1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:15,315 [ dramatic music ] >> Steffy: Finn, I'm so sorry. 2 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:19,252 >> Finn: I just-- I can't believe that 3 00:00:19,319 --> 00:00:22,522 my mother's dead and my wife killed her. 4 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:27,093 >> Steffy: I didn't mean to. Sheila gave me no choice. 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,765 I had to defend myself. If I hadn't, I'd be dead. 6 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:38,271 >> Finn: It's just... Sheila's blood has always been 7 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:43,610 inside of me and now my birth mother's blood is on my hand. 8 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:58,458 And yours, Steffy. ♪♪♪ 9 00:00:58,525 --> 00:01:02,095 >> Hope: I can't believe this. >> Ridge: No, that's true. 10 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:04,464 >> Brooke: Steffy actually killed Sheila? 11 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:07,634 >> Ridge: She had no choice. >> Brooke: My God. 12 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,571 >> Thomas: It was self-defense. >> Carter: Well, how's Steffy? 13 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:14,107 >> Ridge: She's shaken, but she's not hurt, so good. 14 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:17,444 >> Thomas: The kids were out of the house for overnights. 15 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:20,180 >> Brooke: Things would've been so much worse if Kelly and Hayes 16 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,282 had been there. >> Ridge: I didn't even wanna 17 00:01:22,348 --> 00:01:24,918 think about that. >> Carter: Hope, you said things 18 00:01:24,984 --> 00:01:27,454 between Steffy and Sheila had been heated up lately. 19 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,457 That they had a confrontation. >> Ridge: That's par for the 20 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:35,462 course when Sheila's involved. You've been awfully quiet. 21 00:01:35,528 --> 00:01:38,631 >> Thomas: Hey, Steffy had to defend herself. 22 00:01:38,698 --> 00:01:41,134 >> Ridge: You understand that, right? 23 00:01:41,201 --> 00:01:43,203 >> Hope: I just-- I'm just in shock 24 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:49,108 that, uh, she took her-- her, um, husband's 25 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:52,612 birth mother's life. 26 00:01:52,679 --> 00:02:01,621 ♪♪♪ 27 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:05,625 >> Hope: Don't misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting that 28 00:02:05,692 --> 00:02:08,962 Steffy crossed a line. I mean, we all know Sheila. 29 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:13,366 How dangerous she can be. And I'm sure that, you know, 30 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:16,402 Steffy had to make that choice to defend herself. 31 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:19,472 It was terrifying for her-- the wind howling outside, 32 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,941 the power being out-- and then who breaks in but Sheila? 33 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:24,377 >> Ridge: Same woman that shot my daughter, left her for dead. 34 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:27,113 >> Carter: It was a nightmare. >> Brooke: Not only did she 35 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:30,216 shoot Steffy, that lunatic shot her own son. 36 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:32,819 >> Thomas: And even with all of that, Finn's feelings for 37 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:34,787 Sheila still aren't black and white. 38 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:38,091 >> Hope: Well, I-- I mean, try to see it 39 00:02:38,157 --> 00:02:42,362 from Finn's perspective. He still has to reconcile 40 00:02:42,428 --> 00:02:47,800 the fact that his own wife killed his mom. 41 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:53,206 >> Finn: I realize the horrible things that Sheila has 42 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:58,678 done to you and your family. I mean, she almost killed us, 43 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:01,781 almost destroyed our family. I'm-- I'm fully aware, 44 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:08,187 and it is inexcusable. But it doesn't change the fact 45 00:03:08,254 --> 00:03:15,061 that she is my birth mother. She was my birth mother. 46 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:20,833 I mean, she was someone that I... 47 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:27,140 would lose sleep over as a kid. You know, trying to figure out 48 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:32,779 if that's where I got my smile or-- or my drive, and... 49 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:38,251 I can't tell you how much it-- it meant to me when 50 00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:43,056 I finally got to meet her and-- and know my biology. 51 00:03:43,122 --> 00:03:50,730 Even-- even after knowing who she really was. 52 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:56,836 But now I'm-- I'm never gonna see her again, 53 00:03:56,903 --> 00:04:03,076 because you killed her. >> Steffy: Finn, I get that 54 00:04:03,142 --> 00:04:09,382 this is difficult for you, but Sheila broke in here. 55 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:12,986 She lunged at me. She had a crazy look in her eye. 56 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:17,156 The same look that she had when she shot us in the alley. 57 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:21,260 Finn, we have children. What was I supposed to do 58 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:25,398 except defend myself? >> Finn: No, I understand that. 59 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:30,036 Okay? But it doesn't change the fact 60 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:36,009 that my mom died here. Okay, she died in my own home. 61 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:42,382 At the hands of my wife. [ sirens wailing ] 62 00:04:47,286 --> 00:04:51,991 I can't. I can't-- I can't do this. 63 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:54,661 >> Steffy: What? >> Finn: I can't-- I can't-- 64 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:58,264 I can't do this with the police. >> Steffy: What are you doing? 