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I wonder, too, if it would mean something to Zende that Brooke told him about her plan the first chance she got, but Steffy and Ridge haven't told him jack shit about this plan. So, who is it that really treats him like family?

I keep noticing the similarities, too. But, like you, I just can't get why he'd do it. The Sheila thing ultimately didn't result in her going to jail. And, the authorities already had what they needed on Luna. Even if they didn't, and needed a confession, she already detailed exactly what she did when Bill was visiting in jail, and she has again since being in his house. I can't imagine what more anyone would need. I think this really is them thinking they're salvaging Luna. They're painting Poppy as a monster and having Bill play sympathetic ear to how Luna says she suffered being raised by her, because they think the audience is going to be on board with however they eventually free her. And I can get wanting to salvage her somehow, because the actress is good, but I just don't think this is the way.

We're finally getting to someone finding out Luna isn't in jail. Isn't this what she's been trying to do every single day? That's not a spoiler. I will die laughing if Zende ruins Steffy's plan. Why is Electra talking to Will about Luna? And which family is Finn holding together? Brooke, please, stop. Grab some self respect, I beg of you.

That nurse is wandering around the hospital thinking "OK, both of the Doctors Finnegan are losing it." Also, Finn's face in the previews for next week was hysterical. I rewound just to watch that shit a second time. "She's a gold digger. She's a Logan." Bitch, the Logans have their own money. And, for the seven millionth time, Carter was the one who knew about the LLC papers and came up with the idea. Carter. Hope went along with it and supported him in it, but Carter was the driving force. Carter is the one running the company. Did Steffy not notice that Hope was not sitting in on Carter's meeting with Daphne? She has to have some inkling that Hope, if she was calling the shots, would not have taken her back on as president. I'm shocked that Ridge spent so much time without Taylor surgically attached to him the past two episodes. Daphne has never heard the word "subtle" has she? I still wouldn't be surprised if Carter fell for it, though. His main character trait, other than being Ridge's BFF who performs all the Forrester weddings, has been his desperation for female attention. Honestly, I kind of want him to fall for her, and then still not give the company back over to the Forresters to run. Steffy and Ridge won't be able to comprehend it. Oh, look, Bill and Luna are having the exact same fucking conversation they have every single day. This whole angle might have worked a tiny bit better if they hadn't had Luna and Poppy so close when Poppy came to town. They could have written Luna as being kind of on Li's side, in terms of judging Poppy for all of the choices she's made in her life. The story could have been that Luna actually stayed with Li's family at various times over the years because Poppy was off doing her own thing, and that she had grown close to Li and she resented the times her mother would show up and take her away from that sense of security and family. Maybe have them start growing closer when Luna thinks Bill is her father and she has a chance at some kind of actual family life, and then she snaps when she finds the letters from Tom and realizes that her mother's choices and lies are going to fuck her life up again.

I'm assuming that Jason is going to hear that people think he's the baby's father, and he's just going to roll with it to keep an eye on Sasha and the baby for Michael. Lois needs to be honest with her daughter. It's getting more egregious now. But, also, yeah, poor Chase is going to basically only be able to hear "I can't get my wife pregnant, but my best friend was able to."

I swear, for a moment there, when Carter and Hope were talking about how "captivating" Pepe LePew is, it looked like Carter was taking that in, along with Daphne's not even remotely subtle come ons to him over the past few days and thinking "threesome?" Too bad for Carter, but the woman Daphne wants is clearly Steffy. Maybe she can be there for Steffy when she finds out her kidnapper is her stepdaughter. It would have been so awesome if, after Poppy got done denying her ass off, Finn said "oh, really, because this DNA test I ran while I waited for you to get here says otherwise." But, Finn's just not that clever. Oh, look, Bill and Luna are having the same fucking conversation they have every day. I hate that they're wasting both actors on this tedious repetition. Steffy can't comprehend that, because she controls Finn, fully and completely, so she assumes that's how it works. Ridge isn't correcting that notion, because it's also how he likes his relationships to work - total loyalty and obedience. They think Hope is controlling Carter via his dick. So, once they get his dick another interest, someone who pushes their agenda, he'll fall into line.

