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I've always been obsessed with the beginning credits on soaps, going back to the pen and ink sketches on Y&R. I see with the latest refreshed ones on B&B that Thomas and RJ have been dropped. Elektra has been added (or maybe they added her when they added Will?) and that there is a Black woman who might be the new character of Daphne? Although it's odd since she hasn't appeared on screen yet (I don't know because I've been watching less and less). No Ivy yet. So my question is - does the amount of different pix correlate to their contract status? It seems like regular status characters get at least two different pix in the credits, while recurring ones like Donna and Poppy only get one? Or am I overthinking this? I also see that they begin and end with Eric and Brooke, the two longest characters on the soap.

I loved the finale. Nandor and Guillermo plunging away in the coffin reminded me of the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip of them riding away on their sled to new adventures.

It's been replaced by Big Blue Chinoiserie Pot, which is now on the mantel. (I've always wanted to use "Chinoiserie" in a sentence, so thanks!)

I think Soul Train night was taped last week. There were spoilers out there about how the contestants did.

She’ll be back for two days only, from what I read. Rock On!

I read that they have cast Josh Morrow's (Nick of Y&R) 19 year oldish kid Crew as Will Spencer. It will be his first TV acting job (Crew, not Josh).

ML89 above shared a youtube link to Kévin D'Andrea‘s Breaking Baguettes show. It’s fun and worth watching. All five episodes are now also on Peacock. It’s him interviewing current and former Olympians (and they also interview him), then cooking with them. NBC is producing it as part of their Paris Olympics coverage. Kévin is very affable and has a good rapport with the athletes. I hope he’ll have more hosting duties in the future.

I’m sure that Saratoga, “the official sparkling water of “Top Chef,” appreciated Dan’s ripping out an enormous belch after chugging their product. Made me laugh.

I'm OK with the changes, using the "some form of SYTCD is better than none" philosophy, but the overly-scripted comments from the judges are making me cringe. Down to top 8 already, so do we only have 4 episodes left?

Sheila was probably reconnecting with her plastic surgery doppelgänger Sugar and somehow convinced her to attack Steffy in her home. That explains why Sugar said nothing while attacking her - Steffy might have noticed the voice change? Better count those toes!

Sheila’s mom was so traumatized when she found out that she had a stroke and was barely able to talk. I only remember this because we used to go around saying “Shee lah swished ba bees!” (funny what the mind remembers from 30 years ago!)

I think they'll keep Finn as the father. That way, Beth and Hayes can be a couple in the future, with warring mothers (rinse, repeat . . .)

I think the endgame for the preposterous Hope/Thomas kiss is to cause some cracks in the Steffy/Finn marriage. They needed a reason for Liam to run once more to Steffy. Someone must have snapped a pic of the kiss of Steffy and Liam, which will miraculously end up in the hands of Sheila. I smell a jigsaw puzzle blackmailing in the future (which happened twice on Y&R).

My pulse was pounded by those exciting action sequences! It just needed some Batman TV show BAMs! And POWs!

I’ve only been watching this show since 2020 (started because they were the first ones back filming), so I have to ask - are they ever capable of carrying more than one storyline at a time? It was Sheila/Sheila/Sheila, now Hope/Hope/Hope. I’ve seen half hour soaps before (going back to Ryan’s Hope!) that managed to juggle multiple stories. It is so boooooooring if you don’t like the one plot they’re using as a sledgehammer.