Deacon’s distress over Luna being alive led him right to Taylor’s couch on The Bold and the Beautiful. It didn’t take the restaurateur long to open up to the good doctor on Monday, September 29’s episode. However, his list of grievances concerning his wife, Sheila, fell short, considering he knows exactly who he’s married to; it’s just that this time her lies had affected him.
Let the record show that the only crime Sheila has committed against her husband is a moral one. She withheld the truth about her granddaughter’s mortality. It’s certainly something to lose his cool over, considering Luna murdered the only friends he had on B&B. But in labeling her actions the worst thing she’s done, Deacon has shown himself to be a hypocrite, while also paving the way for a connection that might just see Sheila backslide, as he is so concerned about.
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Justified Anger Vs. Revisionist History
Deacon (Sean Kanan) has every right to be livid with Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) over not telling him that Luna (Lisa Yamada) is alive. However, his complaint that this is the worst thing she’s done is laughable. Even taken in the context of it being something that affected him, it’s not truthful. Sheila shot her son, Finn (Tanner Novlan), and his wife, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), before leaving them for dead in the alley of Il Giardino, Deacon’s workplace. That’s the worst thing Sheila’s done to him, and he still pulled strings to get her out of prison and then proceeded to marry her.
It seems the only reason Deacon’s upset this time is because she didn’t choose his feelings over her own. In his conversation with Taylor (Rebecca Budig), he acknowledged Sheila’s grief over the loss of Luna. But, even with that acknowledgement, he still couldn’t see why his wife wouldn’t immediately tell him her granddaughter wasn’t dead. Considering Deacon made his feelings clear on being happy Luna was six feet under, it’s not surprising Sheila didn’t say anything.
Withholding The Truth
Funnily enough, Deacon is holding Sheila to a standard that he hasn’t set for himself or Taylor. When he first entered the psychiatrist’s office, he asked if he could share something with her in confidence. He then waved away the request because the news was going to get out anyway, but he initially wanted Taylor to sit on the fact that Luna’s alive.
So it’s okay for him and Taylor not to say anything to Steffy and Finn, but Sheila had to spill the news as soon as she learned what had happened to her granddaughter? That’d be the pot calling the kettle black, wouldn’t it? But one thing is for sure. With Taylor letting him talk through his feelings and not pushing back on his narrative, Deacon has found an outlet that he’s sure to come back to.
The problem is, not only is this budding connection with the psychiatrist unnecessary, it could also lead to the very result Deacon doesn’t want—the return of Sheila’s dark side.
A Perfect Storm Of Events
Sheila’s not backsliding. Yes, she’s entertaining Luna’s manipulative play for Will Spencer (Crew Morrow). But she’s not obsessing, and she’s not causing trouble. Deacon’s concern stems from no longer being secure in the belief that he’s the sole person Sheila can’t get one over on. That insecurity has put him in contact with Taylor, a woman who tried to strike up a friendship with the reformed murderess prior to learning she shot Steffy and Finn.
Being able to see the good in Sheila and then getting burned by her could foster a bond between Deacon and Taylor. Whether it goes romantic may not matter on B&B if Sheila’s threatened by it. Deacon’s the only person who has loved Sheila, flaws and all, on the soap, besides Mike Guthrie (Ken Hanes). Losing him could cause Sheila to flip if she thinks it’s because he’s pursuing Taylor. Especially since Deacon is now referring to Sheila as crazy, a word she loathes, because she doesn’t hate Luna like he does.
However, the wind blows on this story, it might knock a few houses down if Sheila has anything to say about it. But no matter how it twists, the potential of a Deacon/Taylor relationship may have been enticing when Krista Allen was in the role, but Budig’s Taylor and Deacon haven’t had any scenes that justify this random pairing.
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