Wow, wow and double wow. My jaw remains on the floor. One of the biggest and baddest villains is back on "The Bold and the Beautiful," and she is the "mother dearest" of mothers. We knew she was too good to be true. She still is. Mom is one hot mess. Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) first popped up on "The Young and the Restless" in 1990. As a nurse, she seemed too good to be true. She was in fact an attempted murderess, a blackmailer, a kidnapper, a poisoner and an arsonist. Her return will cause Eric more heartburn than learning his wife Quinn slept with his lawyer/best friend Carter. Why did he continue to keep this lawyer? In Los Angeles, lawyers advertise on park benches; he would be better off with one of those guys. With Sheila around, he will need a jumbo bottle of Tums. As for Brown, she is thrilled to be back. When she was asked to join "Y&R," William Bell, who created the character, told her she would be evil, and she was OK with that. She relished playing the very bad girl.

OK, back to ragging on Sheila. You would never want to share a park bench with her. Poor Eric. Her return makes you wonder how this titan of the fashion industry looks like a below-minimum-wage worker making patchwork quilts.

It was wonderful to see Pam at Steffy and Finn's wedding. It has been a very rough few years for Alley Mills, who plays the town busybody who bakes the best lemon bars in the world. I hate lemon. No offense, yellow one; our vibe is your missing cousin lime. After Mills told me I would like Pam's lemon bars, she gave me the recipe. Pretty delicious.

It has been a rough time for the actress. Her husband Orson Bean died right outside their home as he was crossing the street to the theater where they volunteered. They met at a little theater thanks to her "The Wonder Years" co-star, Dan Lauria. He had a friend in a play that he knew she would like. She liked the play, but she loved fellow theatergoer Bean.

Jay Pickett, who appeared on "General Hospital," "Port Charles" and "Days of our Lives," died this week while doing what he loved — acting and being on a horse. He was in Idaho while sitting in a saddle on set. Spectators said he just slumped over. A rescue squad pronounced him dead at the scene; multiple tries at CPR did not work. His love of the cowboy life came naturally; his dad was a cattle broker. Pickett held a M.A. in theatre, but kept on bronco busting.

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