From what I can tell, he's just voiced one character in multiple video games. I can't imagine that would make him any kind of big deal in the voice acting community. I googled, and I can't find any evidence of him ever doing any kind of voice acting coaching. The AI answer definitively said he has not, and I couldn't find anything contradicting that. There was a post from someone saying that SBu needs to go to some voice acting lessons himself, but nothing about him coaching anyone. Considering how much he usually promotes all of his side gigs to the fans, I'd expect to see some social media posts from him about it if he was doing any kind of coaching.

You know, there was a time I liked Sasha well enough, but damn if I can remember why at this point. She's standing there telling Jason that Willow can't know about the baby because she'll use Michael's cheating to get full custody. Yeah, gee, Sasha, it would really be cruel of Willow to have full custody of Michael's kids and not share them with him. Not like you who fully intends to share this baby with Michael. Oh, wait, what's that? You're not? The hypocrisy. (Not to mention, Michael has video evidence of Willow's infidelity, so their cheating basically cancels each other out. If infidelity was actually a reason to lose custody in the first place, which it's not.) Of course, that's all just bullshit, because the real reason you are keeping the baby's paternity a secret is to keep the baby from being too heavily influenced by the Q's or the mob. But, again, hypocrisy. So, Willow shouldn't get custody of her kids, and, instead, they should be kept by the Q's and Sonny/Carly, but you get to keep your kid away from all of them because you don't think that's an environment to raise kids in? Fuck right off. Insert my regular reminder that I hate myself for liking Carly/Brennan here. LW has had chemistry with exactly three actors the entirety of her run as Carly - Ted King, Ingo Rademacher, and now Charles Mesure. For just a moment, when Emma was paying her respects to Dante about Sam, she was who you'd expect Emma to be. But then that was just an excuse for her to spar with Gio and Dante to witness it so he could get all paternal on the son he doesn't know is his.

Finn should have taken a page out of his mother's book and started that paternity test while he waited for Poppy to get there. Also, I was kind of hoping Steffy would walk into his office right as he said "am I Luna's father?" I wonder how long he will wait to tell her all of this is going on. Knowing Finn, I would expect that one of his first stops after doing the DNA test or having Poppy admit he's the father would be the jail to see Luna. So, what happens then? Do they lie that she's unable to see visitors for a while? Or do they admit that she's been released to house arrest? At least they made some attempt to explain why Finn didn't act like he and Poppy had this kind of history and why he didn't think he was a possibility as Luna's father. And they also had him tell the audience, on behalf of the writers, that he was of age and they aren't blood related. I'm a little weirded out that they seem to be saying that there was some kind of ongoing romantic interest there. I thought a drunken hookup would have been the better way to go with this. Now, though, it's kind of making me wonder if the reason Finn was so happy to see Poppy in town and the two of them talking about what a great time they had when she was living with his family, was because the two of them still have some kind of attachment. The table is set for Steffy's head to explode more than once in the coming days/weeks. Finding out college Finn hooked up with his aunt, finding out he's Luna's father, finding out that Luna isn't actually in jail, and then finding out that Bill got her out and has been hosting her house arrest.

So, Brennan has made it through the ranks of the WSB to the position he's in now, and he's letting down his guard in a spa like that with, apparently, no security? I get that you can't be on alert every single second of the day, but not even looking up to verify the identity of who's walking into the room when he's in a vulnerable position seems a bit careless. I love the Q's, but that was a shitshow.

My new theory on how this happened - the way they keep referencing Poppy being there to help Finn, when Finn was a grown ass college student, I'm wondering if he was maybe a late bloomer, and (my skin crawls to think this) somehow he was bemoaning his lack of experience to Poppy, and, one thing led to another, and... Because it's just so odd how Li and Jack are talking about Finn back then, like he was this young kid they needed Poppy to nanny. Meanwhile, Poppy has been the only one, of the three of them, to point out that Finn was a college student at the time, and he didn't really need supervision. I laugh every time someone praises Steffy, because JMW's facial expressions are always Steffy soaking it up like it is her due. Like today, when she was going on about how she just wanted Finn to experience the happiness of seeing his parents back together, and Taylor had to, of course, say that it's OK if that doesn't happen, because Steffy provides his happiness. The look on Steffy's face was so "well, that's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to point it out myself." I'm the parent of an adult child.. I would be so freaking concerned if my son went on and on about our (me and his father) marriage all the damn time like Steffy does about Ridge and Taylor. Like, OK, they're together now, do you need to gush over it every single time you see them? It's concerning, honestly. And the WRP should have some concerns about how wrapped up in their relationship Steffy is, especially when she starts going on about needing to reunite her husband's parents, too. Taylor, there is something seriously not OK about your daughter. You should be concerned instead of wanting to giggle with her over your sex with her father. Back when Poppy first showed up, and she, Finn, and Luna were talking about how Poppy lived with them before Luna was born, and the dialogue specifically mentioned that Finn was of college age at the time, I had the wild thought of "oh, shit, is Finn Luna's father?" Because that timeline was kind of aging Finn up a little beyond what most people seem to have thought his general age was. And it was an unnecessary thing to do, unless he needed to be a legal adult when Luna was conceived. Numerous other things along the way had he holding onto that thought. So I feel kind of excited that I picked up on a storyline so far ahead of when the show was ready to play it out. As someone who has a lot of extended family members who are adopted, the whole gist of it is icky, but I like that I called it so early and that it's going to fuck up Steffy's world.

