Morning All! Love to wake up to another episode and all the insightful and hilarious commentary. Mike’s apartment decor:) Stage managers thinking: how would Mike decorate his apt.? Oh yeah, a “Beer on Tap” hanging light in the kitchen, sport car art and of course a couple of HS trophies. 😎🍻🏎️🏆
We can write our post starting with WHY about the writing forever. The narrative has so many holes. Except James.. he didn't miss a particular about his stay at Sheila's place. But he didn't say a word about Taylor marriage to Stephanie!
@@babs4848 Someone pointed out yesterday how bad the writing was in _every_ storyline onscreen and it's the same today. Taylor's just walking around the house but still doesn't want to tell everyone she's alive? James doesn't tell Stephanie the truth about Omar holding Taylor against her will? 🥴
Eric has to be the dumbest dumb dumb alive. He's heard and seen what Sheila is capable of, and still asking stupid questions. I think he just can't believe how such a poor judge of character he is (again). Thank goodness for Steph to always literally spell it out for him. Meanwhile, James gives the story of what he did as if he was some kind of savvy psychiatrist in control of the situation, when really he was a flop and Sheila was the one in control the entire time. "I've tried every other method and nothing worked..." That is the summary of James entire role on the show.
@@z-5reader939exactly. Who is minding Morocco while he chases Taylor. I am starting to become more and more convinced that Omar's first "wife" didn't get kidnapped, but ran away to get away from him and made it look like a kidnapping.
i do love the wonderful frienship between James and Taylor he is her savior the way he cares and is so concerned about Taylor and her future is wonderful. it is good to have such a loyal friend
Oh my, what bull s**t today. James doesn’t mention Mike, then people, Taylor/Omar, just stroll into Stephanie’s home No Maria, or security. Who’s going to pop in to eavesdrop next, Brooke?
Look at the different reactions (at 12:00) to James "servicing" Sheila: Stephanie's horrified and probably thinking "James got some out of a near death situation _again?!"_ Eric's thinking, "Sounds about right." 😆😆
Why would James leave out that Mike was Sheila’s accomplice??? Or think she might be hiding out with him??? Why isn’t Mike worried that the police will come to arrest him ,now that James has escaped??? Why didn’t James tell the police about him??? WHY,WHY,WHY 😂
I love Stephanie’s outfit! And that hair drives me crazy. Too bad she cuts them in the middle of '96. This cut reminds me of the years between 88 and 89
“I loved him. I trusted him. How could he do that to me” uh Sheila you kidnapped him, tortured him and then was gonna try to off him until he got the upper hand. What exactly did HE do to YOU again that was so wrong? 😂😂😂
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763changed since when? When she tried to drown Lauren then offer her a towel or when she kidnapped James and is mad at him for fighting back? 😂😂
Not Sheila with a cell phone in her purse! 😂 Nobody can ever get on to anybody on this show, and Sheila has a cell! 😂 So nice to know she had time (and presence of mind) to escape AND pack her purse 😂😂😂
@@Esi-741judging from the year this was made and the look of that phone lol,... This was back in the days of 1G and 2G. Phones had limited capabilities and tracing phones was even more limited. However, does anyone else even know that Sheila had a cell?
Omar is what we call in the Communications world.. A "hole filler".. Meaning, if you are miscommunicating by not telling the entire story, there will always be someone else to come along and fill the holes you left with their own narrative, so they can change the entire story. And usually they change it to suit them. When Ridge told Taylor, "It's not like there was another man involved..", that was the window of opportunity for Taylor to tell him the story of Omar. Now, Omar has shown up to "fill the hole" and tell Ridge the story of Taylor first, according to him, without Taylor there to defend herself.
That's a great expression! Taylor's big mistake here is leaving that hole for Omar to fill. Somehow she has managed to have four full conversations with Ridge without mentioning anything about her life in Morocco, or that time she went to his seminar in disguise, or the Volunteer days...
Right you are! We know how stories go; when things seem a bit too happy a shoe is about to drop. In this case, fine leather loafer custom made for a king.
@@z-5reader939 speaking of made for a king, I like Omar’s shirt today. And speaking of shirts, I’m a little disappointed the good doctor isn’t wearing his tourist swag!
“In love with someone you locked in chains. I wonder what you would have done if you hated him” Mike verbalizing exactly what I said to myself. I can’t decide who’s a more delusional character her or Brooke
@@ministryofwrongthink9847 Sonya you beat me to it 😅 Or Anthony, I've likened him to Brooke before. Case in point: he almost got involved with a mother and her daughter
Taylor: "So Ridge, how's the family? How is Thorne?" Ridge: "Not good. He's in jail for murder. The state is seeking the death penalty." Taylor: "Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that, but about our marriage............"
Sorry, but Steph being so forgiving and friendly towards James, but not forgiving towards Taylor for them BOTH committing the same act behind Ridge's back, is terrible writing and hypocritical. Meanwhile, glad Ridge told Taylor the opposite of what Brooke said. That this was her home and it wouldn't be fair for her to have to leave. Brooke would faint if she heard those words, after she basically ran Taylor out on the last railroad.
