8 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

To me, it sounds as though TPTB didn't think realistically about what sets were needed and what sets they could without.

Couldn't agree more. It's almost as though someone launched into the initial design of "27 spectacular sets" without much foresight into where the show would be in six months (or even in six weeks).

Did Ashley Morgan really need an apartment more than Vanessa McBride needed a living room? Ashley quickly evolved into a fairly minor character, and Vanessa's role has steadily grown. She's a Realtor for pete's sake, who started out in a fairly complex marriage with a physician husband and now has a (slimy) beau and two college-aged children but still has no house. To me, that was poor planning from the get-go. And when a new living room finally DID arrive, it mysteriously went to Joey instead of Vanessa, and it has a bizarrely situated fireplace that will look ludicrous in warm weather and is noticeably difficult to shoot around.

Anita and Vernon received a massive vestibule and foyer, but no dining room. Another bad choice from the start, especially considering they're matriarch and patriarch of a very large family that often gathers at their house for mandatory family meetings.

The police station is unnecessarily spacious -- complete with soda machines, office equipment, and numerous extras milling about in the background -- when a small detective's office for Jacob would have made better budget sense. This ain't a "police show" -- it merely features a character who's a detective and who sometimes meets with Elon, or Marcel, or an arrested person, all of which could be accomplished in Jacob's (small) office.

Joey was given a (hideous and) distinctive backroom for his casino, when a simple office (with casino sound effects in the background) would have been much cheaper and much easier to look at it. His office, with a few alterations, could have also doubled as Naomi's office, and as Martin's office in the Capitol.

They didn't ask for my input, but I would've been happy to give it 😅

At the risk of being laughed at I'll add my 2 cents.

Giving Jacob/Naomi a bedroom was a choice and they had to later redress it as a living room. Which shows they can redress a set quite effectively.

Then Nicole got an office off her living room which I don't think we have seen for quite a while. Whereas Vernon/Anita need an extra room more.

Caffeine Fix seemed to start off as a thrown together space which came into play when they realized there weren't enough meeting places. It's been changed since then. Now they are mentioning The Atrium, which I think is the complex where Caffeine Fix is located.

Remember in the first ep we saw the foyer of Bill/Hayley's house. Where did it go? And have we seen the reception area at Bill's office lately? Hayley/Tomas could have met there rather than the coffee shop.

Yes, they needed to think/plan better at the start in terms of sets and occupations.