One Bold & Beautiful Twosome Is *Secretly* Heading for a Wedding — Plus, Who’s Taking Their Final Bow! (2024)

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1/22

<p><em>Bold & Beautiful</em> may be about to send Steffy packing as Jacqueline MacInnes Wood <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/comings-and-goings/680927/jacqueline-macinnes-wood-leaving-steffy/" target="_blank">goes on maternity leave</a>, but the battle between her past and present husbands will go on. Finn and Liam “both love the same woman,” co-headwriter Michael Minnis tells <a href="http://soapoperadigest.com" target="_blank"><em>Soap Opera Digest</em></a>. “What will Steffy do when she returns?”</p>

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2/22

<p><em>Bold & Beautiful</em> may have left Sheila down and out for the moment. But we wholly expect her to pull another rabbit out of her hat in order to remain in the thick of things (or at least on the periphery). Did we ever find out how she had access to the <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/gallery/sheila-carter-money/" target="_blank">fortune she once promised to share with Deacon</a>? Hmm.</p>

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3/22

<p><em>General Hospital</em> is about to plunge Nina into a whole new hell. The secret that it was she who ratted out Carly to the SEC is finally going to come out, <em>Digest</em> reports. What happens next will, as you can imagine, be explosive.</p>

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4/22

<p>You watch, <em>General Hospital</em> fans. Just as Carly manages to get Drew sprung from Pentonville, we’re betting that Sonny is going to kick Nina to the curb and make such an impassioned plea to reunite with his ex that she takes her nemesis’ place at the altar to remarry her former husband.</p>

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5/22

<p>After <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Victor shakes up Newman for the umpteenth time, Victoria will be so ticked off that she takes a page from Adam’s playbook and vows revenge. “She will retaliate like never before,” headwriter Josh Griffith tells <em>Digest</em>, “taking Nate along for the ride.”</p>

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6/22

<p><em>Young & Restless</em> characters are getting hired and fired, switching jobs and getting promoted and demoted so quickly that by the time fall turns into winter, we imagine Allie will be running Newman Media, Kevin will be Society’s new maître d’, and Aria will be tending bar at the jazz club.</p>

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7/22

<p>Off a dream about his late, lamented mother, <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ EJ will order a hit on the woman responsible for her demise: Ava. What’s more, <em>Digest</em> reports, he tries to manipulate Xander into doing the dirty deed for him.</p>

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8/22

<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em> probably wouldn’t bring Ava back just to kill her off (again) so quickly. So we have a hunch that she will use beefy Harris as a human shield, thereby propelling them forward toward a relationship.</p>

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9/22

<p>Thomas is in love; Hope, in lust. But as they continue their affair on <em>Bold & Beautiful</em>, even she may find herself coming down with a case of the feels when Douglas returns home from camp. “Only time will tell,” Minnis teased to <em>Digest</em>, “if these three will finally become a little family.”</p>

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10/22

<p>If <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> is smart, it will return Taylor to the mix, stat, and at very <em>least</em> have her support Thomas as he pursues his relationship with Hope with eyes wide open. Perhaps along the way, Taylor could also bond further with Hope’s dad, Deacon, with whom she has — hello! — killer chemistry.</p>

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11/22

<p>Ned and Olivia’s relationship has been… What would even be the word? Let’s say that it’s been <em>devastated</em> since that knock to the head turned the<em> General Hospital</em> exec into Eddie. And, per the magazine, when his past and future crash into one another, it’s a big question mark whether they’ll stick together through the present.</p>

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12/22

<p>Ever since Eddie “returned” to <em>General Hospital</em>, we’ve been anticipating another comeback: that of his former wife Lois. Since leaving <em>Bold & Beautiful</em>, Rena Sofer (ex-Quinn) is <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/comings-and-goings/677380/rena-sofer-returning-lois/" target="_blank">free to reprise her role</a>. Let’s make it happen already!</p>

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13/22

<p>Though <em>Young & Restless</em> is sending Phyllis down redemption road, she’s going to hit a major speedbump, the show’s top scribe tells <em>Digest</em>, “when she forms an alliance that leads to more harm than good.”</p>

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14/22

<p><em>Young & Restless</em>’ Diane really, really wants to let go of her anger over the way that Phyllis tried to railroad her. But neither we nor Diane can always get what we want. So we foresee her being tempted to exact a little payback through a new alliance of her own. (<a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/690126/diane-leanna-love-team-up-against-phyllis/" target="_blank">Read about that here.</a>)</p>

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15/22

<p>We hoped we’d spend more of the <em>Days of Our Lives</em> with Victor. But with the passing of his legendary portrayer, John Aniston, the time has at last come for Salem to bid a bittersweet farewell to the character who had an impact on… sheesh. Just about everyone in town!</p>

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16/22

<p>In the wake of Arleen Sorkin’s death, we’d love to see John de Lancie reprise his role of Calliope’s better half Eugene so that he could break the news to Salem and share memories (and flashbacks) of the hilarity that she brought to <em>Days of Our Lives.</em></p>

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17/22

<p>At last, <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> is going to give R.J. more to do than struggle with buttons and help Granddad with with doodles. “A new young woman with a secret arrives on the scene,” Minnis tells the magazine. First, she and the Forrester heir becomes friends, and then…friends with benefits?</p>

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18/22

<p>In our dream scenario, <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> will admit that it is never going to revisit Wyatt’s engagement to Felony Flo, reveal that she’s moved away with mom Shauna and set him free, perhaps to offer Thomas some real competition for Hope and Steffy. (Because at this point, Liam is so toxic, he can hardly be considered even an option!)</p>

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19/22

<p>Fingers crossed that Valentin will be exonerated when finally <em>General Hospital</em> reveals who has been terrorizing Anna. Faison, is that you, back from the dead? Is it Cassandra? Or does the culprit perhaps share their victim’s face?</p>

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20/22

<p><em>General Hospital</em> collegian Cameron will decide that he misses Port Charles too much to stay away. So he returns just in time to keep Esme from messing with Spencer and Trina’s embattled romance. At least that’s what we hope!</p>

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21/22

<p>As <em>Young & Restless</em> throws Nick into the deep end of the corporate world with ex-wife Sharon, Sally may start to feel like the odd woman out, <em>Digest</em> reports. Seizing the opportunity to make inroads with his lost love, Griffith says, “Adam will use [this] to his full advantage.”</p>

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22/22

<p>Though <em>Digest</em> hints that Chance is bound for a romance with Summer, we’re counting on the show remembering the sparks that once flew between him and Phyllis as well and forming the mother of all complicated love triangles.</p>