Bold and the Beautiful - 2002 (S15 E229) FULL EPISODE 3866

[@ajax34]

I'm g a y e r than Christmas and even I felt heat for Sheila in that scene with Massimo. Kimberlin Brown is incredible!

[@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763]

I hate Christmas 😂

[@filionsteve2133]

@@Esi-741Shes wonderful here 👌

Sheila is very s ex y when she's being flirty. She doesn't even have to try hard, it comes naturally to her. You see it onscreen. It's very different from Brooke who the show keeps telling us is s e x y but we never actually see it.

[@-Lily7415]

@@Esi-741Seems like you’re the one who’s into women.😂

[@34Jackson]

@@-Lily7415 Lez bionic Lily likes the ladies.

[@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763]

And then there's Amber. We've had Rick, CJ, and Nick fight over her in a short space of time 😮

[@injifinji]

Agreed

[@babs4848]

​@@Esi-741someone can't see the difference between attracted and charmed by a character no matter the gender of the character and no matter what people's tastes are. I may add that straight women sense a charmed one more than men do.

[@Marcus_1001]

Sheila Carter is the greatest lurker in the history of soaps.

[@TriniT21]

Listen, Sheila managed to escape a burning farmhouse, drink poison and survived, got pushed onto a fireplace poker and survived, got s h o T a couple times and survived... Erica needs to take a page from Sheila's book... A little knock on the head is nothing lol

[@filionsteve2133]

And she jump off a roof ( 1997 )

[@-Lily7415]

Every time I see Darla and CJ in a scene together, It’s strange to think that the actors were already married at this time in real life.And still are!

[@orifeldman3213]

That’s a very long time for actors

[@VjAdrasaVideos]

she looks like her mother

[@memento-_mori]

@@VjAdrasaVideos Just like Brooke with most of her men.

[@TriniT21]

I really enjoy watching Kimberlin Brown act...even tho they started to make her a cartoon villain from now, she still has the acting chops I think to make Sheila an interesting character to watch. The way she went from sultry voice on the phone to instant mama bear voice and face when Erica told her what happened. Flawless

[@NewYorkNick0607]

ITA Trish. Kimberlin Brown's performance is still compelling even if the writing isn't as good anymore. I have to say too I think the directing and production values are also helping to accentuate her performance because those aspects are still strong in these 2002 episodes (look at the set design of that restaurant - it _feels_ real and lived in). I saw some scenes with Sheila's 2024 return to the show and the lack of good directing and production design unfortunately makes it hard to enjoy even her acting. You can't appreciate _anyone's_ performance really when you don't have camera angles or closeups or moody background music. One glance at 2024 and I'm suddenly willing to forgive the bad writing in 2002 because at least the show still LOOKS good.

[@annieo6527]

Yes! Kimberlin Brown's acting, and the production values, really make her scenes work even when the writing is nowhere near as good as it used to be. And @Nick, I absolutely agree about the 2024 episodes. The lack of storytelling through direction, music and camera angles makes it impossible to enjoy even a good performance because there is nothing to support it (least of all the writing). I have even stopped watching the current episodes in spite of Kimberlin Brown being on the show because even she can't save it anymore when everything else works against her acting.

[@leviaj1]

​@@annieo6527and @nick, you both touch on a very important point. Despite all the issues we've identified with the writing in these 2002 episodes, the production values and the performances still made them watchable. There's also the fact that although there are major inconsistencies in the writing, the characters themselves feel "lived in". Even when they're retconned, there's still a connection to their past history and they still feel somewhat like the characters we were first introduced to. From 2019 onwards, the show completely lost its way. The production values are shabby, the music cues are bland and the writing is at elementary school level. Because Brad continues to be uninterested in long form storytelling, the characters just keep getting reinvented to suit the requirements of each storyline. They are largely disconnected from their respective histories and exist more as plot devices than people. Because the characters are so disconnected, it's actually difficult to turn in a good performance. An actor can't play a character effectively when the writing doesn't allow them to have an awareness of the character's history. Needless to say, I've also stopped watching. I just read recaps to see if it ever gets any better (and it doesn't). Many of the cast members even admit to being mortified by the material they're given to play. I mean KB is playing Sheila as a happily married waitress😱. So yeah, 2002 episodes are a masterpiece in comparison.

[@NewYorkNick0607]

@@annieo6527 BTW Annie I was thinking of how this also relates to our mutual love of the Disney Renaissance films. Take a film like _Pocahontas_ where the writing isn't as good as _Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast_ or _Aladdin._ The characters are flat, the villain is uninteresting and the story itself doesn't have much of an arc. And yet if you watch the film now, it still looks and sounds amazing especially compared lot of Disney films today. The hand-drawn animation is absolutely gorgeous (the "Colors of the Wind" sequence is one of the most beautiful scenes they've ever done) and the music is lush and stirring. All of those those visual and aural elements make up for the poor writing and it's the same thing with these late 90's/early 2000's B&B episodes.