This again shows it's about story function for Stephanie. James still "fits" in the story by helping her get rid of Sheila. But Taylor doesn't fit anymore because she's _not_ helping her get rid of Brooke.
But that's just it. James _has not_ helped her do anything up to this point. He failed to marry Brooke, he failed to capture Sheila and Lauren beat him to the reveal of Sheila's deeds.... He has been of no actual use to Steph so I cannot understand why she's so endeared to him. When she enlisted Sheila's help at first to get Brooke out of town, and Sheila failed on that mission, Steph immediately turned against her. Why she doesn't do the same to James, esp considering he "slept" Taylor, is beyond me.
@@TriniT21 Good points about James' uselessness! I guess I just mean that James is still playing his assigned role (antagonist to Sheila) whereas Taylor isn't (no longer "the Wife" or "the Good Girl"). Also remember Stephanie _was_ willing to forgive Taylor for the Big Bear incident. The reason she's indicting Taylor now is because she thinks Taylor marrying another man is _another_ instance of betraying Ridge. The incident with James just makes the Omar incident (which Taylor isn't giving her much info on) seem even worse to Stephanie. I do agree with you that Stephanie is hypocritical and applying sexist double standards but I don't think it's bad writing because she's _always_ been that way. She condemns Brooke and Sheila for instance for their involvement with the men in her family while excusing the men. Though there are certainly other examples of bad writing in this scene. Like why didn't James defend Taylor and tell Stephanie about Omar holding her prisoner? He didn't even _react_ when Stephanie said she told Taylor to leave! 🥴
@@NewYorkNick0607 this is true that James didn't even try to defend Taylor.. He saw for himself how unhappy she was. I do get your point that Steph has always been harder on the women than men in her stance towards marriage /fidelity, so I guess this is another true to form. I think for me it is just hard to see her be so hard line on Taylor like that bc she had grown to love Taylor as a daughter so there should be some willingness to have a softer approach in this instance (as opposed to with Brooke or Sheila)
@@TriniT21 I agree Trish. While I think applying gender double standards is true to Stephanie's character, I also think her banishing Taylor was an over-reaction. That part is indeed bad writing.
Eric’s trying to look concerned as he hears and imagines and perversely enjoys the unethical goings on between James and Sheila in a dark dungeon with straps and traps. 😉
It's ironic how James got to look his age when he was kidnapped. Maybe it was the darkness, maybe it was the beard. He's back to looking older now that he's all cleaned up
James explains to Stephanie and Eric how he had to break any ethical code that he believes in by lying to Sheila, manipulating and seducing her, sleeping with Sheila.... Eric's reaction: *_Thank god it worked._*
And Stephanie should question James's _ethical code_ in the first place, when she knows that James had had sex with her daughter-in-law/ his former therapist/ former student, had shared two kisses _during_ the patient-therapist relationship.
Is Maria on holiday? Lol If she saw Taylor, she'd say lots of Dios Mios and do the sign of the cross.😂 I liked the interaction in the first scene between Taylor and Ridge. After roasting him yesterday, at least I can see a little emotion from Ridge today. It reminded me of how playful their relationship could be, and still be so mature. Such a nice departure from the Sweet Valley High/Mills and Boons snooze fest relationship between him and Brooke.
“Sweet Valley High/Mills and Boons” 😂😂💀 Seriously though, Ridge/Brooke don’t do jokes and banter well. Ridge and Taylor are better at that for some reason.
Why James didn't say anything about Taylor's marriage on Morocco giving Stephanie more infos. Why nobody want to talk about the circumstances. Maybe because we have to listen to Omar delusional tale😩
Might be for the better. Maybe James could have helped (mentioned that Omar and Taylor had separated bedrooms, no sex), - but if James would have talked about "princess Layla", the belly dance with a snake and Layla kissing Omar to convince James to leave Morocco, it might have just alienated Stephanie even more. Taylor gives away so little information (while James too much) that she might not like James revealing more than Taylor is willing yet. With James, you can't be sure what he will tell. Was it necessary to tell Eric and Stephanie yet that James had slept with Sheila? (I serviced her physical needs.) Making her trust him and betraying that trust would have explained already, why Sheila might be after James.
@@babs4848 It was because Taylor then had committed herself to that life and didn't want James to interfere (rescue her) and didn't want him to tell anyone about her being alive. Would you as mother-in-law have so much understanding for Taylor's POV : _She loves you son so much that she married another man and decided to stay away from LA for your son's sake?_ It is better if Taylor explains it, it is her story, than then man Taylor has pushed to leave (even threatened to have him arrested). Even before James kidnapping, James hadn't been able to convince Taylor, had talked with Jack how he had tried to get Taylor to reveal herself but couldn't get through to her. kinda "Stephanie, I have told Taylor for many weeks that she was wrong."
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think not even James has yet learned about how Taylor had been Omar's captive for a while, unable to even make a call.
I said the exact thing. Lol. Eric's basically homeless at this point. And here we have again, someone else traipsing on STEPH'S property, uninvited. Go home, Omar...
