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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Eric Stands Up for Himself After Being Devalued Due to His Age

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On The Bold and the Beautiful, the Thursday, February 19 episode brought with it another touching performance by original series star, John McCook (Eric Forrester), as the soap opera continues to bring to the forefront the subject of ageism.

In the pick-up, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) just learned that Eric is Katie (Heather Tom) and Bill’s (Don Diamont) secret designer for the launch of their new fashion house, “Logan”. Self-righteous Ridge, can’t believe that Katie and Bill would stoop so low as to manipulate Eric into working for them. Katie informs her sister, Brooke and Ridge, that Eric offered, they did not pursue him to join their new fashion venture.

Ridge tells them they should have refused, if they were at all concerned for Eric’s health, since he has to keep stress out of his life. Bill said what all of us wanted to say to Ridge, that he was the cause of Eric’s stress! And as usual, Ridge has a tantrum!

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Fed up with all the bickering as if he is not even in the room with them, Eric speaks up and says he is in charge of his own life and calls the shots, exclaiming, “I make my own decisions. I’m old, but I’m not invisible.” He firmly reminds Ridge that Bill didn’t use him; this was his own decision and that Ridge fired him! Then, Ridge goes on about giving Eric an out. Then, suddenly asks him to come back to Forrester Creations.

Eric stands up to everyone in the room as he becomes more and more upset, and is having a harder time breathing that he is a competent human being and knows and understands what he’s doing as he struggles to catch his breath.

Ridge tells Bill to call 9-1-1. When the paramedics arrive, they want to give Eric a shot which he first refuses, but Ridge sits down next to his dad and asks him to breathe with him. In that moment, Ridge offers an apology to Eric that he is so sorry to have made his dad feel devalued as he wants him to come back to Forrester. Eric sheds a single tear as it streams down his face, for how hurt he has felt and discounted by his own son.

Viewer reaction indicates that many in the audience were hoping for a warring fashion house storyline between ‘Logan’ and ‘Forrester Creations,’ but felt that this scene marked the end of the line for Eric’s journey as the lead designer for Bill and Katie, if he goes back to work with Ridge and Brooke.

You can check out the clip where Eric wants to be heard and tells his family, “I’m old, but I’m not invisible” below.

So, what did you think of the performance of John McCook in the episode? Do you think B&B should continue this story of ageism and how we treat the elderly, when many are still capable of working and being productive and thriving? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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Next year is B&B’s 40th anniversary. This would have been a perfect story to build up toward that. Hopefully, Eric bounces back, rejects Ridge’s offer, and is given a satisfying return to the top of the fashion industry!

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Ridge and Brooke should be ashamed. Who the hell throws a retirement party and the recipient doesn’t know he’s on the way out?! Eric has always stood by Brooke, when everyone else kicked her to the curb. He deserved better from her. Ridge thinks he knows what’s best for everyone, when he couldn’t decide between the same two women for decades! As Eric said, he may be old, but he isn’t invisible. He deserves a say in his own life.

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i think this storyline about ageism is terrific and john mccook was stellar in this episode ! all involved were very good also and i must give it to Don Diamont there was a lot of subtlety there and as ruthless as bill can be he generally felt bad for Eric and showed it ! going off on Bold and brad bell has become common game lately but loved the episode and with the exception of the boring Carter and Daphne i am enjoying the show !

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I am hoping for a Logan versus Forresters storyline. Forester needs a competitor and I was hoping this would be it. Looks like this may be the end of Eric at Logan, hope not, though bold has a history of starting
stories and cutting them short rather than playing them out. Show needs a head writer or team that will map out long term stories and follow them thru.

That said, there does seem to be some changes at bold, and I am here for it. The addition of the Logan co., Katie getting more airtime, Spencer family being featured more, Taylor moving on, etc…. Moving in right direction.

Now if we can get some
Great stories that aren’t the same old, same old.

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Eric needs to defy Ridge and Brooke and give his creative and business expertise to Katie Logan. I want a rivalry. It would be good for the show and maybe end some of the goofy romantic games that weigh this series down.

I wish Eric’s involvement with Logan would have gone on secretly. A reveal at the height of the first and very successful Logan runway show would have given Eric reason to thrive and truly built suspense and shock among the Forresters as they saw their patriarch shine. Imagine the regret for Ridge and Brooke then!

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I love John McCook so much!

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i really hope that Deke ends up at logan and Will may end up there also due to the fallout with Elektra

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I am so sick of Brooke and Ridge they shoved Eric out of the business now want him back is ludicrous. I want them to see him succeed somewhere else and see what they themselves did. And all that bull crap about Katie naming the business Logan which is obviously her last name how Brooke acts like she owns that name is so stupid. I think Eric needs to go on with his plan with Katie and be such a success there with his line.

