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Stop What You’re Doing!

Yes, even if what you’re doing is the same thing as Beyond the Gates‘ frisky Andre and Dani. We’ve got a brand-new edition of Soaps’ Burning Questions just waiting for you to take a scroll through the twists and turns that left us scratching our heads the week of January 19-23.

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Family Affairs

Why did Bold & Beautiful’s R.J., when talking to Electra, refer to Will as “Bill’s son” and act like he hardly knows him? They’re cousins, and their mothers are close. (Usually, anyway.) Also, why are we setting up a love triangle involving a guy going after his cousin’s girl, who is also his cousin? Only on Bold & Beautiful!

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Time Flies

On a related note, Bold & Beautiful said that Will and R.J. met face-to-face for the first time in years this week. May we offer the show a little flashback to September 2024 and suggest that they actually met face-to-face for the first time in a little more than one year this week?

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‘You Say Potato, I Say Rideshare’

What normal person — let alone a teen like Days of Our Lives’ Ari — would say they took a “rideshare” as opposed to an Uber or Lyft?

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Nothing to See Here

Shouldn’t General Hospital’s Drew suddenly having a stroke right after Willow was acquitted have pinged everyone’s radar in Port Charles?

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Limping Along

Why is Young & Restless’ Nick using only one crutch when he has a broken leg? More importantly, why is he using the one crutch on the same side as the broken leg rather than leaning on it on the other side to take the weight off the bad one?

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How Not to Get Away With Murder

Is Beyond the Gates’ Hayley being not only reckless but downright transparent, even telling Bill that she wants to take him home for some tea with her “special ingredient”? Sure, she said that ingredient was love, but still, not exactly discreet!

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Cashing Out

Bold & Beautiful’s Ridge & Co. didn’t have the money to keep Deke on and mentor him, but they have all kinds of funds to hire Dylan as an intern and put R.J. on the couture line?

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Nice Work If Ya Can Get It

Speaking of the penny-pinching at Bold & Beautiful’s Forrester Creations, didn’t Deke bring more to the table than the models who seem to do nothing but gawk at their co-workers and gossip?

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In Living Color

Between the purple suit he wore to the christening and the infamous devil-red one, do you kinda wanna raid Johnny’s Days of Our Lives wardrobe?

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Plum Part

Did you also think to yourself that one person who’d have hated Johnny’s lavender suit on Days of Our Lives would have been Bold & Beautiful‘s Bill, who once said son Wyatt looked like a grape in his purple suit?

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‘I Know I Came in Here for a Reason’

How much does General Hospital attorney Alexis’ “Crap, I got a guilty client acquitted!” expression remind you of the face you make when you forget why you went from one room to another?

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‘Bummer… Moving On’

As Young & Restless characters were going on about how Nick would never recover if he killed someone, did you desperately want to remind them that he’d offed Ashland and gotten over it pretty instantaneously?

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Sexcuses, Sexcuses

Anybody else laugh to themselves when the man who called Beyond the Gates’ Vanessa to accuse her of setting his wife up with a gigolo said he didn’t want to hear her “cock-and-bull story”?

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Selective Amnesia

X user Kaei (K) asked, in essence, WTH? “Bold & Beautiful’s R.J. doesn’t know Electra, he doesn’t really know Will. He is talking about the ‘crazy Luna’ stuff as if he wasn’t her boyfriend. Said he has been away for years. I’m so confused.”

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One and One Is… Hmm

X user Lisa Mitchell stated, “Bold & Beautiful’s Electra didn’t know that R.J. and Will are cousins. She knows that Katie is Will’s mom and Brooke is R.J.’s mom. They are sisters.” Dare we suggest that Electra just doesn’t understand what makes people cousins?

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*This* Is Our Line In the Sand!

Dumping the beer was one thing on Days of Our Lives, but wasting those French fries?? Gwen, you monster!

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Wanted… Dead or Alive

Since General Hospital seems to really, truly be done with Vaughn, can we have Dex back now, please?

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Just Say No

We know that fentanyl is often made to look like candy, but didn’t Nick’s on Young & Restless look just like Rockets? Like exactly like?

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When She’s Right, She’s Right

Which was more amusing — Beyond the Gates’ Dani trash-talking Jacob’s ability to tell a story or her naming him and Naomi “law and order”?

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The Pen Is Heavier Than the Sword

X user Meredith Nygma asked why “everyone [is] acting like Bold & Beautiful‘s Eric will drop dead if he so much as picks up a pen”? Maybe the patriarch’s pens are heavier than normal ones?

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Maybe Stick a Warning Label On Her?

Yes, we get doctor/patient confidentiality, but Days of Our Lives’ Sophia once again proved in front of Dr. Gregory she was a threat to Holly. Shouldn’t she have an obligation to warn Holly… or at least the Salem PD? Sophia already managed to escape Bayview once (that they know about).

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‘And No, You Can’t Ride In the Cart!’

Was General Hospital‘s Drew channeling every parent who’s ever been in the grocery with a cranky kid when he emphatically told Nina, “Do not make a scene! Do not make a scene!”?