Not really, whn Ridge asks Taylor for a divorce he was actually on Brooke's side, he was like..." Ridge is in love with Brooke" 🙄. I think when men sleep with Brooke, she actually takes their ⚾️🥎🏐
Beautiful Taylor ... looks picture perfect ... lovely outfit too and looks great on Taylor ...... Hunter Tylo s beauty coupled with the beautiful character of Taylor Forrester is too good 🎉
Darn...James shaved. Raggety, caged James was sexy af. 😂 oh yeah, I've been watching a lot of police body cam vids lately and the only other stuff I watch (besides Bluey and Peppa Pig 😂) is B&B here with y'all and current Y&R (oh my Gary, Phyllis is insufferable!). Well, the other night I had a very vivid dream that Thorne and Ridge (yes, 1995 Jeff and Ronn 😍) arrested me, planted mary jane on me, then all of a sudden they left and left the mj. But they took my car...😂 The timeframe in my dream was present day so 1995 Ridge and Thorne showing up just makes it all that much more funny. I'm just glad it wasn't Lt. Butke, then I'd be in dream prison! 🤣 Actually...I wouldn't mind dreaming about being arrested my ole Burke the Babe. As long as that included a strip search. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jk! Sorry, I couldn't help myself on that one... 🥝💚🖤
Taylor walks around the Forrester mansion like nothing happened, serving Ridge Drinks and sandwiches like its her home. Where is Brooke??? She doesnt know anything, and Ridge keeps it a secret. Very crazy.
Taylor is acting so strangely…shouldn’t there be an official announcement in the press that Taylor has miraculously turned up alive after 10 mons? She is walking around openly now.😮 Brooke thinks Taylor has left town…she’ll soon find out altruistic Taylor goes back on her word alot. 🥴
Yess....just like whn Brooke used to keep hounding a married Ridge whn Bridget was born, demanding and dreaming he leave Taylor. Now so many things r happening behind her back. Ofc Ridge and Taylor are still legally married, so I don't c wats rong in talking trying to reconnect.
She lived here, so I think there's nothing strange if she feels at ease. We just forget how it can be devastating to lose what you love the most, what makes you feel at home, safe and wanted. And I know that is partially "her fault", but that doesn't make the feeling less intense.
It is the discrepancy: We have Stephanie telling James how _Stephanie has encouraged Taylor to leave town and return to her husband that that Stephanie does not want Ridge to know that Taylor is alive_ and at the same time _Taylor walks around in Stephanie's home, stating how great it is to be back in that house_ and yes, serving Ridge like it is still their home too (when Taylor had not been there for a year and Ridge has a new home for at least 8 months)
Taylor trying to recreate the past with Ridge…but seems in it alone? Ridge isn’t warming up to the reunion the way Taylor wants. Taylor and her fakery…afraid to tell Ridge the Truth? 😇
🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 Taylor is delaying to much. Omar should really tell Ridge. Taylor has left the playing field wide open for any number of persons to tell Ridge. Maybe this is what she wants unconsciously. Hmm. Angel Trinidad West Indies. 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Taylor’s approach to Ridge was going to present some problems for her…in how she was going to explain about marrying Omar. She jumped too quickly to the punch line…before explaining her whole ordeal. Taylor is acting way too delusional for a psychiatrist? 😮
@@jgoldfarb3shes always living and hiding secrets … if she will reveled herself face to them in Morocco she will have get his life back since , but she doesn’t wanted 😅😅😅😅…
I do think Taylor is liyng to herself in order to make Ridge believe she' s a saint ! The truth was she has been playing her role of Princess for month in Morocco.
@@sharonstewart4882 Where were you during those proposal episodes when Ridge just put a gumball machine ring in the champagne glass at the cabin? That was definitely an RSVP event now that I think of it.
@@Esi-741 Just as long as you're my plus 1 for the episode where Ridge chooses Brooke. We have to put our special mark on it like we did with Brooke's wedding. 😉🙃
@@memento-_mori Katherine Kelly Lang ( Brooke ) was 34 at the time.She doesn’t look older then that.James on the other hand looks like he could pass for 60 with the way he dresses and hair style😂
With the exception of HT who is a year younger and KB who is a year older, the actresses that play Macy, Darla, Kristen, Caroline and Brooke were all born on the same year. You can't tell my KKL looks as young as the rest of them.
@@americanvoter8551 Taylor has nothing to do with those orphans that Omar likes to dangle like carrots. LA is her home, why do you guys insist Taylor's decision to stay or leave should be about Ridge?
Fed up the rewrites. Why didn’t Taylor ever tell Stephanie or ridge that she was held against her will and was prevented from contacting her family .
Morning All!
Love to wake up to another episode and all the insightful and hilarious commentary.
Mike’s apartment decor:) Stage managers thinking: how would Mike decorate his apt.? Oh yeah, a “Beer on Tap” hanging light in the kitchen, sport car art and of course a couple of HS trophies. 😎🍻🏎️🏆
Why haven't the cops arrested Mike? He was part of kidnapping James! This writing 😖😖
Right? They should be at his door already.
