smartyshorts

I'm guessing Luna came off her "timeout step" because she somehow knows who Remy is. I know she heard Will and Electra talk about him, but I cant figure out how she knows what he looks like. Maybe this is a "test" for Luna and she is failing miserably. And when did Remy hear about the double murderer intern? Did he and Electra even talk that much outside his lame stalking attempts? But, why did he jump straight to that? Oh Bill.....Bill, Bill, Bill.... you let some guy who was recommended by SHEILA of all people, wander around in your house...ALONE???? Didn't even take him to where the actual HVAC unit is??? And HOW does he not have a maintenance staff for this stuff? I get that he cant have them on the premises full time, but not even on call? He had to call Horizon Services or something to come check the Freon? I guess this will be one of the stories that goes lightning speed while we will be waiting until St Patrick's day for Steffy's husband to tell New Casual Barbie Steffy that the cutest lil murderer in Bel Aire is his daughter. And although show is obviously pointing to Hope being the manipulative mastermind, I don't mind that she is lobbing some truth grenades in the process. At this point Hope needs to pack up her forgotten daughter and go back to Italy or wherever she went after she dissolved into bubbles after confronting Quinn last time. Maybe she can take a turn at terrorizing Steffy when she inevitably shows up at some "mental health spa retreat". I'd love to see Steffy all on her own without her sycophant entourage getting berated on the daily. And I just....can't even realistically deal with whatever self flagellation Brooke has going on. Unless she is just trying to get Ridge to waffle back to her so she can burn his toast in the most publicly humiliating way possible.

We didn't get Friday's show in this area due to EAGLES! But I think I can piece together what happened. More repetitions of Hope is the baddest Bad B!tch that ever badded. No matter what evidence there is to contradict that. I liked Hope's green dress. Poor girl...her lover and her MOTHER both love Ridge and crave his validation more than her. She is ALWAYS losing to or being humiliated by Ridge or GirlRidge Jr.

Does that mean Steffy will run off to her favorite solarium in some undefined European country again? Will she take Daphne with her?

Daphne is Elmo.

I finally figured out why Daphne LaPew is giving me the icks...she reminds me of a middle schooler or young high school girl doing her best to act "grown up" and seductive to seduce a male teacher. The weird serpentine walking, the upcast eyes, leaning in too close....it smacks of a very immature child trying to act mature. Or like a grown woman, acting like a child who is trying to be a grown up. Is anyone picking up what I'm putting down? As for this Luna nonsense.... WHAT IS THE PLAN, BILL? Does he plan to keep this young woman in his house for the next 15 years? Is he working on moving her somewhere else? Is he getting off on her "true crime" stories that he keeps asking her to repeat? Maybe after getting Sheila to confess he unlocked a new kink for himself. I for one don't believe Luna grew up the way she is saying. I think her childhood is exactly what was presented when she and Poppy first came on the show. But Luna has found an "angle" and she is using the hell out of it! And she is going to confess/cry her way into an opportunity to escape justice. Truthfully, I hope it works. Lucky for her (and Bill, I guess) Will enters every room talking every time. Even when he sneaks in the back way. *How'd they get in that balcony. Isn't that the one Sheila fell/jumped off of to escape? There aren't any stairs to it...I don't think. As for this Brooke/Taylor/Scruff McDuck nonsense...I don't think either woman really wants Ridge anymore. Its all about who can "win" him.

Wouldn't the safest thing to do be to send her to a "safehouse" somewhere with a bodyguard who can fall in love with her and end up assisting her in more nefarious deeds later this year? What happens if Will decides his Mom is too much of an interfering busybody and he wants to stay with Dad? Is Poppy just never going to check on her daughter ever again? Do they plan to fake Luna's death? Will that FINALLY wipe the perpetual scowl off Li's face? Anything going on over at Bath and Body Works, Forrester edition is beyond the gates dumb. I will say I like that they've given Steffy a softer more normal human look for this ridiculous story. Will she start showing up at Forrester in poodle skirts and penny loafers to show how "harmless" she is? If Carter & Co wanted to lend legitimacy, should've made Steffy just a figurehead with no real power. Have her be the "face" and show up in promotional materials and take meetings with buyers etc, but not give her any access to ANYTHING, including executive offices! And, has Forrester ever had a President before? Why not make herself Lord High Commander if she's just going to pull titles out of her ass.

Maybe $Bill will send Luna to assassin school and she can reach her full potential. Why did he need a blow by blow of the murders? She already confessed, more than once, to multiple people. Her "killer hat" is so cute! We were screaming "Run into the OPEN and BUSY restaurant that is steps away, Electra!!! But I'll admit I haven't giggled so much since Ridge chased the previous Taylor up a mountain for ten minutes.

As dumb as this Luna sidebar is, I'm always happy to see that cute lil psycho on my screen actually ACTING with some ability. I know she's running a con, but I'm getting sucked into her sob story. I guess Remy's reign of creep is almost over...how does he come back from this? Poor Deacon, down yet ANOTHER staff member. Katie can stiff her sorries in a sack. I'm glad no Ridge or Ridge adjacent stories, and I'm eternally grateful.