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Disorder in the ‘Court’

What was the point of putting Young & Restless’ Matt “on trial” in Sharon’s living room? Nick and Victor had already declared him guilty, and none of the “witnesses” were going to say anything that Matt (and we) didn’t already know.

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News to Him

Shouldn’t Beyond the Gates’ Carlton have known that Kial was Nicole’s date to WinterFest? Surely there would’ve been pictures in all the papers, and someone at the hospital probably would’ve mentioned it to him.

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As of Now

When did Bold & Beautiful‘s Will decide that he wanted to learn everything about the fashion business? Could it have been when he started dating a young woman who works at a fashion house?

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Baby Steps

How nice was it that Days of Our Lives’ Brady and Kristen both agreed they were a toxic couple? None of us believe that they’re actually over for good, but still… it was something.

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Second Banana’s Second to None

Doesn’t General Hospital‘s Suzanne remind you of the kind of lovable B characters soaps used to feature a lot more often? She’s like Alfred Vanderpoole from All My Children, Polly Longworth from Ryan’s Hope or Wanda Hite on Guiding Light!

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Funny Business

If Young & Restless’ Victoria didn’t want to be disturbed while working, maybe the worst possible place to do it was the patio at Crimson Lights, where everyone in town hangs out? Also, with Newman under attack, should she be using public, unprotected Wi-Fi to do her very important work?

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On Second Thought…

If things don’t work out between Beyond the Gates’ Shanice and Ted — or between Kial and Nicole — would you be totally into the idea of the gossiping nurse and the handsome orthopedic surgeon hooking up? They had instant chemistry!

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Make It Make Sense

Bold & Beautiful is so obvious. Will and Electra have been sleeping together for months, and suddenly, now that R.J. and Dylan are on the scene, she’s worried that Ivy and the Forresters don’t approve, so she’s going to decline to go over there late at night. But guess who is there?

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Has everyone else just about given up on Days of Our Lives’ Javi, too? His declaration that he wanted to be Leo’s husband more than anything would have worked a lot better if he wasn’t doing literally everything he could to not make that happen.

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We Feel Ya

Wasn’t the reaction that General Hospital’s Anna had to hearing Faison’s voice the same one that we all have when someone calls instead of texts?

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Missed Opportunity

That said, given how much Young & Restless loves to do standalone episodes, wouldn’t it have made sense to turn the scenes in which all of Matt’s victims confronted him into one?

Know When to Fold ’Em

Shouldn’t Beyond the Gates‘ Chelsea have realized she was not going to win an argument with Madison about party drugs when the doctor started rattling off terms like “basal ganglia” and “prefrontal cortex”?

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A Question for the Ages

Why do Bold & Beautiful’s Steffy and Hope, who never tried to kill one another, have more issues between them than do Sheila and Li?

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Tit for Tat

Days of Our Lives’ Jack didn’t think Chad would “stoop so low” as to bring up Jennifer’s addiction during mediation. And what? Trying to take Chad’s kids away from him is taking the high road?

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… and the Award for Best Reaction Shot Goes to…

We don’t have a question here. We just enjoy the sight of General Hospital’s Drew being jabbed with a syringe.

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A Love Story? Why, Yes, Please!

Was nobody else thrilled by Young & Restless’ Daniel/Tessa scenes in Wednesday’s episode if only because they were literally the only ones which didn’t revolve around people yelling about corporate takeovers? That said, it doesn’t hurt that the pair are quickly becoming our favorite Genoa City couple

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Self-Serve

Given how Beyond the Gates’ Joey conducts a whole lot of illegal business in that back room of his casino, shouldn’t he have some kind of security in place to keep people like Leslie from just waltzing in and helping themselves to his booze?

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Ready to Make Some Waves

How much do we love Hope’s wild hair on Bold & Beautiful and kind of hope it’s a sign that maybe her crazier side is coming out again?

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#Awkward

Upon being embraced by Willow, didn’t General Hospital‘s Alexis altogether embody those of us who’d sooner be set on fire than hugged?

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Read the Room

Did you laugh when, after everyone had their say his “trial,” Young & Restless’ Matt took a deep breath and said “all of your speeches were so long and self-involved”?

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We’ll Have What She’s Having

We need to make an appointment six months in advance with our doctors, so it’s a little unbelievable that Beyond the Gates’ Naomi was able to walk up to a doctor and say “Have a minute?” And the doctor actually had time between her appointments to chat.

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‘Sporadically’ Was the Missing Word

Bold & Beautiful’s Sheila told Li that Deacon “appreciates and values Hope and Deke’s opinions.” But if that’s the case, why did he marry the psycho, of whom they definitely didn’t approve?

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Are You Kidding, Kid?

Did anyone else want to scream when Days of Our Lives’ Chad, Jack and Jennifer finally came to an agreement, only for Thomas to try tanking the whole thing?

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Time Is *Not* On Their Side

When General Hospital’s Cullum gave Britt three months to wrap up “the project,” did you roll your eyes and think we’d better get answers a whole lot sooner than that?

