And Mike is like "Igor"... I love how he insinuates himself in the rivalry.. "This is between you and US", he tells James. Then Sheila sends him away because she really understands that this is only between her and James and Mike is the accessory lol
@@TriniT21 Poor Mike has committed high crimes for Sheila and she won't even let him touch her (14:20). Meanwhile James wants to destroy Sheila and he'll still get further with her than Mike ever did. 😆
@TriniT21 Yes, even in the recent episodes, Mike is still her best buddy . I think he is still in jail right now, though, for helping Sheila again . Lol, I think he's always been in love with her , and she might have taken advantage of that , just a little bit lol
😂😂 I want to know... When did he have time to pack luggage? Lauren didn't even have time to leave with anything other than the wet clothes on her back 😂
Eric : "You were right about Sheila" Where are those "I TOLD YOU SO" tshirts when Steph needs one?? Meanwhile.. Not Eric calling himself "head strong"... He's the weakest man I have ever seen on this show 😂
Well, he is head strong in the sense that he doesn't change his opinion easily and doesn't listen to advice. And yeah, we do need those T-shirts right about now...
*"Do what's right" vs "Do what's right **_for Sheila."_* That's actually a good succinct characterization of Sheila and a major theme of the show. Morality and the Law vs Individual Happiness. We saw that theme play it out in the dreary Dylan/Jessica storyline where following their hearts also meant breaking the law. And more fundamentally it describes the bedrock rivalry on the show: Stephanie vs Brooke or Traditionalism vs Romanticism.
@@babs4848 😁😉 Brooke's individualism and romantic drive can really be read two ways (befitting a polarizing character). To modern sensibilities, she's just a liberated woman who wants to follow her heart. But on the other hand, "following your heart" can also mean "being selfish and self-centered."
Traditionalism has its double-edged sword as well. Good: Traditionalism can be good because couples stay together for a long time or forever no matter what happens and (in their minds) it's the way it should be. Bad: In SF and EF case, it's bad because believing you SHOULD be together forever; hides the underlining problems in their marriage. SF brags about their 30 year old "marriage" but the truth is Eric never really loved her as an individual. Eric loved her through their children and when their children were grown up, the marriage quickly fell apart.
When Eric asked if she was going to hold him hostage in that house, I chuckled at the nuance to Sheila and her penchant for holding ppl hostage... With a hostage, in fact, right under Eric's feet lol. The moment she got the divorce papers, Sheila _should_ have snapped and knocked Eric out and held him hostage, right next to James 😂
@@annieo6527 right!!! I'm 100% behind Eric being in a dungeon instead of sleeping in Steph's nice, comfy guest house. Sheila could tell Eric how much she loves him. And how she (quite literally) won't let him go 😂
An example of how little Emmy respect B&B got in the 90s: the show wasn't even nominated for Best Set Design this year despite submitting these episodes with Sheila's dungeon!
The lack of Emmy recognition for B&B in the 90s was a real shame since that's when the show was at its best. There was more competition of course back then and B&B was also overlooked for being a half hour soap. Whatever else you think about them, both B&B and Y&R had better sets and production values than the other daytime soaps.
@@ajax34 Yes. Thankfully Y&R got a lot of Emmy love. Y&R got the most nominations almost every year and would win in a slew of categories, even when it wasn’t winning Best Drama Series. And from 1986 to 1999, Y&R won the Directing Emmy NINE times. Which makes sense because it really LOOKED better than all the other soaps and it felt very classy and elegant.
For a psychiatrist James isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed.He’s all tied up with no where to go ,and he tells Sheila how he knows everything she’s done and tells her she’s going to take responsibility for her actions 😂…iInstead of pretending Lauren never came to see him and acting as if he has no idea why Sheila captured him ….Play nice to her James that would be the smart thing to do lol .
THANK YOU!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Oh my gosh... I wrote a similar comment that I have no clue how James is a world renowned psych. He has no skills. How in the world does he think it is going to end by telling Sheila all of this?? That she's just gonna change her mind and let him go? And worse.. He tells Sheila that Eric will leave her... 😒. Has he not met Sheila before??
Cheap looking suitcase for cheap looking clothes... Anyway, I guess all these payments for divorce lawyers, alimony, buying new homes for all his wives etc..is finally hitting his bank account
Not Eric crawling back to the Forrester manse with his tail between his legs after yet another failed marriage (BTW when did he have time to pack a suitcasez and Lauren left all her stuff behind lol).. And not Steph happily taking Eric back onto her property. 🙄 I almost wish Steph _did_ have a parade of men traipsing through her house, so she'd have no time for this loser ex husband of hers who now has nowhere to live and can't seem to keep a marriage together.. He can't even keep the company in the family. Adam, who was actually homeless, was much more appealing than Eric.. I wish they'd brought him back for Steph.
