The August 14 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful left Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) facing a new reality without their spouses, but not before both have separately gone on alcohol-fueled benders.

In Monaco, Finn (Tanner Novlan) is frantic to find Steffy, who has already hightailed it on a plane back to Los Angeles after breaking up with him on the beach and giving him back her wedding ring. All this, thanks to Sheila (Kimberlin Brown). Steffy lost it when she realized Finn’s birth mother had come to Monaco on the plane with him.  When Finn tried to broker peace between Sheila and Steffy, his wife pulled away in anguish.

Now on an airplane, Steffy is completely drunk. She continues to pour and down drink after drink. And let’s remember, Steffy is an addict. She previously was addicted to painkillers. Is this the tipping point where she loses her battles with her demons once again?

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BREAKUPS

While flying back to LA, Steffy flashes back to the entire Sheila saga, from Finn introducing her as his birth mother, to Sheila shooting her husband and her almost to death. Steffy is mortified reliving it in her mind.

Meanwhile, back on the ground in Los Angeles at Forrester Creations, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) and Carter try to talk out their marriage and the devastating turn that Daphne cannot conceive a child. Carter tries to reason with her that their other ways to have children, but Daphne is to gut-wrenched to listen to anything he has to say.

In fact, after previously saying she is heading back to Paris to be with her family, Daphne doubles down on it. She tells her husband nothing has changed. He pleads with Daphne to stop blaming herself. She can’t, and tells Carter that coming to Los Angeles and falling in love was a terrible mistake.

Daphne tells Carter, she needs some distance. Carter says, “You’re not walking away from me?” Daphne confirms that she is. She takes off her wedding ring and when Carter refuses to take it, she throws in on the desk, says goodbye, and heads out the door.

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DRUNKEN LOVE

Carter is rocked to the core. He always seems to be a loser in love. Next thing you know, he’s drowning his sorrows in Forrester whiskey and getting completely schnockered. He gets up and leaves the office looking for presumably more booze, and that’s when Steffy enters the office, stumbling around half out of it.

She sits down on the couch and flashes back to breaking up with Finn and cries as Carter stumbles back into the office and sees her there complete with a fresh bottle of whiskey in his hands. Carter asks her why she isn’t still in Monaco? Steffy cries Sheila showed up, and how apparently Finn and his birth mother flew together to Monaco. She explained to Finn, his birth mother cannot be in their lives for all she has done in the past and how she scares the hell out of her.

Breaking down further, Steffy tells Carter that she is tired of always being the strongest person in the relationship. She announces, “Finn and I are done.” Carter reaches over and touches her shoulder. We fade to black.

So, what do you think will be the pick-up on Monday? Will Carter and Sheila have sex on the couch or the floor at Forrester Creations and she gets pregnant with his child? Does nothing happen between them, but just talking and consoling each other? If so, what was the point of putting them together at the same time, drunk? Will Steffy end up back in the throes of her addiction? What did you think of the story turn throwing Carter and Steffy together in this manner? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

‘Last Week Tonight’ host, John Oliver wrapped his three-episode run on Days of Our Lives on the Friday, August 14 episode of the Peacock streaming soap opera, where viewers learned the fate of his character, the Salem chief water inspector, Devlin St. John.

Oliver got all of wishes granted and got to revel in some soap tropes on Friday’s episode which included: a slapping fest, a mind-erasing drug and case of amnesia, and exiting through a Days of our Lives staple … the cryogenic chamber! This leaves the door open for Devlin St. John return down the line, since many characters come back to life from years on end in the said chamber.

Here’s what went down! In the pick-up from Oliver’s cliffhanger earlier in the week, Devlin St. John was drugged by EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and Rita Lesley (Maggie Carney). Now Rita prepared a syringe filled with CRS-17 to wipe out the last 24 hours of his memory, so the water inspector would get out of EJ’s way. However, there was a twist!

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DEVLIN ST. JOHN MUST BE DEALT WITH

Before the drug took its full effect, a dazed Devlin woke up very disoriented, believing he had been ‘compromised.’ Next, we get (as previewed), the showdown between Devlin and EJ, where Devlin stands up to EJ telling him he will not allow him to “gut” his brain, and calling him a “budget Bond villain!” In return, EJ calls Devlin a “sanctimonious little parasite,” which leads to St.John slapping EJ and vice-versa.

From there, things take an even more over-the-top soap turn. After his 24-hour amnesia took effect, Devlin managed still hear incriminating intel within the DiMera mansion. Rita realizes she must get rid of St. John for good, but she has developed feelings for him in short order. Rita admits she has developed a crush on the chief water inspector, so she cannot bring himself to kill him.

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JOHN OLIVER TO ADDRESS DAYS AND GH ROLES ON SUNDAY’S LAST WEEK TONIGHT?

However, next Rita has Devlin in a wheelchair and brings him into EJ’s underground cryogenic chamber. Once he is physically in the chamber, she kisses him on the lips, before she shoves him into the chamber with her parting words, “All you need is faith that you’ll return one day.”