It's driving me nuts the nobody's mentioning Mike and he's not even worried about going to jail?? What is this writing??? 🥴🥴
We can write our post starting with WHY about the writing forever. The narrative has so many holes. Except James.. he didn't miss a particular about his stay at Sheila's place. But he didn't say a word about Taylor marriage to Stephanie!
@@babs4848 Someone pointed out yesterday how bad the writing was in _every_ storyline onscreen and it's the same today. Taylor's just walking around the house but still doesn't want to tell everyone she's alive? James doesn't tell Stephanie the truth about Omar holding Taylor against her will? 🥴
@@NewYorkNick0607 Thank goodness the disappointment about the inconsistent writing is more than well balanced by the posts in the comment section😃
Eric has to be the dumbest dumb dumb alive. He's heard and seen what Sheila is capable of, and still asking stupid questions. I think he just can't believe how such a poor judge of character he is (again).
Thank goodness for Steph to always literally spell it out for him.
Meanwhile, James gives the story of what he did as if he was some kind of savvy psychiatrist in control of the situation, when really he was a flop and Sheila was the one in control the entire time.
"I've tried every other method and nothing worked..." That is the summary of James entire role on the show.
how undignified for a Prince to be lurking in the Bushes spying on a woman who doesnt love or want him and what hes offering🙄
Doesn’t he have a kingdom to run?
@@z-5reader939exactly. Who is minding Morocco while he chases Taylor.
I am starting to become more and more convinced that Omar's first "wife" didn't get kidnapped, but ran away to get away from him and made it look like a kidnapping.
@@TriniT21 Thank you.. the same way Taylor aka Leila switched filghts on his crazy controlling @ss
@@z-5reader939 it doesnt seem so
@@TriniT21 that's if Fatima even existed
i do love the wonderful frienship between James and Taylor he is her savior
the way he cares and is so concerned about Taylor and her future is wonderful. it is good to have such a loyal friend
Well after he got a good taste at big bear why not😂
what an awful thing to say @@semoneg2826
Oh my, what bull s**t today. James doesn’t mention Mike, then people, Taylor/Omar, just stroll into Stephanie’s home
No Maria, or security. Who’s going to pop in to eavesdrop next, Brooke?
Look at the different reactions (at 12:00) to James "servicing" Sheila:
Stephanie's horrified and probably thinking "James got some out of a near death situation _again?!"_
Eric's thinking, "Sounds about right." 😆😆
Eric still mad he didn't know about this secret basement with the window, and that he didn't buy that house for Brooke instead...
@@TriniT21 Brooke would've loved to have a secret basement to hide from Eric all those times he wanted s ex. 🤣
@@NewYorkNick0607😂😂😂
BTW.. I had to laugh when James said he said he serviced Sheila and Eric's reaction : Well.. Thank god it worked!
😂😂
Wut 😂😂😂
I just tagged you guys on a similar post 😂🤣
I wrote something similar in a reply, and it's ironic that Eric didn't recognize his modus operandi with young women😜
Why would James leave out that Mike was Sheila’s accomplice??? Or think she might be hiding out with him??? Why isn’t Mike worried that the police will come to arrest him ,now that James has escaped??? Why didn’t James tell the police about him??? WHY,WHY,WHY 😂
I love it how Stephanie listens to James talking about being of service to Sheila, lol.
Yeah that was funny didn't get it at first..but Sheila has her needs
She got it before Eric lol!
Amazing how even here James couldn't narrate the whole story of Taylor to Stephanie allowing her to believe that Taylor was confused bla bla bla
he does not care to tll Stephanie will not change a thing the only one who can is Ridge and Taylor so why bother
I loved Stephanies hair today for som reason
Ridge to Omar - Was I supposed to meet with you today? 😂😂😂😂😂 Even Ridge doesnt like the Prince of Morocco
every one is fed up with him he is totally unwanted
I love Stephanie’s outfit! And that hair drives me crazy. Too bad she cuts them in the middle of '96. This cut reminds me of the years between 88 and 89
LOL Omar in the bushes spying on Ridge and Taylor? He IS Brooke! 😂
I called it from the start.. He is Male Brooke 😂😂😂
@@TriniT21 If I'm recalling Brooke's trajectory correctly, I think this means when Omar can't have Taylor, he's going to marry Jack.