The only thing Steffy would hate more would be if it was Hope instead of Brooke.

Beige: "No relationship is unsalvageable." Um, you'd better hope you're not right about that. And, good Lord, does Steffy get off on parent trapping? Stay the fuck out of Li and Jack's business and just focus on gushing over your parents being together while you can. I had to check, because I thought I remembered Finn and Steffy getting married during the summer, not in January. And, I was right. Their wedding aired in August of 2021. Taylor can be forgiven for not knowing that, seeing as, once again, she didn't show up for one of her kids. But Steffy, Finn, and Ridge were all there. Or, is January just the anniversary of the first time Steffy and Finn banged? Because I could totally see, with that creepy inappropriate family, her parents being all in on talking about her celebrating that anniversary. Finn telling Li she should have talked to him back then, and he could have reassured her that Jack and Poppy weren't have sex. The "because I was the one she was fucking" was silent. Watching his "where'd the frisbee go?" facial expressions as he started doing the math on Luna's conception, was hilarious. The back and forth between him figuring that out while the beige brigade was telling Steffy that even though Finn might not see his parents together like she's seeing hers, he'll still have Steffy, was like a downpour of anvils. Add in Sheila talking about losing out on Finn's childhood and not wanting to miss out on her grandkids, and it's beyond obvious at this point where this is all going.

Why is Steffy going to her mommy and daddy about Jack and Li's relationship? What Ridge and Taylor should tell her is that she needs to leave her in-laws alone, and their relationship is none of her business. Steffy's Husband should also tell her that, but we know he's too afraid she'll give a tug on that choke chain she keeps him on if he were to dare say anything like that to her. Jesus, Li. You already confirmed that Jack is not Luna's father. The two of you divorced over his affair with Sheila and subsequent lies about Finn's parentage. Why do you need to have a conversation with Finn about Jack's infidelity? I know his wife's parents share way too fucking much with her about their relationship, but that doesn't mean you need to follow their example. It's understandable that the whole Luna paternity thing stirred up some of that for you again, but your son is not the proper person to talk that over with. Go get a therapist (not Taylor). I don't expect that we'll be getting the full reveal during this week, but I hope that the part about Finn's revealing backstory means we're at least going to get some breadcrumbs. What the fuck does that even mean? Daphne flipping the script and not following Steffy's plan is the only remotely interesting angle here. Whether that means she genuinely falls for Carter and helps him keep the company, or she falls for someone else. It could be Ridge. it could be Finn. Hell, it could be Steffy, Hope, or Brooke. (I almost included Taylor, but realized that would be way too far fetched. Nobody is getting swept away by the pathetic beige.)

And Anna had just told Joss how it was stupid to let Cyrus know they suspected he was the killer, but then she just turns around and does this herself. Well, you know, with Liz suspended, some things are falling through the cracks.

Poppy letting Li sob all over herself apologizing for thinking she slept with her husband, when she really slept with her son is a choice. Although... I wonder if maybe Poppy is the one who doesn't remember sleeping with Finn. I had been operating under the assumption that Finn didn't remember for whatever reason. But, seeing that preview where Finn is saying "you know why," to her, it makes me wonder if maybe he remembers, and she doesn't (although he thinks she does). I feel confident Finn is Luna's father, but I really have no idea how they're going to get there. Every time I think I've figured out the "how" of it all, something comes along to change my mind. It would be hilarious if someone came across Steffy and Daphne meeting up behind a locked door, and rumors started flying around FC that Steffy is cheating on Finn with Daphne.

