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she here yet??? Did I miss it???? I was afraid to even go to the
bathroom and lose my place in line! I’m so excited!! . . . . IS THAT
HER?????…….nope…darnit…Oh well, how about we just chat a while until
she gets here. What do you mean, until WHO gets here??? Have you not
been watching Bold??? Have you not paid ATTENTION??? Why….why…KATIE,
of course!!!! Didn’t you drink your V-8 today??? Your mind slipping?
She’s only THE most exciting thing that’s happened to Bold
since…since…well since Ridge got left at the altar by Caroline
because she found out he slept with another woman right before their
wedding!!! Everyone wants to be in her stories and everyone simply
loves her! Why, Storm gave his life for her! Bridget gave her Nick
to play with thinking she was dying and wanted her last days
special! Little Jack doesn’t go to sleep at night unless someone
holds her picture to his face for him to kiss nite-nite! Brooke even
considered coming out from behind Ridge for ten seconds just to hold
her hand, until Ridge jerked her chain back. Katie is so special!
Katie has been through SO MUCH!!!
OK,
FLAG ON THE PLAY. I JUST PENALYZED MYSELF FOR UNNECCESSARY ROUGHNESS
and near made myself throw up. I have no idea how long Brad Bell is
going to subject us to the bipolar emotions of Katie having Nick’s
baby and Nick trying hard to pretend he doesn’t want to just tell
Bridget to take a flying leap, but we can all only hope it won’t
take too long. I honestly cannot stomach much more of the stomach
rubbing, the angst and the eye-rolling comments made by
Katie/Nick/Bridget about this ridiculous mess. Is there ANYONE who
didn’t think right off the bat that there was going to be a triangle
the minute Nick and Katie started spitting pistachios and burping or
the second Bridget got that evil and Brooke-like look in her eyes
swearing that she wouldn’t lose a man she didn’t even HAVE yet to
her aunt Katie? COME ON, the rivalry between Bridget and Katie was
on the table long before Katie even got shot. Bridget was staking
her claim quickly, making it quite well known that she wanted Nick
while Katie was very obviously but horribly trying to hide the fact
that she was falling for Nick. Meanwhile, The White Knight Moron in
all of this didn’t want to hurt either woman and just let them toss
him back and forth like a ping pong ball. What a mess. So let’s all
join in a chorus of “WE LOVE YOU, KATIE!!!” before we all throw up
again.
That’s about as much as I want to delve into the
idiocracy of a Katie/Nick/Bridget triangle. Two facts are
certain….Bridget is going to end up the loser AGAIN, and Nick is
going to end up looking like a total ass AGAIN. Neither are
enjoyable to me, so I’ll choose to do what Brad Bell has said we
should do, change the channel. So here’s a few random thoughts about
last week before this month’s PMSer, Linda, throws her
gauntlet down and lays it on the line.
1.
So Ridge was low-down enough to unplug his father without so much as
a consultation with his siblings. Talk about self-centered. It
proves it wasn’t about Eric as far as Ridge is concerned, it was all
about RIDGE. Looks to me like someone wanted a huge crying-Emmy-possible
scene, and now that it’s over, the entire thing has been swept under
the rug. Ridiculous.
2.
Did you get a load of PodBrooke not even saying a WORD when Ridge
said the company belonged to Eric, HIS mother and THEIR children???
What about Rick?? What about Bridget? While everyone knows I’m
absolutely NO fan of Brooke’s, Rick and Bridget are as much
Forrester's as Ridge and the others are and entitled to their
father’s estate. Ridge is such a pig, but Brooke is even MORE
pathetic for letting him get away with that. She is truly his jock
strap now.
3.
Nick is getting to be the new Brooke, the words “I love you” thrown
out on a dime. Notice though that they’re only thrown out in
connection with ‘that boy’ or ‘the new baby’??? I’m quickly getting
sick of Daddy Day Camp. Yes Nick is in a difficult position, he’s
admitted he loved Katie (who didn’t see THAT one coming) and he’s
with Bridget out of commitment. Well, all I have to say about that
one is………
4.
BRIDGET ASKED for everything she’s getting. She knew Nick begged her
mother to take him back just weeks earlier and ignored it, ends up
giving him the honey pot, pushing marriage at him and begging him to
commit to her? Bridget knew Katie and Nick were drawn together. I
don’t feel sorry for her one bit. I DO feel bad that Brad Bell is
ruining such a loving, sweet and kind person Bridget was for another
round of shock-drama.
5.