Oh I was thinking the same,! good old bushes
@@TriniT21Y do ppl always stalk Ridge and Taylor !!??😂😅
😂😂😂
Ridge youre still married 😒 Taylor is fustrating me tell him the whole story , The brain washing & being held hostage by Omar
“I loved him. I trusted him. How could he do that to me” uh Sheila you kidnapped him, tortured him and then was gonna try to off him until he got the upper hand. What exactly did HE do to YOU again that was so wrong? 😂😂😂
if she had taken on Mike in the first place she wouldnt be in this mess
Rule no. 1: It's NEVER Sheila's fault.. Even when it is, it isn't
Rule no 2 : read rule no. 1 above 😂
@@TriniT21 not you being out of the loop about how Sheila has changed 🤣
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763changed since when? When she tried to drown Lauren then offer her a towel or when she kidnapped James and is mad at him for fighting back? 😂😂
@@lil_jon411 you know how Brooke's bestseller is _"Seven Long Years"_? Sheila's best seller is _"I've Changed"_ 😆
For a minute I thought Sheila was going to make a bomb ?? You sure know how to pick em Mike !!😂😂
Not Sheila with a cell phone in her purse! 😂
Nobody can ever get on to anybody on this show, and Sheila has a cell! 😂
So nice to know she had time (and presence of mind) to escape AND pack her purse 😂😂😂
😂 🤣Did they have the capability to trace cell phone calls back then? Why is she having Mike call from her cell?
@@Esi-741judging from the year this was made and the look of that phone lol,... This was back in the days of 1G and 2G. Phones had limited capabilities and tracing phones was even more limited.
However, does anyone else even know that Sheila had a cell?
_That's_ a cell phone? I thought she was handing Mike a detonation device to break into a pharmacy.
@@NewYorkNick0607that is top o the line technology you are looking at there 😂
@@NewYorkNick0607 Nick, do you remember Zack’s phone on Saved By The Bell? 😂
Omar is what we call in the Communications world.. A "hole filler".. Meaning, if you are miscommunicating by not telling the entire story, there will always be someone else to come along and fill the holes you left with their own narrative, so they can change the entire story. And usually they change it to suit them.
When Ridge told Taylor, "It's not like there was another man involved..", that was the window of opportunity for Taylor to tell him the story of Omar.
Now, Omar has shown up to "fill the hole" and tell Ridge the story of Taylor first, according to him, without Taylor there to defend herself.
That's a great expression! Taylor's big mistake here is leaving that hole for Omar to fill. Somehow she has managed to have four full conversations with Ridge without mentioning anything about her life in Morocco, or that time she went to his seminar in disguise, or the Volunteer days...
And it seems the writers wanted that kind of drama for the next Tridge scene. But what a dull way to have the conflict! They would have argued anyway.
Right you are! We know how stories go; when things seem a bit too happy a shoe is about to drop. In this case, fine leather loafer custom made for a king.
@@z-5reader939 speaking of made for a king, I like Omar’s shirt today. And speaking of shirts, I’m a little disappointed the good doctor isn’t wearing his tourist swag!
Of course..Omar needs a window of opportunity to spill the beans n he s got one...at Taylor's expense...she will understand or so as Omar thinks...
Why doesn’t Ridge question why Omar walked into the house
Ridge’s behavior is really off??????
good point
Taylor’s worried she would turn Ridges life upside down…..I think all the characters lives on this show are upside down and in turmoil 😜😜
“In love with someone you locked in chains. I wonder what you would have done if you hated him” Mike verbalizing exactly what I said to myself. I can’t decide who’s a more delusional character her or Brooke
or Omar
@@ministryofwrongthink9847 Sonya you beat me to it 😅 Or Anthony, I've likened him to Brooke before. Case in point: he almost got involved with a mother and her daughter
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763 yep Anthony wanted to get his come up the way Brooke did but hes more dangerous
Both
Guided missile...description of Sheila is 😂
Taylor: "So Ridge, how's the family? How is Thorne?"
Ridge: "Not good. He's in jail for murder. The state is seeking the death penalty."
Taylor: "Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that, but about our marriage............"
*@Nick* and *@Trish* Eric’s face when James talks about Sheila’s powerful needs 11:11 - 11:18. 😂
This is the best thing about the comment section. When we all notice the same thing and can't wait to tell each other. 😄🥰
@@NewYorkNick0607 I’m no longer a fan of the show, I’m a fan of the comment section ! 😻😀
@@Esi-741 BTW did you see how fast James rushed over to get a tug - I mean _hug_ - from Taylor?
@@NewYorkNick0607 Stop! 🤣 That was the only scene in this episode that I thought it was heart-warming and “safe” from us! 😂
@@Esi-741me too! 😂😂😂
I came for the show but I stay for the Comments Section 😂😂
LooooooooL omar behind the flowers .. like in former season step or brooke looking through windows
Sorry, but Steph being so forgiving and friendly towards James, but not forgiving towards Taylor for them BOTH committing the same act behind Ridge's back, is terrible writing and hypocritical.
Meanwhile, glad Ridge told Taylor the opposite of what Brooke said. That this was her home and it wouldn't be fair for her to have to leave. Brooke would faint if she heard those words, after she basically ran Taylor out on the last railroad.
This again shows it's about story function for Stephanie. James still "fits" in the story by helping her get rid of Sheila. But Taylor doesn't fit anymore because she's _not_ helping her get rid of Brooke.
But that's just it. James _has not_ helped her do anything up to this point.
He failed to marry Brooke, he failed to capture Sheila and Lauren beat him to the reveal of Sheila's deeds....
He has been of no actual use to Steph so I cannot understand why she's so endeared to him.
