Table of contents for #296 in Soap World

Where’s Caroline? * Caroline Spencer Forrester may not have been seen on The Bold and the Beautiful since October 2016 but that doesn’t mean fans won’t get to see her again, says her portrayer LINSEY GODFREY. Speaking about her role, Godfrey says that while Caroline is in New York for now, “I’m always excited to come [back] and play, whenever they’ll have me,” hinting that her character’s stories are far from over. Soap stars’ new roles * Former Y&R star JUSTIN HARTLEY (ex-Adam) who currently plays Kevin on the hit primetime drama This Is Us, is to appear in the upcoming film A Bad Moms Christmas. He’ll play Ty Swindle, described as “a fit and handsome firefighter by day who doubles as an erotic dancer at night”. Meanwhile, former Days…

His behaviour has run the gamut from sweet and sensitive to wildly unpredictable. Two years ago, Marilyn and John were the picture of married perfection, as the very-much-in-love couple exchanged vows and rings in one of the most romantic weddings Summer Bay has ever seen. But that day and the love they showed off to the world now feels like ancient history as the reality is this marriage is now foundering, and it seems nothing will save it from smashing onto the rocks. The recent months, with John’s (Shane Withington) various medical challenges and battles with the law after being revealed as the bushfire arsonist, have changed the way Marilyn (Emily Symons) looks at her husband. While she once promised to love him until death do they part, Marilyn now…

Tyler had been angry over a video of his sister Pearl that his team-mates had uploaded to social media. After a stint in Fiji working with the Department of Public Prosecutions, Janet is lured back to Sydney to help the National Crime Commission investigate organised crime in sport. It follows the suicide of Oliver, a bowler who was exposed for a betting rort as well as an arson attack on another cricketer. But much has changed since Janet (Marta Dusseldorp) left Australia. Her former mentee Richard (Hamish Michael) is now a top defence lawyer to sporting stars — including those being questioned by the NCC — and her sometimes rival Owen (Damian Walshe-Howling) is now head of the DPP. With a new team as well as Tony (Peter Kowitz) and…

Ousted as Top Dog, Kaz is on a dangerous mission. She is desperate to stop the drug trade that has been running rampant throughout the prison. Guard Will is by her side as their suspicions about Jake’s involvement grow. But as always Joan “The Freak” Ferguson is at the centre of it all, making Kaz and Will’s goal almost impossible. First Will (Robbie Magasiva) and Kaz (Tammy MacIntosh) have to figure out how the drugs are getting in since the big crackdown. Jake (Bernard Curry) had been bringing the substances in for Tina (Charli Tjoe) to sell until the raid by Corrective Services. Seeing an opportunity, Ferguson (Pamela Rabe) offered her knowledge of the security network so that they could import the drugs undetected. This wasn’t a kind gesture on…

“We tell a lot of dirty jokes on set and we’re totally inappropriate with each other!” Don’t expect a concert tour from Scott Clifton any time soon. The B&B actor laughs when asked what’s happening with his music career since releasing an album in 2014. He says he only sang the songs he’d written because he couldn’t get anyone else to and claims that singing in front of people scares him. “Singing was never something that I wanted to pursue, never an ambition of mine — I was told that was part of the territory and so I did it and so a lot of people think that I’m a singer and it’s terrifying to me. “You know how a lot of artists get on stage and they feel that’s…

“One word from me and your whole life is done,” Katie says, as she forces Quinn to serve her tea on a silver platter. The golden and gilt-edged walls of Quinn Forrester’s perfect existence are threatening to crumble down around her following Brooke’s discovery of her affair with Ridge and the subsequent cancellation of Brooke and Ridge’s wedding. Regrouping in LA after the scandalous turn of events in Australia, Quinn (Rena Sofer) soon discovers that the situation is worse than she can imagine. Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) drops the bombshell news on Quinn that Katie (Heather Tom) knows about their betrayal of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Eric (John McCook), leaving Quinn aghast at the thought of Katie’s next move. In a panic, Ridge’s stepmother yells that Katie hates her and…

