Kimberlin Brown
On this past week’s episodes of The Bold & The Beautiful,
fans were devastated that Dr. John “Finn” Finnegan was killed off due to Sheila
Carter (Kimberlin Brown) while Steffy Forrester was fighting for her life. Brown continued to give stellar performances
as she conveyed Sheila’s complicated feelings: devastation, grief, shock,
guilt, fear, etc. Fans could sense just
how unhinged and devastated Sheila was in the hotel room scenes where Sheila
was brushing her hair while talking to herself in the mirror in tears. Brown mastered the double layers of grief in
her scenes with Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe) when Deacon informs Sheila of the
shooting and Finn’s death. Sheila is
obviously grief-stricken, but has to pretend to be shocked. She is genuinely shocked when Deacon informs her
that Steffy is still alive which is followed by fear of the truth coming out. Sheila arrives at the hospital and has an
embrace with Taylor where she apologizes to her. This scene was beautifully done for the many
reasons behind the embrace: Taylor offering comfort, Sheila reciprocating, but
yet also unintentionally admitting her guilt without getting caught. Brown’s body briefly relaxes in this scene
which shows that just for a moment, Sheila let her guard down and tried to show
true emotions. Brown excels in
showcasing all of these different, complicated, layered emotions in a very
heavy storyline which can’t be easy, but she makes it look effortless.
Krista Allen
Krista Allen (Dr. Taylor Hayes) continues to shine in her
scenes. Fans could sense the fear Taylor
has of losing Steffy just like she lost Phoebe through Allen’s performances. Allen’s attention to small details is what
makes her performances so powerful (ex: the way she clutched her bag as she ran
out of the office when the Forrester’s got word of the shooting). Allen’s emotional monologue as she urges
Steffy to hang on, to continue being the fighter that she is, and to be there
for her family was moving. Also, Allen
has to be the most beautiful crier on a soap opera. She looked stunning even as tears were
streaming down her face.
Naomi Matsuda
Naomi Matsuda (Li Finnegan) gave a moving performance as Li
showed up at the hospital to grieve her son and to also inquire about
Steffy. Her showdown with Sheila was
intense, you could cut the tension with a knife. Matsuda’s jaw was clenched so tight, fans
could sense how much Li despises Sheila and how badly she wants to protect Finn
from her, even in death. Li might have
appeared cold and harsh toward Sheila, but can you blame her? Taylor tried to keep the peace, but Li was
not having it. Matsuda beautifully
showed how protective Li was of Finn.
Bravo to all three ladies on outstanding performances in
such a heavy storyline! Fans can’t wait
to see what happens next!
The Bold & The Beautiful
Ridge, Taylor, and Thomas discuss if Sheila has truly
changed. Meanwhile, Sheila shoots Steffy
to prevent her from calling 911 after she unintentionally shot Finn. Sheila stages the scene as a robbery and flees. Deacon finds Finn and Steffy and calls for
help. Once help arrives, Deacon fills
them in on how he found them and he asks if he can call Ridge to notify the
family. He’s allowed to do so on speaker
phone. Ridge, Taylor, and Thomas rush to
the hospital. They are informed that
Finn died and that Steffy is still alive although in critical condition. Bridget is one of Steffy’s doctors and she
allows the family to see her. Taylor and
Thomas are scared that Steffy will wind up like Phoebe. The family urges Steffy to hang on and fight.
Deacon visits Sheila in her hotel room to let her know about
Finn. She pulls off acting
surprised. She’s devastated and Deacon
holds her as she cries. Sheila is
shocked to learn that Steffy is still alive as she assumed she died, too. She goes to the hospital as she wants to see
Finn one more time. Li is there and
denies Sheila access to see Finn. Taylor
tries to intervene on Sheila’s behalf, but Li is adamant. The police chief arrives to inform Steffy’s
family, as well as Li and Sheila, about the open investigation regarding the
shooting. He mentions it looked like a
robbery, but it’s weird that Steffy and Finn were in the alley in the first
place and so he asks if they have any enemies.
They can’t come up with anyone.
Later on, Thomas questions Sheila in private if she had anything to do
with the shooting as his suspicions are raised due to what she’s capable of
since she’s responsible for causing Brooke to drink.