When she enlisted Sheila's help at first to get Brooke out of town, and Sheila failed on that mission, Steph immediately turned against her. Why she doesn't do the same to James, esp considering he "slept" Taylor, is beyond me.
@@TriniT21 Good points about James' uselessness! I guess I just mean that James is still playing his assigned role (antagonist to Sheila) whereas Taylor isn't (no longer "the Wife" or "the Good Girl"). Also remember Stephanie _was_ willing to forgive Taylor for the Big Bear incident. The reason she's indicting Taylor now is because she thinks Taylor marrying another man is _another_ instance of betraying Ridge. The incident with James just makes the Omar incident (which Taylor isn't giving her much info on) seem even worse to Stephanie.
I do agree with you that Stephanie is hypocritical and applying sexist double standards but I don't think it's bad writing because she's _always_ been that way. She condemns Brooke and Sheila for instance for their involvement with the men in her family while excusing the men.
Though there are certainly other examples of bad writing in this scene. Like why didn't James defend Taylor and tell Stephanie about Omar holding her prisoner? He didn't even _react_ when Stephanie said she told Taylor to leave! 🥴
@@NewYorkNick0607 this is true that James didn't even try to defend Taylor.. He saw for himself how unhappy she was.
I do get your point that Steph has always been harder on the women than men in her stance towards marriage /fidelity, so I guess this is another true to form. I think for me it is just hard to see her be so hard line on Taylor like that bc she had grown to love Taylor as a daughter so there should be some willingness to have a softer approach in this instance (as opposed to with Brooke or Sheila)
@@TriniT21 I agree Trish. While I think applying gender double standards is true to Stephanie's character, I also think her banishing Taylor was an over-reaction. That part is indeed bad writing.
Eric’s trying to look concerned as he hears and imagines and perversely enjoys the unethical goings on between James and Sheila in a dark dungeon with straps and traps. 😉
And soon after, Eric dismisses himself. 🫣
It's ironic how James got to look his age when he was kidnapped. Maybe it was the darkness, maybe it was the beard. He's back to looking older now that he's all cleaned up
I guess James should have kept the beard. He definitely looks older again.
In the dungeon, I saw shades of Duke Lavery.
I liked his goatee ❤
@@duchessfinao1334 maybe it could've ended the Dracula jokes 😅
@@kristinazubic9669 unfortunately I've never watched GH
James explains to Stephanie and Eric how he had to break any ethical code that he believes in by lying to Sheila, manipulating and seducing her, sleeping with Sheila.... Eric's reaction: *_Thank god it worked._*
And Stephanie should question James's _ethical code_ in the first place, when she knows that James had had sex with her daughter-in-law/ his former therapist/ former student, had shared two kisses _during_ the patient-therapist relationship.
Eric is so dull he wasn't aware that James tactic with Sheila is HIS tactic with all the young women he has had.
@@mara4450I would have preferred if he had told her about Taylor's husband and the kind of marriage she had in Morocco
Eric is the most usless piece of furnuture in that room🙃
Love Eric 😂😂😂😂😂
Such a huge house no one in except ridge... like reallly😂😂😂
Yo I've never seen a man confused before about whether to leave a 5 for a 10.
Ridge must still be blind! 😂
😂🤣
😂😂😂
😂😅 Promise us u will b there n the epi where this blind man actually leaves his 10 for a 5😂🤣🤭🤜
I love your ratings 😂🤣🤣
Brooke is a 10 also…😊
You must need glasses…🥸
Also you are mistaking makeup for natural beauty…with your obvious bias. 😳
Stephanie looks so good in that well fitted white Suit
Is Maria on holiday? Lol
If she saw Taylor, she'd say lots of Dios Mios and do the sign of the cross.😂
I liked the interaction in the first scene between Taylor and Ridge. After roasting him yesterday, at least I can see a little emotion from Ridge today. It reminded me of how playful their relationship could be, and still be so mature. Such a nice departure from the Sweet Valley High/Mills and Boons snooze fest relationship between him and Brooke.
“Sweet Valley High/Mills and Boons” 😂😂💀
Seriously though, Ridge/Brooke don’t do jokes and banter well. Ridge and Taylor are better at that for some reason.
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Love the way you described bridge. Always felt that way about them. Never were Fan of that pairing.
Dios Mios, you're right😂
😂😂 YES Ridge & Taylor's relationship was always more "grown up" than the YA vibe of Ridge & Brooke.
In 1992 was it ever said that Shelia took a bus to Los Angeles. ?? .Since she had No money !!😂😂 Thank God for wireless service around Shelia !!
Maria wouldn’t let Omar in the house without an announcement! 😮
Probably her day off because Taylor fixed tea in the kitchen!
Why James didn't say anything about Taylor's marriage on Morocco giving Stephanie more infos. Why nobody want to talk about the circumstances. Maybe because we have to listen to Omar delusional tale😩
B rad 🔔 deliberately left it out
Might be for the better. Maybe James could have helped (mentioned that Omar and Taylor had separated bedrooms, no sex), - but if James would have talked about "princess Layla", the belly dance with a snake and Layla kissing Omar to convince James to leave Morocco, it might have just alienated Stephanie even more.
