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>> Sheila: Mm. The new owner
of Il Giardino, you really

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have outdone
yourself, Deacon.

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>> Deacon: It's been a dream
of mine for a long time,

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but it's nothing compared
to what you've accomplished.

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>> Sheila: What's that?
Maintaining my freedom?

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>> Deacon: I-- I don't know
how you did it, but you did

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it again. You pulled another
rabbit out of your hat.

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>> Sheila: With the help of
a very good man.

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>> Deacon: Oh, thank you.
I appre-- Oh, you--

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I'm sorry. You meant your--
your boy toy, Bill.

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By the way, you might have
to find a nickname because

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boy toy, Bill,
little long in the tooth.

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Come on. Honestly, are you
telling me that you're in

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love with this megalomaniac,
or are you just using him?

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♪♪

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>> Eric: It's fine,
don't worry. We'll--

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we'll make adjustments.
>> Steffy: It's only one

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review, Hope.
>> Zende: What does that guy

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know anyway?
>> Hope: Well, he's just one

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of the top critics in
the fashion world.

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>> Steffy: Well, he's wrong.
Your line is spectacular.

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You, Zende and Granddad work
day and night,

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perfecting those designs.
>> Eric: Now read it again.

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It can't be that bad.
>> Hope: "The new design team

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for Hope for the Future
shows signs of inspiration,

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but it is a far cry from
the artistry and innovation

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under Thomas Forrester."

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>> Thomas: Artistry

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and innovation.
>> Paris: You can't get

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enough of that review, can you?
>> Thomas: Look, it's not

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like I want my granddad
or Zende to fail,

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but the truth is no one can
bring out the life of that

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line like I can.
>> Paris: What are you doing?

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Looking for more compliments?
>> Thomas: No, I am checking

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my messages.
I'm waiting for Hope or

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my sister to reach out and
tell me how much they need me.

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♪♪

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>> Paris: I don't know if
I've seen you this happy.

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>> Thomas: Vindication.
>> Paris: I know you'd still

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rather be working
at Forrester.

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>> Thomas: Yeah, it is gonna
be awesome when they ask me

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to come back.
>> Paris: Wow, you seem

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pretty confident.
>> Thomas: It's only

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a matter of time before
they rehire me, right?

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And I know it's gonna be
hard for them

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to swallow their pride,
but um, they need me.

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And that lackluster review,
that proves it.

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>> Zende: I'm sorry.
I can't help

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feeling responsible.
>> Eric: No, don't do that.

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Don't do that. This--
this critic just needs time

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to uh, adjust to the changes
we've made in the line,

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the changes in the look,
you know. If anyone is

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to blame it's me.
>> Zende: Grandad, come on.

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>> Eric: No, no. I have
decades of experience.

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I-- I should have been able
to pull this off.

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No, no. No one is to blame.
This was a collaboration.

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We all signed off on
the final looks, but clearly

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we missed the mark.
And now we have

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a limited amount of time
to make it right.

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And I am trying not to panic.
>> Steffy: Don't.

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>> Hope: Well, Steffy,
we invested every resource

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into making this collection
a hit.

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>> Zende: So we go back
to the drawing board.

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>> Hope: I mean, will that
really help though? I mean,

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I hate to say it,
but do desperate times

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call for desperate measures?
Do we need Thomas back

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on Hope for the Future?
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>> Deacon: You still haven't
answered me.

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>> Sheila: What?
About the pizza?

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I told you less oregano
and a little more garlic.

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>> Deacon: No. About your
claim that you're in love

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with Spencer.
How is that even possible?

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>> Sheila: Why is it so hard
to believe?

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>> Deacon: Oh, well,
for starters,

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he's not your type.
>> Sheila: Well, I really

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wouldn't have thought so
either, but.

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>> Deacon: How long has this
secret little affair been

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going on? I mean, you were
living with me for months.

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I-- I thought you were
into me? And now you're with

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Spencer, the most arrogant
jerk on the planet?

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>> Sheila: Yeah. Well, don't
take it personally.

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I know it's difficult
to lose at love.

