Why Is Liam Tongue Tied Around Hope On Bold and the Beautiful?
Liam has something important to share with Hope on The Bold and the Beautiful. He’s dying, and his other ex-wife needs to know what’s going on. They share a child together. Steffy already knows the news. She was there for Liam when his health failed him. But what about Hope? Why is Liam struggling to open up to her?
Grim News
Liam’s (Scott Clifton) health failed him at the wrong time. He got into a heated argument with his dad, Bill (Don Diamont), about releasing Luna (Lisa Yamada) onto the residents of Los Angeles. Liam wasn’t his usual self because he had a health problem, unbeknownst to him. Bill didn’t see anything different about his son. He was more focused on his egotistical self. He couldn’t even care if Liam dropped dead.
After their tense fight, Liam fell and smacked his head on the coffee table. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) was there at the right time. She found Liam and immediately called 911. At the hospital, they eventually learned that Liam’s skull and brain were filled with blood. After a series of tests, doctors also found a mass in his brain that’s impossible to remove. Liam became a terminal case.
At first, he wanted to keep this news to himself, but Steffy had begged him to tell Hope (Annika Noelle). Even if Steffy and Hope don’t get along, she feels that Hope has every right to know what’s going on. Liam is willing to go along with Steffy’s wish. He thinks his grim news could bring his exes together.
Keeping a Grudge?
Liam is forever thankful to Steffy for saving his life. He has no problem with her knowing about his health, even though he finds it embarrassing. But when it comes to Hope, he gets tongue-tied. The words fail to escape his mouth. Liam claims that he can’t tell Hope because it’s hard for him to admit that he’s dying. But could there be something more?
Maybe Liam is holding a grudge against Hope. There could be some part of him who’s still upset about their divorce. After all, he seems to be more focused on Steffy and Kelly (Sophia Paras McKinlay). He should be spending just as much time with Hope and Beth (Jordyn Lynn Ariza). Liam could be harboring some bitterness toward Hope and their daughter. If that’s the case, he needs to forgive Hope (and ask for her forgiveness as well) before it’s too late.
It’s the Burger King of trucks: It’s affordable, and the nascent brand lets customers ‘have it their way’ with a lengthy accessory list, including one that turns this pickup into an SUV.
Nascent automaker Slate is putting a lot of faith in the federal EV tax credit sticking around, because with the $7500 subsidy, the company’s battery-electric 2027 Truck will cost consumers a little less than $20,000. Even without that, the Slate Truck will retail for just under $27,500.
Slate’s history goes back to 2022, when it started as a project within Re:Build, a manufacturing conglomerate founded by Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, and Miles Arnone, co-founder of Cannon Capital and current Re:Build CEO. In 2023, Slate secured more than $111 million in funding from 16 investors, one of which was reportedly Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The Slate Truck is a bare-bones pickup optimized for manufacturing and cost efficiency. To achieve that aim, Slate ditched most convenience features from the Truck. Apart from its digital gauge cluster that also serves as the rearview camera display, power locks, cruise control, and a forward-collision-warning system with automated emergency braking, the Truck offers little in the way of luxuries.
Roll-down windows come standard, as do manually adjustable rearview mirrors. An audio or infotainment system is noticeably missing, too. Instead, your cellphone or tablet serves these functions, with a dock for the former included and one for the latter available as an optional accessory. Better like the sound coming out from your phone or tablet’s speakers, too, because the Slate lacks speakers, though the brand’s accessory division will gladly hook you up with a set.
Access to Accessories
Accessories are the crux of Slate, with the high-margin parts giving buyers the chance to modify the Truck to their personal and budgetary needs. The brand claims more than 100 accessory items will be available when deliveries of the Truck begin at the end of 2026, ranging from power windows to a 2.0-inch lift and 1.0-inch lowering kit, to even an SUV kit, which adds a roof panel over the Truck’s stubby bed, and a three-across rear bench seat, roll bar, and airbags aft of the cab. Sorry, Subaru BRAT fans; the kit’s designed so that the rear bench can only be installed if the roll bar is already in place.
Adding accessories is a largely DIY affair. That said, Slate intends to have a network of approved service centers that can do the work for customers who are more of the YDIFM (you do it for me) variety.
Blank Slate
Every Slate Truck that leaves the automaker’s yet-to-be disclosed Midwest plant (which the company describes as a “reindustrialized factory”) will be almost identical to every other. The lone exception? The battery pack. The company allows customers to shun the standard 47-kWh (net) pack for an accessory unit with a capacity of approximately 75 kWh (net).
Expect Slate to charge a decent chunk of change for the larger-capacity pack, which the company estimates will net the Truck a driving range of 240 miles on a full charge. Regardless of capacity, Slate claims the optional battery choices have maximum charging speeds of 120 kW.
Additionally, the Truck wears unpainted gray composite body panels to keep manufacturing costs down by forgoing a factory paint shop. Those looking for a Truck with a bit more color can opt for a vinyl wrap from the accessories team. Stick with the standard 17-inch steel wheels, and the wrap options can extend to the steelies’ flat faces. Of course, the accessory team has 17- and 20-inch alloy wheels on hand for those less enthused by the standard wheels’ plebeian looks.
Small Slate
Measuring 174.6 inches long, the Slate Truck casts a shadow 1.8 inches shorter than that of a Subaru Crosstrek. Along with standard seating for two, the Truck offers a sizable 7.0-cubic-foot front trunk and a five-foot bed aft of the single cab. In comparison, the $28,590 Ford Maverick’s box measures almost half a foot shorter. While the 1000-pound towing capacity of the Slate is half that of the compact Ford pickup’s weakest rating, its 1433-pound payload comes in just 67 pounds short of the Maverick’s best.
