♪♪♪
>> Grace: I am quite encouraged by these numbers, Taylor.
And given the result of the cardiac enzyme test,
it's unlikely that you have heart failure.
>> Taylor: Uh, wait a minute. I'm sorry, Grace but, um...
all the symptoms I've been having...
the chest pains, the shortness of breath--
you're telling me that it's broken heart syndrome?
>> Grace: Yes. >> Taylor: No. No way.
That's...ridiculous. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: We're giving Spencer the exclusive.
>> Liam: Yes. I know. 10-page spread in
"Eye on Fashion." >> Steffy: And the cover.
>> Liam: And the cover. >> Steffy: And photo approval.
>> Liam: Oh, my God. I'm throwing that in because
it's you, but no other reason. >> Steffy: Then we have a deal.
Thanks for doing business. >> Liam: You drive a hard
bargain. >> Steffy: Well, I learned from
my mom. >> Liam: Oh, yeah.
How's it been having Taylor back home?
>> Steffy: It's the best. ♪♪♪
>> Bill: I spoke from my heart, Brooke.
I put it all on the table. >> Brooke: Katie said no?
>> Bill: Katie--ha--shut me down.
>> Brooke: Really? >> Bill: Hard core.
>> Brooke: I'm just surprised. >> Bill: I didn't know what
she'd say, but I had to give it a shot.
>> Brooke: I thought she was open to a future with you,
and you were getting along so well.
>> Bill: She's not there. She hasn't made peace with my,
uh, old behavior. >> Brooke: Right.
So Katie doesn't wanna be with you because of me.
Ah. Okay.
♪♪♪
>> Bill: Katie has her guard up with me, and I can't fault her
for that. >> Brooke: She does have her
reasons to be cautious. But maybe it was just bad
timing. >> Bill: What better timing is
there? She's single, I'm single,
Will's home. This is the perfect opportunity
to put our family back together. >> Brooke: But Katie's just not
ready to do that. >> Bill: No.
She can't trust her heart with me.
>> Brooke: Because of me? >> Bill: Because of us.
♪♪♪ >> Liam: Kelly's just been,
like, talking about Taylor nonstop.
Just talks about Taylor. >> Steffy: I know. It's pretty
much all our daughter talks about these days.
>> Liam: Well, you should have seen her at dinner the other
night. It was like it was Grandma this,
Grandma that. Grandma can do anything.
I think she idolizes her. >> Steffy: I know, I know.
I think it's really sweet and just watching them together...
melts my heart. >> Liam: I think they're just at
that age where they start to form like their core memories.
>> Steffy: Yeah. No, you're absolutely right.
I don't think my mom wants to miss out on that.
I think she wants to make an impact on them, spend as much
time with her grandkids as she can.
♪♪♪ >> Ridge: So broken heart
syndrome--that's a real thing? You sure about this?
>> Grace: Additional tests would confirm with absolute certainty,
but I'm confident that's exactly what we're dealing with here.
>> Ridge: All right, now, her doctor in Europe told her
something completely different from what you're telling her.
>> Grace: Well, Taylor didn't have any follow-up tests in
Europe, and surely her doctor would have ruled out heart
failure if they'd had more information.
>> Ridge: And you've heard about this thing.
>> Taylor: Of course, but that's not what I have.
>> Grace: Taylor, I'm absolutely certain--
>> Taylor: Doctor, you're wrong. ♪♪♪
>> Brooke: I'm sorry, Bill. I know how much you adore Katie.
>> Bill: I had all these plans for us--Will, Katie, and me.
And there's so much I wanna do. There's one thing I can't do
is to take back what I did. And that pain just doesn't
disappear. And I hurt Katie so terribly,
she may never fully trust me again.
>> Brooke: Well, you know I believe in second chances.
So, maybe I'll talk to Katie and...I think I could get
through to her. >> Bill: You would do that for
me? >> Brooke: Yes.