Taylor gives away so little information (while James too much) that she might not like James revealing more than Taylor is willing yet.
With James, you can't be sure what he will tell. Was it necessary to tell Eric and Stephanie yet that James had slept with Sheila? (I serviced her physical needs.)
Making her trust him and betraying that trust would have explained already, why Sheila might be after James.
@@mara4450 But she did all those things to make James believe she was really in love with Omar and he found out it was not love
@@babs4848 It was because Taylor then had committed herself to that life and didn't want James to interfere (rescue her) and didn't want him to tell anyone about her being alive. Would you as mother-in-law have so much understanding for Taylor's POV : _She loves you son so much that she married another man and decided to stay away from LA for your son's sake?_
It is better if Taylor explains it, it is her story, than then man Taylor has pushed to leave (even threatened to have him arrested).
Even before James kidnapping, James hadn't been able to convince Taylor, had talked with Jack how he had tried to get Taylor to reveal herself but couldn't get through to her.
kinda "Stephanie, I have told Taylor for many weeks that she was wrong."
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think not even James has yet learned about how Taylor had been Omar's captive for a while, unable to even make a call.
How does Omar walk into the home
That is not his "parents home" it is Stephanie's home. It is not Eric's house.
😂 I knew you were coming to correct Ahmed lol
@@Esi-741 ofc, I had to 😅
I said the exact thing. Lol.
Eric's basically homeless at this point.
And here we have again, someone else traipsing on STEPH'S property, uninvited. Go home, Omar...
James talking about "servicing" Sheila like she's a car. 😂😂
Maybe he can go service Village Bike Brooke.
Been there done that 😁
THE SCREAM I SCREAMT AT THIS! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss the author of “Village Bike”. *@teligon* has a way with words, especially when it comes to Brooke and Thorne 😂.
Poor Sheila, like a little girl under a blanket desperate for her lost love!😂😂
Ohh she will get revenge soon , very soon 😅😊😅
How nice having Taylor and no Brooke these last couple episodes. 😁😆
Yes, indeed😂👍
Agree
I was thinking the same thing!
I know !! After 2002 Brooke is there all the time so🤢🤢
yes quite a relief
Taylor and James back together at least she has a friend to talk to!
Not really, whn Ridge asks Taylor for a divorce he was actually on Brooke's side, he was like..." Ridge is in love with Brooke" 🙄. I think when men sleep with Brooke, she actually takes their ⚾️🥎🏐
yes and a good one too
10; Episodes and Brooke doesn't know that Ridge knows about Taylor hhh
Why is Mike’s apartment nicer than Taylor’s dad. 😂
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At least Mike is employed. What does Taylor's dad do for money? 😂😂
😂😂 Meanwhile James is a world renowned shrink and his apartment looked like something out of the movie _Seven._
@@NewYorkNick0607 child didn’t he have a rat too? Like lord James cash your check sweetie.
@@johnheadley8591 🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful Taylor ... looks picture perfect ... lovely outfit too and looks great on Taylor ...... Hunter Tylo s beauty coupled with the beautiful character of Taylor Forrester is too good 🎉
Omar will never ever have Taylor, so open his big mouth and see how far it gets him.
Why are episodes rationed. Where can I watch this ep and others without having to wait
Quite unfortunate yet they are for so many years ago.
🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 James "serviced" Sheila. 🤭🤭🤭.
Angel Trinidad West Indies.
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Thank you. ❤❤❤
More stupid brad bell writing. Why didn’t James mention that Mike helped sheila confine him
That’s the sticking point for Taylor…the other man.
Darn...James shaved. Raggety, caged James was sexy af. 😂 oh yeah, I've been watching a lot of police body cam vids lately and the only other stuff I watch (besides Bluey and Peppa Pig 😂) is B&B here with y'all and current Y&R (oh my Gary, Phyllis is insufferable!). Well, the other night I had a very vivid dream that Thorne and Ridge (yes, 1995 Jeff and Ronn 😍) arrested me, planted mary jane on me, then all of a sudden they left and left the mj. But they took my car...😂 The timeframe in my dream was present day so 1995 Ridge and Thorne showing up just makes it all that much more funny. I'm just glad it wasn't Lt. Butke, then I'd be in dream prison! 🤣 Actually...I wouldn't mind dreaming about being arrested my ole Burke the Babe. As long as that included a strip search. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jk! Sorry, I couldn't help myself on that one...
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Brooke is hiding somewhere. Nearly a week and she hasn't been in.
Amen 🙏 a Break !!! So blondie let Taylor having time with ridge so 😅😅
Oh My goodness Eric poor Eric 🤣
Taylor walks around the Forrester mansion like nothing happened, serving Ridge Drinks and sandwiches like its her home. Where is Brooke??? She doesnt know anything, and Ridge keeps it a secret. Very crazy.
