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Oh, Steffy. I understand what she’s saying that Finn was barely an adult, & Poppy was older (I would only guess her to maybe be within a decade older than Finn, I think she’s quite a but younger than Li), but as ick as all of it is, that is a legal adult, she didn’t do anything illegal there. Gross, questionable & weird? Yes, but not technically a crime. Also, maybe check yourself before you start judging, Missy. You’ve dated your adopted cousin, your step-uncle, married & had a child with your stepsister’s ex, nearly had a child with your father-in-law, your mom dated both your uncle & grandpa then married your step-uncle who was also with both you & your sister, your brother has a kid with your dad’s ex-wife (who divorced your dad for your brother, her rapist), & I’m sure more that are too numerous to mention. Have a seat, there. Lunatic & crazy DaRemi…I’m completely down for this. Granny Sheila didn’t even know how well she set that all up, in any regard. This is the team to watch. Finally, can no one on this show do math? As soon as Finn confirmed he was 18 when he slept with Poppy, she should’ve immediately started adding, especially when Finn said there was more. Maybe I’m just too cynical, but when a man tells his partner about sleeping with another person prior to his current relationship, logic dictates he’s either got an STD or a kid. Herpes would’ve been easier than Lunatic, though. 😏 ,

I’ve never been a huge Hope fan, she’s fine & I don’t despise her, but she’s not my favorite. Today, though, she was my favoritest favorite. She got some zingers in for us, I think she’s reading our board while she’s not busy manipulating Carter to do her bidding. 1. She got a dig about Steffy’s colorful past, when she mentioned Steffy judging the Logans for past sins, while being less-than-perfect herself. 2. Reminding Ridge about all of Brooke’s contributions & how she’s more than deserving of the title she’s ready to hand over to him. Bonus: she drug him for filth about running to Taylor the second Brooke didn’t choose Ridge over her daughter. 3. Finally, someone got to remind Ridge that he used to be a father figure to the woman he called a bitch & a slut. Seeing Brooke grovel to him makes me sick, let him stay with Taylor, Brooke can do better. Heck, Charlie would be better for her than Ridge.

Tons to unpack today. The biggest takeaway: Ridge & Carter have far more chemistry, & far more love for each other than I’ve ever seen either of them show with any romantic pairing (except maaaaaybeeee Ridge & Caroline II). So, Hope has always wanted what Steffy has? Didn’t Steffy put on Hope’s still-warm engagement seconds after Liam got it back from Hope? Didn’t Steffy trap Hope in a gondola so she could marry Liam? The examples are countless, but that’s a 2-way street, & Steffy started all of it.

I’m totally the opposite…in another life, Charlie turned a robot into a real girl, maybe in this life he can turn a real girl into a robot so Steffy’s job will be easier! 🤣🤣 For real, I’d love for LePew to fall for Charlie & totally thwart Steffy’s idiotic plan, which will undoubtedly come to an end anyway as soon as she finds out that Sheila, Jr. is her stepdaughter.

I’m honestly bored with the show (until Finn being Lunatic’s father comes out & we get to see the fallout, including Sheila swooping in to bond with her brand new granddaughter). However, my biggest takeaway from yesterday: why are Taylor & Brooke going at each other, while Ridge basically stands around watching? I’ve said this millions of times in my life, & never has it been more applicable than in this never ending TOD: any person that’s actually worth fighting over is never going to let themselves be fought over. If Ridge was worth the gum on the bottom of my running shoes, he’d never, ever let 2 women fight over him, he’d choose one (or better yet, never get his trifling self in that situation) & that’d be the end of it. Why these 2 educated women are purposely fighting over this doofus is just incomprehensible. I second the above suggestion, put Brooke & Jack in scenes together, I’d like to test that chemistry.

Nope, but he did just find out he’s a father! 🤣 I thought for sure they’d show Finn reacting to the test without showing the results, I am shocked that they told us that Finn is the father today. Can’t wait for Steffy to find out that Hayes shares DNA with both Sheila & Lunatic!

This show is so frustrating, starting with the pacing. Steffy begs to come back to Forrester, & apparently later that day (she’s wearing the same outfit ~ green pants & print shirt she begged in) she’s working in the office she caught Hope “seducing” Finn in. That’s dang good HR, they work fast. This $Bill plan is so stupid. 1) How does he think no one is ever going to just drop in? Has he met Katie? 2) They started it Friday, but what’s the plan if anyone visits Luna in prison? Tell them she always has diarrhea & is unavailable? Just so dumb. 3) When are we going to find out how $Bill, who got Sheila to confess to murder, on-camera, but couldn’t get that to stick, snapped his fingers & got Luna released? Ridiculous. I don’t know how to say this in a way that’s not insulting to the actress, but this “Daphne is the most seductive seductress to ever seduce” is just falling way flat. Perhaps it’s the lack of charm, or the constant smell-her-before-they-see-her, or maybe it’s my least favorite quality in any human: inexplicable arrogance. Whatever, she’s just not being well-received. Honestly, they could’ve gone a different route, & brought RB in as a tweaked version of this character, (& left Taylor off-screen as they should’ve) & let RB’s natural charisma take center stage the way DD’s natural charisma & charm has made $Bill such a great character. It would’ve gone way better than it currently is going, Or, they could’ve gone for brass & tried to get Vanessa Marcil, who has charisma jumping off the screen. Huge missed opportunity.