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I-- I-- I know that.
>> Deacon: Hm. But did

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I really lose?
And is your relationship

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with Spencer the real deal?
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>> Thomas: You know,
I lost so much, but you have

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been so great to me.
Your encouragement and um, well,

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allowing me to crash here.
>> Paris: Oh, hey, I enjoy

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the company even though
you make me late for work.

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>> Thomas: Yeah. It's just,
it's nice that someone

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still wants me around.
>> Paris: Well, I always try

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to see the best in people.
You made a mistake, obviously

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a really bad one,
but you regret it.

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>> Thomas: Yeah. But nobody
really wants to hear

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my apologies. They kicked me
out of Forrester,

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out of the family,
and I've lost my son.

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That's the worst part.
I miss Douglas so much.

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>> Paris: I'm so sorry
you're going through this,

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but I can also see
you're trying to be

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a better man. And hey,
things are looking up for you.

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Forrester seems to need you.
They're struggling without you.

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♪♪
>> Steffy: Thomas?

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Hope, seriously?
>> Hope: Well, you heard

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that review.
The line is in trouble.

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>> Zende: So we'll fix it.
You, me and Granddad will

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put our heads together and--
>> Hope: And what? Are we going

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to pull a brand new line out
of thin air?

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>> Eric: Yes, we can do that.
It's not too late.

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We can do it.
>> Steffy: It's a way better

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idea than welcoming back
Thomas. You just terminated

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him and you said that
you're trusting your line

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in Zende's and
Granddad's hands.

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>> Eric: Have you forgotten
what he did to your mother?

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>> Hope: No, I haven't
forgotten. And I won't be

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able to forgive him for that.
But this is bigger than me.

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I mean, I have a whole team
of people to think about,

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their livelihoods.
So I need to consider

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every angle. I mean,
I don't know.

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Maybe there's a way we could
do it in a way that hasn't

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been done before.
>> Steffy: What are

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you thinking?
>> Hope: Well, Thomas could

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work remotely and that way
he's not allowed into

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the building. And he could
communicate via email.

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>> Zende: Really?
>> Hope: It's an option.

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>> Steffy: Wow. I was not
prepared for this.

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But as CEO, I'll consider it.
But ultimately, we need

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to speak to my dad
before making any decision

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about Thomas.
♪♪

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>> Deacon: I do appreciate
you coming here before open

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so that no one would see us
together, even though you're

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a free woman.
A lot of people though,

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wouldn't be too happy
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>> Sheila: Heavens forbid.
>> Deacon: Mm. So how did this--

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this spicy romance with Bill
get started?

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>> Sheila: Oh, you
want details?

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>> Deacon: I'm a big boy.
I think my shattered heart

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can handle it.
>> Sheila: Well, I was living

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upstairs and I snuck down
here one night and

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Bill Spencer was sitting
at the bar eating and

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drinking alone,
and something just

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seemed off. I was wildly
intrigued by that.

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>> Deacon: Hmm.
>> Sheila: When he left,

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I followed him.
>> Deacon: Back to his palace.

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>> Sheila: No. No, to the
beach. We sat in the sand

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until sunrise talking.
>> Deacon: Sounds like

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a cheesy novel my grandmother
would read. The Billionaire

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and the Fugitive.
>> Sheila: He really

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surprised me. Turns out
we're more like one another

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than I could have ever
imagined. Just both

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misunderstood and--
and always under attack.

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Turns out we both
just wanted to be loved.

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>> Deacon: Well, you know,
look at you all-- all glowing

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and stuff. Okay, great.
You've got real feelings

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for Bill.
>> Sheila: Yeah, I do.

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I really do. And I'm gonna
spend the rest of my life

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with Bill Spencer.
>> Deacon: I'm sure

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you hope you do.
[ Sheila laughing ]

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>> Deacon: I'm just trying
to wrap my head around

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the idea of you and Spencer.
>> Sheila: Hey, it was

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unexpected for me too.
>> Deacon: So tell me the truth.

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I mean, were you just using me?
I mean, not just

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for this, you know, the--
the food, the shelter,

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the security, all that.
>> Sheila: No, I cared for

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you, Deacon. And I still do.
>> Deacon: Now, you're moving

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on with Spencer.
>> Sheila: It's-- it's not

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that I didn't enjoy
every minute with you.

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>> Deacon: How could you not?
I treated you like a queen.

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>> Sheila: You were a very,
very giving roommate.

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>> Deacon: I've heard that
before. I have. Yeah. But--

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And where's it gotten me?
You know, single. And I--

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When-- Bill and me,
I'm just curious, you know,

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how do I measure up?
>> Sheila: Um.

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>> Deacon: Come on.
>> Sheila: You-- you measure

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up just fine.
>> Deacon: Boom! I knew it!

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>> Sheila: You do not have
to feel less.

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>> Deacon: Haha. And I don't.
Hey, tell me, does he do

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that little thing with it?
>> Sheila: Oh. Uh-huh.

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You know, a lady doesn't
kiss and tell.

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>> Deacon: This has been
a crazy ride, hasn't it?

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I mean, you show up at my
place, a desperate jail bird.

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You got nowhere to go.
No place to stay.

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Now, look at you.
You're free as a bird.

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Living in Spencer's mansion.
Miracles do happen.

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>> Sheila: Miracles don't
just happen.

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I make them happen. I do.
>> Deacon: I know.

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[ Sheila laughing ]
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[ Hope sighing ]
>> Paris: Hey.

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>> Hope: Oh, Paris. Hi.
>> Paris: Sorry again

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for missing the meeting.
>> Hope: It's fine.

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It's been a pretty stressful
day for everyone.

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>> Paris: What's going on?
Oh, right. The review

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on the latest collection
is supposed to come in today.

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>> Hope: Yeah, it already did.
>> Paris: Not good?

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>> Hope: The critic wasn't
too impressed.

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>> Paris: Oh, no. That sucks.
Did they say why?

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>> Hope: Um, basically, it is
pretty clear what the

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problem is.
And that is that--

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>> Paris: Zende and Eric
aren't Thomas.

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♪♪
>> Steffy: Obviously,

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Pierre has been in business
for years, but it's the

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first he's seen of many
new designs.

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There is so much more
to come, so many surprises.

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Do you mind if I--
I call you back? Thanks.

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Thomas, what are you
doing here?

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>> Thomas: It's okay.
Charlie didn't see me.

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I snuck in, so nobody knows
I'm here.

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>> Steffy: I do.
>> Thomas: So what?

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Dad's out of town and
Granddad is having his

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afternoon pickleball date
with Donna right now.

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>> Steffy: You shouldn't
be here. You know that.

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>> Thomas: By that sound
of that phone call.

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>> Steffy: Oh,
you're eavesdropping?

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>> Thomas: I read that piece
on Hope for the Future

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and Steffy, I am sorry
that you're having to do

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all this damage control.
>> Steffy: Thomas, it's not

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your business anymore.
God, I can't-- I can't deal

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with you right now.
Timing couldn't be worse.

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>> Thomas: Actually, hearing
the spin that you're trying

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to put on that bad review
seems like my timing

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couldn't be any better.
♪♪

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>> Deacon: So then
you admit it.

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You worked your charm.
You made it happen with Bill.

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>> Sheila: Actually, it--
it happened organically.

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You know how it is when
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and you're talking about
your life and-- and what

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you like and-- and your
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Kinda what-- what lights you up.
>> Deacon: Kinda thought

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that's what we were doing
not too long ago back

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at my palatial estate.
>> Sheila: Actually I really

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liked that little place.
You know what, now that you

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are a restaurateur,
I'm sure you're going to have

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your own estate in no time.
>> Deacon: We'll see.

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>> Sheila: You know, I--
I really...

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I look back fondly
at all those hidden moments

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that we had together.
>> Deacon: Okay. Sheila, you

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can't say anything about that.
>> Sheila: I know.

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>> Deacon: I mean it. I--
I-- Especially, especially

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for Hope. Nothing.
>> Sheila: No, quite honestly,

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I really don't want Bill
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together either.
>> Deacon: We were sleeping

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together in the bed,
the couch.

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>> Sheila: Oh, okay.
Okay. Yeah.

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>> Deacon: Against the wall,
in the kitchen.

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>> Sheila: Uh-huh. Yeah. I--
I remember quite vividly.

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>> Deacon: Oh, I bet you do,
honey. You ain't

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never gonna forget.
>> Sheila: No. No. We have

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a lot of romantic moments,
but you know what was really

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special to me is when
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>> Deacon: Thought I'd be
doing that for years.

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>> Sheila: I really do
appreciate it.

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>> Deacon: All right.
All right. Look, I-- I--

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I gotta ask, with you
and Spencer, I-- I get it,

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your feelings are legit.
You're not playing the guy.

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>> Sheila: Sorry to disappoint.
>> Deacon: He's just so full

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of himself. I mean, are you--
are you really that tight?

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>> Sheila: I thought I made
myself perfectly clear,

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Deacon.

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I hope you enjoyed
that because that is never

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gonna happen again.
I don't wanna do anything

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that'll risk what I have
right now.

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>> Deacon: Then why did you
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>> Sheila: I wanted to tell you
about Bill and me.

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And I-- I wanted-- I wanted
to congratulate you

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or you know what?
Maybe I should be saying

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congratulazi--
um, congratulazi--.

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>> Deacon: Are you trying
to say<i> congratulazioni?</i>

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mouth more.
>> Sheila: No. Yes.

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>> Deacon: You can do it.
>> Sheila: That's what

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I wanted to say.
>> Deacon: Brava.

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♪♪
>> Paris: Well, for what

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it's worth, I thought
the collection was beautiful.

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>> Hope: Thank you. I did too.
And you know, obviously

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we were trying to pick up
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the previous collection,
but I guess we just did not

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recapture that magic.
>> Paris: I don't mean

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to pry, but are you
considering asking Thomas

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to come back and design
for Hope for the Future?

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>> Thomas: Take a look at

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what I've come up with.
>> Steffy: Thomas, you don't

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work here anymore.
>> Thomas: Yes, I know that.

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But maybe, just maybe,
these will change that.

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Just look, they're for
Hope for the Future.

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They're good, sis.
No, scratch that.

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They are great.
They're exactly what Hope's

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line needs.
It's a shame they're not

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in production right now.
>> Steffy: Well, you know

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why, Thomas.
>> Thomas: Yeah, I get it.

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Everyone's mad at me,
but I still care about the line.

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>> Steffy: And Hope?
>> Thomas: Yes, I care about

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Hope, but not like that.
Steffy, look, I know that

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I screwed up, all right?
But I-- I can't be, like,

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banished forever.
I mean, that review shows

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how much Hope and her line
needs me right now.

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I mean, what? Am--
am I supposed to be like

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never forgiven,
never brought back into

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the line, never brought
back into the family?

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Look, yeah. I-- I used an app
to try and reunite our parents.

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>> Steffy: You say it
so casually, Thomas.

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Do you not have any remorse?
>> Thomas: Of course I have

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remorse and I'm very sorry
for what I did. All right.

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But what about Brooke
and all the years of pain

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and heartache that
she's brought on our family?

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I'm not asking for
a full pardon.

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I know it's gonna take
a while for me to regain

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everyone's confidence,
but at least let me be

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a part of the family business.
>> Steffy: It's not that

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simple, Thomas.
>> Thomas: Look, you know

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that I am artistic
and creative types can be

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a little obsessive.
>> Steffy: You took it to

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a whole new level.
>> Thomas: Yeah, I did.

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I went way overboard
and I never should have.

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I'm so sorry, Steffy. I--
I-- It-- it pains me so much

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that I hurt you,
that I hurt Douglas,

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but come on, please give me
another chance. I mean,

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you-- you have the power,
right? You're co-CEO with Dad.

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You could bring me back
into the family and you could

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give me a chance here. I mean...
Please tell me that

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I still have a place here.
Tell me that I can still be

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a part of Forrester Creations.
♪♪