You're a wonderful man, Bill. Anybody would be lucky to have
you in their life. >> Bill: It isn't always easy to
see the best in me. But you manage to.
Thank you, Brooke. I appreciate you.
>> Liam: I mean, Taylor... she's kinda been burning the
candle at both ends for a long time now, and this...extended
stay or just permanent move or whatever this is, it's a long
time coming. >> Steffy: She's here because
she's dying to be, not because it's an obligation.
>> Liam: I know, but your mom also--in my experience--gets a
little antsy and she doesn't like planting her feet in the
same place for too long. >> Steffy: Yeah, but that was
before, Liam. Look, she's always been invested
in our lives, even when she was halfway across the world.
Look, something seems different, like something significant
happened in her life. >> Liam: That's like an
intuition you're having? >> Steffy: Yeah. Yeah, I think
so. No, whatever it is, it's-it's
good. It's drawn her back home where
she belongs. >> Taylor: I have to leave.
I'm not listening to any more. >> Ridge: Doc, hear her out.
Can we-- >> Taylor: Why? So she can tell
me that it's all in my head? >> Grace: Certainly, that's not
what I'm suggesting, Taylor. You have a very valid,
potentially serious illness, and the medical term for it's
called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a sudden weakness in the heart
muscle, usually after an emotionally stressful event.
And that emotional stressor can weaken the heart,
impede its blood supply, and impact the entire body.
It presents itself very much like a heart attack.
In fact, broken heart syndrome is often misdiagnosed by many
providers who fail to even recognize the condition.
>> Taylor: Because it's hardly a true diagnosis, Grace.
>> Grace: With all due respect, that is not accurate.
Every day, we're learning more and more about it.
For women, when their estrogen levels drop, there's a rise in
stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline...
which can harm the cardiac muscles,
creating a clinical picture which resembles heart disease.
>> Ridge: So what are the symptoms?
>> Grace: Severe chest pains, shortness of breath,
palpitations, low blood pressure.
Fainting. >> Ridge: Fainting. See?
That's why you collapsed. It makes sense.
>> Taylor: It's not why, Ridge. >> Grace: And fortunately, there
aren't any blocked coronary arteries or permanent heart
damage. >> Ridge: So it's not fatal.
It's fantastic! >> Grace: Occasionally, there
can be complications with blood clots or pulmonary edema,
and if not addressed properly, it could pose a threat in the
future. But, hey, if you are careful and
you follow protocol, you could make a fast and full recovery.
>> Ridge: Listen to that. That's promising news.
>> Taylor: I'm not imagining this, Ridge.
>> Grace: It's common for people to speak about a broken heart
when it comes to their feelings and emotions, and Taylor,
you understand this. But this is a legitimate
diagnosis, and it's recognized by major medical--
>> Taylor: No, no, no, that's not what's wrong with me.
I'm a psychiatrist, Grace. Don't you think I would know?
I'm an expert in my field, and you're telling me that it's all
psychosomatic, that it's just a figment of my imagination?
>> Grace: [sighs] Look, I understand your hang-up,
especially because of your background--
>> Taylor: This was a mistake. Neither one of you understand
what I've been going through, how much my body has been
suffering. [laughs] Broken heart syndrome?
What a joke. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: I know how much my
mom missed all of us, especially Kelly and Hayes.
But there is another reason that she's here.
>> Liam: Does that reason rhyme with fridge?
>> Steffy: Maybe. >> Liam: [chuckles]
Hey, you know, it's-it's possible.
>> Steffy: Either way, it's their call.
>> Liam: Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah, it's-it's their call?
It's their--'cause you're gonna like stay out of it this time?
Totally not gonna meddle? >> Steffy: I am going to stay
out of it. I'm not gonna force anything anymore. I'm too old
for that--I'm done doing it. But I have to admit, it is a
little frustrating knowing that they're picking the wrong
person, delaying the inevitable. >> Liam: The inevitable being
them getting back together. >> Steffy: Maybe not today,
maybe not tomorrow, but... I do know my mother's still into
my father. >> Liam: Yeah, I mean, I'm sure,
but... like, the woman in your father's
life right now is Brooke. ♪♪♪
>> Bill: I appreciate your concern, Brooke.