MAY 22-26 * Fighting with Phyllis over Ravi, Ashley insists she cares for him but later, an irate Phyllis tells Ravi he deserves better than Ashley. Ravi wants the women to stop arguing over him but Phyllis accuses Ashley of mistreating him. Ashley hits back, hissing that Phyllis stole her colleague from her. Later, Ravi is taken aback by Abby’s advice not to expect romance with Ashley. * Jealous of the attention Lily is receiving as spokesperson for Brash & Sassy and how Victoria and Billy are isolating him from executive decisions, Cane hijacks the company’s GC Buzz promotion to act as Lily’s model for the product demonstration. Soon after, Billy rants about Cane’s actions but Victoria soothes the unrest by appointing Cane to head the Asian market rollout for…

* For weeks, Sally has been tormented by an online stalker who’s subjected her to a campaign of terror and abuse that has included death threats. Despite briefly suspending her social media activities and public work as a Weatherfield councillor, Sally finally decides to re-enter public life determined not to allow the stalker to ruin her life. However, Tim is freaked about his wife’s safety and accompanies her to a function at Town Hall where he quickly spies a woman he believes to be the tormentor. Tackling the woman, Tim engages her in a public brawl and ends up creating a spectacle when the police intervene and clear the woman’s name. Upset at their stepfather’s outburst, Rosie and Sophie secretly resolve to track down the stalker and after identifying the…

WIN THE OUTCASTS DVD Thanks to Eagle Entertainment , 25 lucky Soap World readers will win the movie The Outcasts on DVD, valued at $24.95 each. That’s a total prize value of $623.75! After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school queen bee, Jodi ( Victoria Justice ) and her best friend Mindy ( Eden Sher ) plot their revenge by uniting all of the school’s outcasts to overthrow the cruel reign of the popular clique once and for all. But in a tale of “be careful what you wish for”, a taste of power gets the best of all of them, nearly ruining Jodi and Mindy’s friendship and threatening to sabotage Jodi’s budding romance with Dave ( Avan Jogia ). Available to rent or own now…

Steffy calls Sally disgusting and smugly taunts that she’s shown Thomas the criminal that she is. Blushing bride Steffy’s Australian wedding to Liam was the picture of perfection, except for one thing, the irritating presence at the gathering of her fashion rival Sally Spectra, who revelled in being Thomas’s date for the occasion. The memories of her harbourside catfight with Sally are still raw in Steffy’s mind as she chastises her brother for inviting Sally to the wedding. Despite respecting Thomas’s desire to find love, the woman he’s dating is a Spectra and in Steffy’s mind simply cannot be trusted. Livid at Steffy’s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) attack on his personal life, Thomas (Pierson Fode) defends Sally (Courtney Hope) and ignores Steffy’s warning that Forrester Creations can’t risk history repeating itself…

Naive school girl Xanthe is getting way too close to cunning teacher Finn. After unknowingly being used as his spy she is also developing feelings for the man who will stop at nothing to become Erinsborough High’s principal. But could their growing bond cross the line? In dramatic upcoming episodes of Neighbours , Finn is unleashing his plans to see his professional dreams come true and Xanthe (Lilly Van der Meer) is getting sucked right in. What started as a genuine respect for her science teacher began to turn when Finn (Rob Mills) entrusted Xanthe with the duty of keeping him abreast of what people were saying about him. Xanthe is also the only one who knows that Finn is suffering from a brain aneurysm that without…

Brooke lures Bill into the bedroom where he’s ecstatic to find her wearing a skimpy dress made of dollar bills. Devastated by Ridge’s betrayal of her with Quinn, Brooke rebounds from the traumatic revelations she endured in Australia by insisting that she’ll never forgive him or take him back into her life. Recoiling when Ridge calls her “Logan”, Brooke spits that he threw away the right to address her by her pet nickname and orders him never to call her that again. Much to Brooke’s (Katherine Kelly Lang) distress, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) won’t give up without a fight and drops to bended knee, begging her to marry him. Bluntly refusing, Brooke goes against Ridge’s wishes and tells a disappointed RJ (Anthony Turpel) that their Australian wedding never happened. Despite promising…

