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The Bold and the Beautiful presented Will as the clear aggressor in his feud with R.J. this week, culminating in an assault that cost him his job at Forrester. However, despite Will being so quick to resort to violence, the fallout left us asking a different question entirely: How is anyone supposed to feel bad for R.J.? It's time to break it all down, Two Scoops style.
One punch changed everything on The Bold and the Beautiful
WHAT WAS WILL SPENCER (Crew Morrow) THINKING? This man had everything going for him, including a promising career at Forrester, and after months of trying, he finally got Electra (Laneya Grace) back. He was also doing something that was seemingly quite important to him, which was carving his own professional path outside of his parents, Bill (Don Diamont) and Katie (Heather Tom). R.J. (Brayan Nicoletti) wasn't a physical threat in that moment, despite annoyingly inserting himself between Will and Electra. For that reason alone, it makes absolutely no sense that Will would throw a sucker punch completely out of nowhere.
One moment destroyed everything that Will had been building toward. R.J. needed the perfect excuse to keep him out of Forrester Creations, and Will handed it to him on a silver platter. Punching R.J. solved nothing, but it sure created a slew of new problems for the Spencer heir. One moment of anger destroyed everything, and Electra had already agreed to reunite with him, so why rock the boat and assault his cousin? He wasn't backed into a corner, but instead of walking away like a mature adult, he chose violence. Now, Will has lost his job, and he might lose his girlfriend over a lack of self-control.
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Nothing about R.J.'s actions this week felt like someone who actually wanted to hold Will accountable for his actions. If anything, Will provided R.J. with the perfect excuse to help him settle a personal score that he was itching to resolve. The second he got home with his "serious injuries," the only thing he cared about was ensuring that Will paid the ultimate price for putting his hands on him. Manipulating Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) into firing Will was the sole focus of R.J. while he loafed on the couch nursing his bruises. R.J. has become just as vindictive and self-serving as many of his fellow Forresters, and this week had that on full display. He wasn't willing to let his father have a conversation with Will and try to handle things reasonably because that would've messed up his agenda. Taking everything from Will was the only option.
It's difficult in weeks like this to ever feel like rallying behind R.J. will be an option. He has Ridge, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), and the entire Forrester family behind him, so in some ways, he feels bulletproof. Watching him constantly pile onto Will isn't a good look, and he has no self-awareness of his own role in escalating the tension between them. The entire situation is a bit ironic because, in theory, Will sucker-punching R.J. should make the latter the clear-cut hero of the storyline, but the way R.J. handled the fallout makes it impossible to root for him. By the end of the week, it was no longer about Will's actions. Instead, it became a reminder of just how insufferable R.J. can be.
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