@@NewYorkNick0607 indeed! What's _not_ satisfying, however, if Steph always taking him back. Who in their right mind drags trash back into their home? I always wished they'd have given Steph a real love interest. Adam would have been nice (but maybe *too* nice for this family of vultures). I still think Steph and Bill would have made a very interesting power couple.. And I'd have loved to see everytime Eric try to come crawling back, Bill standing at the door to "greet" him and send him on his way 😂
@@TriniT21I agree with everything you said and I so wanted Stephanie with Bill. That was a huge missed opportunity. They would have been fantastic together and I can just picture Bill greeting Eric at the door to give him directions to the nearest hotel. 😂
Rigde and Eric are absolutely the same. They both run to their "best friends"/"soulmates" when their marriages fail or life falls apart or their have problems with their bimbos or businesses or other things. They both use and absue these women (Stephanie and Taylor) and than drop them when their done and have the next bimbo.
@@scor66of course! if we talk about the face... Brooke has a spectacular body and has no rivals!!! In terms of face there is no woman who beats Taylor... but overall let's talk about it!!
😂😂 Steph is the classy wife/ex wife Eric will never deserve. I was giving him a map to the nearest motel.. Preferably the one closest to the airport with the dancing girls 👯👯
I wish she’d told him he can’t stay.She always let him take advantage& walk in and out on her whenever it suited him and she’d be right there with opens arms to take him back
I am still wondering what, if any, is James' psychological skill set. I'm watching him deal with Sheila, while tied up in chains, and it seems to me he _still_ doesn't know how to deal with her.
Taylor the Volunteer tells Ridge that she had a soulmate and their life together was "Brilliant beyond belief". Another interesting play with words whether it was intentional or not. 😏
Taylor is every bit as delusional as Brooke is accused of being.😉 Taylor is imagining life was perfect with Ridge. It was not…it drove Taylor crazy that Ridge wouldn’t let go of his friendship with Brooke.😣
Maybe because giving her a name would give her an identity other than being there for Ridge. I think Ridge is perfectly fine with Volunteer simply being his guardian angel with no life of her own.
Ridge seems to want to know about the volunteer’s personal life. They seem to be connecting…I think she is reminding him of Taylor. So it could be he is fine without knowing her name? 🤷♀️
I got accused of belittling the TRIDGE relationship because some episodes ago I had stated that Ridge now has been in need of a shrink and so he has quickly bonded with that stranger that has successfully calmed him down from his panic attack. But a main part of their relationship has been Ridge often turning to Taylor for her advise, even when they had broken up, and Ridge then upsetting Taylor because he used to just refer to her as *doc* and not Taylor (even when she had told him to stop using that nickname). They have started out as Taylor being his grief counselor and crutch and while their bond deepened, she still always was supposed to be that guardian angel, the one focused on his needs. Now the volunteer with the strange accent gets to fill that void, when that woman has quickly calmed him down from his panic attack - and she has just become the *volunteer* , the one who is just there for patient Ridge when he needs her.
@@mara4450 We know what is happening with Taylor now…she is being drawn back to Ridge because she feels she wants to be back in Ridge’s life. Especially, since Ridge suffered an injury and is blind.🥴 The history of Taylor with Ridge began after Caroline died. At that time Taylor reached out to Ridge…went to see Ridge…fell inlove with Ridge. Then came between Ridge and Brooke. Offered Ridge more than her counseling services…with the caveat that it had to be her over Brooke. 😏 Taylor as counselor to Ridge…had motive and means(Eric) to dissuade him from pursuing a relationship with Brooke. 😠 Taylor is back at it again reaching out to Ridge through a measure of caring and understanding.😌 Ridge is responding like he did when they first met. Taylor feels encouraged to reveal herself to Ridge because her end game is really about what SHE wants, her life back with Ridge.😳
Maybe I missed it... But.. What exactly was the thing that made Eric finally draw up these divorce papers? All last week Eric was saying he was the only one who could help Sheila.. He even sat thru a whole dinner charade with Lauren like a smiling fool and was prepared to pretend his marriage was working. And he didn't want to hear anything Lauren had to say directly about Sheila. And he still doesn't know anything about Sheila's past, except that she was married b4 and didn't tell him. So, how did it go, in a matter of 24 hours, from that to handing Sheila divorce papers and moving out?
