The Thomas-Hope spoilers were massively exaggerated

Riley, 3/27/2023, 6:57PM(393 days ago) @rain4

Soapoperadigest used to be the most reliable source of spoilers. Now SID has disappeared and more and more sites stopped giving spoilers. The only 2 remaining sources are Daytime Confidential and SOD. Now both constantly make up or exaggerate spoilers.
Can't rely on anything for the spoilers at this point, if even SOD isn't reliable. Most of the Summer previews from last year didn't happen. Half of the November sweeps didn't happen. Same for the New Year previews and the February sweeps. They promised a unique story for Lope, but there is nothing unique about them arguing over Thomas and Douglas. Thomas getting a new love interest didn't happen. New characters were supposed to appear... didn't happen. Zende and Paris were supposed have a third party... didn't happen. Eric and Donna were supposed to be tested with a character who is firmly against their relationship... Didn't happen. They said Wyatt would be more involved in the stories... didn't happen. Li and Jack were supposed to have a story with Bill.... Didn't happen. Bill was supposed to convince Finn to give Sheila a chance... didn't happen. There was also something about Deacon in the February sweeps, and it never happened on my screen. :whistle

Daytime Confidential has never been a reliable source, it's just a soap blog like many others and they simply reword the spoilers from SOD & TV Guide that have already been released, putting their own spin on them. SoapCentral, for example, does it the same way.

SOD and TV Guide are the only sources left that get their spoilers directly from the B&B publicists. So I don't think you can blame SOD for making anything up. They just print what they are given and what they are asked to promote. Only the show itself is to blame when those spoilers are exaggerated, misleading or even don't play out at all.

As for the specific spoilers you've mentioned that haven't played out in your opinion... When Bell talks about a "unique story" like he did for Lope, everyone should know better by now than taking this expression literally. The triangle for Zende and Paris could still happen once RJ joins the show. The character who's against Eric and Donna's relationship might be Stephen, who has only just returned. And nothing was ever said about a story for Li and Jack with Bill. Only a story for Bill was mentioned (which turned out to be his story with Sheila) and that Li would somehow be involved. Bell never said that Jack would return for that storyline, only that he MIGHT show up anytime, which is something totally different. Of course, when he is asked about a character's return, Bell would always say that anything is possible. But that doesn't mean he's actually planning to bring that character back. And Wyatt did return a few times in scenes with Bill and Liam as part of Bill's storyline. Given the fact that he hadn't been on screen for months before the start of that storyline, he has certainly been more involved lately.

So the show's track record when it comes to spoilers that haven't played out at all isn't as bad as it may seem. And spoilers being overblown isn't really anything new. This has been happening for years or even decades.

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