Bill & Liam discuss Hope & Steffy, how they are very
different and Liam mentions Steffy will always have a special place in his
heart. Brooke can sense something is
wrong regarding Ridge. Deacon shows up
to inform Hope, Liam, and Brooke about what happened to Finn and Steffy. They are floored and Liam rushes to the hospital. Liam sits by her bedside and urges her to fight
and he has flashbacks of them together.
General Hospital
Ava is furious that Nikolas is allowing Esme to live with
them. She gives him an ultimatum; either
Esme goes or she goes. When Nikolas lets
her know that he’s not going to budge where Esme is concerned, Ava walks out on
him. Ava meets with Scott, contemplating
divorcing Nikolas. Laura spots them and
Ava fills her in about Nikolas, Spencer, and Esme. Laura visits Nikolas to try to talk some
sense into her son. Ava decides to go
back home and give Nikolas another test.
She mentions she’ll stay, but they won’t be sharing a bed as long as
Esme is living there. Nikolas mentions
he’s helping Esme because Esme is important to Spencer and he wants to support
his son. Ava mentions she’s going to keep
an eye on things until Nikolas opens his eyes about the situation.
Spencer pushes Esme to take the pregnancy test. She voices her fears for both outcomes: if
she’s not pregnant, she’s afraid Spencer will want nothing to do with her and
if she is pregnant, her life changes forever and they’ll be bonded
forever. Spencer assures her that she
can stay with him even if the test is negative.
It’s revealed that Esme is not pregnant.
Spencer later goes to the gym and runs into Sonny there. He confronts him about scaring Esme. Sonny warns him to not fall for Esme’s act. Spencer returns back home and Esme is upset
that he left her to go to the gym. She
also confronts him about his feelings for Trina which he says are complicated. Esme makes it known that she wants to go back
to how things were. Spencer is open to
it, but needs time.
Liz wakes up from a nightmare where a man tells her “Don’t forget
me” and she finds the same message recently painted on one of her paintings. Jake calls Finn to come over for help. Aiden believes Franco’s ghost is behind the
strange happenings. Dante advises that
the family should live elsewhere until the culprit is found. Liz mentions she’ll see if the boys can live
with Laura and that Finn go back to his place with Violet, but she’s adamant
about staying in her house.
Gregory voices his disapproval of BLQ to Chase which upsets
him and Chase defends her to his father.
Brad interviews for a job at the hospital with Terry while
Ms. Wu tells Britt to not interfere with her plans for Brad otherwise she will
reveal what she knows about her and Faison’s crimes.
The IPO party takes place at the Savoy and Ms. Wu reveals
herself as one of their investors. She
tries to approach Curtis again about her renting the Savoy to host poker games
there. Sasha is asked to give a speech
at the party and she takes drugs again.
Curtis and Portia throw a housewarming party and the
following people are there: Trina, TJ, Stella, Marshall, and Drew. Drew leaves after a bit. Stella winds up having a panic attack and
passing out as she’s afraid Curtis will find out Marshall’s secret. She is taken to the hospital to be
examined. Marshall and Trina stay back
at the house and they bond. Trina
mentions she’s considering seeing if she can change her plea to guilty to take
the deal so that the situation can be over.
Marshall advises her against the idea.
Stella is given a clean bill of health and Curtis picks up on the fact
that her episode was caused by stress brought on by Marshall. Curtis approaches Ms. Wu and tells her that
he’ll allow her to use the Savoy for the poker games, but on one condition: she
get dirt on Marshall. She agrees to it.
Sonny informs Ms. Wu that he has chosen Brick to take over
Jason’s responsibilities for the business and Ms. Wu informs him of her gambling
plans. They also discuss another
possible mob threat. Nina fills in Sonny
on her plans to sue for rights to see Wiley and they kiss. Scott informs Sonny that he plans on calling
him as a character witness for Nina.
Michael and Willow are served with papers regarding Nina
wanting to see Wiley. Michael offers
Smoltz an inside scoop into Sonny’s relationship with Nina and damaging info
about Nina in exchange for him dropping the assault charges. Smoltz agrees to it. Brendan, Neil’s brother, confronts Harmony. He wants money in exchange to keeping her
secret: that Nina is Willow’s biological mother. Harmony was Neil’s patient and he had files
on Harmony and Brendan found them.