It's more sloppy/bad writing. They're making it seem like Eric learning about Sheila & Scott finally gives him the _motivation_ to leave Sheila but that really doesn't solve the main problem (from Eric's perspective) which is that he thinks Sheila has _leverage_ to make the divorce difficult. What has changed there for Eric? Nothing. And Eric immediately leaving Sheila also removes her motivation for kidnapping James. The characters' actions in this endgame don't make any sense (including Lauren leaving town without calling the cops and Sheila kidnapping James when Lauren is still out there). They're just trying to arrange these "set pieces" (Sheila's Dungeon, Sheila's Goodbye Party) and they're not particularly careful about how they do it.
@@babs4848 😂😂 As she should be! 😂 Sheila and all is wondering what episode she missed that led to this decision by Eric.. Last they spoke, she was supposed to be doing therapy with James to save the marriage. And as far as Eric knows, that's what she is doing. It's not Sheila's fault that James is too lame to get anything out of his own patient.
@@NewYorkNick0607 exactly this! From what I saw, Eric still knows nothing about Sheila and her past deeds. He's still dealing with the same set of info he has had all along (except the married to Scott thing). When Sheila tells James that Lauren is gone, I was confused, bc as far as I know, Lauren is a telephone call away in GC as we will see. And I keep saying, James is NOT the correct antagonist in this story. More and more that's what I see. It should have either been Lauren thrown in the dungeon to prevent her from talking to anyone, or Eric in the dungeon as Sheila desperately attempts to hold on to him.
To believe after all these tortures James will receive from sheila he will go around begging the world to give her a second chance... wonder who was the craziest
As I said in another comment... She's too busy feeling sorry for herself.. Even if ppl want to deny it, there is a marked difference in Taylor's relationship with Ridge vs Brooke's relationship with Ridge. And I'm not a TRIDGE fan, but it was so clear their relationship had much more depth than BRIDGE.
@@TriniT21 Great point Trish! Reminds me of what Nick said once that TRIDGE felt like a grown up/adult relationship while BRIDGE felt like an YA romance.
LOL about how ridiculous that SL is with that hidden dungeon, Sheila kidnapping James and Mike helping her - but still it is so entertaining. One moment Mike is taunting head shrink James and tells James that James kinda has to deal with Sheila and Mike - in the next minute his behavior obviously changes when James recognizes Mike and knows that Mike is the security guy at FC. Mike switched from being the strong bully to suddenly looking as if he fears retribution for having helped Sheila (now that James knows Mike's identity).
What I'm not understanding is the following. Eric is suppose to be a wealthy and powerful and so good man - a multi-millionare. But he can't go anywhere other than to his first ex-wives guesthouse and use her kindness. He can go to the house he bought for Beth or to Brooke's pink condo or he can squat in Brooke's dreamhouse with rigde or the club (his prefered place to go years ago) or a hotel or could buy another house. He could anywhere but Stephanie's house and impose on her.
@@-Lily7415and that makes him a selfish, insensitive, narcisstic, manipulative taker, user and abuser. And people wonder why she is or becomes what she will become. For her it's a story of endless abuse of her whole lifetime from the two important men in her life (her father and Eric), she only escaped in death. Tragedy. Also it's just a soap. No one is that loyal and "dumb" and lets someone use and abuse you in reality that much. Certainly Susan Flannery wouldn't. And maybe not even the Stephanie Douglas Forrester that Bill Bell created and wrote.
Ridge, telling everyone that you need their support is not a "pep talk". Or maybe it is, in the sense that he is trying to get them motivated to become his caregivers and/or therapists. Ridge seriously thought his speech was uplifting. Then again, this is the same guy who wanted to wake Bridget up in the middle of the night so he could get some emotional support after Taylor's death.
For Ridge, I thought his speech was motivational. And it seems it was inspired by the Volunteer.😇 The writers are creating a scenario whereby Taylor and Ridge are connecting on a philosophical level. While Ridge and Brooke are connecting on a physical level.😉
Mike is an idiot for sticking with Sheila, after James ran down her list of crazy he should've ran to the police...you are not dragging me down with you ma'am!!! But I realize he's "in love" with Sheila 😂😂
@@NewYorkNick0607 I've spent majority of the weekend in my room. I'm giving my aunt and uncle Jessica vibes, all that's missing is a violin. I'll be a better guest from this afternoon. I gotta stop coming to the big apple during cold weather months
"Everything was going so well until you and that "Biatch" got involved".... Code for "I was doing so well at hiding what a psycho path I am until you showed up and blew my cover" lol.
Just remember people. He seems to completely forgive thisnwoman for this. He is her therapist. He is completly at ease in her company He talkes tonher like shebis his best buddy. He has a baby with her. Dumps maggie for her. And marries her. And then is ahocked when she runs off woth his kid
I never liked eric. He is most of the time unlikable. Very rarely Eric is tolerable, when he isn't chasing a bimbo and lusting around. In the rare times when he is with Stephanie, he can be occasionally tolerated at most. Lets be real. Eric is always in lust and heat.