65 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:08,875 ♪♪♪ 66 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:17,116 >> Ridge: I have a real tough 67 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:19,852 time accepting this, um-- this deep connection that 68 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:22,455 Sheila and Finn have. >> Hope: Okay, but she is still 69 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:24,857 his birth mother. >> Ridge: Yeah, and I get that. 70 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:27,126 She gave him life, and after that, she was nowhere to 71 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:30,096 be found. Li raised him. She-- she's the one that's 72 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,665 a real mother to him. >> Hope: Can you really not see 73 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,901 how this might be complicated for Finn? The fact that 74 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:37,336 his wife killed the woman who gave him life? 75 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:44,177 >> Thomas: In self-defense. Okay, but to be fair, we only 76 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:49,015 saw Finn's initial reaction. Right? Now, he's over there, 77 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:52,485 he's with his wife, maybe he's had time to process, maybe he's 78 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:56,289 had time to hear her side of the story and he can actually 79 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:58,991 come to a place to support her how he's supposed to. 80 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:01,394 >> Ridge: What if he can't? What if he's so broken up about 81 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,196 this woman dying that he can't be there for Steffy? 82 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:07,366 That he can't support her? She needs him right now. 83 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:10,937 Police are gonna come back, detectives are gonna... 84 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:13,106 I'm going back over there. >> Brooke: I'm sure she'd 85 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:14,640 appreciate all the support she can get. 86 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:17,210 >> Carter: I'll go with you. >> Ridge: No, no, I-- I got it. 87 00:06:17,276 --> 00:06:19,712 I don't want it to look like we need a lawyer right now. 88 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:27,286 I'll be back. >> Brooke: Honey? 89 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:30,723 You okay? I know it's a lot to take in. 90 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:33,659 >> Hope: I know I'm the only one here defending Finn, 91 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:36,429 but he's not the only one who has complex feelings 92 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:41,200 where Sheila's involved. Despite my objections 93 00:06:41,267 --> 00:06:47,440 to their relationship, Dad still thought he was in love with her. 94 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:50,443 And so, when he finds out about Sheila's death, I mean, 95 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,280 he's going to be devastated. >> Deacon: You know, if you get 96 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:56,349 hungry, we've got the best pizza in town. 97 00:06:56,415 --> 00:06:58,584 I've got a fantastic risotto tonight with some nice shrimp. 98 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:07,860 Excuse me. ♪♪♪ 99 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:11,030 >> Baker: It's so hard to believe. 100 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:16,135 After all these years, history with your family, 101 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:18,771 that we're even having this conversation. 102 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:22,608 >> Steffy: Yeah. >> Baker: According to the 103 00:07:22,675 --> 00:07:25,344 police report, Sheila Carter was killed here, 104 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:29,015 in your home. >> Steffy: Yeah, 105 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:32,852 in self-defense. >> Baker: Wanna tell me 106 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:38,157 how it happened? >> Steffy: Yeah, I was-- um, 107 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:42,461 I was alone. It was dark and I, uh, 108 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:45,698 I heard a noise. >> Baker: What kind of noise? 109 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:48,134 >> Steffy: Like a-- like a banging. 110 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:52,605 Sounded deliberate. [ distant banging ] 111 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:56,242 >> Baker: You mean as if someone were trying to scare you 112 00:07:56,309 --> 00:08:00,112 or gain entrance? >> Steffy: I-- I don't know. 113 00:08:00,179 --> 00:08:03,382 I just-- I kept hearing it, so I wanted to see 114 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:06,052 if anyone was there. >> Baker: And was there anybody? 115 00:08:06,118 --> 00:08:11,591 >> Steffy: No. No one. I kept hearing the noise, but 116 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:14,994 I just assumed it was the wind. >> Baker: That had to be 117 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:19,131 unnerving. >> Steffy: It was, yeah. 118 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:22,068 But when I couldn't see anything, I just 119 00:08:22,134 --> 00:08:26,172 continued to make dinner. And then, uh, 120 00:08:26,239 --> 00:08:30,576 that's when the-- uh, the power went out. 121 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:34,814 And I started looking for some candles, and 122 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:40,453 then I saw a shadow above me. And I turned around and 123 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:42,154 Sheila was right there. She was right-- 124 00:08:42,221 --> 00:08:46,425 she was right here. She started coming close to me, 125 00:08:46,492 --> 00:08:48,761 and, I-- I don't know, she went in her pocket. 