'The Bold Type' Season 4: Why Scarlet's changing format is essential for Kat and Sutton's growth
Spoiler alert for 'The Bold Type' Season 4 Episode 3 'Marathon'
Early on in Season 4 of 'The Bold Type', Scarlet Magazine is under threat of closure. The print business is no longer lucrative and the magazine had been struggling for a while now.
But instead of completely shutting shop, RJ Safford (Aidan Devine), in a bid to get Jacqueline Carlyle (Melora Hardin) back on board, agrees to keep the magazine running as long as they move to the online space.
Now, Scarlet magazine has gone digital and with that, it brings new challenges. Jacqueline hopes to explore other ventures via the digital medium, including a dedicated podcast and a video channel. The magazine is also preparing for a faster turnaround, more shorter articles and less long-form, which means that every employee of Scarlet magazine has their work cut out for them. And especially our three protagonists.
Kat Edison (Aisha Dee), who used to handle the social media team when Scarlet was in print, now has her hands full. In Episode 3, Kat is helping a trans woman, Chloe Blair (Ianne Fields Stewart), run the marathon. Chloe was rejected from running the marathon because of who she is.
And when Kat finds out that Chloe had been not given a chance at all, there is no stopping her. She leaves no stone unturned in helping out Chloe, eventually using the digital medium to make it happen. Kat is the kind of person who goes out of her way to help someone else. And with the magazine going online, she can help more people from the LGBTQ community fight inequality and discrimination.
Elsewhere, a now-engaged Sutton Brady (Meghann Fahy) is finding it hard to climb the ladder at Scarlet. She finds herself feeling dubious about her decision to turn to styling over designing. In the episode, Sutton is helping Oliver Grayson (Stephen Conrad Moore) for a civilian shoot.
But stuck on an assistant's salary, she finds that she is doing a lot of legwork and would like to contribute more on the creative front. She tells Oliver that now would be a good time to give her a promotion. Oliver, however, tells her that a promotion is not possible because the whole reason Scarlet moved to the digital space is because of a financial crunch. Where will the changes at Scarlet take her?
'The Bold Type' airs on Thursdays at 9/ 8c on Freeform.