I wish they weren't disclosing location shoot reunions (Spoilers)

Riley, 5/17/2023, 5:04PM(352 days ago) @Vik.

So annoying... Now we basically know Bridge will reunite in Rome. Why are they disclosing these things like 5 weeks in advance? They did the same last year with Steffy and Finn in Monaco. The audience already knew exactly how the story would end, several weeks in advance. They revealed that Steffy and Finn would reunite in Monaco, there was no more reason to enjoy the story for me. I was bored the entire time. It backfired on the writers big time if I remember well, because the unexpected parts (Tridge kiss and Sheacon's discussion) completely overshadowed this lame, predictable reunion.

What's so fascinating about Brooke and Ridge reuniting for the 20th time? All this label switch, CPS call, parent trap... and all is forgiven and forgotten in a few weeks. Where is the fun when the audience already knows they will get back together in Italy?

The show itself didn't disclose anything about the Bridge reunion, and I don't think Bell actually wanted it to be leaked. Those videos and pictures of Bridge kissing weren't taken by any authorized set photographer but by paparazzi working for Italian newspapers and gossip sites. These days it's almost impossible to avoid such leaks when you're doing a location shoot in public places in a big city like Rome, because you just can't keep bystanders so far away from the set that no one can catch a glimpse of the action. And even more importantly, you can't keep them from posting their photos and videos on the internet for the whole world to see.
I'm sure there were also leaks in Italian newspapers when the show filmed there a few times in the 90s, the only difference was that no one outside Italy could see those pictures and so it was still the show's own choice what to leak to the American audience in advance and what to keep a secret. But now it's simply not up to them anymore.

The Sinn reunion in Monte Carlo couldn't be kept a secret in the first place, because the actors were also representing the show at the TV festival. When the festival released a list of the actors attending the public events and the show announced that they were also doing a location shoot, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this shoot was about a Sinn reunion, given that Finn had just returned from the dead and JMW was just returning from her maternity leave in those Monte Carlo scenes. So the show could as well admit it right away.

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