Bold & Beautiful Shake-Up: Thomas’ Apology Tour May Yield a Shocking Outcome

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We didn’t see it coming, but maybe we should’ve.

Ever since The Bold and the Beautiful had Thomas reduce Steffy to tears with his admission of wrongdoing and vow to do better — hey, he can hardly do worse! — the writing has been on the wall. He’s getting sprung from the doghouse and, if we’re reading the spoilers for Thursday, March 2, correctly, about to become Steffy’s big solution to the problem with Hope for the Future.

But there’s not a lot of drama in that, now is there? “I’m sorry.” “You’re forgiven.” The end. So where we suspect that the show is taking the story beyond Thomas’ inevitable rehiring is in the direction of…

You know what? You might wanna sit down for this.

“Here. This may or may not be a love note.”

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Just When He’d Lost All Hope…

At first, everyone would be skeptical of this genuinely new, truly improved Thomas. They’d be fools not to be. But over time, he’d manage to sell Steffy, Taylor, even Brooke on the idea that he’s turned a corner. The change in him wouldn’t be lost on Hope, either.

Liam’s wife has really been through it lately, what with her line in turmoil and her home life in shambles. She could come to see Thomas as sort of a safe space, someone she can be around and forget all the other [bleep] that’s going on. They could work together, make progress together… It would feel simple. Good.

But of course it would be anything but.

“Nice, honey, but what I really want is my dang wine.”

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Business and Pleasure

Eventually, it wouldn’t be enough for Hope to make dresses with Thomas. She’d enjoy losing herself in their rapport, but as with any drug, she’d end up wanting more, more, more. Thomas, really having turned over a new leaf, would ignore the flirtatious signals that she’s sending him.

Up to a point. When Hope uses their proximity to one another to make an actual play for Thomas, he’d be stunned — and reluctant to be her guy on the side. That isn’t very on brand with Thomas 2.0. But his feelings for her never having completely gone away, in the end, he could only surrender to temptation.

“Good thing I kept up that gym membership!”

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Ah, But There’s a Twist

The one who’d really be at risk in this scenario wouldn’t be Hope but Thomas. She’s losing herself in something that doesn’t mean anything to her. He, on the other hand, is losing his heart. When she decides to get her act together, Liam will take her back, naturally. But Thomas… where does he go from there? Devastated, will he be able to continue walking the straight and narrow? Or will he revert to his wicked ways?

Review Thomas’ insane life story in the photo gallery below.

Young Thomas attracted to Amber on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and a young Hope on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and Rick feud on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and Rick enemies on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas, Ridge, and Brooke on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and Brooke stranded on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas, Caroline and their son Douglas on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and Sally's love was not to be on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas gets creepy on Bold and Beautiful

Thomas and Hope's short-lived wedding on Bold and Beautiful

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Making another valiant attempt at moving on without Hope, this time Thomas’ efforts were stymied when he crossed paths with a compelling mannequin that looked exactly like the object of his desire. After taking it home, it began talking to him, and inevitably, he tried to romance the thing. In Thomas’ defense, Liam also thought it was really Hope when he spied the designer kissing it. All of this came to a head when Hope found Thomas passed out on the floor of his apartment and it was discovered that he had a brain tumor.

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Thomas and Vinny Walker were pals from school, so he was loathe to believe that the kind-hearted drug dealer had used his newfound position in the lab to switch his sister Steffy’s paternity results… but that’s exactly what he’d done. It turns out Vinny thought it would help Thomas get closer to Hope if Steffy had a baby with Liam. Thomas was angry, but was later devastated when his lifelong friend threw himself in front of Liam’s car and died as a last-ditch effort to win him the girl of his dreams.

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We couldn’t help but think that Thomas needed to get out of the office more when he fell for another woman who already had a man — cousin Zende’s girl, Paris Buckingham. But that wasn’t the only thing that made it awkward — she was also Zoe’s sister — yes, that Zoe, the one he jilted at the altar. The bad news is that he was going through a man bun phase, the good news is that when the newly-mature and stable Thomas made his feelings known to Paris, who was sub-letting his apartment, he was accepting when she friend-zoned him.

