♪♪♪ >> Taylor: [gasping]
[heartbeat thumping] >> Ridge: Taylor!
Taylor! Taylor, hey!
>> Finn: You okay? >> Steffy: I'm much better now.
>> Finn: Good. 'Cause Hope is not on my radar.
>> Steffy: But you're on hers. I saw the way she was looking at
you at Brooke's Bedroom shoot. Mmhh.
>> Finn: Babe. You wanna know why I didn't notice Hope looking
at me? 'Cause I only got eyes for you.
My gorgeous... sexy wife.
♪♪♪ >> Carter: Hope, you have a
massive following, loyal fans around the world.
>> Hope: I-I think the Bedroom line is more my mom's thing.
>> Carter: Yeah. And she's crushing it.
Look at the numbers since the social media drop in Monte
Carlo--the margins are through the roof, and doing a line
crossover can help Hope for the Future catch fire
again. >> Hope: Mmm, well, while I do
appreciate the thought... I think we also have to
acknowledge the fact that this means you've been...
thinking about me in lingerie. [giggles]
>> Carter: [sighs] ♪♪♪
[low background conversation] >> Server: Here's your wine.
>> Woman: Thank you. It's perfect.
>> Katie: Can we get a table for two?
>> Server: Just give me a minute and I'll bus the table.
>> Katie: Thank you. Oh, this is so nice.
I'm so glad we can have lunch, just the two of us.
>> Will: Yeah, I heard all about this place's history.
>> Katie: Yeah. Well, it's, uh, pretty intense,
but it's one of my favorite restaurants, and we will have to
make you a regular so you can have lunch with your mother more
often. >> Will: That would be nice.
>> Katie: Good. >> Will: It's always good to
check in. >> Katie: Yeah.
>> Will: Which is actually why I wanted to talk to you.
>> Katie: Okay. About what? >> Will: Dad.
>> Katie: Ah.
♪♪♪
>> Katie: Thank you. So, um, is this about the
conversation I had with your father the other day?
>> Will: Yeah. Dad's making another pitch for
you to come back to him. >> Katie: How would you feel
about that? >> Will: Mom, my feelings don't
matter. >> Katie: Of course they do.
>> Will: Maybe when I was younger, sure.
But things change. My whole perspective has
changed. And I'm only concerned about
you. ♪♪♪
>> Carter: Okay, I won't lie. I have been thinking about you
in lingerie, but it's good for the business.
>> Hope: Oh. >> Carter: And I know you'll
rock it. >> Hope: Okay, now I know you're
just flattering me. >> Carter: I'm being serious,
Hope. If I'm overstepping, just--
>> Hope: No, it's-it's fine. Really.
Ugh, and besides, it's been so long--at least someone's
thinking about me in underwear, so...
>> Carter: [laughs] >> Hope: [laughs]
♪♪♪ >> Finn: Don't worry about Hope.
All right? Maybe next time I'll just--I'll
hide in a plant, and she won't notice me.
>> Steffy: That's still not gonna stop her from staring at
you. >> Eric: Good. You're here.
>> Finn: Hey. >> Steffy: Granddad.
>> Finn: Eric. >> Eric: Hey, Finn.
>> Finn: Nice to see you. >> Eric: Glad to see you.
Listen, um, I want you to know how happy I am about the way
things are going right now. Brooke's Bedroom shoot was
sensational--it was great. >> Steffy: It was. And J.J. from
Kaleo--that's gonna be huge. >> Eric: Your father was
inspired by the whole thing. You know, I haven't seen him
this excited or this motivated about anything for a very long
time. >> Steffy: I feel the same way.
And I think a big reason Dad is in this place right now is...
because of Mom. She doesn't let anything or
anyone get her down. I mean, her heart and her
spirit is really unstoppable. >> Ridge: Taylor, hey!
Taylor wake up. [Taylor exhales]
Doc...[echoing] doc...doc... you all right?
>> Taylor: Ridge? >> Ridge: You okay?
>> Taylor: What happened? >> Ridge: You collapsed.
I'm gonna get an ambulance, all right?
>> Taylor: No. >> Ridge: We gotta get you to
the hospital. >> Taylor: No. No, Ridge.
No.
>> Will: So Dad wants you back. >> Katie: That's what he says.
>> Will: And you believe him. >> Katie: I believe that he's
sincere in this moment. I believe that he has done
work on himself, and that he means what he says
these days. >> Will: Well, of course he
wants you back, Mom. You were the best thing that
ever happened to him. >> Katie: No. You are the best
thing that ever happened to him. >> Will: Okay, fine. Besides me
and my brothers, it's you. Dad knows how badly he messed
up, and I know what a devoted mother you are.
What a devoted wife you were. Part of you probably really
wants to put our family back together.
A family that, by the way, Dad tore apart when he had an affair
with your sister. That's the truth, is it not?
>> Katie: [exhales] Will, I don't want you to think badly
about your father or especially your Aunt Brooke.
