‘Bold And The Beautiful’ (B&B) Spoilers finds Thomas Forrester was thought of as dead following his deadly fall in the hydrofluoric acid vat. As it turns out, Thomas faked his own death. While everyone along with Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) is wondering just where on earth Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) is. The last we saw him he was floating in a vat of what we believed to be hydrofluoric acid. However this could have been switched out at the last minute for plain old water and Thomas could have climbed out when Hope was looking for Douglas. Once she found little Douglas Forrester (Henry Joseph Samiri) that’s when her concern for Thomas kicked in and not until then so make no bones about it, Hope’s first obligation is to Douglas, not Thomas.
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: What was his angle?
But what if that was Thomas’s angle? Now that Hope has found little Douglas, one of the first things he asked her was “Where’s Daddy?” Hope managed to successfully avoid that question when Charlie the head security man at Forrester came in and temporarily distracted Douglas with his tales of tale of how he became head of security at Forrester. Which, I guess kept a 4 year old regaled for a little while, giving his step Mom time to panic. (Also did anyone notice how Charlie dropped that bit of information about the acid with entirely too much glee? And what about that guy in the hazmat suit? Who was he? Thomas, is that you?) Now, why would Thomas plan something like this?
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‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: Working to fray the mother and child bond
Simple. He knows that the bond between Hope and Douglas runs really, really deep. He came to her at a time when she desperately needed to be a Mom and she came to him when he desperately needed a Mom and Thomas did everything he could to cultivate that relationship. He played some excellent psychological mind games jn order to really cement that bond. However, what if he’s just as good, if not doubly so, about breaking those bonds? What if he didn’t like how close Douglas and Hope were without him in the picture and didn’t like Hope asking for custody so he set a plan in motion in order to eat away at the bond he had so carefully worked to create?
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: Where’s Daddy?
If little Douglas Forrester asks “Where’s Daddy?” again and Hope has to come clean to the kid, then what’s she going to tell him? How exactly do you even begin to explain to a 4 year old child that their Father was basically boiled alive? So far Douglas has been pretty resilient in terms of bouncing back from grief but this might really, really damage him l.
When his Mom died, there was a funeral and I will assume a body that little Douglas saw but with this death there is possibly no body left and that could majorly mess with little Douglas’s head. If Hope tries to stall his curiosity, resentment could build and 4 year old logic could lead him to believe that Hope is keeping his Dad from him, building an ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ bond between him and Douglas.
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: “I’m so glad to see you, now about that romantic evening…”
Not to mention the worry that would build within Hope. If Thomas does return then of course Hope is going to be glad to see him and probably be only so glad to let little Douglas see him as well. Alternately this plan could work so well that this time if he leans in for a kiss, she may not pull away. She may let him kiss her and maybe even slightly lead him on all in the name of being grateful that he’s alive. And that, would be the angle that Thomas would work, to make Hope so worried and freaked out that the Stockholm syndrome she originally suffered with him really starts to take root and grow and make Hope really want to see him again and feel so guilty that she would no longer fight his advances.
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: Thomas is a textbook narcissist
As for the bond between Hope and Douglas, it would be frayed at the very least because four year old logic wouldn’t allow him to see what his Daddy was doing – being a complete and utter textbook narcissist. However this could have an adverse affect. Thomas could have done some permanent damage to all of his relationships if he truly has faked a horrific death like that.
He could risk turning little Douglas completely against him. Right now, little Douglas is at the make or break point in his life, this could either really reel him in to be on his Dad’s side or really turn him against Thomas and make him question every single move he makes from now on. If it’s the latter, then Thomas just dug his own grave. Douglas’s teenage years are going to be hell on him.
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: Thomas could be setting himself up for hell on earth later
If it’s the former, then poor little Douglas is going to probably have to have lots of therapy to undo what Thomas has done. Having an inconsistent Father figure like that is going to have an impact, Now whether or not it has a lasting impact will all depend on if Douglas has enough support in the beginning and if Hope doesn’t allow him (or herself) to be jerked around by Thomas when he returns. Either way if the truth comes out and Thomas’s plan is discovered, that’s what will win Hope sole custody of Douglas, not any papers that Thomas signed. But we’ll see how it all unfolds, won’t se? Stay tuned!!!
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