BTG: December 2025 Discussion Thread

So excited for a full-week of this soap!! So good!

LOL at Gizelle's over-acting. Love seeing the Potomac ladies!

Writers:
Christopher Dunn
Lynn Martin

Director:
Michael V. Pomarico

Those Vernon/Bill scenes are real good. That relationship has always run deep onscreen and I am glad they are digging into its layers more.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Those Vernon/Bill scenes are real good. That relationship has always run deep onscreen and I am glad they are digging into its layers more.

I agree, great scenes today. Today was overall really good - Vanessa/Dani and Smitty/Martin/Joey being the highlights. Ashley/Derek/Andre - no thanks. I still don't get why Andre is always at the hospital haha.

date: Monday, December 1, 2025 | Christopher Dunn, Lynn Martin | Michael V. Pomarico

• Vanessa, being a Madame looks good on you. I just hope Gloria and Calliope appreciate what you are doing for them.

• Oh no. What cheque did Bradley just discover? It cannot be good if he is that taken aback!

• Oh, a cheque from Joey.

• Damn Derek, calm your oversized t*ts. My goodness. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the firehouse cot.

• You can sense the true respect that Vernon had for Bill and that it is missing from Bill's world because of his choice to leave his marriage to Dani.

• Well, it looks like Gloria and Calliope did not like the insinuation of Vanessa's offer. No bueno.

• Bradley is brave to confront Joey about the cheque he wrote for Martin's campaign, and I feel like this will not end in a good way.

• Dani is absolutely shook at Vanessa owning the escort business she used to employ men from.

• Aw, it is heartbreaking seeing Vernon so hurt by Bill's exit from the family. You can tell he truly cared about his former son-in-law.

• I understand Derek's upset... but he is coming off like a hot-headed piece of trash right now. He has no right to act in the way he is right now. there is a right way and a wrong way, and he has chosen the wrong way.

• Vanessa is cracking to those she believes she can trust with cracking, and one of those people happens to be Dani.

• The way Vernon speaks to Bill is how a father who is disappointed in their son speaks to their son. That is true love right there. Genuinely.

Notes:

• Excellent script work today by Dunn and Martin. I like their pairings as breakdown and scriptwriter, respectively.

• The chem-testing with Ernestine Johnson (Shanice) and Keith D. Robinson (Ted) is working on me. I could see it actually happening.

• That final shot of Jon Lindstrom's Joey was effective. Normally, when he moved, the camera would.. but the camera stayed still. Brilliant choice by Pomarico.

-- Not believable that those Potomac ladies (who are awful actors) wouldn't realize Vanessa was operating an escort service from the jump of their conversation. I guess the cringe acting made it fun.

-- Vanessa continues to be a complete hoe.

-- I have a hard time believing any of Bill's regrets about his married life with Dani. Haven't we been told he cheated on her constantly?

I really enjoyed today's episode. Lots of great character moments