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13 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

For me, it felt too convenient, immediate and sweet (which btw, I love and wish I could have today 😛). He walks into a smoothie bar, finds the cute employee and they immediately hit it off and there is no drama or strife outside of just coming out. The main storyline between Shane and Ilya's relationship had way more interpersonal struggles, conflict and obstacles, which you don't see on Hallmark movies. With all that said, I loved both storylines and felt this show was well-written. I'm excited to see where it goes in Season 2.

Sometimes it be like that. ;) At least they also got a happy ending. lol.

But I get what you're saying. To a good second season.

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8 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Sometimes it be like that. ;) At least they also got a happy ending. lol.

But I get what you're saying. To a good second season.

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34 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

For me, it felt too convenient, immediate and sweet (which btw, I love and wish I could have today 😛). He walks into a smoothie bar, finds the cute employee and they immediately hit it off and there is no drama or strife outside

What's wrong with it? It has happened to me a few times. Nothing wrong with it!😂

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4 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

What's wrong with it? It has happened to me a few times. Nothing wrong with it!😂

Oh there's nothing wrong with it - I loved it haha. I'm just saying it was more Hallmark-esque than the A-storyline. Which I said overall I loved that better because it was something I wish I had today vs. my past experiences which aligned more with Shane and Llya.

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12 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

Oh there's nothing wrong with it - I loved it haha. I'm just saying it was more Hallmark-esque than the A-storyline. Which I said overall I loved that better because it was something I wish I had today vs. my past experiences which aligned more with Shane and Llya.

I do wish we got more Scott and Kip, but now that you all mapped it out, it was the perfect mini-escape from Hollanov and it helped transitioned their story from lust to love.

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This is the first hyped-up piece of pop culture that I’ve enjoyed in a LONG time. So well done and not at all dark or despairing or didactic, which are over-represented in today’s culture. I was waiting for the ugly twist that never came.

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"Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait."

During the long-gone halcyon years of daytime television, the legendary Agnes Nixon offered up this edict on how to write a successful soap.

In addition, master writer Henry Slesar opined that plots were secondary to plot mechanics; that without well-developed characters in whom the viewers were emotionally invested, soap stories would lack resonance and power, and fail to provoke deep and heartfelt responses from the audience.

For decades I have lamented the flat and shallow blandness of the modern soaps. Tepid writing centering on hackneyed plots and one-dimensional characters leaves daytime dramas devoid of passion and bereft of poignancy and power.

I was pleasantly surprised (actually, astounded) when I started watching Heated Rivalry. Here was a series predicated on recognizable human emotions and experiences. Here was a drama focusing on character development, with nuanced writing and textured scenes, which demanded viewers watch, observe and analyze characters' feelings and motivations.

Imagine: we didn't need end-of-the-world plagues, cannibal zombies, superheroes battling uber villains, mad scientists freezing the world, clones, going to heaven on a space ship, serial killers or devil possessions. All we needed was...multi-dimensional human beings dealing with relationships, family drama and yearning for love.

Viewers everywhere swiftly became passionate about and entranced by these "new friends" whose destinies came to matter to us. A sweet and ultimately wholesome drama captured viewers' hearts without all the violence, ugliness and gore we are usually inundated with.

Who woulda thunk it?🤔

Can we clone Jacob Tierney and hire him for Y&R, please?

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1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

Forgive me.

I couldn't resist.😊

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No worries. We all love him here. Especially that first picture.

And WORD to everything you said above it. Agnes was never wrong on that.

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7 hours ago, Taoboi said:

No worries. We all love him here. Especially that first picture.

And WORD to everything you said above it. Agnes was never wrong on that.

I've always said that clothes make the man, and Francois Arnaud is devastatingly attractive in that Under Armour compression shirt.😍

I would kill to have the likes of Agnes Nixon (or Irna Phillips or William J. Bell or Henry Slesar or Harding Lemay) guiding the soaps these days. We are extraordinary lucky to have Jacob Tierney in charge of Heated Rivalry. This show is out-soaping the soaps by a mile.

I was pleased to read that Rachel Reid is reportedly coming out with a new, seventh book in the Heated Rivalry universe in September, entitled Unrivaled, continuing the Shane and Ilya saga.

https://www.out.com/books/heated-rivalry-unrivaled-rachel-reid

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1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

I've always said that clothes make the man, and Francois Arnaud is devastatingly attractive in that Under Armour compression shirt.😍

I would kill to have the likes of Agnes Nixon (or Irna Phillips or William J. Bell or Henry Slesar or Harding Lemay) guiding the soaps these days. We are extraordinary lucky to have Jacob Tierney in charge of Heated Rivalry. This show is out-soaping the soaps by a mile.

I was pleased to read that Rachel Reid is reportedly coming out with a new, seventh book in the Heated Rivalry universe in September, entitled Unrivaled, continuing the Shane and Ilya saga.

https://www.out.com/books/heated-rivalry-unrivaled-rachel-reid

Oh my God doesn't he? I can't believe it's the same guy that headlined MIDNIGHT, TEXAS...which is how I met him. He definitely is like fine wine in the aging department as in not at all.

Don't get me started. lol. Especially William Bell. I stopped Y&R last year only popping in for Chris and Danny's wedding and the recent classic episode with Jill and Katherine. And went right back to not watching. The bad writing and killing off legacy characters for a recasted character was just too much for me.

Oooo juicy.

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