When you have a show that has been on air for decades, bidding farewell to characters you have grown to love is a bittersweet fact. But what to do when your favorite show brings back a much-missed character only to end their storyline? Well, that’s sadly what The Bold and Beautiful has done just days after bringing back Darin Brooks’ Wyatt Spencer.
Before diving into Wyatt’s exit from the show, let’s first underline why it feels more like a betrayal. Flashback to October 2023, when Brooks took to Instagram to announce his permanent absence from the daily soap following his steadily dwindling presence on it.
Fans of The Bold and the Beautiful were understandably heartbroken back then, but seeing that Wyatt barely had a storyline on the show anymore and understanding Brooks’ decision to “see what’s around the bend,” they heartbreakingly accepted the goodbye.
But now, fast forward to 2024, the recent episodes brought the Spencer son back into the family circle, leaving fans ecstatic over his return… only for the latest episode to cement Brooks’ exit from the show. In the episode, Wyatt is seen meeting up with with his father, Bill, at his beach house — yep, Taylor was just the renter, the real owner is the MIA Spencer son. But, but, but… Wyatt has no plans of residing in the house ever as he tells Bill that his life is in urgent need of change, which plans to induce by leaving Los Angeles altogether.
Looks like Brooks came back just to end his character’s storyline for good. You know, we hardcore Wyatt Spencer fans could so easily lose our calm right now… but we are instead focusing our energies on that silver lining of hope.
Is it really goodbye for Wyatt Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful?
The answer is slightly complicated — we will probably (hopefully) be seeing more of Wyatt, just not on The Bold and the Beautiful.
No, no, I am not raising hopes in vain. The reasoning behind this optimism is two-fold — one is trying to read between the lines and another has a far more solid foundation.
Now, the first one has been caught by other viewers as well — Bill commenting that Wyatt is “restless.” The word makes us wonder if the change Wyatt seeks is going to be in Genoa City, home to The Bold and the Beautiful sister soap, Young & Restless?
Now, Flo and Wyatt’s relationship never managed to capture the audience’s interest. But what about him and Sally? Yes, it did crash-and-burn to its fateful end and Sally has now found love in Adam in The Young & the Restless, but when have soaps let a love story move forward with no hiccups? Wyatt could be the new hurdle or he can enter their love story to turn it on its head, giving his ill-fated relationship with Sally a second chance.
There are a number of ways his presence in Genoa City can be accommodated and what’s even better is that there is no need to convince Brooks as he is already eager to join forces with Courtney Hope (who played Sally). In a chat with Soaps, the actor teased that he is “here to mess things up” when asked if he has any plans of taking up residence in Genoa City.
“If Wyatt made a list, Sally’d be right there at the top of it. So yeah, I’d jump at any chance to work with Courtney again, on either show!”
Is it just Brooks commending his former co-star or him hinting at a future that is in the pipeline? Fortunately or unfortunately, based on how you look at it, all we can do is wait to see if CBS Studios reveals any plans to bring a blast from the past to Sally’s life.