Cliffhanger Friday on The Bold and the Beautiful, brought with it the pick-up of the Thursday episode shocker, which saw Liam (after a massive confrontation with his father Bill Spencer), lose consciousness and fall to the floor, as he hit his head on the way down.
On the April 4th episode of the CBS daytime drama series, Liam (Scott Clifton) somehow manages to get back up off the floor and stammers around for his footing inside Bill’s (Don Diamont) living room. He then notices he has blood dripping from the back of his head. Scared and confused, Liam makes his way to the front door of the house, only to pass out again and hit his head on the cement on the ground in front of the house.
Of course, Kelly (Sophia Paras) is waiting to have father/daughter time with Liam, and is hanging out with Finn (Tanner Novlan) at the cliff house. Meanwhile, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) is worried about Liam and how he has taken the news that his father, Bill kept a convicted killer and her kidnapper under house arrest at his home.
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Hope (Annika Noelle) is talking with her father, Deacon (Sean Kanan) at Il Giardino about the whole Forrester Creations takeover and the fallout with Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang). She begins to realize things really went south for her after she served Liam with divorce papers, and continues to note what a good man and a good father he is to his children, Kelly and Beth.
Steffy also reflects on what a good man Liam is, and decides to head out to talk to Bill. When she arrives on the scene, she sees Liam unconscious and bleeding on the ground. She immediately calls 9-1-1. Next, Liam arrives in critical condition in the emergency room where Dr. Grace Buckingham (Cassandra Creech) is on duty.
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Grace asks Liam, “Do you know where you are? What happened to you? Did somebody to this to you?” Liam doesn’t respond and Steffy asks why he’s unresponsive. Dr. Buckingham surmises that Liam has suffered an intracranial hemorrhage, which is blood pooling between the brain and the skull that prevents oxygen from reaching the brain. She explains to Steffy that it only takes a few minutes for brain cells to die without enough oxygen.
Next, Dr. Buckingham hollers at the nurse that she needs a CT scan STAT! Steffy tells Liam she’s right here, but suddenly, Liam flatlines as the doctor and the nurse go into life-saving mode, while Steffy cries out for Liam! We fade to black.
The Bold and the Beautiful’s executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell previewed a new story for Scott Clifton in early February in an interview with TV Insider where he shared, “We have a great story for Liam (Scott Clifton) coming up as well, which I am very excited about.”
So, now the discussion becomes, what is the great story? Are we about to get a repeat of the long-running triangle where both Steffy and Hope realize the man for them is Liam and this health crisis dredged up all those old feelings? Will Liam wake up with amnesia thinking he is still married to Steffy Forrester, which will cause major drama in her marriage to Finn on top of his Luna and Sheila familial ties? Will that leave Hope open to pursue Finn, yet again?
Could it be that none of this will proven to be true, and when Liam wakes up he will be having to learn how to exist partially brain-damaged or even from a stroke, or will Liam have a major personality shift, where he may actually have several personalities? Finally, could it be that Scott Clifton has decided to exit The Bold and the Beautiful and this is his final