Oh, Lord, we're going to get days on end of Carly, Sonny, and Joss lamenting how Sasha's pregnancy is a tie to Michael, and how dare she keep that from them!

I could not stop cracking up at the scarf maneuver. Was that supposed to be sexy?

I think they were. There's a reason we called her Saint Maria of the Pushup Bra back then. So, all Noted Bigot Natalia needed to do was lie on the stand for Kristina (because she wants to take a ride on Kristina's daddy for some unfathomable reason), and the two of them are BFFs now? Their giddy greeting when she showed up at Charlie's was gag worthy. Liz and Lucky are just too adorable. They're absolutely the best thing about GH these days.

Daphne is such a caricature. Carter had a look on his face like he's on to her game by the end of the episode. I just don't buy that Li has suspected, ever since Poppy's pregnancy, that she and Jack hooked up. She thought he hooked up with her sister, but she just played happy couple for almost 20 years? And, when she found out the Sheila shit, she didn't throw her suspicion that he also fucked her sister in his face? Li is obviously not someone who keeps her grudges close to the vest. I'm guessing that the entire purpose of the Bill/Luna storyline, and the daily repeated conversations about how much Poppy fucked her up, is that they need to tidy Luna up a bit to make it somewhat acceptable for her to be free (eventually, I'm assuming this is the goal). If she's going to be Finn's daughter and a source of conflict for him and Steffy, then she can't be locked up. Steffy doesn't have to worry about what havoc she can create from behind bars. And Finn can only spend a little bit of time here and there visiting her in prison. She needs to be out and about to have impact. So, they need to try to mitigate what she's done to get there. I mean, it's not real life believable that "my mommy wouldn't tell me who my daddy was, and she slept around and was a general chaos monster," is a reason to show a double murderer leniency. But, on a soap... weirder shit has gotten soap murderers out of prison. So they're going to hammer into our heads on a daily basis that Luna is a victim of Poppy's messy life choices, and Bill understands how she ended up that way, because he had a shitty childhood, too. So, we all need to cut her some slack. Then, Luna is going to find out that Finn is her father, and that she was denied 20+ years of having a really good and decent guy, a successful doctor (for some of those years) as a loving father. And she's also going to find out that her conception was way worse than "mom slept with a lot of dudes and wasn't sure who he was." So we're all going to be expected to have sympathy for her, because her mother is really fucked up and really screwed her over.

Since Steffy is so convinced that the coup was all Hope's idea, and Carter just went along with it because Hope has hypnotized him with her vagina, or some such shit, I guess she thinks that if Carter and Hope aren't together anymore, and he's infatuated with someone who wants him to do Steffy's bidding, he'll just sign the company right back over to Steffy, and then drop to the floor and kiss her feet, crying that he's so sorry, but evil Hope made him do it.

I laughed yesterday when Liam was talking about what had happened with Poppy and Luna, and Bill told him to stop talking about it, because he doesn't need to rehash it all. Dude, rehashing all of that is literally all you and Luna have been doing for the past month.

It was just one line, but yesterday, when Li was running down her accusation about Jack and Poppy, she mentioned that she was working all the time, leaving Poppy in her home with Jack and Finn. I think that was supposed to be a little breadcrumb on the way to the final reveal. Yes, Poppy was there with Jack, but she was also there with Finn. If I had to take a guess, I'd say that the DNA test will show a relationship, and Jack, who knows he didn't sleep with Poppy, will do that math very quickly, and then he'll launch into protective mode and say "you're right. You got me." And then he'll spin some story of how he and Poppy got really drunk and hooked up one time. Poppy's anguished look at the end there was because she knows (or at least strongly suspects) that the DNA test is going to show a relationship, and then her secret will start unraveling. At least Poppy made mention of the fact that Li was doing a lot of shit without patient consent. I know Poppy is going to have bigger fish to fry as the truth starts leaking out, but a complaint against her would not be out of line. She's crossed so many ethical/professional lines over the past couple weeks. The DNA test for Luna and Tom, and now this test, and the way she was jabbing at Jack with the needles.

Does Steffy's Husband not even have like an inner voice that screams out in pain every time Steffy starts mixing talk about her mommy and daddy into romantic times? And, aw, look at her trying to share her hobbies, talking to him about whether he also wants to turn into a psycho who is obsessed with getting his parents back together. Jack is not Luna's father. He seems genuinely confused and irritated by all of this.

Yep, that was me.