I think the only reason the writers didn’t allow it because if he was to tell the doctor about their “volunteer” it would catch Taylor in a lie and raise more questions about why she’s there
@@bettyhopsonand what's so funny about that? It's a normal reaction, since she's only human too! but of course a fan of boring Bridge would never see the special connection Tridge always had! LOL🙈
As I watch James struggle and scream I'm reminded that it's very important for both parties to agree on a safe word.
😂😂😂
Yes. Some people charge for that !! And Sheila will become James wife in a couple of years..
I wonder what their safe word would be...? "Muffy?"
13.19 James looks handsomer than ever.
😂😂😂😂
The drip drip water sound effect and the organ music take the Sheila vs James scene to another campier level. Elvira vs Dracula. 😂
I'm cracking up so much at these dungeon scenes. 😂 More like Dracula: Dead and Loving It. 🤣
And Mike is like "Igor"...
I love how he insinuates himself in the rivalry.. "This is between you and US", he tells James. Then Sheila sends him away because she really understands that this is only between her and James and Mike is the accessory lol
@@TriniT21 Poor Mike has committed high crimes for Sheila and she won't even let him touch her (14:20). Meanwhile James wants to destroy Sheila and he'll still get further with her than Mike ever did. 😆
@@NewYorkNick0607poor Mike 😂😂😂
@TriniT21 Yes, even in the recent episodes, Mike is still her best buddy . I think he is still in jail right now, though, for helping Sheila again . Lol, I think he's always been in love with her , and she might have taken advantage of that , just a little bit lol
Not Eric doing a drive-by to drop off divorce papers! 😂
😂😂
I want to know... When did he have time to pack luggage? Lauren didn't even have time to leave with anything other than the wet clothes on her back 😂
Eric would be happy to take Lauren's luggage and spend some time alone with her unmentionables.
Doing it like it's the most natural thing in the world 😂
@@TriniT21 maybe he always kept a spare set of clothes at Stephanie's just in case...
poor james he is trapped with crazy Sheila he does not deserve this at all
"What are you gonna do? Hold me hostage in this house?" -Eric says as Sheila is literally holding James hostage in that house.
Yo Sheila gave James a HOOD slap! 🤕🤣
That's the slap Steph should have been giving to Brooke since the day Brooke dragged her raggedy suitcase into the mansion 😂
That slap sent James through another dimension it was that strong.
Don't let Eric get away, Sheila! There's room for two down in the dungeon.
Eric : "You were right about Sheila"
Where are those "I TOLD YOU SO" tshirts when Steph needs one??
Meanwhile.. Not Eric calling himself "head strong"... He's the weakest man I have ever seen on this show 😂
Well, he is head strong in the sense that he doesn't change his opinion easily and doesn't listen to advice. And yeah, we do need those T-shirts right about now...
Brooke looks STUNNING @ 12:47
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😅😂
You might be moving up on the worldwide platform list! 😂😂😂
😮😂🤣🤭
Good thing Ridge is blinded to her beauty😂
*@Annie* Mike is the Gravedigger from Hamlet (12:50) i.e. a Shakespearean "fool." 🙂
😂😂😂He seemed lost in thought, wondering if that skull was some former enemy of Sheila's that she forgot to tell him about...
*"Do what's right" vs "Do what's right **_for Sheila."_*
That's actually a good succinct characterization of Sheila and a major theme of the show. Morality and the Law vs Individual Happiness. We saw that theme play it out in the dreary Dylan/Jessica storyline where following their hearts also meant breaking the law. And more fundamentally it describes the bedrock rivalry on the show: Stephanie vs Brooke or Traditionalism vs Romanticism.
Indeed 👍🏽👍🏽
"what's right" looks different to different characters on the show lol
You were too good linking Brooke to Romanticism with capital R😅.
@@babs4848 😁😉 Brooke's individualism and romantic drive can really be read two ways (befitting a polarizing character). To modern sensibilities, she's just a liberated woman who wants to follow her heart. But on the other hand, "following your heart" can also mean "being selfish and self-centered."
@@NewYorkNick0607 ❤️
Traditionalism has its double-edged sword as well. Good: Traditionalism can be good because couples stay together for a long time or forever no matter what happens and (in their minds) it's the way it should be. Bad: In SF and EF case, it's bad because believing you SHOULD be together forever; hides the underlining problems in their marriage. SF brags about their 30 year old "marriage" but the truth is Eric never really loved her as an individual. Eric loved her through their children and when their children were grown up, the marriage quickly fell apart.