There-there were a lot of extenuating circumstances, and
it happened a long time ago. >> Will: Okay, well, look, at
least he's owned up to it, but that's besides the point.
Now, as I've told you, I don't need you guys back together,
okay? I'm no longer a kid.
I can take care of myself. >> Katie: I know you can.
>> Will: So I guess what I'm trying to say is...
is that if you're even thinking--thinking about taking
back Dad, don't do it for me.
♪♪♪ >> Hope: Thomas is the last
person to have seen me in lingerie.
Look how that turned out. He took our son and moved to
another continent, so... >> Carter: Yeah. Curse of the
office romance. ♪ Dun dun dun ♪
[Hope humming] I know it all too well.
>> Hope: Oh, right. You do, don't you?
You and Quinn. And your, uh, very scandalous
affair. >> Carter: Yeah. Not my finest
moment, ha, sneaking behind people's backs...
including your husband. Biggest regret of my life.
And look how that turned out. ♪♪♪
>> Eric: I think Taylor coming home has had a very good effect
on your father. >> Finn: Your mom's energy and
vibrancy--it is contagious. >> Steffy: Yeah, you're right.
I mean, she's the beacon of light in all of our lives.
>> Eric: Yeah. >> Finn: And the kids are--go
nuts for her. I mean, Kelly wants to be a
psychiatrist now, just like her grandmother.
>> Steffy: They're lucky to have her influence, and they're lucky
to have so many mentors in their lives, like you and Dad and
Finn. And now Mom gets to watch the
kids blossom, and they're gonna have so much fun with their
grandma. >> Eric: You think she's gonna
stay this time? >> Steffy: I hope so.
I think she's going to. >> Eric: You know, I know how
much Ridge and Brooke mean to each other, but, uh,
Ridge cares very deeply for your mother.
>> Steffy: They have an unbreakable bond.
And I really think that they're gonna be connected
until their very last breath. >> Ridge: You just passed out.
What's going on? >> Taylor: It's okay.
>> Ridge: It's not okay. You collapsed. I'm gonna take
you to the hospital. >> Taylor: No. No, absolutely
not. >> Ridge: Of course that's what
we're doing--this is serious. >> Taylor: No, it's nothing.
>> Ridge: It's not nothing. You were out cold.
>> Taylor: I'm just lightheaded. I'm still a little woozy, I
haven't had a lot to eat today, I haven't been sleeping well--
>> Ridge: Okay, stop it. This is not about not sleeping or not
eating. >> Taylor: I'm a doctor, Ridge.
I know what this is. >> Ridge: Okay, then what is it?
Because it's not nothing-- >> Taylor: I'm not going to the
hospital. And you absolutely cannot tell
Steffy about this. I don't want you upsetting our
daughter. ♪♪♪
>> Katie: I don't want you to be angry with your father, Will.
>> Will: I'm not. >> Katie: But I can tell that
your relationship is strained. >> Will: Look, I love Dad.
There are parts of him that I genuinely respect and admire.
But honestly, I wish for more-- A man that I could use as an
example to live my life by. >> Katie: I know the two of you
are very different in many ways. >> Will: We're nothing alike,
Mom, all right? I'm not interested in chasing
women, in breaking hearts and smashing CEOs' companies or
whatever he does. I've seen the way Dollar Bill
operates. I've seen the way he treated
you... the most precious gift that he's
ever received. Mom, you shed way too many tears
over him. And at some point...
enough has to be enough. ♪♪♪
>> Hope: Right, uh, so you and Quinn.
You were hot and heavy there for a bit?
>> Carter: Yeah. Yeah. And when everything came out and
Eric reconnected with Donna, I thought there'd be more, but...
I was wrong. >> Hope: Mm.
Oh! >> Eric: Oh. Hi, you two.
>> Carter: Hey. >> Hope: Hi. Uh, we were just
talking about-- >> Carter: Brooke's Bedroom,
how it's breaking records. >> Eric: It is, huh?
>> Carter: Mm-hmm. >> Eric: Very impressive.
Very successful. >> Carter: Yeah.
>> Eric: I told Zende to leave a drawing out for me--it's a new
couture drawing. It's in blue-- >> Hope: It is probably hiding
right in there. >> Eric: Yeah, probably.
He shoulda left it out for me. Photo session was great, wasn't
it? >> Hope: Yes.
>> Eric: Your mother was beautiful in it.
You should be very proud. >> Hope: I am, immensely.
Uh, among her many talents, she certainly is the best at
modeling lingerie. >> Eric: Yeah, well, I don't
disagree with that. Oh, here it is.
This is the one. Okay. I'll get outta your hair and
I'll leave you two, uh... I'll leave you to it.
>> Carter: Thanks, Eric. Ah. That man is the salt of the
earth. >> Hope: Mm-hmm. Yeah, he's
certainly one of the good ones. >> Carter: Yeah. Can't believe
he forgave me and we patched things up after Quinn.
>> Hope: That was, uh, very gracious of him.
>> Carter: I repeat: office romances--can't do 'em.
