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A wrongful termination action against FC and Steffy/Ridge would get real messy. Largely because absolutely no one behaves professionally in that office, including Hope and Carter. Heck, Hope once tried to slap Steffy. (I'm sure we'd see footage from heretofore unseen cameras documenting that attempted assault.) And lingerie'd atop the CEO's husband? Hope might still prevail but she would take many public hits to get there. And how exactly is Carter going to just assert his managerial position of the LLC? "Haha, mfers, I'm in charge! Beat it!" "Make us." The end. In the real world, Carter could only enforce his rights legally, i.e., in court. And in court, he'd have to prove he was authorized to name himself manager. And there was no such authorization. Moreover, he'd likely be sued for fraud, civilly, and charged with the same crime criminally. He'd be toast. But BelLA law prevails so Ridge and Steffy will probably just slink out of the office, promising retribution at a later date.

Not sure if these are acting choices from LSV but that is the absolute wrong way to speak to your boss(es). “Don’t talk to me like I’m an employee!” ?! Bruv, you are an employee! And as an employee, your bosses are under zero obligation to flesh out your ideas that will irrevocably change the character of their 60-year-old company and burden said company with billions of dollars of debt. You do not have skin in this game. It’s their money, not yours. That’s the advantage of being an employee. You can bounce whenever you like. Debt-free!

It's true there are questions to be asked about LingerieGate but those answers can come only from Hope. And she's not talking. I just don't see how Steffy/Ridge/Taylor are supposed to believe Hope when she says she wasn't trying to seduce Finn. Finn knows Hope kissed him after expresing feelings for him and then she "fell" on top of him wearing lingerie. Why would he think she wasn't hitting on him again? And Steffy is aware of what's happened before, then she saw Hope on top of Finn with her own eyes. Telling her she didn't see what she saw (without providing an actual explanation - something more than "that's not what happened") is the worst kind of gaslighting. So Carter is willing to commit fraud, potentially get disbarred and perhaps get jail time for naming himself "Manager" of the Forrester LLC, something none of the owners of the company authorized? Why? And then, if he gets that far, he's going to put his "global brand" plan in motion, leveraging FC for billions of dollars, all without buy-in from the Forresters? And, again, when the axe falls, all of the consequences will redound to Carter, not Hope. This guy is criminally stupid.

I figured. But there's still muscle memory borne of years of training and application. What's that? I'm an unrealistic realist, you say? Heh. Probably.

Drew making the SEALs look bad. Untrained brawler Jason gets the best of him? Yikes. The Navy should get its money back. ETA, wonder if there will be a WTD with Molly, TJ and Isaiah.

No real-world operations apply here. Carter referred to himself as "Head of Counsel". The actual title is "General Counsel". And if he's thinking about signing his name to paperwork to make himself CEO, a single call to the State Bar would have him in a whole bunch of trouble. With legal action to follow. And he's willing to do this, throw his career, relationships and life away for Hope? Whom he just kissed a few weeks ago? And who, at the end of the day, is Brooke's daughter so she has plenty of money and will never ever be fully persona non grata with the Forresters. Carter has no such ties so he will be out.

IIRC, Brian's (of Brian and Claudia) [standard-Port-Charles-deadbeat] dad was played by Sammy Davis, Jr.

The problem with Steffy (ok, one of several) is that she's a "boss", not a leader. She barks orders and speaks in brusque, clipped tones like she's some kind of badass. But all she is is a bully. She directs and commands but she doesn't inspire or lead or protect. Leaders lead, and the best of them think of it as more a service position, taking care of their people, etc. Bosses just bark. Steffy's a "boss". ETA, I thought KKL did a good job in her conversation with "Taylor' yesterday. She was direct and not whiny. And she wasn't afraid of shifting the tone of the conversation, like when RB chuckled at the idea of Brooke seeing her and Ridge in yabyum. She just said quietly but directly "I didn't think it was funny." Well done.

I like Carter but he's acting very out of character. And Steffy is right to finally shut him down. He's getting real comfortable as "a member of the family", talking to Steffy any kind of way. Even actual family members can't do that at work where Steffy is their boss. And withholding the fact that Cope is a thing just makes this SL even dumber. "Ridge, you don't understand!" "Steffy, that's not what happened!" It's like Gaslighting for Dummies. Steffy saw Hope on top of her husband in lingerie. But she's not supposed to think the woman who kissed her husband is hitting on him again? Offer her receipts. Just tell her the truth. Jeez.

This SL is so . . . off. First of all, while Carter's plan is ambitious and seems to be well-conceived, he is taking it far too personally that the Forresters aren't jumping on this. It's not his money on the line. It's not his company whose entire identity will be altered. It's not his company that could fail. This endeavor would cost at least a billion dollars. That's money the Forresters don't have so they'd have to take on investors which they don't want to do. Eric is, in all ways that are important, a dressmaker. That's what he does and that's what he loves. He was never much of a CEO and certainly couldn't head up the international conglomerate Carter envisions like LVMH which owns Dior, Tiffany, Bulgari, etc. Carter is being a baby. Second, no, Carter, FC is not Hope's "birthright". As it seems any issues of ownership and stock apportionments have disapperared, we're left with FC being owned by Forresters only. As such, Brooke has no stock and Hope has no stock. So, it's not the "birthright" of anyone other than Eric's children (yes, including Ridge Marone, Eric and Stephanie's firstborn and favorite child). Even though Brooke contributed significantly to FC's bottom line, and HFTF may have as well, the bottom line is no one named Logan has any ownership in FC. Finally, Hope and Carter? "I love you" after only three or four kisses over the last couple weeks? Really?!

I, too, think Steffy's really quite over-the-top rude, dismissive, berating treatment of Hope is setting Hope up for an epic comeback. It just has to be. However out of the blue it may be, Carter is on her side. As will her family. I'm usually Team Forrester and I find the Logans seriously cloying but I don't know what the writers are going for here. If Steffy doesn't experience some sort of reversal/consequences here, it'll be the result of really piss-poor writing.

I've been off the barge for a few years (tuning back in now to see ES and JJ) but I must confess I've never liked Diane. The Smug is just too strong with that one. Not Carly-level, but still bad. Is it odd that Diane reads as "older" than ES and FH who are, in real life, older than she is?

Don't think there's any concern that Hope is being coerced or taken advantage of by Carter. She's already setting the rules for their burgeoning "relationship". She's the lead and Carter's following.

In a Season 4, this show may go a soapier route with Yasmin pregnant (quite possible based on her in coitus dialogue with Rob) and the child's true parentage in question. Maybe Henry, in that overly-blase manner of the titled uber-wealthy, doesn't really care whether he's the father. Or maybe he does and there's a conflict with Rob who wants to assert his rights. I like Yas but I'd rather see more Pierpoint shenanigans.

I think Yas dismissed Alondra for the same reason Eric fired Kenny: Alondra saw Yas' emotional vulnerability. And Yas can't abide someone, especially a "subordinate", having seen her in that state.