When Eric asked if she was going to hold him hostage in that house, I chuckled at the nuance to Sheila and her penchant for holding ppl hostage... With a hostage, in fact, right under Eric's feet lol.
The moment she got the divorce papers, Sheila _should_ have snapped and knocked Eric out and held him hostage, right next to James 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL.....
I just wrote the same thing! 😂She should _totally_ have tossed him in the basement next to James!
@@annieo6527 right!!! I'm 100% behind Eric being in a dungeon instead of sleeping in Steph's nice, comfy guest house.
Sheila could tell Eric how much she loves him. And how she (quite literally) won't let him go 😂
An example of how little Emmy respect B&B got in the 90s: the show wasn't even nominated for Best Set Design this year despite submitting these episodes with Sheila's dungeon!
Wow...
And these were actual Houdini artefacts, which must have taken alot of doing to get on set.
That's a shame 😕
The lack of Emmy recognition for B&B in the 90s was a real shame since that's when the show was at its best. There was more competition of course back then and B&B was also overlooked for being a half hour soap. Whatever else you think about them, both B&B and Y&R had better sets and production values than the other daytime soaps.
@@TriniT21 Indeed. It's really a shame the bias against B&B being "only" a half hour show was so strong.
@@ajax34 Yes. Thankfully Y&R got a lot of Emmy love. Y&R got the most nominations almost every year and would win in a slew of categories, even when it wasn’t winning Best Drama Series. And from 1986 to 1999, Y&R won the Directing Emmy NINE times. Which makes sense because it really LOOKED better than all the other soaps and it felt very classy and elegant.
For a psychiatrist James isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed.He’s all tied up with no where to go ,and he tells Sheila how he knows everything she’s done and tells her she’s going to take responsibility for her actions 😂…iInstead of pretending Lauren never came to see him and acting as if he has no idea why Sheila captured him ….Play nice to her James that would be the smart thing to do lol .
THANK YOU!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Oh my gosh... I wrote a similar comment that I have no clue how James is a world renowned psych. He has no skills.
How in the world does he think it is going to end by telling Sheila all of this?? That she's just gonna change her mind and let him go?
And worse.. He tells Sheila that Eric will leave her... 😒. Has he not met Sheila before??
Eric's suitcase looks cheap AF
😂😂 And again these are supposed to be wealthy people _in the fashion industry!_
Cheap looking suitcase for cheap looking clothes...
Anyway, I guess all these payments for divorce lawyers, alimony, buying new homes for all his wives etc..is finally hitting his bank account
@@TriniT21 Brooke drained Eric's bank account like she did his ⚽⚽
@@NewYorkNick0607and whatever 🏀🏀was left, Sheila took those... Literally...
7:11 Whoa that punch sounded strong. Sheila means business.
She slapped him HARD! You could actually hear James/ Ian Buchanan saying "Ow!".
Not Eric crawling back to the Forrester manse with his tail between his legs after yet another failed marriage (BTW when did he have time to pack a suitcasez and Lauren left all her stuff behind lol)..
And not Steph happily taking Eric back onto her property.
🙄
I almost wish Steph _did_ have a parade of men traipsing through her house, so she'd have no time for this loser ex husband of hers who now has nowhere to live and can't seem to keep a marriage together.. He can't even keep the company in the family.
Adam, who was actually homeless, was much more appealing than Eric.. I wish they'd brought him back for Steph.
It's SO satisfying every time to watch Eric crawl back to Stephanie and admit he was wrong about his latest pole-dancer.
@@NewYorkNick0607 indeed!
What's _not_ satisfying, however, if Steph always taking him back. Who in their right mind drags trash back into their home?
I always wished they'd have given Steph a real love interest. Adam would have been nice (but maybe *too* nice for this family of vultures). I still think Steph and Bill would have made a very interesting power couple.. And I'd have loved to see everytime Eric try to come crawling back, Bill standing at the door to "greet" him and send him on his way 😂
I just wrote somewhere else that Eric probably has a "just in case" suitcase hidden away somewhere in Stephanie's house! 😂
@@TriniT21I agree with everything you said and I so wanted Stephanie with Bill. That was a huge missed opportunity. They would have been fantastic together and I can just picture Bill greeting Eric at the door to give him directions to the nearest hotel. 😂
@@khippie777 😂😂
The show missed a great opportunity for our entertainment! 😂
Rigde and Eric are absolutely the same.
They both run to their "best friends"/"soulmates" when their marriages fail or life falls apart or their have problems with their bimbos or businesses or other things.
They both use and absue these women (Stephanie and Taylor) and than drop them when their done and have the next bimbo.