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Sad to say but this is all I see the writers do on so many soaps and movies is have the children kick the father out of his own business. Whites folks you are very guilty of doing this to your parents, sad to say.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy Tells Carter She’s Pregnant, But He Has a Way ‘Out of This Situation For All of Us’

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After taking a second pregnancy test on the Friday, September 12 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) freaks out ever more when it come back positive, too. Leading her to shriek, multiple times over, “Oh my God! Oh my God! I’m pregnant!”

As previously reported, reps for The Bold and the Beautiful have already confirmed that in the story, the baby Steffy is carrying is Carter’s (Lawrence Saint-Victor) which kicks-off their 40th season of storytelling.

On Friday’s episode, Carter gets a text from his wife, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) telling him she wants to talk more about surrogacy later, since she cannot carry Carter’s child, and the couple was exploring ways for them to have a baby. Suddenly, Carter flashes back to waking up next to Steffy on the couch in the office after they had sex the night before in their drunken stupor.

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CARTER DEVISES A PLAN

Then, Steffy comes whirling into the office demanding to talk to Carter right away. Steffy is informing Carter that she has to tell Finn (Tanner Novlan) about their night together more than ever! A confused Carter asked her what changed, when they agreed to keep their one night together a secret? Carter tells her if she reveals what happened between them, it will tear about all of their lives.

Carter thinks nothing will come of their “mistake” if they keep their mouth shut. Steffy responds, “You’re wrong.” She goes on to explain that she’s pregnant! That declaration stuns Carter and we fade to black.

However, it was the preview for the action next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, that aired at the end of Friday’s episode and is now all over B&B’s social media that is the real tell-tale sign of where this story is heading.

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In a scene airing next week, Carter says to Steffy, “I have a way out of the situation for all of us!” This comes on the heels of Daphne telling Carter she wishes she knew someone who would be their surrogate. So, putting two and two together, it looks like Carter will come up with the idea to pass Steffy and his baby off as the surrogate child of Carter and Daphne.

Look no further than the official B&B spoilers for episodes airing Monday, September 14- Friday, September 18 and the teaser lines of the Steffy/Carter baby drama to back that up below.

Monday, September 14, Steffy’s news complicates things even more with Carter, while on Tuesday, September 15, 2026  Daphne is hopeful she and Carter will be able to find a surrogate and Carter rushes to stop Steffy. On Wednesday, September 16, Carter makes a passionate plea. and by Thursday, September 17, Daphne can’t believe Carter’s suggestion. Then come Cliffhanger Friday, September 18, Steffy is caught off guard.

So, what do you think how it look to be Carter who originated plan to keep the truth from ever coming out, that he and Steffy had sex, and the best way to do this is for Steffy to be the surrogate for Carter and Daphne’s child? How complicated will the cover-up eventually get? Will Steffy fall in love with the baby making this whole thing untenable for her? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first check out B&B’s video teaser for next week’e episodes below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?

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On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.

Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.

However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.

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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON

Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.

He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.

Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”

General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”

So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy is Shaken to the Core, ‘Oh My God! I’m Pregnant!’

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On today’s Thursday, September 10 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) discovers she’s pregnant, after taking a home pregnancy test, that will launch a new story arc that will remain front and center for the show in the months ahead.

The life-changing story kicks off the B&B’s 40th season which officially began on September 8. In it, Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) is the biological father of Steffy’s unborn child from their drunken night together when both endured turbulent times in their marriages.

Previously, Carter had trouble with Daphne (Murielle Hilaire), when she initially walked out on him, because she could not carrying his child. Meanwhile, Steffy broke up with Finn (Tanner Novlan) while in Monaco over Finn’s mother Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) showing up, who once tried to kill her.

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Fast-forward, Carter and Steffy made a pact that no one will ever need to know about their drunken night together, but now with Steffy becoming pregnant it changes everything. Making matters all the worse, Daphne views Steffy as her best friend, in fact, Daphne and Carter have been talking about having a child via surrogacy. While Finn had showed the couple how to start the process of finding a surrogate, Daphne felt just choosing a random person to carry Carter’s child is so impersonal. She would rather have it be someone she knows.

It does not take a scientist to predict … that somehow Steffy will carry the baby pretending to be the surrogate, when she its biological mother, and along the way, the questions become, does she keep the whole thing somehow a secret to herself? Doe Carter find out at some point? Stay tuned to see how this story reveals itself.

At its root, this is a major storyline for Wood, who has already won three Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Awards in her 18 years with The Bold and the Beautiful. In that time, her character of Steffy has experienced multiple pregnancies, given birth to two children, Kelly with Liam (Scott Clifton) as the father, and Hayes with Finn as the father, and endured a miscarriage.

So, what did you think of Steffy getting confirmation she is pregnant and looking mortified when she found out? What will she do next? Will she tell Carter? Will Daphne come to Steffy to ask her to be her surrogate, which Steffy may think will be the answers to her prayers, only for the truth to come out later, or falling in love with the baby since its hers to be begin with? Share your thoughts and theories for this major story for Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, via the comment section.

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