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I don't mind the secret child trope because it keeps soaps populated without the drawn out process of being born onscreen and eventual SORAS-ing. I'll even grant that BLQ being offscreen for long periods of time makes her a prime candidate. But Gio doesn't broaden the canvas, he's just a link in the closed Q/Corinthii ecosystem. Everyone already loves him. The lies are the only drama for Lois, Chase, Dante and Lulu. Now everyone will be mad at Lois but so what? She can always go back to Bensonhurst and life goes on. Imagine instead if BLQ's kid was Esme with an unknown kid at camp the father. That would be more dramatic and open up the canvas for another family to be introduced. (And Dante and Lois could still be complicit, if he went along with the lie he was the father.) On the minus side, Ace would be BLQ's grandchild. Of course, we don't need a Nina/Wiley repeat and there are some other drawbacks but this regime's incestuous-ness gives B&B a run for its money. (Hey, Kai is the right age too, though that might be too much for today's show.) It's probably too late for GH though. I've been complaining about this since Carly's father was dead-end Corbin Bernson and not the wastrel scion of a Kennedy-esque clan who liked to go to Florida for drugs and under-age girls. Sigh.

My husband fathered a child as a teen, which he told me about when we were dating. If he had withheld the name of someone in our social circle it would have been emotionally devastating. It's just different. That's your spouse putting the other party's privacy above your intimate relationship. Right now Cody and Lois know the truth. And we know what a big mouth Cody has. And there is a real lie out there, that Dante and Brook Lynn were childhood friends only. And if they had dated a little it was no big deal because they never slept together. Lulu will be hurt too. But I expect Chase to be devastated. If he isn't, are we sure he's not a fully functioning android, programmed to be the perfect man? 🙂

Thursday - life and long days on the set, with a side helping of shirtless guys. They're kinda stretching this out.

I was thinking more about the arrogance of a hotshot surgeon than his personal issues. Though a lot of that could just be the actor. JT is insufferable on Y&R.

It's quite common here too, to refer to kids as little monkeys. No one says you can't still do that. On the flip side, it doesn't hurt to know why doing so in mixed-race company could be a bad thing. I know from personal experience it can sting when finding out something you said or did was unintentionally racist. But it's better to know.

@PRgal I get that it was done innocently. And I think Chinese Lunar** New Year looks like so much fun from down here in boring Iowa. But there is so much raw racism here in the US. If you could cut those NBA athletes a little slack too, it would go a long way. ** Thanks all for diplomatically showing me the correct term.

But why should the Black athletes have just had to do research? Whoever arranged for that giveaway was tone-deaf, at minimum. Monkeys and ape images are at the heart of some of the most vile racist tropes in this country. It's bad stuff. And it's still going on. Those of us who aren't Black have the privilege of being oblivious to that kind of racism. The whole point of being "PC" is not conformity but not wanting to hurt others, even unintentionally. Btw, I love it when it's the Year of the Monkey. I have a thing for calligraphy and Asian art and some of my favorites are monkey-themed.

Maybe she's a recent convert? They can be the worst. 🙂 At least they can ship her off to join Serena when/if they get tired of her. UO - I don't really mind her. Everyone goes on about her being Robin's daughter but Patrick was an arrogant @ss when he first came on. She's also made Gio bearable for some reason.

The head of wardrobe said she channeled Diana Ross in dressing Anita Dupree. Somehow I can't imagine a diva like that lounging around in sweats. 🙂

I wish more shows would go the movie route like Psych did.

I'm not Black. I'm looking forward to BTG mainly because of Michele Val Jean. I like soaps but the writing on the existing shows is so crappy most of the time and the main reason I go from show to show - I watch until I can't take it anymore. Anyway, it looks like there are quite a few white characters, including soap vets Jon Lindstrom and Cady McClain. JL said in a clip that it was a different pov, being a minority character. (But hey, that's what actors of color deal with, fair is fair.) If it ends up being a Housewives or Dynasty kind of show after it settles in, it might be a little disappointing. I guess we'll see.

Wednesday - fun with wardrobe and makeup. You can tell the cast and crew is really enjoying themselves. The production design was highlighted again and the attention to detail is mind-blowing. I will cry foul if BTG doesn't get all the Technical Emmys next year.

The main characters are Vernon and Anita and their adult mid 40s-ish daughters. The grandkids are young adults, late teens - early twenties. I'm kind of at that same stage too. (I miss cartoons, stuffed animals and Legos.) So it doesn't seem weird to me. The other soaps have at least a few kids under 10. GH probably has the most (8?), with another on the way. We don't see them much. Holidays and plot points. I'm sure an unexpected pregnancy will be in the cards for BTG before long. 🙂

It really throws me off when Carly is the least offensive part of an episode. Maybe they should have just let Brennan fade away and have Carly fall for the plumber who studied to be a psychologist (though he evidently missed an important course or two) and then ended up in the family business.

It was awful today. And how convenient was the flashback of Cyrus snipping Dex's hospital band? So they'll find his cache of deranged serial killer souvenirs, drag him off to Archam or whatever and he can replace Ryan or Heather as needed. Ugh. Both JK and BH tried, I guess. I'm so over Dante now (and he was one of the few left that I actually liked). Way to go, breaking the confidences of two of his best friends just to shut Lulu up. If Willow is stupid enough to move in with Drew while she's still married to Michael, she deserves whatever she gets. Was Nelle this dumb?