Ridge and Brooke’s journey on The Bold and the Beautiful has never been easy. But now, their melody of love has hit a few blue notes. Can they work things out or will Brooke end up simply red with anger?
Last week on The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridge Forrester proved yet again why he doesn’t deserve his Logan. One would think that, after all the times he has misjudged Brooke Logan and her intentions, he’d finally understand where her loyalties lie and what she’s truly capable of—even when the evidence appears to say otherwise. Instead, it’s Taylor whom he claims to know better than anyone, anticipating that she’ll always be his doormat anytime Brooke seems to disappoint him.
As I watched Ridge rant and rave about Brooke’s so-called betrayal, I heard tiny violins playing in my mind. The tune was familiar, and I could hear the lyrics that define Brooke and Ridge’s current dilemma. If it were Brooke speaking to Ridge, it might go something like this:
“Now all the things that we’ve been through,
You should understand me like I understand you.
I know the difference between right and wrong,
And I ain’t gonna do nothing to break up our happy home…”
You don’t understand me, Ridge
The truth is, Ridge doesn’t understand Brooke at all.
Brooke has spent her life understanding Ridge, looking out for him, and taking care of him and his family. Ridge, on the other hand, seizes every opportunity to see the worst in Brooke and run away from her. I won’t recount every single time he’s done this, but there are a few highlights serve as reminders of Ridge’s patterns.
Do you remember when Ridge walked out on Brooke because his son swore they’d gotten busy on Berry Island? Where did he go? Straight into Taylor’s arms. Then there was the time that Ridge left Brooke over the Thomas and Hope entanglement. Where did he land? In Shauna’s arms. Most recently, when Ridge believed the CPS call lie, he hiked up Taylor’s skirt.
Seeing a pattern here? It’s as if Ridge wants to see the worst in Brooke just so he can sample another woman. Nine times out of ten, he ends up at the altar with one of these women until the truth drags him back to his so-called “destiny.”
But there’s another pattern at play—Taylor’s compulsive need to become the tissue Ridge blows his nose with whenever he misjudges Brooke.
It’s time for Brooke to stop forgiving Ridge and taking him back. Instead, she needs to realize that if Ridge doesn’t know her by now, he never will. Quite frankly, Taylor might actually be a better fit for Ridge than Brooke. Ridge needs to ask himself why he chooses, time and time again, to believe the worst about Brooke, even though she’s consistently vindicated. He also needs to figure out how he so easily “destiny-hops” at the slightest hint of Brooke failing him.
Two sides of the same Taylor made coin
Ridge and Taylor are two sides of the same The Bold and the Beautiful coin. They both jump to the worst conclusions with the flimsiest evidence. Taylor didn’t even get a second opinion about her supposed terminal illness, and Ridge immediately assumed “power-hungry” Brooke betrayed him—even though she was the one who warned him about the takeover in the first place.
The idea that Brooke is out for power is nonsensical. It’s laughable how Ridge soaked up Steffy’s words about Brooke accepting the takeover because she got to be CEO. This, despite the fact that Brooke refused an executive position months ago to avoid threatening Steffy. At the very least, Ridge owed Brooke a conversation—an opportunity to explain if there was more to her announcement. But Ridge didn’t ask because he didn’t want to know. He wanted just enough information to justify stringing Taylor along—again.
At this point, Ridge might as well be charged with mental abuse. He knows Taylor is as obsessed with him as Thomas is with Hope, and Ridge is as guilty of using Taylor as he claims Hope is of using Thomas. Remember when Taylor thought she was dying of a broken heart—a heart shattered by Ridge? And what did Ridge do? He “shocked her chakras” and went right back to playing with her newly mended heart.
Of course, Brooke was running on no cylinders if she really thought her press announcement would not reach Ridge at SnapChat speed, I will also add that her plan to convince Carter to relinquish power is a little bit naive. She might also be taking advantage just a little bit by making sure Hope got her failing line back, but she still has Ridge’s best interests at heart.
Is it time to throw destiny off a #Bridge?
Personally, I’ve had enough of Brooke fighting for a man and a family that always believes the worst in her. Brooke and Ridge once had a love song with the lyrics, “making destiny appear.” For the first time in my history with this show, I wish destiny would disappear.
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