Harmony mentions she doesn’t have money and Brendan suggests using
Alexis. If he doesn’t get the money, he’ll
tell Willow and Nina the truth. Willow is
Nelle’s twin and Nina is their mother.
Anna, Sam, and Dante learn that the Ice Princess is being auctioned
on the black market. Anna has some money
left over from Duke’s inheritance in cryptocurrency and she says she’ll use it
to track down the owner of the Ice Princess.
They get a hit in French Polynesia.
Jennifer Smith is there and is a potential bidder. Valentin is there, disguised as a French
captain and pursues Jennifer. He
pretends to have interest in her and she takes the bait. They go to her room and while she is in the
shower, Valentin plants the diamond in her safe. Anna runs into Felicia in French
Polynesia. Anna also runs into one of
her former WSB colleagues who is there for the same reason. They work together and bust Jennifer. Jennifer is taken into custody as Valentin
flees. Anna and Felicia think there is
more to the story and that the French captain is a part of it somehow. Valentin overhears them talking.
The Young & The Restless
Ashland is upset to hear that Adam is the temporary CEO of
the company. Victoria assures Billy that
she has a plan where Ashland is concerned.
Adam and Sally strategize how to make their mark on the company while
Adam is in position to do so. Chelsea
calls Adam if he can take Connor to a game since she can’t due to business. Adam has the same problem. Rey offers to take Connor for them. Chance and Rey bond over feeling left out
when bonding with their children, feeling as if Nick and Devon are the “real”
fathers and they are second fiddle. Chance
shares this with Abby who tries to reassure him he has nothing to worry about
and neither does Rey. Abby and Chelsea
catch up and Abby is happy to hear that Chelsea is doing well and moving on
from Adam. Chance and Abby notice that
Chelsea and Rey are close despite their past.
Nikki is worried how appointing Adam in Victoria’s position
will effect how they view how they are perceived by their father. Victor prevents Ashland and Victoria going to
Italy by having the pilot tell them they can’t fly due to the weather. Victoria decides to pivot her plan and use
Adam as a scapegoat. She plants the seed
in Ashland’s mind that Adam is behind “framing” Ashland and reassures Ashland
that she believes in him. Victoria calls
a family meeting with Victor, Nikki, Nick, and Adam. Michael is also in attendance. She fills them in on her plan to trap Ashland
framing Adam to expose him to boot him out of the company. Adam initially doesn’t want to be the
scapegoat. He agrees to be if he can
stay as temporary CEO. Victoria is
initially against it, but ultimately agrees.
After Adam leaves, Victoria voices her concerns that she doesn’t think
they can trust Adam. Adam fills in Sally
on the plan and that Ashland already broke into Adam’s work laptop. Nick warns Adam to not take advantage of the
situation.
Lily overhears Billy making a recording for a potential podcast
regarding love and when to get involved when concerned for a loved one. She hears Billy mention that he loves the person
[Victoria]. When Billy notices Lily is
there, he stops the recording. They
discuss the Victoria and Ashland situation and Lily doesn’t think Billy should
get involved.
Elena plans a romantic evening for her and Nate at their
penthouse. While Nate goes to get food,
Devon and Amanda show up and crash the romantic evening. Nate arrives home without the food and an
awkward toast is given about Nate’s change of career path.
Phyllis is shocked to hear that Diane is still alive and
initially is in denial until Jack convinces her that it’s true and that she was
the mystery texter. He tells her that
Diane was hoping to use Allie to get to Jack so that Jack would reconnect Diane
with Kyle. Jack tells Phyllis he has no
intention of helping Diane. Phyllis
tells him to reconsider knowing Diane, she’ll find a way to get to Kyle anyway
and doesn’t think it’s good for Diane to stun Kyle on her own. Jack and Phyllis go back to LA to see
Diane. Jack tells Diane that he’ll help
but on his terms as he doesn’t want to further hurt Kyle. However, tensions rise and Jack and Phyllis
leave. Diane tries to make amends with
Allie. Phyllis insists that Jack fill in
Kyle.