126 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:51,364 It seemed like she was about to take out a gun to shoot me. 127 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:54,834 >> Baker: Well, according to the report, Sheila was unarmed. 128 00:08:54,901 --> 00:08:57,670 There was no gun, no weapon. >> Steffy: But I-- I could have 129 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:01,374 swore she-- she had a gun. I mean, she shot me before. 130 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,844 Of course I thought she was gonna shoot me again. 131 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:09,448 I told her to stay away, but she just kept coming. 132 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:13,786 So I grabbed the knife. And that's when she lunged at me. 133 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:17,156 No! And I stopped her. 134 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:20,293 >> Baker: With the knife? >> Steffy: Yes. 135 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:26,599 >> Baker: So, you admit that you stabbed Sheila Carter? 136 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:39,478 >> Steffy: In self-defense, yes. ♪♪♪ 137 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:14,680 >> Deacon: Finn. What are you doing here? 138 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:19,452 Are you all right? >> Finn: Cops are at my house. 139 00:10:19,518 --> 00:10:22,154 >> Deacon: Cops? Something happen with 140 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:26,792 Steffy and the kids? >> Finn: Sheila went there. 141 00:10:26,859 --> 00:10:29,695 >> Deacon: No. No, she promised me 142 00:10:29,762 --> 00:10:31,764 that she'd stay away from you and your family. 143 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:35,101 No, man, we're good. >> Finn: Sheila's not 144 00:10:35,167 --> 00:10:39,472 coming back. Not ever. 145 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:45,878 ♪♪♪ 146 00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:53,819 >> Hope: Look, I know that no one gets my dad's 147 00:10:53,886 --> 00:10:54,787 relationship with Sheila. 148 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:58,290 I certainly did not. But he still 149 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:02,995 genuinely cared about her. And I know he's-- 150 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:07,466 he's going to be hit really hard when he hears the news. 151 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:11,437 >> Brooke: Well, at least he's free. 152 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:15,708 Look, I know that sounds bad, but I'm not sorry that Sheila 153 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:18,878 is no longer a threat. She was a monster. 154 00:11:18,944 --> 00:11:21,313 >> Carter: Yeah, I don't know how your dad did it, Hope. 155 00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:25,017 But somehow he saw something redeemable in her. 156 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:30,456 >> Thomas: Maybe. I do know one other good thing. 157 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:33,025 Your dad. He doesn't have to keep 158 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:34,994 his distance from you or the kids anymore. 159 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:38,531 >> Brooke: He's gonna need you, now more than ever. 160 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,866 >> Hope: And I want to be there for him. 161 00:11:43,469 --> 00:11:48,541 Starting tonight. >> Brooke: Where are you going? 162 00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:51,944 >> Hope: I think I need to be the one to tell my dad the news. 163 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:54,246 >> Thomas: I'll go with you. >> Hope: No, no, no. 164 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:56,515 Thank you, but I think this needs to 165 00:11:56,582 --> 00:11:59,652 be between my dad and me. >> Thomas: Okay. 166 00:11:59,718 --> 00:12:07,193 ♪♪♪ >> Baker: You say that 167 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:09,395 Sheila lunged at you? >> Steffy: Yes. 168 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:11,330 >> Baker: But you never saw a weapon in her hand. 169 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:13,332 >> Ridge: Don't answer that. >> Steffy: Dad, it's fine. I'm 170 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,334 not guilty of anything. I was just trying to protect myself. 171 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,503 >> Baker: I'm just trying to get the complete story. 172 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:20,940 >> Ridge: All right. Psycho broke into her house. 173 00:12:21,006 --> 00:12:23,242 I don't know. Tried to harm you. 174 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,978 Maybe tried to harm the kids. Attacked Steffy. 175 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:28,814 Steffy put her down. That's it. Case closed. 176 00:12:28,881 --> 00:12:30,983 >> Baker: That's not really for you to say, is it? 177 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:33,018 >> Ridge: Maybe not, but this is. 178 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:35,454 She's tired. It's been a day. Traumatized. 179 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:37,923 There's blood on the floor. We're done here. 180 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:41,927 >> Baker: For now. But you know I will be asking 181 00:12:41,994 --> 00:12:44,864 more questions, right? >> Steffy: Fine. 182 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:46,699 >> Ridge: Not without an attorney. 183 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:59,278 Hey. Sorry you have to go 184 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:04,917 through this. Where's Finn? 185 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:07,953 >> Steffy: I don't know. He left. 186 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:13,993 ♪♪♪ >> Deacon: What do you mean, 187 00:13:14,059 --> 00:13:18,130 Sheila's not coming back? >> Finn: Something happened. 188 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:20,566 >> Deacon: Yeah, I'm starting to get that. What? 189 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,403 You mentioned the cops. Did Steffy have her arrested? 