Taylor as the volunteer starting to look better than Brooke!😂
_Starting?_ She's been looking better than Brooke!
Taylor always looked better than Brooke...LOL
True but when she walked into Ridge's room without the glasses on I saw some of the old Taylor's beauty coming through!
Everybody looks better than Brooke !! 😂
@@scor66of course! if we talk about the face... Brooke has a spectacular body and has no rivals!!! In terms of face there is no woman who beats Taylor... but overall let's talk about it!!
The Taylor effect on Ridge...what a turnover of attitude and courage
Brooke, as usual, is too busy bawling and feeling sorry for herself to try to encourage anyone else
Yes, Taylor has always had that effect on Ridge. Can't say the same about Brooke.
@@TriniT21so true
Yesss!! Taylor makes Ridge a better man.Brooke just makes him spineless
they are soulmates best couple ever
There's no bigger power trip for an ex-wife than to have your ex-husband stay in the guest room of what was once _his_ house. Go Queen Stephanie! 😄👑
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Steph is the classy wife/ex wife Eric will never deserve.
I was giving him a map to the nearest motel.. Preferably the one closest to the airport with the dancing girls 👯👯
@@TriniT21 Stephanie's "club near the airport" line gave us so much material. 🤣
She was way to generous to him
I wish she’d told him he can’t stay.She always let him take advantage& walk in and out on her whenever it suited him and she’d be right there with opens arms to take him back
The way Sheila is treating James is the way Stephanie should've treated Eric.
7:05 OUCH lolll she slap for real 💥
Anyone notice how ridge said to Taylor "you really did a job on me volunteer" and he would always refer to her as "Doc" kinda the same vibes
I am still wondering what, if any, is James' psychological skill set.
I'm watching him deal with Sheila, while tied up in chains, and it seems to me he _still_ doesn't know how to deal with her.
😂For a man who literally spent his life researching people's minds, it's very strange indeed how lost he is.
He is doing everything the wrong way😂
Taylor always showing up at best time! But Brooke I’m surprised she not there more, not like she really working and kids have a nanny.
Shiela can never accept that she's at fault ... it's always someone else who is to be blamed
Man that slap felt so real at 7:10
Gee.. Eric. Everyone and there brother told you NOT to marry Shelia !! 😂😂
Taylor the Volunteer tells Ridge that she had a soulmate and their life together was "Brilliant beyond belief". Another interesting play with words whether it was intentional or not. 😏
Taylor is every bit as delusional as Brooke is accused of being.😉
Taylor is imagining life was perfect with Ridge. It was not…it drove Taylor crazy that Ridge wouldn’t let go of his friendship with Brooke.😣
@@bettyhopson No, Ridge and Taylor didn't have perfect bliss. They had their moments but that was it.
@@laurastrobel718what relationship on there does have perfect bliss in the first place? That's why it's a soap. LOL....
@@scor66 Right ☺️
Ridge calling Taylor volunteer over and over again .Why don’t you ask her name like a normal person would! 😂
Maybe because giving her a name would give her an identity other than being there for Ridge. I think Ridge is perfectly fine with Volunteer simply being his guardian angel with no life of her own.
Ridge seems to want to know about the volunteer’s personal life. They seem to be connecting…I think she is reminding him of Taylor. So it could be he is fine without knowing her name? 🤷♀️
I got accused of belittling the TRIDGE relationship because some episodes ago I had stated that Ridge now has been in need of a shrink and so he has quickly bonded with that stranger that has successfully calmed him down from his panic attack.
But a main part of their relationship has been Ridge often turning to Taylor for her advise, even when they had broken up, and Ridge then upsetting Taylor because he used to just refer to her as *doc* and not Taylor (even when she had told him to stop using that nickname). They have started out as Taylor being his grief counselor and crutch and while their bond deepened, she still always was supposed to be that guardian angel, the one focused on his needs.
Now the volunteer with the strange accent gets to fill that void, when that woman has quickly calmed him down from his panic attack - and she has just become the *volunteer* , the one who is just there for patient Ridge when he needs her.
@@soft-with-edge yeah,he doesn’t mind her kissing him twice now
@@mara4450
We know what is happening with Taylor now…she is being drawn back to Ridge because she feels she wants to be back in Ridge’s life. Especially, since Ridge suffered an injury and is blind.🥴
The history of Taylor with Ridge began after Caroline died. At that time Taylor reached out to Ridge…went to see Ridge…fell inlove with Ridge. Then came between Ridge and Brooke. Offered Ridge more than her counseling services…with the caveat that it had to be her over Brooke. 😏
Taylor as counselor to Ridge…had motive and means(Eric) to dissuade him from pursuing a relationship with Brooke. 😠
Taylor is back at it again reaching out to Ridge through a measure of caring and understanding.😌
Ridge is responding like he did when they first met. Taylor feels encouraged to reveal herself to Ridge because her end game is really about what SHE wants, her life back with Ridge.😳
Maybe I missed it... But.. What exactly was the thing that made Eric finally draw up these divorce papers?