>> Hope: Nope. I-I agree. Hooking up with my lead
designer--a bad idea. >> Carter: Very bad.
>> Hope: Bad idea. Never again. >> Carter: No way.
>> Hope: Mm-mm. No... no way.
♪♪♪ >> Finn: You and Eric are right.
Taylor being back--it has had an uplifting effect on Ridge.
Definitely on you too. Since she's gotten back, I mean,
you seem more grounded, you know, more settled in.
>> Steffy: I do feel relaxed. Yeah, it's nice knowing that my
mom is here and she's doing great.
Like, that is...it's priceless. And family, I know, is just so-
so important. And look, I know that my family
is not perfect--Thomas is in Europe and Brooke is still with
my dad, but no matter what Hope and Brooke think, Thomas, my
parents and I--we are a family. Period. Nothing is gonna change
that. >> Ridge: Why are you acting
like this is no big deal? >> Taylor: The hospital won't be
any help. >> Ridge: It won't? How do you
know that? I don't have a medical degree,
but I can see something is wrong, and I would like to know
what it is. I'm worried about you.
>> Taylor: I know you are, and it's sweet, Ridge, it's very
sweet, but... I've been checked out.
>> Ridge: Oh, you've been checked out.
>> Taylor: Yes. I've had these moments, these...
attacks. >> Ridge: Attacks? Like what,
like a panic attack? >> Taylor: Something like that.
>> Ridge: Come on, this is not-- You know this is not what this
is--this is not about not sleeping or not eating or some
anxiety thing, it's-- It's something else.
What is it? I'd like to know what it is.
>> Taylor: I spoke to a doctor in Europe.
>> Ridge: Okay, and what did this doctor in Europe say to
you? ♪♪♪
>> Katie: Well, I've really loved our lunch together.
>> Will: Yeah, me too. >> Katie: And I think it's been
good that you get a few things off your chest.
>> Will: It's just been a little awkward lately with Dad.
>> Katie: There is a lot happening.
>> Will: Exactly. I'm easing back into life with
Dad at my own pace. >> Katie: He can be a little...
eager and insistent. >> Will: Uh, yeah. It's 'cause
the guy forgets I'm not ten years old anymore.
>> Katie: Well, sometimes I forget that too, 'cause you'll
always be my baby. >> Will: It's just hard not to
look at him differently sometimes.
When he betrayed you, he betrayed me.
>> Katie: I know. You lived it.
And-and you're entitled to your opinions.
I don't think your dad will hold that against you.
>> Will: Well, I'm not gonna hold a grudge against him.
>> Katie: Well, I think you and your father are on the right
path. You're gonna continue to heal,
and... I'm glad that you feel like you
can talk to me about heavy feelings.
It's important. We have to keep communicating.
>> Will: Yeah. Oh, there is something else I
wanted to talk to you about. >> Katie: Really?
>> Will: Mm-hmm. >> Katie: What is that?
>> Will: I'm transferring schools.
Sorry. >> Katie: You-you are?
>> Will: Yeah, yeah. >> Katie: So that means you're
gonna stay here in LA? I know that you implied that you
were going to, but I didn't wanna get my hopes up just in
case you changed your mind. >> Will: No, no, this is where I
wanna be. This is where I need to be.
So I can look after you. [Katie laughs]
Protect you. >> Katie: Oh, baby.
Oh, I'm so happy. [laughs]
Good, good, good. >> Carter: Office romances
should never happen. >> Hope: Never, ever, ever.
>> Carter: Mm-mm. Even if two very hot people...
find each other very attractive. >> Hope: Oh, well, pfft.
Especially not then, because then, that is-that is dangerous.
That is...very risky. >> Carter: Mm-hmm.
>> Hope: [clears throat] So, as far as your suggestion
of, uh, me in lingerie, I, um...
I'll think about it. >> Carter: I'll think about it
too. >> Hope: I should get back to
work. >> Carter: Yeah.
>> Hope: Oh--let me. No. I got it.
>> Carter: I got it. >> Hope: I--
>> Carter: I can handle it. >> Hope: Okay.
♪♪♪ >> Finn: I'm so happy for you.
I know how important it is to have your mom around
and to watch our kids grow up. >> Steffy: It's everything.
>> Finn: Yeah. >> Steffy: I never wanna be
apart from my mom ever again. >> Ridge: You gotta be straight
with me--what's going on here? Now, I wanna be there for you.
>> Taylor: [sighs] You have to promise me
something, Ridge. >> Ridge: Okay. Anything.
>> Taylor: Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself.
Okay? Just make sure Steffy's okay.
>> Ridge: What are you-what are you saying right now?
>> Taylor: [exhales] The doctor I saw in Europe...
>> Ridge: Yeah. What about him? >> Taylor: Yeah. I've had a few
of these episodes. >> Ridge: Like-like just...
falling down like that? Okay, so what does that mean?
What's wrong? >> Taylor: I have heart failure.
>> Ridge: Heart failure. >> Taylor: I don't have long to
live. I'm dying, Ridge.
I'm dying. ♪♪♪