Taylor is acting so strangely…shouldn’t there be an official announcement in the press that Taylor has miraculously turned up alive after 10 mons? She is walking around openly now.😮
Brooke thinks Taylor has left town…she’ll soon find out altruistic Taylor goes back on her word alot. 🥴
Yess....just like whn Brooke used to keep hounding a married Ridge whn Bridget was born, demanding and dreaming he leave Taylor. Now so many things r happening behind her back. Ofc Ridge and Taylor are still legally married, so I don't c wats rong in talking trying to reconnect.
She lived here, so I think there's nothing strange if she feels at ease. We just forget how it can be devastating to lose what you love the most, what makes you feel at home, safe and wanted. And I know that is partially "her fault", but that doesn't make the feeling less intense.
It is the discrepancy: We have Stephanie telling James how _Stephanie has encouraged Taylor to leave town and return to her husband that that Stephanie does not want Ridge to know that Taylor is alive_ and at the same time _Taylor walks around in Stephanie's home, stating how great it is to be back in that house_ and yes, serving Ridge like it is still their home too (when Taylor had not been there for a year and Ridge has a new home for at least 8 months)
Taylor trying to recreate the past with Ridge…but seems in it alone? Ridge isn’t warming up to the reunion the way Taylor wants. Taylor and her fakery…afraid to tell Ridge the Truth? 😇
James you broke every ethical code to save your life ... I am sure any court will see that
🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 Taylor is delaying to much. Omar should really tell Ridge.
Taylor has left the playing field wide open for any number of persons to tell Ridge. Maybe this is what she wants unconsciously.
Hmm.
Angel Trinidad West Indies.
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Mike, Sheila does have ears.😂
I Love this soap opera and all these Hilarious Comments 😅
Finally Omar will tell Ridge that Taylor is his wife
He will be shocked & I hope he’s furious with Taylor for not being truthful!
Taylor’s approach to Ridge was going to present some problems for her…in how she was going to explain about marrying Omar. She jumped too quickly to the punch line…before explaining her whole ordeal. Taylor is acting way too delusional for a psychiatrist? 😮
@@jgoldfarb3shes always living and hiding secrets … if she will reveled herself face to them in Morocco she will have get his life back since , but she doesn’t wanted 😅😅😅😅…
Mikes talking loud next to her , what I’m gonna do with her , she’s right there on the sofa … 🤷♀️🤷🏾
I do think Taylor is liyng to herself in order to make Ridge believe she' s a saint ! The truth was she has been playing her role of Princess for month in Morocco.
THANKS SO MUCH MY FRIEND AMEN. ❤❤❤GREAT MEMORIES 💝
Oh. Shelia. I thought you loved James..??
Sheila loves 1 person >> herself
@@Angelika.... Always Shelia First !!
Where's Brooke?
I will say thank God Ridge isn't in a speedo this episode! Like that's another fashion trend from back then I'm glad that is no longer popular
It would be very good when Omar would say: ....Ridge, or should I say my wife, Taylor😂😂😂😂
More like my wife Lalia!😂
Taylor's litany with Ridge is getting BORING.
Sure Sheila go to the police and you’ll be in jail
I don't want to see Ridge and Brooke break up. They were so happy.
As long as Brooke stops the heavy breathing and refrains from speaking altogether. 😖
They never "break up." He _dumps her_ over and over. Since the day they met.
@@sharonstewart4882 Where were you during those proposal episodes when Ridge just put a gumball machine ring in the champagne glass at the cabin? That was definitely an RSVP event now that I think of it.
@@Esi-741😂😅 and stops sayin "Oh Widgeee"😬🤢
@@Esi-741 Just as long as you're my plus 1 for the episode where Ridge chooses Brooke. We have to put our special mark on it like we did with Brooke's wedding. 😉🙃
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Now Mike has the cell phone he can call 911 for the police.
He can’t call 911 because he was an accomplice in James kidnapping!!! 😅
What a bore the scenes between Ridge and Taylor! He also seems annoyed. I prefer the final scene with James a thousand times.
Yes James seems more happy to see her than Ridge!
James is back to looking like an old man again .
I said the same thing on another post 😆
He should get back together with Brooke. They could be the "looks 10 years older than their actual age" couple.
@@memento-_mori Katherine Kelly Lang ( Brooke ) was 34 at the time.She doesn’t look older then that.James on the other hand looks like he could pass for 60 with the way he dresses and hair style😂
With the exception of HT who is a year younger and KB who is a year older, the actresses that play Macy, Darla, Kristen, Caroline and Brooke were all born on the same year. You can't tell my KKL looks as young as the rest of them.
Taylor should go back with Omar he deserves her
There's always one !! Taylor shuld do what she wants, PERIOD !!
Yep. Taylor is better off with Omar.. Ridge is a waffler.. The orphans need Taylor the home wrecker 🎉
@@ambika66681true, she shouldn't do what her haters want her to do😂👍
@@scor66it is hard to handle the comparison between the two ladies. No matter who Ridge wants, Taylor will still make Brooke trivial.
@@americanvoter8551 Taylor has nothing to do with those orphans that Omar likes to dangle like carrots. LA is her home, why do you guys insist Taylor's decision to stay or leave should be about Ridge?
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