Thus ends the soap opera journey of John Oliver from his three-day guest stint in July on General Hospital in the role of Z, the head of the WSB, to his campy role with the wig he brought to set as Devlin St. John on DAYS. It was back in March, Oliver revealed his list of requirements to any soap opera that would have him: a soapy name, a dramatic close-up and tag, slapping, and a juicy storyline.

Hopefully, Oliver will finally talk about his experiences on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital on this Sunday’s episode of ‘Last Week Tonight on HBO which should be a must-see.

So, what did you think of how John Oliver’s Devlin St. John was written out of Days of Our Lives? How did you like his run on DAYS as compared to GH? Both very different, for sure. Let us know via the comment section below.

There has been mixed reactions from fans of the The Young and the Restless, as they tell the story of Nick Newman‘s (Joshua Morrow) descent into drug addiction.

However, on the Thursday, August 13 episode of the CBS daytime drama series, it provided one of the more gut-wrenching turns in the tale, which showcased three performances that broke our hearts from Joshua Morrow, Sharon Case and Jade Harlow.

In the pick-up of the previous episode, after Nick phones Sharon for help, Sharon arrives at Crimson Lights disheveled and in tears and hugs Mariah (Camryn Grimes). She explains to her daughter that Nick is back in the rehab facility, and when Mariah asks how he’s doing, Sharon says she’s not even sure Nick knows how he’s doing.

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SHARON COMES TO NICK’S RESCUE

We then get a flashback of how Nick grabbed onto Sharon’s waist and just cried from the motel bed. Sharon says he was just broken, and he needed a lifeline and called someone he trusted. She thinks in the moment Nick knew his addiction would be a lifelong battle.

Sadly, Sharon is gutted when she realized he used and had sex with another junkie the night before and breaks down. Sharon explains that even she is only present in her own life right now because someone one helped her over and over again, and if she can do that for Nick, she always will. In the scenes, Sharon Case played Sharon’s anguish over seeing her soulmate in such a terrible state, and it was effective and heartbreaking.

As for Nick, he is now in rehab in a group meeting confessing his relapse. He left his home for one night and didn’t want to come back. Instead, he hit up his drug dealer, ended up in a dump of a motel room, had a horrible nightmare (Monday’s episode), and relapsed with the addict in the room next to his, who then OD’d and almost died. Nick realizes he finds himself deep in the throes of addiction and can’t seem to get out. Another strong performance by Joshua Morrow in the storyline of his soap career.

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NICK AND MARIE TRY TO COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR RELAPSE

Next, Marie shows up at the meeting, fresh off almost losing her life and illustrates just how much emotional pain she in. Marie sits next to Nick. She’s there because the hospital handed her a flyer after a night with bad and great moments. She breaks down, but gives herself a pat on the back for showing up at a meeting.

After the meeting, Nick asks Marie if she’ll check into the program. She says needs a little more time, but assures him she will not forget last night anytime soon. As they say goodbye, Nick asks if she’ll be back. She flirts with him then makes her exit. Jade Harlow was also heartbreaking in her scenes showing the deep conflict within an addict.

After the airing of the episode, Jade Harlow shared with Michael Fairman TV, “I’m really proud and really grateful to work with this incredible team & show (through the constraints we have) how addiction can touch anyone. And all we can do is try to survive it, and love each other through.”

VIEWER DISCOURSE OVER THE ADDICTION STORYLINE

Fans of course took to Michael Fairman TV’s Instagram with different perspectives on the story, from: “Great actors. But the story lines just drag out so long that it ruins the show,’ to ‘Incredible performances from everyone. This episode definitely hit home, and I was absolutely gutted. What an emotional, powerful episode. All the actors bravo take a bow.”

Other Y&R fans jumped into the comment thread with, “Agree the acting was absolutely superb BUT and I say this genuinely respectfully, THIS IS NOT WHY PEOPLE WATCH SOAPS! In fact it’s the opposite! I watch Y&R at the end of my crazy days as a treat to myself. It’s not heavy, it’s not deep, it softens my day. This story does the opposite. 50 yr viewer and I’m done until this story is over. It’s too much,” and “Today’s show was incredible! Totally agree the actors were in their prime. Sharon was so real, she brought you into the situation like it was real life. Nick was exceptional as well, we feel his desperation and utter disappointment and fear! Marie- such talent to drop into a show and portray this character on their worst day! Wow! Great job to the writers and cast!

While yes, this is a soapified version of the harrowing effects of addiction, the work by Y&R’s Morrow, Case and Harlow within its confines should not be discounted. They delivered.

So, how did you feel about the scenes where Sharon rescues Nick, he goes to meeting in rehab, and Marie shows up  after their night together in the seedy motel room? Are you all-in with this storyline and going on the journey with it, or are you a viewers who wants it to stop? And, what did you think of the performances of Jade Harlow, Joshua Morrow and Sharon Case? Let us know via the comment section below.

 

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