LIAM DISAPPEARS AFTER SURGERY THAT SAVED HIS LIFE — AND SHOCKINGLY, LUNA SURVIVES!
Episode Recap – July 18, 2025

Just when fans thought things couldn’t get any more twisted, the July 18, 2025 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful (with ties into Coronation Street) delivered a breathtaking one-two punch that no one saw coming. First, the dramatic recovery and then sudden disappearance of Liam Spencer following a risky surgery. Then, in a plot twist that left jaws on the floor: Luna Nozawa is alive — and may know more than she’s letting on.

This explosive episode delivered tension, mystery, and heartbreak in equal measure, shifting the game board entirely for the Forresters, the Spencers, and the Nozawas.

Liam’s Life Hangs in the Balance

As the episode began, tension ran high at University Hospital in Los Angeles. Liam Spencer, still recovering from a serious brain aneurysm triggered during a confrontation with Thomas Forrester, was rushed into emergency surgery following a rapid decline in consciousness.

Dr. John “Finn” Finnegan warned the family: “If we don’t operate now, we lose him.”

With Hope, Steffy, and even Wyatt holding vigil in the waiting room, the surgery proceeded — with high risk and uncertainty. After hours of silence, Finn finally emerged to announce that Liam had survived the operation.

Hope collapsed into tears of relief, Steffy whispered thanks to a higher power, and everyone assumed the crisis had passed.

But the next morning, everything changed.

Liam Vanishes Without a Trace

At 6:15 a.m., a nurse entered Liam’s room to check his vitals — only to discover he was gone. His IV had been disconnected. His personal items left behind. No one had seen him leave. Security footage from the hospital’s east wing was mysteriously deleted, leaving law enforcement baffled.

Hope, initially in disbelief, quickly spiraled into panic. “He could barely walk — how could he just leave?” she cried.

The Spencer family quickly mobilized a search, with Bill Spencer calling in private investigators. Brooke, Ridge, and Steffy spread word across social media, and the LAPD issued an official missing person’s bulletin.

But then, in the final five minutes of the episode — the real bombshell hit.

Luna Nozawa Is Alive

While the Forresters were dealing with Liam’s disappearance, across town, a woman entered Poppy’s apartment in a hooded jacket. Poppy gasped. “You—?! It can’t be!”

The camera panned to reveal Luna — visibly thinner, emotionally distant, but alive. She stepped forward, her voice barely above a whisper:

“Mom… I had to disappear. But now I need your help.”

It was the reveal viewers have been waiting months for. While the world believed Luna had died of an overdose — allegedly after ingesting tainted mints that triggered a fatal reaction — the truth is far murkier.

Poppy clutched her daughter in disbelief, sobbing. “They told me you were gone! I buried your hair! They gave me an urn!”

Luna closed her eyes. “That wasn’t me. Someone wanted me out of the picture. And now they’ve taken Liam too.”

What Does Luna Know?

Though Luna’s sudden return answers one mystery, it opens many more. How did she survive? Who faked her death? And what connection does it have to Liam vanishing just after waking from surgery?

Luna offered Poppy only one cryptic explanation:

“I thought running would keep everyone safe. I was wrong. They want something from Liam — and now they have him.”

Theories are already flying among fans — was it Li Finnegan again, secretly moving pieces to “protect” her family? Is there a new villain manipulating events from the shadows?

And most chilling of all — what if Liam willingly disappeared to meet someone Luna warned him about?