Bold and Beautiful Soaps Rant June 6-10.
Last week I ranted about cat fights, loose morals and gaslighting on B&B. Stalled stories inched forward this week as Ridge finally agreed to go home to Brooke, Carter decided to give it another try with Paris and Sheila conveniently reunited with an old friend.
Brooke and Ridge: No more sneakin’ Deacon
After her humiliating dismissal by her own damn husband, this week Brooke came up with a plan to win Ridge back—and it worked! Too bad it involves throwing Deacon out with the trash.
I love when Brooke comes up with one of her crazy plots that only we know will end in disaster. This is consistent with the assured but slightly delusional woman we’ve known for 35 years.
Brooke always falls off the horse but gets right back on. She will do anything for love, at least for a while.
I just wish this story had more dimension. Brooke could have told Hope and Deacon what Man Baby Ridge wanted and then broke down what was actually going to happen.
Brooke: “It’s just for now. Be patient. Ridge will realize that Deacon saved his daughter’s life and he will trust me again. But for now, go hang out somewhere else.”
That would be totally Brooke—promising to be honest and immediately manipulating the situation in a way that is sure to blow up in her face. DRAMA! But I can’t be on Brooke’s side when she’s already lying to herself about why she’s throwing Deacon out.
Brooke: “This isn’t coming from Ridge. This is my idea!”
Uh, no. We saw it happen.
This is like the 50th Brooke and Ridge reunion so none of this is moving me. It’s all stale and boring. Come up with something new. 😒 #BoldandBeautiful
— melly (@tami2205) June 7, 2022
Long-term healthy relationships have challenges. People stay together because the good outweighs the bad.
Not our Ridge. He runs for the Hollywood Hills every time there’s a whiff of a challenge. The he comes back with his new set of rules for his woman to abide by or else.
Hope acting like a 12 year old. You have MONEY! Go take your dusty father out to eat, he don’t have to come to the property. #BoldtheBeautiful
— Darnecia (@Konfident_Pearl) June 8, 2022
Deacon being barred from his own daughter’s home makes no sense, even if you don’t consider how many of Ridge’s former paramours are still lurking about. Barring Deacon from chez Brooke is just Ridge flexing so he feels better about himself.
Two things: When you’ve spent your entire adult life trying to make the same relationship work, is that really a happily ever after? And a husband dictating who his wife can and cannot be friends with is one of the warning signs of abuse. Just saying.
What should happen next? Brooke and Ridge make up again. Taylor is left out in the cold and considers what’s next. Story focus shifts to other characters for a while.
Loading ...Quinn and Carter: Less chumping more humping
Quinn and Carter are still stuck in first gear with this stupid plot that only serves to make them both look like chumps. Their repetitive dialogue is dull as dirt and scenes can only be distinguished by costume changes. Dear writers, why are you actively making one of your hottest couples less hot?
I just hope Quinn takes Winnie to the cleaners because she was going to divorce that man & didn’t care what he gave her. He stayed with her to punish her. #BoldandBeautiful
— Literature Queen 🙎🏾♀️ (@DePettiestPeach) June 8, 2022
Can we have a few scenes with Quinn talking to her friend Shauna? Quinn and Carter have been saying the same things to each other for weeks—blah blah blah. If you’re going to repeat dialogue, do it with different players.
In the dumbest move of the week, Carter told Quinn that life is precious and you can’t waste a minute so he’s going to enter into a loveless relationship with Paris. Is Carter really dumb enough to think getting involved with the nutty Buckingham family is a good idea? Apparently so.
If I didn’t watch this show and saw Paris and Carter kissing, I’d think it was a story about a teenage girl bonking her best friend’s dad.
The character of Grace would work as written if it had been established that she’s conservative and religious. Then I would understand her trying to “save” Paris from the same man who “ruined” Zoe.
Without any explanation for her desperate moves, Grace just comes off like a nut job. Actress and character are being tragically wasted on this assignment.
What should happen next? Give us something, anything to explain Grace’s obsession with her grown daughter’s love life. Is she cRaZy or does she just need some loving? Have her figure out what’s going on with Quinn and Carter and expose them to save her “little girl.”
Loading ...Sheila will see you now
Sheila’s behind bars (for now), but it’s barely put a dent in her social life. They’ve got a very liberal visitor policy at in County Jail. Who knew?
Detective Baker has been reduced to essentially being Sheila’s jail butler—introducing her next visitor, making heavy handed comments about how she’s never getting out of jail and talking up his delusion that it was his crack detecting skills that put Sheila behind bars.
Detective Baker, who still doesn’t seem to know that Finn’s body has gone missing, should consider retirement. Maybe there’s a sexy, smarter Junior Detective Baker who could move up the ranks and into the drama.
Li, who can’t resist having another “You’re not his mother, I’m his mother!” smackdown with Sheila showed up again for another argument. What’s more ridiculous? Li, potential witness for prosecution, visiting the defendant in lockup or that she’s once again left comatose Finn home alone?
Li pretending that Finn is dead and taunting Sheila with it is good drama but kinda psycho, no? The good doctor got cocky and slipped up with her verb tense and now Sheila is wondering what’s really going on.
This is the new standard for Bold and Beautiful villains—they just tell their rival what they did by mistake. Sheila’s done it twice. There’s a bad pattern of uninspired plotting happening.
What should happen next? Why isn’t Sheila’s attorney a character? I imagine her being a ballsy Gloria Allred type, played by a soap fan fave guest star.
Lady Lawyer would know that the best defense she could give Sheila is to muddy the waters—drag out every skeleton from the Forrester walk-in closets and make the jurors believe that everyone has it in for Sheila.
It won’t get Sheila off but the courtroom scenes would be epic!
Loading ...Random Thoughts
Why can’t Katie meet a great guy who isn’t related to anyone and hasn’t screwed one of her sisters? Katie is wealthy and attractive and her kid’s in boarding school. She’s a catch and shouldn’t still be pining for the husband that divorced her and married her sister.
Bold and Beautiful has a sizeable cast, but we haven’t seen a handful of characters in months. Of course, not everyone can have a story, so bring the folks on the sidelines back for talk-to moments like Katie’s brunch with her Logan kin. That way we don’t stop caring about lesser characters—or forget their names.
Lastly, @SoapSass hit the nail on the head, not just for B&B but for all soaps. There are not enough women behind the scenes making creative decisions about our shows—and it shows.
I’m so, so tired of the boys’ club in daytime. This is a genre for women, controlled by men. That’s why it’s failing. IDC if you disagree.
— Petty Betty Scorpio (@SoapSass) June 11, 2022
What do you think? Will the new #Bridge stand the test of time? Will Paris buy what Carter is selling? Will Sheila and Mike pull off a prison break? Like and comment below, then follow me on Twitter @mattFarris.