All last week Eric was saying he was the only one who could help Sheila.. He even sat thru a whole dinner charade with Lauren like a smiling fool and was prepared to pretend his marriage was working. And he didn't want to hear anything Lauren had to say directly about Sheila. And he still doesn't know anything about Sheila's past, except that she was married b4 and didn't tell him.
So, how did it go, in a matter of 24 hours, from that to handing Sheila divorce papers and moving out?
Sheila was surprised too. 😂
Exactly!
It's more sloppy/bad writing. They're making it seem like Eric learning about Sheila & Scott finally gives him the _motivation_ to leave Sheila but that really doesn't solve the main problem (from Eric's perspective) which is that he thinks Sheila has _leverage_ to make the divorce difficult. What has changed there for Eric? Nothing. And Eric immediately leaving Sheila also removes her motivation for kidnapping James. The characters' actions in this endgame don't make any sense (including Lauren leaving town without calling the cops and Sheila kidnapping James when Lauren is still out there). They're just trying to arrange these "set pieces" (Sheila's Dungeon, Sheila's Goodbye Party) and they're not particularly careful about how they do it.
@@babs4848 😂😂
As she should be! 😂
Sheila and all is wondering what episode she missed that led to this decision by Eric.. Last they spoke, she was supposed to be doing therapy with James to save the marriage. And as far as Eric knows, that's what she is doing. It's not Sheila's fault that James is too lame to get anything out of his own patient.
@@NewYorkNick0607 exactly this!
From what I saw, Eric still knows nothing about Sheila and her past deeds. He's still dealing with the same set of info he has had all along (except the married to Scott thing).
When Sheila tells James that Lauren is gone, I was confused, bc as far as I know, Lauren is a telephone call away in GC as we will see.
And I keep saying, James is NOT the correct antagonist in this story.
More and more that's what I see.
It should have either been Lauren thrown in the dungeon to prevent her from talking to anyone, or Eric in the dungeon as Sheila desperately attempts to hold on to him.
To believe after all these tortures James will receive from sheila he will go around begging the world to give her a second chance... wonder who was the craziest
That's the craziest part. 🥴
Just like Scott Granger did !
That's called Stockholm Syndrome 😅
Ridge thanks _Taylor_ for his improved mood and adjusting to his condition. So much for his new wife! I guess she's too busy yelling at the doctors. 🥴
As I said in another comment... She's too busy feeling sorry for herself..
Even if ppl want to deny it, there is a marked difference in Taylor's relationship with Ridge vs Brooke's relationship with Ridge.
And I'm not a TRIDGE fan, but it was so clear their relationship had much more depth than BRIDGE.
@@TriniT21aww, reading that from a non-Tridge fan, is quite remarkable for a Tridge-fan like me. Thank you for seeing that and I couldn't agree more.
Bridge season 😁
@@TriniT21 Great point Trish! Reminds me of what Nick said once that TRIDGE felt like a grown up/adult relationship while BRIDGE felt like an YA romance.
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763 It kills me how the stans were waiting for this season and it's such a flop! 🤣
This Taylor's accent is killing me... each time she speaks I'm like what's wrong with her vocal parts??
They ruined good scenes between them with that accent. But in this one fortunately they changed her wig and showed us her beautiful face.
@@babs4848 yes, and at least she no longer has the false teeth... But the accent is distracting.
I'll take Taylor's accents over Brooke's baby talk anyday!
@@jemekiahall5848same here
@@jemekiahall5848 im dead🤣🤣🤣
I'd like to know, what happens if Count wants to use the toilet😅?
Why doesn't Ridge ask Taylor her name? He keeps saying "volunteer". It's strange to call someone that. I know she would have given a fake name.
LOL about how ridiculous that SL is with that hidden dungeon, Sheila kidnapping James and Mike helping her - but still it is so entertaining.
One moment Mike is taunting head shrink James and tells James that James kinda has to deal with Sheila and Mike - in the next minute his behavior obviously changes when James recognizes Mike and knows that Mike is the security guy at FC. Mike switched from being the strong bully to suddenly looking as if he fears retribution for having helped Sheila (now that James knows Mike's identity).
well if he does not understand still he is far beyond stupid she actually kissed him she told his story what more can she do
What I'm not understanding is the following.
