Zende absolutely ripping into Julius, Maya's transphobic father, both for trying to persuade Nicole to not let Maya have Lizzy, and for being his usual bigoted self re: Maya's gender identity. It is so satisfying.
Finn's sheer determination to return to Steffy that begins to grow more and more since the plotline that began late in May of 2022; despite being shot by Sheila and his survival being hidden from everyone by her and Li, he slowly begins to show more resistance to Sheila's gaslighting and attempts to keep him hostage in a hospital bed. No matter how hard Sheila tries to convince him to stay or subdue him with syringes, he isn't having any of it now that he sees that Steffy was right about her the entire time.
Li punching Sheila Carter in the face, proving who Finn's realMama Bear is.
In a plotline in season 36 involving the Love Triangle between Ridge, Taylor, and Brooke, the climax of the arc has a few moments:
Douglas calling out his father for framing Brooke over calling the CPS on him and telling Steffy about it. Keep in mind, he's only a kid, so for him to outright disobey his father's authority and risk punishment or retaliation to do the right thing takes alot of guts for someone like him to do in his situation. Bonus points to him for playing the voice recordings, both the fake and the real ones, at the wedding when Steffy objects to the marriage.
On that note, Steffy sabotaging Thomas' plan to ruin Ridge's marriage with Brooke as to get him and Taylor together really shows that while she's no fan of Brooke, all the character development she's gone through the past few seasons still remains and she's no longer what many of her critics claim she is since she's willing to do the right thing, even if it means she loses the one thing she wants.
After literal decades of Ridge being unable or unwilling to definitively choose between them, Taylor and Brooke finally have enough of the Love Triangle. They politely but firmly tell Ridge that while they will always care about him and wish him the best, and they know he didn't act in malice, the way he's treated them for years isn't okay, and he clearly needs to do some self-reflection and growth before he's ready for a relationship—so, they're both rejecting him. Even better, the two finally put the claws away, realizing all those years they spent pitted against each other was a waste, and make a genuine effort to not just bury the hatchet, but be friends.
Despite the controversy behind Bill's actions since early 2023, it's definitely quite the feat Bill managed to achieve to be able to have willingly and successfully went into deep cover to deceive Sheila into admitting past murders committed in earlier seasons so that she would be behind bars for life, going so far as to sleep with her just to convince her he was protecting her.
In July 2023, Hope finally starts to become her own person. Granted, she starts becoming adulterous, but it's still refreshing to her formerly self-righteous attitude from way back when. Even as Brooke tries to pressure her into returning to Liam, she forcefully stands her ground in her relationship with Thomas.
Steffy returns to Los Angeles during November 2023, and makes quite the waves as she returns to Finn and reassures him of his love despite Liam's attempts at trying to split them through a voicemail about Deacon and Sheila, and then she confronts the latter and punches her in the face for what she did to her and Finn; The Queen of LA returns indeed.
Throughout her career, Brown has made appearances on various daytime dramas, showcasing her versatility as an actress. From All My Children to General Hospital, she has left an incredible mark on the soap opera. “It’s hard for me to be in this situation right now,” Kimberlin says in an interview with TV Insider. But she feels some comfort knowing that Steffy, was the one to end Sheila’s storyline. “I’m glad it’s Steffy who brought Sheila down,” Brown says.