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Past Informs Present

Did the decades-old Young & Restless flashback to Nick and Victor talking about Matt Clark beautifully illustrate the ability of daytime to do long-term storytelling that can’t be found anywhere else?

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#Priceless

Does any show do legit comedy better than Beyond the Gates? Check out this line from Ted: “Watching my partner make a play for my ex is one thing,” he told Carlton. “Watching him get blocked by a man who spells his name K-I-A-L is another! Good luck with that!”

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Never Again For the First Time

Bold & Beautiful’s Steffy insisted she wasn’t going to lose her mother to Sheila. But why didn’t she insist that she wasn’t going to lose Taylor again to Sheila? It’s as if she, the show or both have forgotten that Sheila once “killed” Taylor.

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So… Many… Options

With Drew incapacitated on General Hospital, who will take over his seat in congress? Ezra? Marco? It’s bound to be someone Sidwell can control!

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For Those Who Need a Midnight Latte

Young & Restless’ Billy asked Victoria what she was doing working at the coffee shop at midnight. But does Crimson Lights really strike you as someplace that would be open at that hour?

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Not Throwing Away My Shot

When Beyond the Gates’ Leslie stormed into the country club and demanded the bartender give her a shot, shouldn’t he have asked “Of what?” before simply pouring her some random dark liquor?

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The Show Has a Tell

Did you immediately know that the Deacon/Taylor kiss on Bold & Beautiful was a dream sequence, if only because nobody on this show comes right out and says what they are feeling without 20 minutes of infinitely looping dialogue first?

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Jinx

With Days of Our Lives’ Gabi declaring to Philip she’d choose him over Stefan should her ex be alive, did she all but guarantee his return?

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‘Well, When Ya Put It That Way… ’

Wasn’t General Hospital‘s Stella awfully judgmental of Portia’s situation when, as the doc pointed out, she’d only fudged Heather’s test results in hopes of protecting Trina?

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Now That Ya Mention It…

If Young & Restless’ Victor and Nick really did intend to do a way with Matt, didn’t they make Sharon, Sienna and Noah accomplices to murder by bringing him to Sharon’s house for their little mock trial?

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Food for Thought

Did you 100 percent feel Beyond the Gates’ Shanice when, after Ted asked her to join him for dinner at the country club, he quipped, “Don’t ask me to tell the difference between a fish fork and a fruit fork!”?

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Chow, Bella

Not that we’d be expecting Top Chef caliber cuisine, but didn’t we all kinda want a taste of the teriyake chicken that Bold & Beautiful’s Will whipped up?

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Welcome to the Four Seasons Hospital

Days of Our Lives’ Theo hit his head a month ago. He’s been awake for weeks. And he’s still in a hospital bed, loopy on pain meds? They don’t even keep you on the good stuff that long if you’ve had open heart surgery!

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‘Don’t Smile, Don’t Smile, Don’t Smile’

Can you imagine how hard General Hospital’s Nina had to work not to exclaim “Yesss!” when Willow called to say something had happened to Drew?

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Pass the Aspirin

The Newmans filed charges against Cane and Phyllis for using the AI to do exactly what Victor did to Arabesque on Young & Restless. Adam says they can get away with what they did by accusing Cane of decimating his own company to set up Victor. But how will they explain Victor using the AI to transfer The Shadow Room to Noah?

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Truer Words Were Never Spoken

How could we possibly argue with Beyond the Gates doc Ted’s assessment when he said to Shanice, “You realize it’s nearly impossible, not to be charmed by you”?

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New Ivy, Who Dis

Is Bold & Beautiful’s Ivy just, like, bitter now that Liam is with Hope or what? First Ivy judged her grown niece for spending nights with her boyfriend, and now she’s actively working to make Electra paranoid about Dylan being alone with Will. Ivy’s not wrong about that last part, but still. Get a life, lady!

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Try Your Luck

So there was randomly some homemade posterboard on an easel and a bean bag toss in the middle of the park on Days of Our Lives? This feels less like an advertising campaign and more like a cartoon trap made to catch Bugs Bunny.

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The Real Mystery Is…

Why did Young & Restless do so little with the set-up for the Mariah/Dominic kidnapping? Instead of bring back the boy for a while before he went messing and let us wonder who took him, they had him reappear the very same day that the whole plot was spelled out to us!

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Hypocrisy Overload

How painful was it to watch General Hospital mobster Sonny, whose crimes are too numerous to mention, lecture Justine on “justice”?

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Theo’s Expression Says It All

Why was Days of Our Lives’ JJ talking about de-escalation training and learning to only use your gun as a last resort as if it was this marvelous new thing he’d just heard of? Does the Salem PD have any training? Or is it just “Here’s your gun, go get ’em!”?

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*That’s* Making an Entrance

How smart was it of Young and Restless to only feature Eric Braeden in the final scene of Wednesday’s episode? Soaps rarely have a character appear in only one scene, so it made Victor walking in on Nikki and Jack hugging more surprising than it would have been had the actor and character been featured in other scenes throughout the episode.