Eric is suppose to be a wealthy and powerful and so good man - a multi-millionare. But he can't go anywhere other than to his first ex-wives guesthouse and use her kindness.
He can go to the house he bought for Beth or to Brooke's pink condo or he can squat in Brooke's dreamhouse with rigde or the club (his prefered place to go years ago) or a hotel or could buy another house.
He could anywhere but Stephanie's house and impose on her.
Because he knows Stephanie will always be his doormat waiting .
@@-Lily7415and that makes him a selfish, insensitive, narcisstic, manipulative taker, user and abuser.
And people wonder why she is or becomes what she will become.
For her it's a story of endless abuse of her whole lifetime from the two important men in her life (her father and Eric), she only escaped in death. Tragedy. Also it's just a soap. No one is that loyal and "dumb" and lets someone use and abuse you in reality that much. Certainly Susan Flannery wouldn't. And maybe not even the Stephanie Douglas Forrester that Bill Bell created and wrote.
Ridge, telling everyone that you need their support is not a "pep talk". Or maybe it is, in the sense that he is trying to get them motivated to become his caregivers and/or therapists.
Ridge seriously thought his speech was uplifting. Then again, this is the same guy who wanted to wake Bridget up in the middle of the night so he could get some emotional support after Taylor's death.
For Ridge, I thought his speech was motivational. And it seems it was inspired by the Volunteer.😇
The writers are creating a scenario whereby Taylor and Ridge are connecting on a philosophical level. While Ridge and Brooke are connecting on a physical level.😉
Mike is an idiot for sticking with Sheila, after James ran down her list of crazy he should've ran to the police...you are not dragging me down with you ma'am!!! But I realize he's "in love" with Sheila 😂😂
Good morning from Uptown Manhattan 🗽
Hope you're having a great time despite the weather TJ! ❤
Good morning to you too
@@MichelleCootee Thank you dear. Have a great day
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763 your welcome
@@NewYorkNick0607 I've spent majority of the weekend in my room. I'm giving my aunt and uncle Jessica vibes, all that's missing is a violin. I'll be a better guest from this afternoon. I gotta stop coming to the big apple during cold weather months
"Everything was going so well until you and that "Biatch" got involved".... Code for "I was doing so well at hiding what a psycho path I am until you showed up and blew my cover" lol.
Get a hotel Eric!
Happy 8th birthday B&B!!
This Aried On March 23 1995 8 years after the show premiered on Monday March 23 1987
Indeed 💫
Craig you've been waiting for Houdini forever 😄
@@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763 The musical group.?? No !! 😂😂
@@MrCraigblaze No, I meant this storyline
James looks ravishing tied up like that
Thank you. ❤❤❤
James looks hot
Ridges acting very good 🎉
Just remember people. He seems to completely forgive thisnwoman for this. He is her therapist. He is completly at ease in her company
He talkes tonher like shebis his best buddy. He has a baby with her. Dumps maggie for her. And marries her. And then is ahocked when she runs off woth his kid
Mike reminds me of Don Knotts. 😂
and James will be out of that dungeon in 6 months
Always thought shelia could have had a movie about her kimberlin plays the role that good
Seeing James shacked up, my guess his arms wouldve killed him with all the pain and etc.
7:11! Ow!
This is the Erick I love. ❤
I never liked eric. He is most of the time unlikable. Very rarely Eric is tolerable, when he isn't chasing a bimbo and lusting around. In the rare times when he is with Stephanie, he can be occasionally tolerated at most.
Lets be real. Eric is always in lust and heat.
Omg l can't stand Taylor's made up accents! They are sooooo bad!!! 😂😂😂
I would think Ridge would ask what Volunteers Name is
I think the only reason the writers didn’t allow it because if he was to tell the doctor about their “volunteer” it would catch Taylor in a lie and raise more questions about why she’s there
I think you are right. Taylor is faking being a volunteer for Ridge’s benefit. She’d get caught lying if the staff was to find out.🤔
13:25 babes... Sheila's loosing it... 😅
taylor cant choose between wigs,and these conversations are so boring
Taylor looks great in this new wig and Tridge's conversations are not as boring and shallow as Bridge's childish talks!
The wheels are turning in Taylor’s head…she seems to want to know Ridge’s thoughts. Her ears perk up when Ridge mentions his (second)dead wife.🤣
@@bettyhopsonand what's so funny about that? It's a normal reaction, since she's only human too! but of course a fan of boring Bridge would never see the special connection Tridge always had! LOL🙈
So which story was more ridiculous, Sheila holding James hostage in the basement, or Taylor's disguise?
7:11
James looks good.🥵
Count Houdini