[@annieo6527]

@@NewYorkNick0607 great comparison! Yes, I agree. The more recent Disney films feel less "lived in" because the characters are almost always genre aware and, in a way, not taking themselves or the story seriously. This makes them less connected to myths and archetypes because they _make fun_ of those tropes, not realizing that they are meant to be symbolic rather than literal. (For example, Frozen with the "you can't marry a man you just met" theme and the subversion of the "kiss of true love" trope.)

[@annieo6527]

Sheila _literally_ has Chekhov's 🔫in her purse.

[@filionsteve2133]

That she’s gonna used on Amber Brooke n Taylor soon ..!

[@annieo6527]

Yeah Bridget... about those fond memories you have of your mother taking you to Hawaii a few years ago. Brooke only did that so you would accept her relationship with Thorne.

[@TriniT21]

Not Bridgit telling *CJ* of all ppl about that time her mom took her to hawaii so she could accept a relationship she was having with CJ's brother in law 🤕 This show is inappropriate on all kinds of levels😂

[@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763]

​@@TriniT21 Not me already knowing that you're the one that has commented on this 🤣 When the Logan clan arrived Brooke and Bridget had a little chat which made it seem like Bridget's only problem was that she felt Brooke doesn't love her enough

[@babs4848]

And the trip was not also a Brooke idea 😂

[@tiroyaonejustinphologolo9763]

@@babs4848 🤣😂

[@NewYorkNick0607]

@@babs4848 It's funny how Taylor gave good advice to both Brooke ("go on a trip with your daughter") and Amber ("check out Lance's fishy story") and they both ended up pretending it was their idea.

[@alisonrogers4687]

Erica put hands on Amber first and wouldn’t let go, But of course no one will ever know that truth..

[@VjAdrasaVideos]

to stop her not to kill her

[@lil_jon411]

@@VjAdrasaVideosstop her from what? Going to see her own husband about THEIR marriage?

[@MariaPerez-sb1xp]

Stefano was a true player. Sleeping with someone while not even knowing her name. Lol.

[@babs4848]

Bridget, who apparently is doing well with her job's sessions, said that it would have been a funny afternoon for Taylor who loves to deal with people's problems. As if the love and commitment to your job makes it funny every time

[@babs4848]

@@Esi-741 😂

[@annieo6527]

​​​@@Esi-741you may have mentioned it in passing. 😂 (I actually like JF's Bridget but I find your unapologetic unsentimentality about the character hilarious and refreshing!)

[@StephWrites-id6cx]

U&ly Brooke. Beautiful Sheila. Two bad, one u&ly.

[@jgoldfarb3]

Beauty & the Beast

[@HereIAmInYourLife]

Lol the Erica thing is so dramatic 😂😂😂 What is she, a toddler? She didn't fall that hard 😂

[@686JM]

Head injuries aren't a laughing matter though. 😊 Did you maybe fall one time too many?

[@HereIAmInYourLife]

@@686JM I just don't think she fell that hard it's not that deep pal.

[@-Lily7415]

Ikr😂

[@filionsteve2133]

She knock in the corner of the office , clearly hurts lol but in soaps always exaggerated lol

[@-Lily7415]

Rick is a jerk face the way he speaks to Amber She explained what happened with Erica and he doesn’t believe her.

[@TriniT21]

He's just a jerk. Period.

[@notgivinup]

The way Rick says to Amber... "What did YOU do?" Does he ever give his wife the benefit of the doubt before he opens his mouth? This wasn't on Amber whatsoever!!!

[@babs4848]

Darla cares for CJ as a sister could.

[@MiriamStigsdotter]

Saw that " Darla" has been in a movie from 1998, called A bold affair and was even more surprised that previous Thorne, Jeff Trachta and the girl that was playing Jessica Forrester starred as well

[@tammyfulp7548]

Sheila’s hair looks like Dracula, lol!

[@VjAdrasaVideos]

in a way she is lol

[@patriceantoine1751]

I actually felt sorry for Rick when Deacon had him on Blast !! 😤😤now the way he is treating Amber is so so Immature 😢I know she regrets not sticking with Deacon sometimes huh😉😤. 😅😂😂 Erica met her Match huh😢😮just like Sheila huh😮

[@filionsteve2133]

Oh Sheila have the nerves going hospital around Amber and Taylor 🔥

[@babs4848]

KB is beautiful here. And she hasnt done nothing to her look yet

[@october1349]

The she-devil will try to bring Massimo down, who usually can read people.

[@tonycuellarsolis5345]

2002.

[@MariaPerez-sb1xp]

19:28

[@mara4450]

Okay, so Stephanie refused to go on a cruise with Massimo, because Stephanie had to protect Eric and Thorne (from Brooke), but in the meantime Massimo is happy to get involved with a potential dangerous woman who carries a 22 in her purse. At least he knows that he is tempted by what is not good for Massimo.