THE BEST FOR LAST. I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE Marcus and Steffy! Texas
Battle was rather meek and timid playing Marcus when he first
started, he wasn’t looking natural in the part and scripted. He’s
come a LONG WAY, baby, and he’s putting more of himself into the
part of Marcus and I’m loving it. I love the pairing of Meffy and
Steffy is every bit as beautiful as her mother. I’m throwing my
weight behind that pairing, I love it! I even love the fact that
it’s going to piss Ridge off to no end, but that’s not the main
reason. Marcus and Steffy are adorable together.
Here’s some funnies for you, then we’re off
to read Linda’s rant/rave/review, this month’s winner of
“PMSing…Posting My Sayso!!!”.
Alright, take it away, Linda!!!!!
PMSing:
The
Bold & The Beautiful
This
relatively tidy little show certainly lives up to its title. It is
a half hour that needs to deliver a big punch and it certainly has a
beautiful cast. I regained my interest in B&B when one of my
favorite actors, Jack Wagner, made his initial appearance. I wasn’t
disappointed – his character was craggy, bold, hirsute, cigar
smoking and appealing. Of course he would fall in love with the
Prom Queen, Brooke – didn’t everyone? And now, a good six years
later, gone is the strut, gone is the working man, and in its place
is one of the most fickle, puzzling characters we have seen. He is
truly a victim of what has become the most inbred show on all of TV
– half brothers married to mother and daughter, father and son
married to sisters, ex-wife engaged to ex’s half brother, and it
goes on and on.
Nick and
Ridge are half brothers, but except for some occasional butting of
heads, their relationship has never been pursued or improved, which
is sad. They have had relationships with three of the same women.
Nick has given up the love of his life, Brooke, to marry her
daughter Bridget. He has given up Taylor for Brooke, but that
didn’t work out. Rather than go back to the mother of his child,
who he professed to love very much, he goes back to Bridget again,
seemingly over his feelings for Brooke. Of course now he is in love
with Katie, who is pregnant with his child, too, so it will be
disastrous all around in the near future. Meanwhile Taylor and
several others have been back burnered due to the infatuation TPTB
have with Katie. Sure Heather Tom is an amazing actress, but Katie
isn’t and has never been that vital a character.
The
same goes for Donna, who means well but just isn’t someone we need
to see on our screen in such huge doses. I love the way Marcus and
Donna’s relationship evolved, although I feel sorry for him having
such a ditz for a mother. And where are his adoptive parents –
didn’t they raise him and very well indeed. No questions about his
birth father either. I like Steffie and Marcus because they seem
like real kids in love – awkward, teasing, and affectionate. Susan
Flannery has obviously semi-retired and Stephanie’s absence is
glaring. Regardless of her actions, she is always fascinating to
watch. I really can’t blame Eric for choosing a new wife who is
genuinely in love with him and shows it.
I would have
loved to see Ashley become more embedded in the show, but she is
gone. Here was a wonderful, gorgeous woman with a history and
chemistry with several actors. Storm being killed to prop Katie’s
storyline was a sad loss, too.
I know these
are all fragments that I am trying to piece together, but that is
how B&B strikes me right now. New camera shots and hipper music
doesn’t really make up for the fact that storylines are lacking, we
never get to see some really good characters (Jackie, Thorne,
Taylor, Rick etc. ) regularly, and instead of something bold and
new, we are getting same old, same old.
LINDA
Well, there ya go.
Nicely done, Linda! My thanks to everyone that sent in their vote
for who Nick should really be with, Brooke or Taylor. Would you
believe I got one vote for Katie and Nick??? The rest was a tie,
basically, with 53% wanting a return to Brick while 45% wanting Nick
and Taylor back. The other 2 percent? Here’s a random few comments….
Noveny says
‘Put that moronic man whore back to sea, no woman should have to
hear I love you only to find out he’s got the hots for another woman
and is just doing the right thing. If Brooke were to shake a breast
at him, he’d dump whoever he was with in a second.’
Darlene
writes ‘Nick should be with Katie, they’re both uncouth and common.”
In pipes a male
voice, I think, Daniel says ‘Get him the hell away from
Bridget, she deserves better. Katie doesn’t deserve him either, she
is the one that insisted they get together for her own selfishness.
If anything, put him with Donna, let him and Owen fight over another
Logan woman.”
Patricia
laughs ‘Put him with that orangutan that was on the show a year ago,
one ape deserves another!’
Until next week,
I’m off to play with my Bold and Beautiful ball. AND HOPE that Brad
puts an end to this ridiculous triangle of Nick/Bridget/Katie soon.
Megs
My continued
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