Riddle me this…how is Finn, who’s a doctor, unable to count backwards from 40 weeks, to get a clue that he might’ve gotten his aunt pregnant?? All of a sudden, 20 years later, his math is mathing? I’m guessing he gave her a neck massage in her office, & she instantly fell in love with him. The Poppy actress has the best skin on the show. Holy cow do I covet her perfect skin. Also, Ted King’s eyes are still the best actors on this show. I may post this every day until it isn’t true, which means it’ll be posted every day.

Ted King’s eyes are the best actors on this entire show.

I can’t even believe I’m going to say this, but I have to issue a compliment: I think JMW looks so much better with the shorter, softer brownish hair, & the toned-down makeup. It’s so much more flattering on her. I can’t believe any adult would fall for Steffy’s nonsense, let alone someone who attended law school, passed the bar, & snaked the family company from those greedy bastards right under their noses. Please tell me Carter sees through this. Steffy: “This is my family’s company, & I want to work here, in any managerial capacity that yields power that you see fit. Oh, not beside Brooke. And eyeroll that Hope for the Future is back. I’m also watching you, Carter, but I’m a total team player, so who’s getting my coffee Monday morning?”

There was a lot to unpack today, considering it was a pretty boring episode. • Ridge’s “we’ve got the house to ourselves…” damn, guy, you’ve chaired a fashion corporation for decades, you come from millions, & your 2nd choice / current love interest is a “world-renowned psychologist” TM, how can you neither one afford a place of your own?? • I despise Ridge, but that dress was gorgeous, & it looked stunning on RB. • Speaking of RB, I genuinely love her. She’s adorable & charming, & so very wasted as Taylor, & even boring, drippy Taylor is wasted on Ridge. Criminal on both parts. • Steffy seducing Finn, but stopping to call Mommy to see if she’s joining them for dinner, then when finding out her parents are playing kissy-face, she goes immediately back to humping Finn. I should’ve counted the number of words he said, no kidding, he couldn’t have possibly spit out 20 words the entire episode. Having said all of that, I’d donate $1 to Anti-Hope for the Future if Ridge would stop mid-make-out & complain that his face is still too sore from the Brooke slap to continue kissing.

Dayum…why do I feel like the best episode of the year already happened on January 6? • Brooke bitchslapped her hobo in spectacular fashion. • Brooke cut him down prior to the bitchslap for the way he speaks about Hope. I wish she would’ve gotten in a Steffy dig, but she still did good. • Brooke told the hobo she’s over it, I’m praying she meant it. • Brooke shoulder-knocked boring Taylor (Taylor is boring, but I still love RB) on her way out. I’m not even a huge Brooke fan, but I’m all in for this version of Brooke.

Finally some forward-movement in the Electra story. Good on Ivy, sitting there, sipping her wine, side-eyeing that creeper Remi. She’s always entertaining. I’m glad Electra saw the pix, it was sooner than I expected. Guess when you reeeeeeallllllly love someone, you make a shrine of them in the bathroom. I figured it was in the bedroom, but when she saw it in the mirror, I was legit surprised. I wonder how she’s going to get out of there, because you know he’ll high-tail it up there the second he finds out Deacon inexplicably sent her up there. If it’d been nutter Sheila that sent Electra up, I would’ve assumed she sat that up on purpose, knowing what was in the bathroom.

I’m so irritated at this show that all I really have the energy to complain about is the fact that they shared this week’s cliffhanger during last week’s preview. Seriously, a cliffhanger is to keep people interested & tuned back in. When you tell & show us a week in advance what’s going to happen, it makes us not so excited to watch. I know people say Bridge in its’ current incarnation has no chemistry. But Tridge is actually worse. I really like RB, but I think she is tragically miscast as Taylor, because given the right character, she could give $Bill a run for his money in the charm department, this based on seeing her in interviews & shows as herself, no acting. They should’ve brought her on as a new character, not boring Taylor. Just my 2¢. This show is so drab, I’m looking forward to seeing Pam next week.

Damn, what a repugnant, greasy weasel. To fix his mouth to call Hope a bitch in front of her mother/his destiny, & Carter, whom he know Hope is involved with…I have no words. Carter has never been hotter than he was in that moment (well, maybe the beginning of Quarter). If Brooke dared call Steffy a bitch, even though Steffy has always treated Brooke like less-than, Ridge would boil over. I don’t agree with Hope & Carter’s methods, but I’m tired of the Forresters always winning, & it’s time they lose for a while, so I’m reluctantly on team Harter. This is the kind of story that could be a canvas story. Have Hope & Carter leave, $Bill help fund a new fashion house, Katie does PR, Brooke could be CEO, whatever. $Bill would be all over helping stick it to the dressmaker.