190 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:28,140 >> Finn: No. Steffy didn't have her arrested. 191 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:30,342 >> Deacon: Finn, what the hell is going on with you? 192 00:13:30,409 --> 00:13:33,112 You're acting weird. Look, if something happened with 193 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:37,650 Sheila, you need to tell me now. >> Finn: Sheila broke into 194 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:41,153 our house. Threatened Steffy. 195 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:43,722 >> Deacon: No. >> Finn: Steffy grabbed 196 00:13:43,789 --> 00:13:47,393 a kitchen knife to protect herself. 197 00:13:47,459 --> 00:13:54,934 Sheila lunged at Steffy and in self-defense... 198 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,206 Steffy stabbed Sheila. She killed her. 199 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:05,277 ♪♪♪ 200 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:13,752 >> Finn: I'm sorry. 201 00:14:13,819 --> 00:14:18,090 I know that you're one of the few people who 202 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:23,796 has feelings for my mother. I didn't wanna have to tell you. 203 00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:29,602 >> Deacon: Sheila's dead? How? 204 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:32,338 >> Finn: She broke in. She lunged at-- 205 00:14:32,404 --> 00:14:35,608 >> Deacon: I heard that! I heard that part. 206 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:39,445 Steffy killed her? >> Finn: In self-defense. 207 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:42,982 Look, I'm sorry that she's gone, too, okay? 208 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:51,156 She was my mother. ♪♪♪ 209 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:53,692 >> Thomas: I'm glad Dad went over to Steffy's. 210 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:56,195 She shouldn't have to talk to the police right now. 211 00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:58,430 >> Carter: I wish he would've let me come along. 212 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:01,533 Offer counsel. >> Brooke: Well, 213 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,403 Steffy has nothing to hide. And having a lawyer there 214 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:07,373 might make the detectives doubt her story. 215 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:10,743 >> Thomas: I can't believe we're talking about any of this. 216 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:14,280 I mean, Steffy's just at home, by herself, minding her own 217 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:17,149 business, trying to cook dinner, and someone breaks into 218 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:20,619 the house, attacks her, she has to defend herself, 219 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:23,656 she has to kill someone. I-- I can't imagine what 220 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:31,130 she's feeling right now. >> Hope: Dad? 221 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,436 >> Finn: Uh, Deacon's not here. He, um-- 222 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:50,883 he-- he went somewhere. >> Hope: Finn, why-- 223 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:57,356 why aren't you home? >> Finn: I-- I couldn't stay. 224 00:15:57,423 --> 00:16:02,961 >> Hope: I heard about your mom, that she's gone. 225 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:07,399 I actually-- I came here to tell my dad. I-- 226 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:10,903 I can't imagine he's going to take the news well, so. 227 00:16:10,969 --> 00:16:13,105 >> Finn: Yeah, that's-- that's why he left. 228 00:16:13,172 --> 00:16:16,442 I told him. Maybe I shouldn't have. 229 00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:19,778 He seems pretty shaken up. There's a lot of that 230 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:24,116 going on right now. >> Hope: Finn, I'm-- 231 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:29,421 I'm sorry. >> Finn: I shouldn't be 232 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:33,125 this upset. After everything that 233 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:37,363 she's done to me. I mean, she shot me, she... 234 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:39,865 shot my wife, she held me hostage, 235 00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:44,536 and even to the bitter end, Sheila was being Sheila. 236 00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:48,674 She was... She broke into my house, 237 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:52,678 she threatened my wife. I should hate her. 238 00:16:56,448 --> 00:17:04,356 But why don't I hate her? You know, I know the party line. 239 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:09,228 Sheila isn't worthy of love. I mean, I don't know, 240 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:11,897 is that what this is? This is just some awful 241 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:18,604 sense of loss and like a missed opportunity? 242 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:24,309 I don't think I loved her. I mean, how could I? Right? 243 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:29,248 She was an animal that got what she deserved. 244 00:17:29,314 --> 00:17:31,417 I mean, that's what Ridge said. 245 00:17:31,483 --> 00:17:34,052 Ridge thinks I should feel that way. 246 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:43,629 She was my mom. And now I'm not gonna get 247 00:17:43,695 --> 00:17:48,400 to see her. I don't get to see her again. 248 00:17:53,672 --> 00:17:57,276 >> Hope: Finn, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, 249 00:17:57,342 --> 00:18:04,583 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ♪♪♪ 250 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:08,854 >> Ridge: You need your husband. He should be here. 251 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:23,001 Where the hell is Finn? ♪♪♪ 252 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:37,416 Captioned by Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting, Inc.