Stardust

**Stardust** is the eighth episode of the fourth season of the Freeform drama series, The Bold Type. It aired on March 12, 2020.

## Synopsis

Jane is overjoyed that her brother, Evan, comes to town, and she introduces him to Ryan; Adena turns to Kat for help in dealing with RJ, which causes more trouble between Kat and the board; Richard and Sutton dive into wedding plans.

## Plot Summary

After the debacle with Alice Knight, Oliver is still ignoring Sutton and barely speaking to her beyond text messages. On top of that, he is running her ragged and making it so that during Richard’s visit they barely get to see one another. Never mind making concrete wedding plans. So, there comes a point when Sutton decides she may just move across the country and use the flexibility Instagram followers give her. And no sooner than her deciding that she and Richard agree to use the bar they met at as their wedding venue.

As the astrology section gets a revamp, Alex finds himself wrestling with the idea of free will vs. fate. Leading to him asking the ladies for their opinion, and rubbing some, Jane, the wrong way when he reminds them of the free will people have taken in their lives. But, in the long run, he comes to realize, while he may have free will, he hasn’t used it to his advantage or to serve his interest. So he takes note of how he messed up with Alicia and as fate would have it, she hears this as her driver plays Alex’s podcast in his taxi. Thus leading to a phone call, and Alex may be having a relationship in the future.

Evan Sloan, Jane’s oldest brother, who is a lawyer with two kids, comes about due to work and spends time with his baby sister. Jane thinks the world of her brother, so she wants Ryan and Evan to get along. However, knowing Ryan cheated, things are complicated from the start. However, it isn’t simply just because Ryan cheated on Jane but Evan, only a few months ago, he was cheated on too by his ex-wife.

But, despite the trigger, in time, Evan and Ryan do learn to get along. However, with Ryan able to keep Evan’s secret, Jane feels lied to and with him doing that with such ease, it leads to her questioning their relationship again.

With Ian and Jacqueline separated, she is excited but cautious when it comes to meeting her college sweetheart, Ian. Hence her taken aback by him being so forward and wanting to get back into their old routines. Though, with trying to push against the idea Scarlett’s new astrologist could truly predict what is going on in her life, she decides to be bold. Thus leading to Jacqueline going to Miles’ place.

Despite what Adena said in the last episode, with a piece dealing with a kid who died due to conversion therapy, she and Kat reconcile for a common cause. This specific cause is close to Adena’s heart since her father forced her to go to a conversion camp. Luckily, her mother got her out, but what happened there altered her deeply.

The traumatic experience she had at camp was why Adena was a bit hurt by Kat’s bisexuality. For Kat, she wanted to give her the coming out experience she didn’t get, and with her being bi, it isn’t that Adena was careful without reason. After all, Adena has set a precedent that will be hard to match. However, in the long run, it seems Adena just is sad her efforts weren’t given to someone just into women.

This isn’t to say after the two fail to convince the board, that they separate after all is said and done. Adena reaches out an olive branch to Kat and apologizes.

## Cast

* Katie Stevens as Jane Sloan
* Aisha Dee as Kat Edison
* Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady
* Sam Page as Richard Hunter
* Matt Ward as Alex Crawford
* Melora Hardin as Jacqueline Carlyle
* Stephen Conrad Moore as Oliver Grayson
* Dan Jeannotte as Ryan Decker