Letters Lost and Money Found: The Bold and the Beautiful Two Scoops For April 13th

The Bold and the Beautiful has completely lost the plot lately (more than usual), and an entire week's worth of storylines relied on the idea that Electra's letter to Will could've saved their relationship. Between that lunacy, RJ's increased sense of entitlement, Dylan's perplexing paycheck, and two characters who have vastly overstayed their welcome, there's a lot leaving viewers scratching their heads. After another week of Forrester foolishness, it's time to break it all down, two scoops style.

Letters, lies, and lingering lunacy

Ivy is way too invested in Electra's personal life | Image: JPI

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. What was so important about Electra's letter that it was worth dictating the entire story direction for all of this week's episodes? Electra professed her love for Will and asked him to meet her at the Forrester Creations showroom. Okay? So what? Would that really have created a sizable difference in the outcome that actually occurred? Electra's stance from the beginning was quite clear, and she wasn't going to give Will another chance unless he kicked Dylan to the curb. There was no getting around it, and it was the primary factor in their breakup.

Will finding the letter and meeting her in the showroom would've only led to yet another argument about Dylan's residency in Will's guest house. That's it. Why are we acting like this letter was the key to their destiny? Sure, what Ivy did was duplicitous, and she's been playing God with her niece's life. However, Ivy's actions don't negate the insane notion that this letter was somehow the recipe for saving their failing relationship. Also, Electra could've saved everyone a great deal of time and energy if she'd just asked Will about the letter weeks ago. She would've discovered that he never read it, and she wouldn't have paraded herself as the perennial victim.

The case of the characterless co-stars

Carter and Daphne feel completely pointless | Image: CBS

Can someone explain what purpose Carter and Daphne currently serve on The Bold and the Beautiful? The actors are fine, talented folks, but the characters themselves offer little to nothing to the overall show. Carter's arc should've ended once he finally found someone to follow through with their promise to marry him. For so many years, Carter's arc was rooted in the idea that he wouldn't be complete until he found himself a wife, and now that he has, it feels like his presence on the canvas is no longer needed. Carter won't even engage in workplace gossip with his wife, on a soap opera. What is his purpose? Just when it looked like Carter couldn't become any more boring, he proved everyone wrong.

Daphne, on the other hand, briefly showed flashes of potential when she got involved in Ivy's scheme to keep Will and Electra apart. After demanding that Ivy herself come clean to her niece, she finally grew tired of waiting, and Daphne took it upon herself to tell Electra the truth. Unfortunately, Daphne couldn't come out with a straight answer about what she was referring to, so the moment fell kind of flat. In fact, nearly every moment featuring Daphne since the inception of the character has felt like this. Once the fertility journey storyline between the newlyweds comes to a close, it might be time to send them off to France and write the characters out of the show.

Prince RJ and the Kingdom of Entitlement

RJ's entitlement is worse than ever before | Image: CBS

RJ Forrester's sense of entitlement has reached new heights, and somehow, he has become more insufferable than his father and definitely on par with his mother, Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). RJ's desire to drive Will out of Electra's life, and out of Forrester Creations, was completely baseless, and it did no favors in endearing the character to the audience. He parades around, treating his blood cousin like garbage, while trying to romance his other cousin (shared DNA or not). This is the same RJ who fell for Luna's innocent act in the past, so his judgment is clearly questionable.

Brooke is just as bad as her son, and she can't keep her nose out of his romantic life. Despite Will being her nephew, Brooke is completely invested in the idea of RJ and Electra riding off into the sunset together, even comparing their fledgling romance to her and Ridge's highly discussed destiny. The best thing everyone can do for all the parties involved in this squabble is to stay out of it. Let Will and Electra decide their future for themselves, and then and only then should Brooke, RJ, Ivy, or even Dylan get involved. For now, everyone's best suited to mind their business, allow free will to come into play, and avoid closed-door manipulations.

Financial fairy tale

Dylan got one massive paycheck | Image: CBS

Let's have a round of applause for the most lucrative paycheck in the history of internships. When moving into Will's garage apartment, the deal was that Dylan would find somewhere else to live after getting her first paycheck. It was entirely unrealistic by Los Angeles housing standards, but this is a show that frequently makes things up as they go, so it shouldn't be any surprise that this is precisely what happened. Instead of joining the rest of the world in 2026, for some reason, Dylan received a paper check instead of direct deposit, and she paraded it around to anyone who would listen.

If that wasn't cringe enough, Dylan somehow found an apartment that same day, paid for it, and moved out of Will's house. Somebody, please reveal to the viewers how much Dylan's first check was for? Did she get some kind of bonus to expedite her off of Will's property? Nothing about this made sense, and because Bold is Bold, there's probably never going to be any explanation for this plot hole. They're simply going to carry on as if it makes sense, and let the characters live in a world of delusion and aloofness. Dylan has so much potential as a driving force on this soap, and the best way to keep her as a mainstay is to get her as far away from the Will and Electra saga as possible and find something more meaningful for the character.

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