Have I mentioned how incredibly stupid this "corporate takeover" plot is? Lets say Ridge and Steffy and Eric all begrudgingly step down from...whatever job they supposedly do. They will of COURSE poison the well and none of Forester's previous backers are going to do business with them or partner with Carter in this Fine Cheeses and Leather Goods empire. I still like my idea better...sell it off. Use the profit to make Hope for the Future into a separate entity. But the way this was done, Carter will never be able to realize his global brand dreams. With the way things normally go on this show, how long til Finn and/or Liam slither over to Forester to voice their anger and deep disappointment?

If I was Carter, I'd sell the company off piecemeal. Ride off into the sunset (or onto a diff show) with a cool billion before the Forrester Dinosaurs could even finish gathering their belongings and be escorted to the elevators. Let $Bill pick up those scraps and give it to Poppy and Luna to run into the ground. So if Carter is manager... he can appoint Brooke as CEO, can he hire Justin as COO? Cuz that would be another delicious slap to The BiaB and her father. Now where will Taylor go to hang out all day? Will Finn have to actually do his job FROM HIS JOB location?

If only Brooke could or would utter those words. And MEAN it. If Hope could pull a 'Luna Nozowa' and reveal she has been a scheming power hungry femme fatal and corporate shark the whole time, we would collectively fall outta our chairs. Can't wait for Steffy to go on a level 4 rampage. Gee, won't that be fun. /s. How long til she forbids Liam from even seeing his 'other daughter', and he finally initiates the nasty custody battle that should've happened when she got with Thomas. In my mind I rationalize Steffy's unhealthy fixation on her Mom and Dad being together is because she knows the only time her mother stays in town is when she can throw her limp dish rag on or at Ridge. Bonus if she can "steal" him fom Brooke. Those two cackling hens squawking abt how absolutely awful the "Logans" are was just too much.

It would've made so much more sense for Brooke to confront Hope and Carter as soon as she heard them plotting. She could have told those two knuckleheads to knock it off and read them the riot act. And when Hope inevitably begged her mother to keep her secret...AGAIN...Brooke could just remind her that she has been keeping secrets for Hope for months but this is too much. But nope she ran straight to that Greasy Hobo (who was so excited that his backup chew toy was at his office that he couldn't be bothered to ask questions about the sketchy nature of some important tax documents!) And spilled ALL of Hope's tea. Andplusalso... the plan is dumb. They're making Hope sound like she really is manipulating Carter. "I know this is so hard for you...but YOU HAVE TO DO IT. for You, of course" I'm gonna need Hope to get some real therapy to figure out why she and everyone around her keeps saying she is out of character, irrational, not herself. It's been remarked on so many times by so many people that it's upsetting that it isn't being addressed. Carter, Carter, Carter..my COO in Christ...the people have said they don't want to do your plan. You went to Eric, who DID sit and hear you out but still said No. Perhaps it's time to put a pin in it, circle back in like 6 months or a year. Even I am finding this Push for a global brand of Wines and Cheeses and Fine Leather Goods to be overhyped and annoying. Why is the clock ticking so loudly for him? It makes me giggle to think this multi millionare $Bill Spencer gets mail delivered to a regular mailbox at his HOME.

I'd like Carter to pretend to Acquiesce, get that ridiculous request in writing (since he is ACTING CFO as well as COO) then turn FC in to the IRS. And resign three days before the inevitable audit. Cuz the way Ridge spoke to him was deplorable, but predictable. I've definitely been there..someone you thought was your friend really only used you to fulfill an agenda. It hurts so bad and makes you doubt your own instincts. Can you imagine the fallout if Brooke decides to pause or shut down Brooke's bedroom line? That's the only successful thing Forester has going on right now. No father/son design competition will save them, even if Esther Valentine and Marie Osmond buy 5 gowns each! Luna is such a cute lil' psycho. Love her! Can she get a good disguise (no magic plastic surgery, please. I want to keep this actress!) And haunt Taylor and Steffy as Phoebe? Since HFTF has been scrapped, did RJ already leave to travel the world and post tik tok dances, or whatever he was doing?

Although I knew Victor was a goner, the way Oz did it, up close and personal right after Victor declared he felt like Oz was family...that hit me so hard. Probably harder than it should have. And to toss his ID, so no one would even know who he was...ugh, that was more villain than I could stomach. I started ugly sobbing. It took me back to "The Wire" days. I too was overjoyed that Francis got to tell Oz that she knew he was the absolute devil and he NEVER got to hear her say she was "proud".

It sweet that you think the writers have long term story arcs. These are the same writers that change story direction and character motivation from week to week. Sometimes day to day. Continuity is their enemy. They use flashbacks from the SAME DAY. Anyhoodle I'm glad someone finally told Zende that the line he has been working so hard on has been unceremoniously shit canned. He was already pissed about getting overlooked.... jumping ship along with the line would be his best chance for infamy. Otherwise he will be stacking boxes with Will. Speaking of SmileBright...when he joked to the models that he had been made CIO and they believed him... spoke volumes on how that company is run. All of this EMPHASIS on Hope being in the frumpiest lingerie on the rack. Does that mean if Hope had been in her regular work clothes, she could've grabbed SteffysHusband's junk and it wouldn't have been a big deal? Everyone: It's bad for business to fire people for personal reasons. Steffy: Here is my deeply personal reason that has nothing to do with work ..."So you see", it was just business! I hope Carter's ominous words means he has a lawyer on retainer to sue Forrester Creations in to the ground. I was promised Luna this week. I'd better get a whole lot of Luna tomorrow! And she'd better be UNHINGED.