Hypocrites and Hopeless Romantics: The Bold and the Beautiful Two Scoops For the Week of January 5th

This week on The Bold and the Beautiful, self-awareness was in short supply for most characters. Once again Carter proved that he has learned nothing and pushed ahead with another sweeping romantic gesture, while Daphne must decide whether excitement is enough to build a future on. At the same time, Steffy blasted Taylor’s choices, delivering a warning that landed a little hollow given her own history. Between rushed engagements and selective outrage, Los Angeles once again proved that love may be blind, but hypocrisy has perfect vision.

Do as I say, not as I do

The Bold and the Beautiful's Steffy calls out Taylor’s choices | Image: CBS

Steffy discovered Taylor and Deacon's connection this week, and she did not have a positive reaction. Although Steffy had advocated for her mother to find love after being dumped by Ridge yet again, this was not what she had in mind. Deacon just isn't someone that would ever be hand-picked by Steffy for Taylor's future. Not only does he have a complicated past of his own and is Hope's father, but he's married to Sheila, someone who has posed a threat to Steffy's family for years.

On the surface, Steffy's concern for Taylor's safety makes sense. Sheila does pose a dangerous threat, and that part of her beratement of her mother was valid. However, chastising Taylor for pursuing a married man is rich coming from the Forrester co-CEO. Steffy's history with unavailable men isn't squeaky clean, so under no circumstances should she be the one criticizing her mother. She's guilty of the same thing, and unlike Taylor, Steffy actively slept with Bill while he was married to Katie, and again while she was married to Liam. This is Forrester hypocrisy at its finest.

Sure, Taylor probably shouldn't allow her connection with Deacon to continue, at least not while he's an active patient. There's a slew of moral and ethical boundaries being crossed, not even factoring in the way Sheila is going to become unglued once she learns about it. Steffy's life is far from perfect, and she has no business throwing stones at Taylor, while she lives in her glass house. Taylor's a grown woman, and she is capable of making her own decisions without needed approval from her loud mouth daughter.

V for validation

The Bold and the Beautiful's Carter turns another romance into a sudden proposal | Image: CBS

Does anyone need validation more than Carter Walton? This week, Daphne accused him of needing validation of a woman in a relationship to survive, and despite his denial, she hit the mark. Carter's entire existence on The Bold and the Beautiful has been defined by a desperate need to become a married man and lock down one of Los Angeles' most eligible women. He's been entirely unlucky in love, with one failed engagement after another. Carter uses proposals as band-aids, and going from no defining label of their relationship to engaged to be married is a massive leap for this couple.

Daphne should stick to her guns and decline Carter's marriage proposal. It's not going to end well for either of them, and perhaps returning to Paris wasn't the worst idea. Unfortunately, spoilers confirm the boggling news that Daphne ultimately accepts his request. Her desire to start a family is evidently stronger than sticking to her convictions about this relationship. Carter has shown zero growth, and this was a move purely out of desperation to keep her in town. If they somehow defy the odds and make it down the aisle, the marriage won't survive.

Carter and Daphne barely know each other in a romantic sense. They've shared a couple kisses, and beyond that, their connection has mostly consisted of Daphne keeping the Forrester CEO at arm's length. While it's understandable that Daphne might feel added pressure because of the deafening ticking of her biological clock, Carter is not and never will be "the one." Carter has a white knight complex, and once he feels like Daphne doesn't need saving, he'll move on to a different damsel in distress.

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