Sheila Carter isn’t one to mince words on The Bold and the Beautiful, and it didn’t seem like she was messing around on Monday, October 27’s episode when speaking to Li about Taylor and Deacon. The soap’s resident queen of schemes has been pretty tame since she settled down with her husband, but the possibility of an affair between the good doctor and the restaurateur could fatally awaken Sheila’s dark side.
Key Takeaways
- The threat Sheila lodged when speaking to Li
- Why it’s not likely a figure of speech
- Deacon’s playing with fire
- What the future holds (spoilers for the Thanksgiving preview)
Would Sheila Kill Taylor?
While Deacon (Sean Kanan) was turning his therapy session around on Taylor (Rebecca Budig), hoping he could help her leave Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) in the past, Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was having a vent of her own. Li (Naomi Matsuda) had popped by the apartment, giving Sheila the opportunity to open up about the state of her marriage.
She’s of the mind that Deacon seeking an outlet to get his head on straight about Luna (Lisa Yamada) being alive, and Sheila’s role in hiding the truth, is a good thing. But Sheila’s also aware that the two are a bit too comfortable with one another. Li scoffed at the idea that Deacon would cheat, but Sheila didn’t put it past him. Her stance on the matter was clear and unequivocal. Disturbingly so, judging by Li’s face.
Without any care for how it would come off, Sheila said, “No. But if he ever did step out on me, it better never be with the good doctor. No, if Deacon and Taylor were together, if they ever did anything inappropriate, I’d kill her.”
Sheila has killed before, so she’s not speaking figuratively. It’s been decades since she last took a life, but she intended to murder Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and accidentally almost killed her son, Finn (Tanner Novlan), in the process. Though it’s been years since that terrible moment in Il Giardino’s alley, it’s a part of her history of violence.
Deacon has been Sheila’s main reason for keeping her darker impulses at bay, but if he forsakes his wife and seeks comfort in another woman, she may decide she’s had enough of playing nice. Sheila’s already lost Luna to the prison system; if she loses her marriage, too, that could be enough to push her over the edge.
Deacon’s Pursuit Of Taylor Is Selfish
The restaurateur hasn’t been a model patient for Taylor, and that’s not because he’s keeping things close to the vest. No, Deacon is opening up, but he’s opening up too much. From inappropriately bringing up Taylor’s beauty to feeling the need to embrace her, to weighing in on Taylor’s love life. He’s overstepped repeatedly.
It’s Taylor’s job to enforce boundaries as Deacon’s psychiatrist, but his flirtations and passion about the “joy” she deserves seem to be more about him than her. There are a few characters on B&B who use desire and charm as a means of coping when they’re going through a tough time. Deacon is one of them.
But for all his talk about Sheila backsliding, Deacon can’t be that concerned because he’s putting Taylor in a tough spot. Stoking an attraction to see what it can turn into is not the behavior of a man worried that his murderous wife is regressing back to her old ways. It’s the behavior of someone who is seeking control because they have lost it in another aspect of their life. That’s a dangerous game to play when Sheila Carter is in the mix.
Will Taylor And Deacon’s Growing Bond Turn Into An Affair? (Speculation)
Spoilers ahead for the Thanksgiving episode
B&B viewers could be in for a slow burn with Deacon and Taylor if the writers are going to carry their therapy sessions into the holidays. But it’s possible that they’ll fizzle out just as quickly as their attraction began. Deacon will be spending Thanksgiving with Sheila at Il Giardino. Presumably, this means the couple’s marriage is holding on. They’ll be hosting Carter and Daphne, the new budding romance on the soap, which may help Deacon and Sheila find their way back to their own love.
What is clear, though, is that if Taylor intends to go after her “joy,” and Deacon’s a part of the equation, she’ll have a target on her back. Sheila’s not going to take that lying down, whether it leads to murder or not.
