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Our soaps were not shown on the east coast due to George HW Bush's funeral. Did we miss much?

I think we can all agree that this show has just gone on too long, can't we? There are very few characters we care about. I'm sure fans of the comics are ready and waiting for the Whisperers but where does that leave the rest of us? We would've been better off to leave when Rick did.

When I started watching this show, waaay back in the beginning....I never thought I'd feel about Cate the way I do. At the time I admired her courage to recognize the dysfunction that was her family and the wise choice to not bring a baby into that situation. Fast forward 8 years and I cannot find one redeeming quality about this young woman. She is so self-centered that she cannot even for one moment focus on the adorable little girl she has, lest she be "triggered". How does one live a life, avoiding "triggers"? Seems to me all the free therapy she's been afforded should have help her a little bit with this.

Why...oh, why...is Taylor back with her shaky-head movements? Are we going to suffer through a repeat of her shooting Bill? Is this what needs to happen to bring Brooke back to Bill? There's got to be an easier way!!!

Poor little Nova seemed so anxious in that cake-baking scene with Cate. Like she was performing to keep her mom interested in her. It's understandable given that she never knows when her mom is going to disappear for weeks on end...or why she's gone...but it broke my heart a little.

Maybe one of them will move into a "casita" like Gina on the Real Housewives of OC. Casita is the new drinking game word on that show! At least we'd have some fun. Which watching this show isn't.

Way to go, Cate....you just announced on national tv that you don't want your future daughter and that you'd rather have a boy instead. Mother of the year! I've never understood why...if you have such a strong gender preference...you'd choose to have a public gender reveal. Why not do it in private and deal with your emotions that way...in private?

Not for nothing, but I was able to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion during the commercials for The Walking Dead. Not that I'm recommending any of you follow suit and kill off even more brain cells. I'm just pointing out that the commercial breaks are loooong…..and may be a partial reason for the drop in viewership.

WOW...Tyler actually expressed his unhappiness with the marriage and said he wanted to a trial separation??? I think this is a first time in a looong time that I've had any respect for him. Well, except for when he was caring for Nova while Cate was away on her many mental health "retreats", that is.

As well as their disco dress!

I don't know, guys...if I was given a choice between attending a femme fatale party with those witches or staying home for the evening with my grandkids, it would be an easy choice! The grandkids would win every time. And I don't even have any! Is Gina's casita in the garage behind her house or did she rent a little tiny apartment? When the exterior is shown it looks like it's located in an apartment building.

I couldn't agree with you more, Rebecca. It just appalls me that after all that ongoing adoption angst over Carly, Cate could seem to care less about Nova's emotional well-being. I really question whether she has an emotional bond with that child. Instead of going to all of her "trauma resorts" she should be going to parenting classes or engage in some counseling around how to be a more responsive, caring mother. And now that this new baby is a girl...when she proclaimed in the press that she so wanted a boy...I have a feeling the same dynamic is going to play out all over again. Poor kids.

A vulnerable Stuffy sharing her sadness at "letting go of the family she thought would be" with Hope and Liam? Hath Hell frozen over???

As I was watching the scene in Bill's office today it occurred to me that Brooke has been married to three of the major players in that room...Ridge, Thorne and Bill...and Katie has been married to two of them and engaged to the other. How bizarre is that?

I am such a nerd but it really bothered me today when Donna was answering the phone in her icky-sweet way saying "I'll get that message to him" and then never wrote down the message! How low has this show sunk that I'm paying attention to ridiculous details like this?

I had the same surgery Bounnatlaie, and it changed my life! In the same ways it changed yours. I finally felt "normal". And I don't think I was anywhere near as big as Cate.

I am loving Gina's sparkly cocktail dressed friends celebrating her birthday in what is clearly an informal OC restaurant where the other patrons are wearing shorts, tee shirts, and jeans! Was that all they could spring for?

OMG...Cate's boobs are ginormous! Was she already pregnant in this episode?

Does that scene between Emma and Xander mean that we are finally free from her and her non-existing acting skills? Praise be!

I'm kind of enjoying Donna's presence on the show...even if she was brought in to create drama between Eric/Quinn... and wow, does JG look fantastic! I remember her from back in the days where she played Grace on Y&R and was set on seducing Nick away from Sharon. When all three were newbies. FF to all these years later and she still looks fit and beautiful.

I thought Emily looked beautiful during the memory box scenes. She was wearing the type of dress that I'd try on, think it looked great, but would then ask myself the age-old question "Where would I ever wear this thing?". If I was on my toes that day, right back to the rack it would go. If I was feeling foolish and romantic....or maybe had had some wine at lunch...it would go home with me where it would reside in my closet, price tag attached, for the next 10 years as I discovered that no, there really is no place I'd feel comfortable wearing it. Who knew it was the perfect outfit for opening a memory box???

You know who has the best chemistry on this show? Ridge and Bill. I didn't mind Ridge returning to Bill's room (even though it was a stupid-ass thing to do) because it gave us more of them interacting. And made me kinda like Bill again, something I thought would never happen after all the Stuffy nonsense.

I have to admit, though, that I enjoyed the flashback scene of Stephanie and Pam with their mom on her deathbed (er...deathbeach). At one time on this show, genuine feelings were shown. Or maybe the acting was just better.

Too much Jason Alexander, not enough Missy! Although I agree with y'all that she looked adorable in her Cyndi Lauper costume!

I really thought that we were watching a reverse Cinderella scenario today...that Brooke was going to lean over and kiss Bill awake. That would have been true soapy goodness!