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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 315194" data-attributes="member: 27">I used to think an over-reliance on flashbacks was a sign that the production team thought the viewers were stupid, or at least forgetful.  They felt they had to spoon-feed every detail of the story to the viewer because otherwise they would be lost.  As people shifted to more sporadic viewing I thought it was their effort to show the viewer something important they may have missed.  There is also the very probable idea that padding out the episodes with flashbacks can save them a few dollars.  If the episode runs a bit short they can just drop in a few flashbacks rather than filming an extra scene.  If the episode runs long, they can just leave out a flashback they originally planned to employ. As the only half-hour soap, you'd think B&B would rely on flashbacks the least.  One of the main reasons Bill Bell always preferred the half-hour format was because he knew an hour-long show would have to employ a lot of padding techniques--as we see on flashback-dependent Days and annoyingly repetitive scenes/dialogue on GH/Y&R.</blockquote>