Ashley voices her concerns about Allie to Traci and Billy. She mentions she found info about Allie,
specifically that she’s a chemical engineering student and that she wouldn’t be
surprised if Jack offered her a job in the family company. Traci thinks they should give Allie time and
the benefit of the doubt. They also
discuss Jack’s relationship with Phyllis.
Days Of Our Lives
Chad relays the news that he got the antidote for Sarah from
Dr. Rolf, but it needs to be tested at the hospital. Initial test reveal the drug is fine, but it
is strongly recommended it goes for further testing that can take months or
years. Maggie contemplates doing that to
make sure Sarah will be safe. Tony
tricks Sarah to go to the hospital, claiming they need a blood test done before
they can get married. Anna is more than ready for Sarah to realize
that she’s not Renee and when she grows impatient, she injects Sarah with the
drug. Sarah reports Anna to the police
and Anna is arrested. Gwen is worried
that Xander will leave her if Sarah regains her memory. She makes Xander promise that if this drug
doesn’t work, that he’ll marry Gwen and he agrees. Gwen switched out the drug for a different
one. Maggie goes to see Sarah and the
drug took effect and she remembers that she’s Sarah, but appears to talk like a
child.
The Devil reveals himself to Allie when Allie tries to fight
to get Johnny to come back to her. He
then possesses Allie’s body instead. She’s
almost caught by Abigail. Allie as the
Devil has Johnny locked up in the DiMera crypt and she fills him in about
Johnny breaking up with Chanel, Chanel and Allie sleeping together, Allie and
Tripp’s brief engagement that was broken up due to Johnny telling Tripp about
the affair, and that Allie and Chanel are a couple now. Johnny is shocked and hurt, and is worried
what the devil will do next. Allie
returns back home and runs into Chanel.
Chanel and Nicole were worried what happened to her since she gave them
different stories about her whereabouts.
She admits she went to see Johnny.
She breaks up with Chanel. At the
crypt, Andre is there to torture Johnny.
Abigail and Chad almost walk into the crypt, but are interrupted by a
text from Nicole that lets Abigail know
that Allie is back home safe, so they don’t enter the crypt.
Jan places a call to Belle from prison to visit her. Belle goes to the prison and Jan reveals that
she is pregnant with Shawn’s baby. Belle
thinks she’s lying either about being pregnant and/or about who the father
is. Jan proves she is pregnant and tells
her that when Belle walked in on her with Shawn, they did have sex. Belle claims that Shawn said nothing
happened. She goes home to confront
Shawn who admits he did sleep with her when he thought she was Belle and
wonders if he is the father. Belle is
devastated that Shawn lied and she goes to stay with her parents. Shawn confronts Jan in the prison and demand
she take a paternity test. She agrees
and the test proves Shawn is the father.
Belle confides in EJ about what happened and he can semi relate due to
Sami cheating on him with Lucas. Shawn catches
them in an embrace. EJ leaves. Belle is upset to hear that it’s confirmed
that Shawn is the father. Shawn throws
Belle’s affair with Phillip in her face and that he forgave her. He doesn’t understand why she can’t forgive
him considering he was assaulted by Jan.
Belle is upset that he lied.
Ava moves in with Jake in his apartment. Ava takes the bed while Jake sleeps on the
floor. Gabi arrives and thinks they
slept together. Ava makes her believe
they did to get her riled up. Jake
admits that nothing happened. Gabi
eventually believes Jake, but wants Ava to admit that she framed Rafe. She denies it. Gabi wants another chance with Jake, but he’s
not interested.
Nicole and Rafe share a romantic evening and they both admit
that they both had feelings for each other for a long time, but were afraid to
possibly risk losing their friendship.
Kate tries to convince Roman to fire Clyde. Clyde is still interested in Kate and is
shocked to hear that Kate is with Roman.
Clyde later tries to bond with Ciara, but her guard is up. He mentions he wants to make a cradle for the
baby and she lets slip that they are going to have a gender reveal party that evening. He’s initially hurt to hear he’s not invited
so Ciara caves and invites him. Ciara
leaves to inquire about the cake and decorations. EJ visits Clyde and tries to get him to leave
town, but Clyde refuses. Ben walks in on
them just as Clyde turns down EJ’s offer.
(Article written by Adriana Grecco)
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