The Bold and the Beautiful
Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Finn Defends Sheila Carter, Betrays Steffy
Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for July 13 reveal Finn has secretly forgiven Sheila Carter and will beg Steffy to let his mother back into their family.
TL;DR: Finn has secretly forgiven Sheila and now plans to ask Steffy to let his mother back into their lives. With the ink barely dry on Sheila Carter’s divorce, this is the one move that could crack the strongest marriage in Los Angeles.
Finn Forgives The Mother Who Nearly Destroyed His Family
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers have been building to this collision for weeks, and the fuse is finally lit. John “Finn” Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) has quietly forgiven Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown), the biological mother who once left him and his wife for dead, and he is ready to carry that forgiveness straight into his marriage. Fans hunting Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Finn and Sheila can already smell the wreckage coming.
The timing could not be uglier. Sheila only just signed her divorce papers, ending her marriage to Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) after he walked out on her for Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig). Instead of slinking away, she marched into John Finnegan‘s hospital office and begged her son for a place in his family. He gave her the truth he had been sitting on: in his heart, he has already forgiven her.
That private absolution is the real spark. Finn will not make promises, but he has agreed to at least talk to his wife about giving his mother another shot. Any of the longtime B&B watchers who have followed this couple for years know precisely how Steffy Forrester Finnegan (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) feels about the name Sheila.
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Steffy Draws A Hard Line In The Sand
Steffy has been crystal clear. Seeing Sheila Carter anywhere near her children drags her back to the night she was shot in a dark alley, and she has told Taylor that no one in her circle gets to have a relationship with that woman. She wants her husband’s mother gone, far away, and permanently. So when Finn opens his mouth to plead the case, he will not be starting a gentle conversation. He will be lighting a match under his own house.
Think hard about what Finn is really asking of her. He wants his wife to sit across from the woman who terrorized their whole family and act like the past can be tidied away with one signature. Taylor has already warned that this can never work, and even she has started to wonder aloud whether Sheila has truly reformed or is simply running her oldest con. When the woman dating Sheila’s ex-husband has doubts this loud, Steffy is not going to give an inch.
Will Steffy Leave Finn Over Sheila?
No divorce has been filed, and nobody should expect Steffy to pack a bag over one bad idea. Still, the warning lights are flashing bright red. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who plays Steffy, has said on the record that Sheila is the single person who could ever come between her and Finn, and she once hinted that Finn might even be the first of the two to stray. Reading between the lines, the writers are steering Sheila Carter straight into the fault line of this marriage on purpose.
What Finn’s Choice Could Cost Him
Here is where my gut tells me this goes. Finn believes his mother is a changed woman, and he wants his little boy to know his grandmother before more time slips away. Steffy will hear a betrayal instead of a plea, because to her, welcoming Sheila Carter is the same as handing a loaded gun back to the person who once pulled the trigger. Do not be surprised if this fight chases the Finnegans all the way through summer.
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Finn Is Playing With Fire And Steffy Holds The Match
Finn’s heart is in the right place, and that is exactly what makes this so dangerous. A good man talking himself into a terrible idea is the oldest trap on this show, and he is strolling into it with his eyes wide open. Sheila did not earn a seat at Steffy’s table by signing a divorce and shedding a few tears in a hospital office.
Our money says Steffy blows the roof clean off before she ever considers it, and frankly, we would not blame her one bit. A grandmother is a beautiful thing to want for your son, but not this grandmother, and not at this price. Tell us which way you are leaning and jump into the brawl with the rest of us over on our Facebook page.