Chloe races upstairs as Chelsea follows screaming, “Nick was right. You are a lying, murdering bitch.” For six long months, Chloe has carefully hidden the shocking secret that she was responsible for Adam’s death in the cabin explosion. Despite attempting to move on with her life and forge a new beginning with Kevin, the spectre of killing Adam still haunts her and often catches her off guard at inopportune times. One such moment occurs during a conversation with Scott (Daniel Hall) about his experiences in the Middle East. Encouraging Scott to emerge from the darkness he feels, a drunken Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) suddenly blurts out that she took control of her destiny six months ago. Intrigued by her ramblings, Scott casually mentions to Nick (Joshua Morrow) that Chloe said she…

Confronting Colin, Jill rages at him for stealing from her again and forces him to reveal the truth about the ring and how he sold it. In the blink of an eye, Jill’s life has changed irreversibly following her discovery that her husband Colin stole all of her money, a move which brought on Jill’s heart attack and the eventual diagnosis that she has heart disease and needs to make major lifestyle changes if she wants to stay alive. Despite reluctantly accepting the health changes she needs to undertake, Jill (Jess Walton) isn’t about to take Colin’s (Tristan Rogers) betrayal lying down. Eager for revenge, Jill has an epiphany regarding Katherine’s past attitude to Colin and tells her husband that their marriage is over. However, Colin isn’t about to give…

AN IMPERFECT PARTNERSHIP HOLBY CITY FRIDAYS AT 7.25PM ON BBC FIRST To the surprise of their hospital colleagues, Jac and Matteo are revelling in their own special love bubble as their relationship finally seems to be heading in the right direction. However, Matteo soon starts behaving awkwardly around Jac, sparking her suspicions when Matteo refuses to spend a romantic getaway with her. Shocked, she digs into his odd demeanour and soon has cause to accuse him of resorting to old habits, stealing the hospital’s research to pass along to their opponents in Berlin. Dissatisfied with his explanation, Jac investigates further and stumbles on another shocking secret about him that quickly drives a wedge into their romance. Jac and Matteo are soon arguing over professional matters as they struggle to prevent…

Seeing Lizzie blossoming into a beautiful little girl has an emotional impact on Zende. * For a long time, Zende Forrester has passionately resisted all suggestions of having a child of his own. The emotional turmoil that he endured throughout his then-girlfriend Nicole’s surrogate pregnancy with her sister Maya’s baby dissuaded Zende from all involvement with babies. But now that he’s happily married, Zende’s attitude is changing. Revelling in his new marriage, Zende (Rome Flynn) is still aglow with memories of his fairytale reunion and wedding to Nicole (Reign Edwards) as they excitedly dive into their new lives as husband and wife — and colleagues at Forrester Creations. Not even a disagreement over Coco’s (Courtney Grosbeck) presence at the company divides them. Despite Nicole’s growing friendship with Coco and her…

Rita’s delusions are becoming dangerous with the naive nun-in-waiting refusing to accept treatment. * There has been plenty of drama and intrigue surrounding the newcomers at Stanton House but the unique situation of one of the girls has everyone baffled. And when Rita refuses treatment for her difficult pregnancy the shocking truth of the situation leads to an explosive confrontation. Each of the girls who has moved through Stanton House has had a story to tell but none as unusual as Rita’s (Darcie Irwin-Simpson). It isn’t often that a nun moves through the halls of the home for unwed mothers but in Rita’s circumstance she has nowhere else to go. Quiet and shy, Rita has struggled to accept what is really going on with her. Church Mouse, Debbie’s (Sophia Forrest)…

* Devout Catholic Jack has always chosen God over his love for Paige but now that a baby is on the way he could be thinking twice about remaining a priest. The impending birth and meeting his child for the first time are likely to heighten the mixed emotions and confused feelings he’s had since meeting Paige. Jack (Andrew Morley) has never stopped loving Paige (Olympia Valance) but felt called to the church. Even the moment he broke his vows by making love to Paige moments after finding her on the brink of hyperthermia didn’t sway him. But could holding his child in his arms change Jack’s mind about being a priest? After all, he isn’t supposed to even have a child given that he took a vow of celibacy.…

