Finn Puts the Kibosh on Steffy’s Surrogacy Plans — and Taylor Tenses Over Deacon Defending Sheila
Wednesday, September 23, 2026: Today on The Bold and the Beautiful, Carter starts hitting the bottle, Taylor and Deacon disagree, and Finn says no.
At the cliff house, Finn can’t imagine the emotional roller-coaster for Daphne, but tells Steffy she has already gone above and beyond for her. Steffy has to do more… she has to donate her eggs and become their surrogate. Finn frowns, “You’re kidding, right?”
Steffy informs Finn that she’s already spoken to Daphne and Carter about this. Finn’s thrown. He insists that there are other women who could do this for them. Steffy argues that they don’t have a history with the couple. Finn just doesn’t get why she feels she has to do this. He honestly can’t believe they’d ask her or she’d entertain the idea. Has something happened to make her think of doing this?!
Finn wonders if Steffy is feeling pressured… or guilty that she was able to have two kids when Daphne can’t. Steffy supposes that’s part of it. Finn is trying to wrap his head around this and questions, “Why now?” He tells Steffy she’s not in a position to do this. They’re very busy and it would be confusing for the kids. It would have too big an impact on their family. She simply cannot do this. “You know that, right?”
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
At Forrester, Carter stews and flashes back through his drama with Steffy. Daphne strolls in and enthuses about Steffy considering to be their surrogate. She has a bag full of baby clothes and Carter reminds her to keep it quiet for now given Steffy hasn’t spoken to Finn yet.
Carter squirms as Daphne talks about trusting Steffy, and goes on about how much she means to both of them. He opens a flask and pours booze into his coffee cup, choking a little as he slugs it back.
Deacon Defends Sheila
At Bikini, Taylor sneaks up on Deacon and startles him. He admits he thought it might have been Sheila. Taylor learns that she just missed her, and guesses she wasn’t there just for the nachos. Deacon says he’s not the only person Sheila misses. “She misses your son-in-law too.”
Taylor’s skeptical when Deacon insists that Sheila is moving on, despite being a little jealous. They get onto her being separated from Finn. Taylor reminds him Sheila traumatized Steffy, who is still suffering after Monaco. She recaps Steffy shock at seeing Sheila’s toes overseas.
The Final Scenes
Still at Bikini, Taylor explains that coming face-to-face with Sheila stirred something in Steffy. Deacon scoffs that it’s hardly the worst thing Sheila has done… he thought she’d be over it by now. Taylor can’t explain it; maybe there’s something else. All she knows is that her daughter is wrestling with someone significant. Whatever it is, it’s not going away… in fact, it’s taking up more space inside of her. Get it?
At Forrester, Carter reels inwardly as Daphne tells him how amazing it would be for him and Steffy to join forces to create their child. It’s the next best thing to them being able to make a baby together. Carter, clearly feeling the effects of the alcohol, tells her she’s right… they’re all connected. Steffy brought them together and now she’s giving them a sacred gift. He can’t wait for Daphne to be a mother. “Steffy’s going to come through,” he declares.
At the cliff house, Steffy holds her head in her hands as Finn goes on about how selfless she is for even entertaining the idea of helping Daphne and Carter. But he’s sure she couldn’t handle detaching emotionally. Someone else will do it. He’s sure to throw in that she’s loyal and committed. She shakes her head. Finn promises when he gets home, they’ll spend a week in bed. Steffy knows he has to go. They kiss and express their love.
