Unwarranted

Shira: Yes!

Let's see, Liam is the prize here? Steffy is so mad to be missing out on this guy? Liam, you might notice that Steffy has the makings of an abuse-ess, you liked that? There's more where that came from, if you fight for it. Give up that beautiful, calm girl, and you can be sweeping up broken crockery every Sunday, and have your tongue tied in knots. How will you explain those bruises on your face to the guys at work? Cock your head, roll your eyes, and say, "Well, ah..."

Aren't designer and CEO both full-time jobs? I would think Ridge SHOULDN'T be CEO so he could continue to put out those fabulous gowns he designs. I would like to see Katie in there, holding on to both arms of her chair, daring anybody to take it away from her. Two secretaries and one bodyguard. (One of the secretaries could be a young male, why not?)

"Plus Katie would be PIIIISSSEEEDDD so that's a bonus." Katie would be shooting tears out of her eyes like bullets, sharp teeth chewing the air. Everybody, including the dock-loading guy, would clear the area.

There is something about the way John McCook uses his eyebrows that I love. Jacob Young has really been putting everything into his scenes--but not overdoing it. Really believable. Deacon needs a more flattering photo in that opening parade of the cast. He's good looking, folks. But you'd never know it. If beauty rules the world, Ivy will soon own it. Kind of strange, Eric talking about never getting over the pain of losing Brooke, when she's available now. TK Ridge getting blamed for everything RM Ridge did reminds me of the woman with multiple personalities--one personality would run around at night, and the other would wake up tired in the morning.

If Katie, by some swicheroo, became CEO of Forrester, it would produce plenty of drama. Katie would be over Ridge, and that contact would provide her with lots of opportunities to both flirt with him and punish him (for not being in love with her). She would take deep satisfaction being over everybody she's known all her life. She could keep an eye on Brooke, and interfere with any romantic connections Brooke seems to be making. Paris is still there, if needed. By the way, does anybody know where Thorne is?

Brooke hasn't done any great thinking since she came back from Milan. She's either overly involved in her adult children's lives or not at all. And not at all in the life of her growing--I guess he's growing--boy away at boarding school, while she coddles her grown, sad sack son. She decides that she and ex-con Deacon are partners as parents to absent, grown Hope, who is moping somewhere in Europe. Five minutes without a boyfriend, and she has to take to drink. This is the person who should be in charge of FC? What do you say, Eric? Hmm, yeah, I see it.

Eric does change his "mind." He didn't care that Rick was making the others unhappy, or that he fired a pistol at work until the Maya tabloid stories came out. Then it was no longer, "I'm proud of you, son," but "It's time for you to step down."

Maya had a reason to be mean to Caroline, Caroline had been mean to her. And Caroline had Rick, the guy Maya wanted back. Maya has allowed the minor mistreatment of Ivy and Alli, but I think I heard her say, "Rick," like she was going to stop him, but then she said, "You are so bad." If more secure, like married, I think she would have gotten him to stop that nonsense. She understands what Rick needs and gives it to him. I have never warmed up to Steffy, although she seems to want people to like her, she seems to expect to be liked. Funniest scene with her was her in that wedding getup--dress, veil, mountain boots--to marry Liam. Pleasantest scenes with her, getting seriously involved with Bill. I would be glad of several repeats of that. The one who raises the hackles on my neck is Katie. She is about to get back into action, I think, and we'll get to see a full-blown righteousness attack. And, if Bill goes after Steffy, complete and total scolding, utter condemnation, full-on frontal crying, with or without ring-tossing and child-withholding. Her smug happiness at one-upping Brooke while Brooke was down took away any points her intelligent, pleasant banter might have gotten her.

Rick: Nope, nope. I won't look.

I realize that people have to have a strong motivation to go through surgery, hormone treatment, and other people's disapproval, so I should be strictly in the it's their business department, but from a personal, trivial, sitting-on-the-sidelines standpoint, and knowing that what I feel doesn't even matter, I wish they would go with what their DNA is, and dress and act as they please, but leave their body alone.

And after you reveal that you have HIV, vaginal warts, genital harpies, AND other STD's, are you still going to have sex? And what about those genital harpies, are they really obnoxious? Sorry, Waldo, I couldn't resist. Typos are heck, aren't they?

I don't know about Bill being such a bigot. He didn't make anything of Caroline having two mothers. Big Bear has been mentioned a lot, so I vote for the big revelation to happen there. Big Bear is often the scene of big, outlandish doings. If I were Maya, I don't believe I'd go there.

I want a seat in the front row.

Isn't Thorne in Paris? It's hard to tell.

Maya's boyfriend may have been a very successful gangster, and paid for her transformation because he was in love with her/him, but didn't want to be gay.

Rick dresses pretty cute for a guy who doesn't know anything about design.

Easy for you to say.

KKL has always been smart about her appearance, and the gaunt face, surrounded by limp hair that we were treated to during Brooke's alcoholic days really called for a revision. Much as I cringe from done faces, hers looks more freshened than weird, so she has steered clear of Taylor levels of revising. She looks better, younger, and only a little, just a very little, strange.

I am remembering that Steffy's aborted romance with Bill was pretty hot, and if they will reinstate that, it will be worth their bringing her back. Collateral damage to the smug and self-righteous Katie wouldn't be bad, either.

This story has gone on so long, it's hard to imagine anybody being shocked by it now. So ho-hum. If you just think about Rick, though, it will mean a real shifting of gears for him. My guess would be, in real life, he would be nice about it, but say he had counted on fathering some kids, and that changes things for him. But this isn't real life. We know it's going to be something PC, and for drama's sake, there needs to be a change. Maybe he will say, everything's great, I've always wanted a transgendered girlfriend, but you weren't honest with me, so that's all, folks.

Did anybody else notice what looked like a fluttering hand tapping on Bill's right shoulder, like somebody was crouched down behind him? Katie seemed to notice it, too, as she was turning just as Bill was turning in response to it. Then we cut.

You forgot Rick is a bully, and people are trying to discover his secret.

I think we need to look into what happened in Milan to make Brooke so wild and weird.

Deacon made a pretty good Senior Wences, too. So funny. I went to YouTube to watch Senior Wences again.