“I think she’s enjoying this new stage in her life and her new neighbour – one of them at least.” With Katie’s poor track record when it comes to men, Heather Tom is open to pretty much anyone on The Bold and the Beautiful romancing her character. She’d even leave it up to chance. “I think there are any number of eligible men on the show that she’s not related to so I think you could throw a dart and that would just be fine with me,” she laughs. “We aren’t squeamish on the show about swapping partners, keeping it in the family, you know, so I think we’ll see what happens.” Tom believes Bill (Don Diamont) is the love of her character’s life but since he thinks otherwise Katie…

* Unaware that her family has tricked her into being an industrial spy for them at Forrester Creations, Coco happily goes about her work with a besotted RJ, blissfully ignorant that she’s capturing all of Forrester’s secrets on the tiny camera that Saul has hidden inside the necklace that Sally and Shirley have given her. Not even Zende’s constant warnings about safeguarding the company’s designs from possible theft by the Spectras arouse Coco’s suspicions that her family is using her for nefarious purposes. Across town, Shirley (Patrika Darbo) has wasted no time putting Coco’s (Courtney Grosbeck) advantageous position within the rival camp to good use when she stuns a worried Sally (Courtney Hope) by unveiling the first designs for the new Spectra Fashions collection. Detecting that the gowns have been…

Recently, Victor had an epiphany about the life he has led and made the shocking decision to hire Scott Grainger to write his memoirs, intending the book to chronicle every aspect of his life including the many sins he’s committed over the years. To his family’s amazement, Victor promises to face up to the mistakes he’s made but he soon learns that there are some actions that his loved ones just can’t forgive. Forced to allow Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) to escape justice for killing Adam by fleeing the country, Victor (Eric Braeden) has no idea that Nick (Joshua Morrow) has tracked Chloe from her abandoned wedding to the airport and is listening in to their conversation. Stunned to overhear Chloe reveal that Victor paid her to help frame Adam for…

MAY 22-26 * On the beach in Australia, Ridge and Quinn share an intimate goodbye ahead of his wedding to Brooke. Quinn promises to cherish the memories they’ve shared and they passionately kiss, unaware that Brooke has seen everything. Outraged, Brooke blasts Quinn and Ridge for their betrayal, announcing that her wedding is off. She comes close to exposing their liaison to Eric but strikes a deal to keep quiet at the last moment. Brooke storms off leaving a brokenhearted Ridge in her wake. * Mournful over losing Brooke, Bill drowns his sorrows, wondering where his life is headed without her. He throws insults at Ridge and considers permanently moving to Australia. * Overlooking Sydney Harbour, Steffy rejects Sally’s peace offering and their subsequent brawl ends with Sally plunging into…

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS The Vikings star found himself in hot water after ranting drunkenly at a United Airlines staff member. Reports said that after downing vodkas from 7am in the VIP lounge, Jonathan, who had a history with alcohol, became belligerent and was refused entry to the flight. The situation escalated and eventually saw him not only being barred permanently from the airline, but taken to court by the flight attendant who says she suffered intense emotional trauma after his verbal attack. ALEC BALDWIN The 30 Rock star got into trouble with American Airlines staff when he refused to turn off his mobile phone. The actor was busying himself with a game called Words With Friends, and, obviously feeling he was on a roll, refused to…

WHAT A WEDDING! There has never been anything predictable about how the relationship between Steffy and Liam has progressed and reading your feature on how their wedding day occurs isn’t without their brand of surprises and drama. I find that it also gives me a truly wonderful feeling for them to choose our very own backyard as their location to express both their love and adventurous spirit. After all, what other amazing place could they pick for their beautiful day than Australia? J. Clancy, Fairfield, NSW. THE FREAK MUST BE STOPPED Things are getting tense on Wentworth . The lengths that The Freak ( PAMELA RABE ) will go to in her mission to bring down Vera ( KATE ATKINSON ) and exonerate herself never cease to…