>> Brooke: I am concerned... about you and my sister.
>> Bill: And what about you? >> Brooke: What about me?
>> Bill: Am I allowed to be concerned about you?
>> Brooke: It depends. What would you be concerned
about? >> Bill: Well, I know that you
and Ridge have been shacking up for a while now.
>> Brooke: We're very content. >> Bill: Content?
>> Brooke: Ridge and I are very happy.
>> Bill: Then why not make it official?
>> Brooke: It is official. We're very committed to each
other. >> Bill: But no wedding.
No epic Ridge and Brooke extravaganza.
>> Brooke: Oh, my gosh, why would we do that?
We've done it so many times. >> Bill: Which is why I would
think there'd be another one. >> Brooke: Ridge and I don't
need a piece of paper to prove that we love each other.
>> Bill: I hope that's the case. >> Brooke: That is the case.
So you don't have to worry. >> Bill: Even though Taylor's
back in town? ♪♪♪
>> Taylor: I...I cannot... [laughs] believe this.
>> Ridge: Can't believe it either. I thought you'd be
happier--you thought you were dying, and now it turns out
it was a misdiagnosis. >> Taylor: According to one
doctor. >> Ridge: One doctor who's
almost part of the family and who's one of the best
cardiologists in the country. >> Taylor: Yes, yes, she is,
which is why I'm so confused. >> Ridge: What are you confused
about? This all makes sense to me--you have the symptoms that
she was-- >> Taylor: I'm not denying her
expertise, Ridge, but her theory is-is flawed.
I'm not sad. I'm not depressed. I would know!
I'd be the first to diagnose it. Just the thought of broken heart
syndrome makes me feel foolish and weak.
>> Ridge: No. You're not any of those things.
And the name is weird, but... you do have the symptoms.
Headaches, heart pain, chest pain, whatever, anxiety.
You collapsed, right? It's all real.
>> Taylor: Yes. It's very real. >> Ridge: Real and fixable.
But only if you take it seriously.
>> Taylor: I'm not suffering from a broken heart, Ridge.
It's not me. >> Ridge: It's not you to put
your head in the sand either. It doesn't make things better.
>> Taylor: I'll get another opinion, see another doctor.
>> Ridge: Get five more opinions--go do it!
But can we please not ignore what happened today?
She ran blood tests, and it was so much better than you thought
it was gonna be. Let's just take that as a win,
sit down, and find-- >> Taylor: You're not listening
to me. I-I'm not accepting this.
Grace is way off base to suggest such a thing.
Like it's all psychological? I completely lost my mind?
>> Ridge: This may surprise you, but...I'm not a doctor.
But a friend of mine is. And you told me a long time ago
that the mind and the body, they're connected in a way that
we don't really understand yet. What you have is a physical
thing, but it might have started as a mental thing and...
well, a mental thing...it's not something you can ignore.
It's very dangerous. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: My mom's been through
a lot. The death of Phoebe...
losing my father 'cause of Brooke.
>> Liam: Yeah, I mean, the woman's got expertise in a lot
of different areas, but one of them is navigating tough times.
>> Steffy: Well, she had to. And she tackled it all with
dignity and grace, never once feeling sorry for
herself. She is the strongest person I
know. >> Liam: She is a force.
>> Steffy: Yeah, she is. She is. There is nothing my mom can't
handle. That's why she's so skilled at
what she does, caring for people,
helping people. >> Liam: Yes.
Occasionally at the expense of her own happiness, though.
>> Steffy: Yeah, definitely. But now that she's rebuilding
her practice here in Los Angeles it might be an awakening
for her. >> Liam: Hmm.
>> Steffy: Maybe she realizes what she's been missing.
And I do believe that my mom deserves to have it all.
>> Liam: Including...your dad? >> