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<i>>> Thomas: My talent,</i>
<i>your vision, us together.</i>

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<i>So come on Hope, please.</i>
<i>Can you trust me again?</i>

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<i>I promise.</i>
<i>I will not let you down.</i>

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>> Liam: Hey.
Did I miss bedtime?

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>> Hope: Just put Beth to bed.
>> Liam: Oh, all right, well,

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bright side, gives me
more time with my hot wife.

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>> Hope: Oh.
>> Liam: Ooh.

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All right, I know this look.
Is it Hope for the Future?

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>> Thomas: Thanks for meeting

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us here, Dr. Howard.
This is just the--

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the best place for this time.
>> Howard: Well, I'm encouraged

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by the progress
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And asking to meet at
the office shows promise.

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>> Thomas: Yeah, well you know,
it's possible I could be

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designing here again soon.
Hopefully.

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You know our-- our sessions
have made all the difference

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in the world and obviously,
my mom is very supportive.

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>> Howard: I'm glad you can
join us, Dr. Hayes.

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>> Taylor: Thank you,
Dr. Howard.

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I'm glad to be here.
These intensive therapy

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sessions have been wonderful
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>> Howard: He's been putting
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>> Taylor: Yeah. You know I--
I-- I see a-- I see

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a real change in my son.
I'm witnessing it firsthand

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and I'm so proud of you.
>> Thomas: Thanks, Mom.

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>> Katie: No problem at all.
I'll have my assistant send

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over another press packet.
Yes, I'll have her reach out.

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Thank you very much.<i> Ciao.</i>
>> Carter:<i> Ciao</i> to you too.

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>> Katie: Huh. This day just
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>> Carter: One of those, huh?
>> Katie: Yeah. I'm really

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sorry I had to cancel
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>> Carter: Don't even
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>> Katie: Thank you.
I have a lot to thank you for.

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You've been such a dear friend
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>> Carter: So, you consider me
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>> Katie: Yes, yes I do.
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my grandmother.
>> Carter: You sound just like

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my grandmother.
>> Katie: It's just that, um,

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well you're one of
the good guys.

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I feel really lucky
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I just want you to know
how much I appreciate you.

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>> Carter: I feel the same way
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>> Howard: We've been focusing

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quite a bit on impulse control,
using new tools to respond

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to emotional triggers.
Have you noticed a difference

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in yourself?
>> Thomas: Yeah, I mean, um,

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I'm definitely recognizing
things. I'm being more

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objective and I can kind of
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they grab a hold of me.
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hitting rock bottom, it--
it, I don't know,

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it just made me so ashamed
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>> Taylor: Okay, but we--
we don't want you

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I just want you to understand
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you do.
>> Thomas: Yeah, but there are

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some people out there
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>> Liam: I know your life

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hasn't been very easy lately,
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staying over at Steffy's.
>> Hope: Yeah, I miss him.

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>> Liam: And then add to that,
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>> Hope: Well, it's not just
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I mean, they're considering
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we find a solution.
>> Liam: You are nothing

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if not resourceful and I know
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whatever it takes to--
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and I'm here to help you
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if I can.
>> Hope: And I appreciate that.

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I'm considering bringing
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>> Carter: I feel very close
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This friendship we've built.
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it's a beautiful thing.
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someone to hold on to.
>> Carter: It means a lot

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>> Katie: Yeah, Bill and Sheila
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We have fun.

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>> Carter: Yeah.
>> Katie: We have a good time.

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>> Carter: Yeah.
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>> Katie: So much good.
>> Carter: Too many.

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I think I've gained
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>> Katie: Oh no, no, no,
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Are you down to a five pack?
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>> Katie: Okay, thank God.
I was worried.

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See? This is what
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This is what I'm talking about.
I don't-- I don't wanna--

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I don't wanna mess this up.
You know, I-- I-- I love this.

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It's uncomplicated and
it's special and I just don't

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wanna do anything to jeopardize
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>> Carter: Me either.
>> Katie: Because it's

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rare, right?
It's rare to find someone

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that you can-- that you can
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with and...
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and you know, be there for.
It's rare and I just-- I--

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I just don't want to mess it up,
do you know what I mean?

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>> Carter: Yeah,
I know exactly...

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Know exactly what you mean.
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>> Howard: You haven't mentioned
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>> Thomas: Yeah, I've had
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attracted to her,
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on her.
>> Howard: Okay. Good.

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>> Taylor: If I may,
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>> Howard: Of course.
>> Taylor: I hear what you're

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saying, but-- but what makes
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>> Thomas: Well, I think
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you know?
Um, I-- I honestly want

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the best for Hope.
I just, I want her to be happy,

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you know and I want her
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>> Howard: You understand how
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for Hope?
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>> Thomas: I get that.
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an amazing team together.
You know, we're great parents

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and we've designed some pretty
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>> Howard: I have no doubt
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>> Taylor: Me too.
>> Thomas: Thank you.

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Thank you both
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>> Liam: Thomas, really?
You would-- you would--

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you would choose to work--
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>> Hope: It was more like
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>> Liam: Uh, its...
From Steffy?

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From Steffy, after everything
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and her family. From Steffy?
>> Hope: Well apparently,

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they're back on good terms
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the only way to get the line
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>> Liam: Oh, my God, that is--
that is so unreasonable.

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He's obviously not
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>> Hope: Liam, I was just as
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>> Liam: Thomas, really?
I mean anyone but Thomas,

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I don't care.
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is telling you, she's wrong.
It's not always just about

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the numbers, okay.
What is the cost of your sanity?

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What is the cost of your safety?
Please just look me in the eye

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and tell me you understand
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come from you and Thomas
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>> Katie: I've had so much
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I mean we've-- we've laughed.
I just, I-- I don't remember

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the last time I've laughed
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my stomach literally has
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amazing and--
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I feel safe and I feel
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That's everything that I could
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>> Carter: Right back at you.
You're a beautiful woman.

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You're giving, open and
I admire the hell out of you

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and nothing's gonna change that.
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>> Katie: No matter what?
>> Carter: Yeah.

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>> Katie: What? What? No, no!
Is that what you thought

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that I was saying?
Is that where you thought

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I was going with this?
>> Carter: Aren't you?

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That's not, that's not--
>> Katie: No, no, no.

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>> Taylor: I think that went
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It's-- it's so good to see you
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working so hard to understand
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>> Thomas: Yeah, I'm just
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trouble for you and Dad
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It's like there's no excuse
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>> Taylor: Oh, I know.
I know I mean I understand

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why you did it.
But honey, when I--

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when I look at you now,
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this beautiful evolution
and I know I keep saying it,

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but I am so proud of you.
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your therapist is too.
>> Thomas: You know, I still

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have no idea how Dad feels.
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At least Steffy is--
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into the office.
>> Taylor: And as far as

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>> Hope: I understand, Liam,

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how you feel about Thomas.
>> Liam: For good reason.

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>> Hope: We are talking about
my career, my line that I love

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and I care so much about.
Hope for the Future allows me

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to-- to try to make a positive
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>> Liam: Allows you to try?
You've been making a positive

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impact, Hope and--
and I don't even mean that

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in some like fuzzy,
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or in our home.
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an inspiration to millions
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Your-- your line has enjoyed
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>> Hope: And I want
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I don't want to abandon it.
>> Liam: I'm not--

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I'm not saying that you have to.
I get that, I get it.

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I get that you're scared about
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but caving into Steffy
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no way that's the answer.
>> Hope: Yeah, well she says

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I don't really have much
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>> Liam: She's wrong!
Of course, you have a choice.

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Of course, there are
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>> Hope: Look, Steffy
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me in a difficult position,
but she says her hands

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are tied.
>> Liam: That is bull, Hope.