Taylor, Steffy, Thomas, Ridge family B&B

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Thomas found out Sheila Carter had pushed his father’s wife, Brooke, off the wagon and kept the secret a tad too long in hopes that his parents would reunite. Steffy realized something was going on between the two and eventually figured out what her husband’s mad biological mother had done, which played a part in their fateful confrontation in the alley behind Il Giardino. Much to Thomas’ horror, both Steffy and Finn were shot by Sheila that night and left for dead. Happily, they both survived in the end.

"Ridge and Taylor's Wedding" -- Coverage of the CBS Original Daytime Series THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Matthew Atkinson as Thomas Forrester and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester. Photo: Adam Torgerson/CBS ©2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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In the aftermath of trying to force Douglas to keep his dirty secret, Thomas decided it would be a good idea to let the boy decide who he wanted to live with… because, of course, he’d pick his dad, right? Wrong. Douglas threw both Thomas and Hope for a loop when he chose his Aunt Steffy’s cliffside abode and they were forced to go along with it. Thomas then made another miscalculation by thinking he’d have open access to his son at his sister’s place, which led to yet another falling out with Steffy.

Annika Noelle, Matthew Atkinson "The Bold and the Beautiful" Set CBS Television City Los Angeles, Ca. 01/31/23 © Howard Wise/jpistudios.com 310-657-9661 Episode # 8971 U.S.Airdate 03/06/23

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<p>Thomas has known his sometime stepsister Hope Logan since she was a baby. Their relationship would take many twists and turns over the years, including… erm, obsession.</p>

<p>Thomas and Rick have had a tumultuous history. This includes Thomas blowing up Rick’s car upon learning he romanced both of Thomas’ sisters as well as his mother.</p>

<p>Years later, Thomas (then Adam Gregory) butted heads with Rick over business, as well as Caroline Spencer. One argument led to Rick falling out a window. Hey, it happens.</p>

<p>Though Brooke has been married to his father Ridge numerous times, Thomas couldn’t help being drawn to her. He went so far as to kiss her during a runway show as part of a PR stunt dreamed up by Whip Jones. They later developed problems of a different nature.</p>

<p>During a tour to promote a clothing line, Brooke and Thomas’ plane crashed on a deserted island. While there, they ate hallucinogenic berries, leading Thomas to believe they had sex. He took a bribe from grandma Stephanie to lie that they had slept together, but eventually came clean. </p>

<p>Despite their parents being married, Thomas became enamored with Hope (then Kim Matula) early on. However, he always had to contend with her love for Liam Spencer, who also had a history with Thomas’ sister Steffy.</p>

<p>Thomas fell for spunky Sally Spectra and defected from Forrester to become the lead designer at her company Spectra Fashions. Their love wouldn’t last, however, as he left her to be with Caroline and their son Douglas when he thought Caroline was dying.</p>

<p>After Caroline died for real, Thomas (now Matthew Atkinson) returned to Los Angeles from New York obsessed with getting Hope to love him. He was often seen around Forrester Creations lurking, plotting and generally being creepy.</p>

<p>Still obsessed with Hope despite their marriage being annulled, Thomas rather nastily allowed her to believe he had died after they argued at Forrester Creations and he fell into a vat of acid. As it turned out, it wasn’t really acid but a cleaning solution.</p>

<p>Thomas, who had buckled down to become a good father to Douglas again as he searched for a house of his own to buy, was thrilled when his mother, Taylor, came home to the family fold. Thomas teamed with Steffy to try and convince their parents they were better together.</p>

<p>Having not hatched a scheme or made out with an inanimate object in months, Thomas decided that it was the perfect time to approach Hope about maybe moving son Douglas out of her place and into the Forrester mansion. Cue Hope’s heart shattering into a bazillion pieces in three, two…</p>

<p>Reformed our ass! Determined to reunite Mommy and Daddy, Thomas used a voice-altering phone app to make it sound like Brooke had called Child Protective Services on him. The dirty trick worked — right on cue, Ridge ran back to Taylor — but we all knew it couldn’t last…</p>

<p>Hope would have happily have had nothing more to do with Thomas, but alas, Eric and Zende’s designs fell as flat as pancakes, so to save Hope For the Future, she had to rehire the (Worst) Employee of the Month. Could he prove to her — to anyone — that he deserved this 22nd chance?</p>

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