In the last month or so, the crazily unstoppable Connie (Julie Dove) has murdered Everett/Bobby (Blake Berris) and kidnapped Melinda (Tina Huang) on Days of our Lives. Her reign of terror in Salem, the show’s homebase, has now stretched across the many weeks of summer – and with Rafe (Galen Gering), one of her first victims since returning to the canvas, still recovering from the effects of a coma, it looks like she may be sticking around for a while longer.
In a surprise move, The Bold and the Beautiful entered into the psycho femme sweepstakes at the cliffhanger-end of their Friday, August 23rd episode, as well. Then, the impossibly sweet Luna (Lisa Yamada) was not only revealed to be a twisted schemer, but a murderous one, as well. Upon discovering Luna kissing Bill (Don Diamont), a man who was assumed to be the young woman’s father for months, the show’s popular anti-heroine Steffy (Jaqueline MacInnes Woods) confronted her — and found herself drugged and locked in a cage. Many viewers, understandably, assumed that they were going to be treated to months of Luna furtively keeping Steffy hostage.
Surprisingly, the Bold scribes worked quickly here. Almost immediately, during her macabre conversations with the desperate Steffy, Luna revealed that she had murdered two men – crimes that she had pinned on her wayward mother Poppy (Romy Park). She was now planning to let Steffy die in the condemned building that she had trapped her in & then eventually convince the macho Bill to marry her.
Steffy’s devoted husband Finn (Tanner Novlan) proved to have some previously undiscovered Columbo in his blood, though. Almost instantaneously, he figured out what was up and had rescued his bone dry, mighty bedraggled wife within days. After a facedown with her angry Aunt Li (Naomi Matsuda), Luna was arrested and confessed all to her very teary, totally shocked mother.
Of course, Bold has made a practice of stretching out the storylines of the equally psychotic Sheila over the years. But sadly, weekly previews seem to indicate that Luna may be off the canvas for a while now. Still, the fun of watching Yamada, Matsuda and Park go for broke will linger in fans’ minds for many years to come. The powers-that-be should also be sent notes of appreciation for focusing, so dramatically, on their Asian cast members. It is still a very white, homogenized world on the soap opera format, and it was nice to see a little much needed diversity at play during this very fun, juicily gothic romp.
Let’s hope that there are more such stories on the horizon…and soon!
Until the next time, SWEET love and pink GRUE, Big Gay Horror Fan!
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