to Shanice shows how unhinged she is. I mean, the woman is nuts. Every time the show tries to show us a more real and genuine side of Leslie, she bounces back with the total whack job.

-- So plastic surgeon Ted got Peaches into a special trial. Yeah, OK 😂 It's good, though, that old woman Peaches doesn't have a wrinkle anywhere, including on her neck.

-- Thank God for Shanice, because the medical and hospital stuff on this show is poorly done.

-- Martin is a self-righteous, sanctimonious hypocrite. After all he's been through, taking sides like this with Eva is pathetic. Of course, Eva just sits there quietly, playing the innocent victim. What a SPOILT BITCH 😂🤣

-- Hey, Martin -- and Ted -- the way to make Eva a part of the family is not trashing the other sister and daughter, throwing her under the bus.

-- I know Kat goes too far with her mouth, but no one else holds Eva accountable. No one else calls her out on anything.

-- Good honeymoon scenes with Dani and Andre so we can see how they're really falling for each other, but I hope they're out of that hotel room tomorrow. They've milked that enough.

4 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

I'll ask you since I can't get a response from the poster who continually complains about the breakdowns from Carlivati and Giddens. Just what is wrong with those breakdowns? Why do their episodes need to be saved by the script writer?

I'm not trying to be difficult. I really don't get it.

I can't tell one breakdown writer's work from another.

Leslie is the dramatic version of Nikki Parker. Of course, Nikki's obsession with Stanley was pretty disturbing even though The Parkers was a sitcom.

Bill calling Dani on her honeymoon was really intrusive and annoying. And at the same time the fool is guzzling down tea that Hayley is way too persistent in getting him to drink.

Eva has stopped trying to be sympathetic and is more interested in antagonizing Kat.

10 minutes ago, Broderick said:

I can't tell one breakdown writer's work from another.

Nor I. The only time I noticed a difference was very early on with that embarrassing day when Dani first conned her way into the Hamilton house with some schtick with the guard. (That and the mentions of sci-fi novelist "Carl Ivati", oy)

I usually can't tell either. The thing that varies a lot from one writer to the next is dialogue.