Thursday, March 13, 2025: Today on The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridge levels a warning at Bill, Li disowns Poppy, and Steffy warns Finn not to make the same mistake twice.
At the hospital, Li strangles Poppy up against the wall, fuming, “You slept with Finn. My son!” Poppy husks, “You have to let go.” Li doesn’t right away, but she does eventually. Poppy gasps and wheezes. Li sneers, “My son. Your nephew.” Her sister insists it wasn’t sordid. Li asks how she can say that? She’s disgusted, sickened, by what she did to Finn!
Poppy coughs and chokes, “You could have killed me!” Li says she still could. “You’re sick, Penelope, you’re sick!” Poppy says the connection she and Finn shared wasn’t sick. Li hisses that she used her son, and because of that, he has a daughter… his cousin. The same one who attacked his wife and killed two men at Il Giardino! Poppy guesses her sister loathes her more than ever. Li spits, “After you targeted my son? Yeah.” Poppy says he gave her a beautiful daughter. Li tells her, “You raised a killer.” Poppy hopes she still has a chance at a decent life given she’s at Bill’s. Li says she’s just like her, never having to face the consequences of her actions. “Wouldn’t be surprised, considering who her mother is. The horrible human being her mother is.” She seethes, “Get out of my life, Penelope. Never, ever come back. You are not my sister.” Poppy cries.
Steffy Puts Luna On Notice
At Bill’s place, Steffy and her family are stunned that there’s nothing Deputy Chief Baker can do. He confirms, “Luna Nozawa, you are officially pardoned.” Luna can’t believe this. Baker clarifies that she’s as free as anyone else in this room. There’s nothing more that he can do. Steffy protests. Baker repeats that there’s nothing he can do but warns Luna that they all know what she’s capable of… if she slips up, she’ll be back behind bars. Whoever is looking out for her now surely won’t be foolish enough to do it again. “I’m going to keep an eye on you. A very close eye.” With that, he leaves. Steffy points at Bill, “You. You did this didn’t you?” Ridge says of course it was him. Luna gasps that she has a second chance and won’t mess it up. “I’m free. I’m free!”
Luna knows that Steffy can’t stand her, nor the rest of the family, but nonetheless makes an appeal to Finn; he’s her father. Steffy tells her to stop being delusional. Finn despises her as much as the rest of them do. Taylor and Ridge assure her they’ll fight the pardon until she’s back in prison. Steffy says, “Your cage.” Luna can understand why they want that… but not Finn. “Dad.” If only she’d known this growing up, everything would have been different. Taylor sees she thinks she can absolve her crimes by playing the victim regarding her childhood. Luna says no one has to buy it except Finn. Steffy urges her husband to tell Luna what he thinks of her. Bill’s had enough and he orders them all to leave his house. Ridge tells Bill this will backfire on him. He doesn’t know when and he doesn’t know how, but this is his granddaughter’s mother he’s putting in danger. “You’re despicable.” Steffy walks over to Luna and fumes, “Stop calling him dad. He’s not that to you and never will be. You’re not going to be in our lives. We never want to see your face again.” Luna tears up. Finn follows Steffy towards the exit, but pauses to look back at Luna before closing the door.
Sheila Makes a Bold Statement About Luna
At Il Giardino, the last customers leave and Sheila walks over to give Deacon a kiss. She guesses he’s still thinking about Poppy. He can’t help but think about her daughter and what she did to Tom and Hollis. It’s just so unfair that they’re gone. Sheila muses that it’s all because of Luna. If it weren’t for her, they’d still be there. Deacon feels Poppy has to assume some blame given that she raised her. Sheila thinks it’s partly Tom’s fault then as well if it’s down to DNA. Deacon finds it gruesome that Luna killed her own father. Sheila agrees… and what she did to her own cousin’s wife. She never would have wished that upon Steffy. “Maybe some people really do deserve to be locked away in prison for the rest of their lives. If anybody does, it’s Luna.”
At the Forrester mansion, Taylor and Ridge try to figure out how Luna was pardoned. Ridge thinks it had to be Spencer. He unleashed this lunatic back into their lives. Taylor asks how this can be; how can Luna get away with everything she’s done. They agree they can’t stand Bill. His ignorance is causing their family pain. Taylor hates him for what he’s done. Ridge hugs her from behind.
Bill Warns Luna
At Bill’s place, Luna pushes Bill to admit that it was he who got her pardoned. Bill tells her, “A million reasons why I shouldn’t have, but yes, it was me.” Luna goes to him, and they hug.
Bill warns, “Don’t make me regret this, Luna.” He knew the wrath he would face, but he did it to give her a second chance. She expresses her gratitude. Bill tells her to show him how thankful she is by living her best life. He then informs her she can’t stay there any longer. “You need to go.” Luna understands. “Thank you, Bill.” She’s forever indebted to him and will pay him back somehow. “Some day your kindness will be rewarded. She hugs him again. Bill says, “I have a meeting. Be gone when I get back.” With that, he leaves. Luna flashes to learning Finn is her father and hugging him. “I finally found you. I’m not going to lose you now.”
Steffy Gets Deja Vu
At the cliff house, Steffy can’t believe Luna’s been pardoned. Finn can’t believe it either. She’s sure Bill is behind it. “What is that man thinking?!” Finn says, “About his childhood, apparently?” Steffy doesn’t believe either of them suffered growing up… and if they want to talk about trauma, what about the trauma Luna inflicted on her, Tom, and Hollis. There has to be a way to send her back to prison, and if there is, she’ll find it. This time, it will be for good. Steffy says Luna is his daughter. She would have accepted that if Luna was in prison and couldn’t hurt them, but it’s too much. First Sheila and now Luna? She feels like they’re surrounded by psychos. She asks Finn not to make the same mistake he made with Sheila… he opened himself up to her. She can’t go through that again. Finn knows. He hugs her. Steffy rants about Bill’s immense stupidity in getting Luna out. “Not only is she out, she called you dad.” She clearly wants a relationship with him. “That can’t happen, Finn. Tell me you understand that.” Steffy tells Finn he needs to take the lead on getting Luna locked up. He has to make sures he goes back to prison and stays there. “For life, Finn.” Taking Steffy in his arms, he assures her, “I know. I know.”