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>> Hope: I think the thing
you don't want to acknowledge

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is the fact that Thomas is
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and Hope for the Future has
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as lead designer.
>> Liam: I acknowledge that

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he's a talented designer.
I acknowledge that he's an

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incredibly talented designer.
What I am not willing

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to acknowledge is that
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Do you-- do you acknowledge
the risk that you are

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taking here?
>> Hope: Liam, I am in between

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a rock and a hard place and
I have the same concerns

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as you. The difference this
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just talk, he actually has
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with action.
He apologized to my mom,

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he's going to therapy.
Taylor says he's making

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excellent progress.
>> Liam: Oh yeah, Taylor

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always says that he's making
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he turns around and does
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She's blinded by her love
for him. I don't care.

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What about your mom?
What does your mom say?

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>> Hope: Well, she's not
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>> Liam: Shocking.
>> Hope: Yeah, but she also

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understands the business side
of it, Liam. And she also gets

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>> Liam: So, uh, okay.
Have you made it already?

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Are you gonna work with
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>> Taylor: You know how--
how worried I was about

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our family.
You know, I mean, I knew that

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we would put the pieces back
together at some point.

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I was just so afraid that
we were gonna get pulled

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farther and farther apart.
>> Thomas: Yeah, but you know

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I made so many mistakes
in the past and I hurt

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a lot of people.
Everyone in our family

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and honestly I wouldn't blame
them if they never wanted

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to forgive me.
>> Taylor: I think Hope wants

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to move past all of this.
I-- I think she knows that

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she needs you and she's smart
and she-- she wants to make

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sure her line doesn't
get canceled.

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>> Thomas: But there is
one more factor in this whole

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equation and that is Liam.
The guy pretty much

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hates me, right?
And I-- I don't exactly blame

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him for-- for wanting to
protect his wife.

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But Mom, I promise I am not
a threat to anyone anymore.

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>> Taylor: No, I know that.
I know that and your actions

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are going to speak
for themselves.

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You're dedicated to your craft
and there is no one better

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to spread the message of love
and acceptance.

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And that is exactly what Hope
for the Future stands for.

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Thomas Forrester,
I believe in you.

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>> Liam: Have you already made

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up your mind about Thomas?
Is that what this conversation

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was always gonna be?
You-- you letting me know

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that he's coming back to HFTF?
>> Hope: No, Liam.

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I would never make a decision
like that and not talk to you

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first. I mean...
I know you love me

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and I get that you're just
trying to look out for me--

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>> Liam: Because of his
track record--

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>> Hope: And I haven't
forgotten.

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But you're asking me to choose
between my career and--

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>> Liam: No, no, no, I'm not.
I am not asking that.

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I'm not asking you to choose
that because it's a false

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choice, Hope.
I don't, I'm sorry,

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I don't buy this line from
Steffy that Thomas is the only

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way forward for Hope for
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And frankly I'm kind of
pissed off at her right now,

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for-- for not letting you
explore your options.

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>> Hope: Oh, my gosh, we've
tried. We've looked at

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other designers.
>> Liam: Okay, all right, okay,

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how about this?
All right fine,

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this isn't working.
Let me-- let me ask you this.

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Is there anything,
anything at all that Thomas

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could do that would make him
a deal breaker?

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Anything that--
that would take hiring him off

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the table forever?
Because I'm-- I'm getting--

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I'm getting scared that
the answer is no.

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I'm scared, Hope.
I'm scared that Thomas could

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sell company secrets
to a competitor, that he could--

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that he could literally throw
an intern out of the window

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of the Forrester C.E.O. office
right in front of you

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and Steffy and you would shrug
and go, "Well, he is

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a very talented designer."
So you tell me,

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where do you draw the line?
Where?

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>> Hope: And have you maybe
ever considered that it might

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be beneficial to Douglas
to not see his parents at war?

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That it might be beneficial
to him to see us working well

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together as a team?
>> Liam: That would be

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a good reason if I actually
thought it came from you.

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I have begged you so many times
to keep Thomas out of your life.

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And when you don't,
we all pay the price.

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I don't know what--
I don't know what to do anymore.

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I'm exhausted,
so I'm begging you again.

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Please, please do not hire him
at Hope for the Future.

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Please do not give him
that opening in your life.

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Please.

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>> Hope: Okay, fine. All right.
I'll tell him no.

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>> Liam: Oh, my God.
My God, thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you.
You're making the right

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decision, I promise, I promise.
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