Recaps
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Taylor and Brooke High-Five to Their Freedom from Ridge
Will 2023 finally be the year that Taylor (Krista Allen) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) move on from their ping-pong lives with Ridge?
If The Bold and the Beautiful can stay true to the cliffhanger at the end of Thursday’s episode, and not have these two women cave-in to their feelings for the guy, yet again, we could actually see the show open up the possibilities for new paths and new love interests for these popular characters. Time will only tell.

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But let’s review what happened on yesterday’s B&B … when Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) returned from his self-imposed exile in order to do some soul-searching, he finds Taylor and Brooke in the office at Forrester Creations. Attempting to play nice-nice and complimenting the women for getting along, he learns that Taylor and Brooke have been talking where the two share that they see eye-to-eye on things now.
Ridge apologizes to both women by saying that he’s sorry. However, Brooke comes back with “Are you?” as Taylor adds, “Are you really, Ridge?”
Brooke goes on to tell Ridge, “I want you to know you were the love of my life. You still are.” Taylor says “My heart and My best friend.” Next, Brooke chimes in with “My destiny.” It’s then that Taylor tells Ridge he can’t have them both. Ridge knows he can only be with one woman. Brooke adds, “You can’t.”
Next, an emotional Taylor relives the moments in Aspen, when Ridge chased after her on the mountains as she was determined to move on from him. When Ridge promised to keep her heart safe, she says she bought into it. When they decide to get married, and on her wedding day, in the end he left her shattered, following the revelation that Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) made the call to CPS, not Brooke.
It is then that Brooke shares that what bothered her the most is that Ridge didn’t open up to her about why he was leaving her. “Who does that? What kind of man runs to Taylor to propose to her, all the while he’s still married to me?”, she bristles. Taylor firmly tells Ridge: “Everything you have done is wrong!” As she cries, Brooke comforts Taylor and punctuates that with “Taylor’s right.”
Taylor and Brooke inform a shocked Ridge that they don’t need him and they have been stuck in this same cycle for decades! Taylor adds that Ridge has had it really good – he’s got two families and two women who love him.
The women declare they are better than this and they’re done fighting. Brooke reveals that she and Taylor have made a decision: “We choose ourselves. Our dignity. Our self-respect. We’re done.” Taylor adds, “We’re done. We are.”
As Taylor and Brooke exit, leaving Ridge kind of smirking (which was a bit odd), outside the office, Taylor and Brooke high-five each other in unity.
So, are you glad Brooke and Taylor finally stood-up for the back and forth of their relationships over decades with Ridge? Will both women truly stay romantically distanced from Ridge and move on? Share your thoughts in the comment section, but first watch the final moments of Taylor and Brooke’s emancipation from Ridge below.
Finally! After years of Ridge running back and forth between these two women Brooke and Taylor have had enough. Took them way too long to reach this point.
This will never last. Brooke can’t live without her “destiny.”
I believe that also
Great time for these 2 characters to move on. And you can add Katie to that change. Opens up the canvas for new characters and new twists. B&B continues to be the best daytime soap.
Only took 20 years. I hope this turn of story allows the characters to grow in new directions. A reboot would be welcome, maybe with a new family on the canvass. Revive the other Forresters like Felicia? Maybe a rival brother for Bill? We don’t need Ridge.
Yess..I’ve always wanted Stephanie’s other children to come back. And having a new family of characters would be great. It would take focus off of one story and have another storyline added to the mix. My words are being relived in your post.Thank you!
As I said yesterday, great to see Brooke and Tyler compare notes about the back and forth with Ridge all of these years. They stood together to give him his walking papers. Just hope they can stay true to them as time goes on. Ridge may have been surprised, but I also think down deep he was impressed. That still doesn’t get him off though. Must admit I was a little alarmed when I saw the celebration cake. Would it end up being a repeat of the last time they got into a tossing cat-fight? Yea, it didn’t and Hope and Steffy joined in to share the cake!
rose,
What we all wanted but unrealistic.I don’t believe if these two women loved Ridge all these years as much as they claimed they couldn’t just throw their hats in the air and be all happy to the point of celebrating.
Just have to wait and see.
I’m so glad they both stood up for them self and now they can be friends instead of enemies.. can’t wait to see what is next for them.. hopefully they fine a better man for themselves instead of Ridge…
IT IS SICKENING AND SEEMS SO FAKE THE WAY BROOKE AND TAYLOR ARE ACTING
Agreed
NANNA WASHINGTON
I wouldn’t call it sickening, just kind of stupid and unrealistic.
Brooke and Taylor finally declaring they are strong women in their 60’s. LMAO. Nice shock value writing. But it won’t last. In a month they will be back with Ridge.
This peace treaty between both Brooke and Taylor was that of a treat to see. However,I have a slight problem with believing that the both of them are done and now we’re girl pals.You notice when Brooke said “We’re done” and Taylor followed up with “really we’re done”. That “really” came across to me as if Taylor needed to reassure herself that she’s “Really” done.Anyway only time will tell.The writers may want to write something creative,but is only given what the head man in charge wants.”Baby Bell”
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Ava Tie the Knot With Drew?

