OMG. Now folks are hoping for the return of Miss Chastity, aka Hope Logan. The only person on this show that has been equal to matching my hate for Hope is Nicole. I am so pissed they are wasting Zende on that girl. I even like Maya at her worst better than either of those young ladies.
When Aly first returned, the character annoyed me beyond words. But then they had her fall in love with Oliver and that was so sweet it still makes me smile. Can't say I enjoyed the medieval times type of entertainment she shared with Pam and Charlie, but it was still nice to see her having fun. The scenes they wrote for AP and Hunter Tylo were so touching, and I was impressed by the writers for finding such a lovely way to end a sordid story line. But this being BnB, they had to go and ruin it. They certainly had to do something with Aly. Neither cast nor viewers could have taken that crap for much longer. But KILL her? Seriously? What stinking hacks these writers are.
Not only am I obviously in the minority about Hope, I thought the show today was well done. The silent eulogies were just fine because the flashbacks were so good. Besides, I don't trust the writers to come up with any words that would leave me fulfilled. I get what Ridge was going for, I think. I don't believe it was guilt about Steffy, but rather that none of the family did enough to help Aly while she was alive. Her behavior was so often so bizarre that they should have all picked up on it. And acted.
Nu Thomas is a stunner. Kind of a Y&R Joe Clark look, I think. Didn't get enough views of him today, but I guess I'll have to wait until another day. Someone up thread mentioned there are not enough young women on the show to interest Thomas. The same goes for men. If you are a Forrester, male or female, and reside in Lost Angeles, there is no where for you to go but to the Spencers, and that's only 1 female and 2 males. We need another family to move into the neighborhood, but no more Avants please.
While I'm being disagreeable, or at least disagreeing a lot, I also think there are a lot of good actors on the show. In fact, olther than Charlie and Nicole, I think they all are. What I think hurts them all is poor dialogue. Such rotten lines these poor actors are given. Give them all a drink on me, just for putting up with that.
And finally, Brooke looks way too old for Thorne. Other than I don't want to see any more May/Sep romances, I think Thorne would look stunning with Ivy.