On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!
Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.
Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.

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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?
At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.
Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.
Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.

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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?
Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.
Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.
You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.
Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’

On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).

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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
Recaps
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now

The future isn’t looking so bright for longtime loves Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), when on the Wednesday, November 11 episode Katie wants Bill to leave and give her some space, and to stay away from her!
Katie explains she wanted none of this, but now her insecurity and fear of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill has made it impossible. Bill pleads his case, “I was just trying to help” by speaking with Brooke. Katie tells him, well he didn’t, far from it, it’s all backfired in his face.
Bill insists to Katie that everything he did was for her and her sisters. Katie isn’t buying it. In her mind, Bill has always wanted to stick it to the Forresters. So what changed? She then asks him point blank, if he is still attracted to Brooke? Bill says “no,” but Katie said she wishes she could believe him. He tries to explain that him getting together with Brooke was to broker peace between the Logan sisters.

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THE TRUST IS BROKEN
Katie speaks to how she is building her own company, making something of herself, and Bill says to her, “You don’t have to lose the people that you love to prove that you can win.”
Next, Katie is convinced Bill was flirting with Brooke because he texted Brooke a Stallion emoji (she has a point, no?). That reminded Katie of the worst time in her life when he was having an affair with her sister!
She points out how Brooke destroyed her life and took Will away from her and he was sent to boarding school, so why shouldn’t she strike back? Bill tries to point out again, that Katie is going to lose her sisters. But, a defiant Katie fires back, “If they can’t accept me for who I am … so be it!”
Next, Bill says he doesn’t buy it and becomes very emotional calling his wife, “my Katie”. However, now in a puddle of tears, Katie says those words can’t fix everything. Seeing he is not getting anywhere, Bill walks towards the door and says, “I will hate being apart from you, but I’ll do it for you.”
He vows to never stop fighting for them. Katie’s says, “Goodbye, Bill.” The music swells, Bill exits, and Katie crawls into a ball on the couch in a dramatic overhead shot to end the episode.

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WEDDING BELLS?
In the same episode, it should be noted that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) asked Deacon (Sean Kanan) to re-propose to her, and this time she accepted.
It looks like Taylor or Deacon are headed down the aisle at some point, but not so fast, because Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was flirting with Deacon, and she won’t take this news lying down.
Check out the emotional scenes featuring Heather Tom and Don Diamont below.
Now weigh-in: were you touched by the moments when Bill left his house to give Katie the space she says she needed over her feelings of betrayal by her husband and her sister, Brooke? How does this all end? Will Katie end up destroying everything in the process on her way to the top? Will she have a mental or physical crisis in days to come? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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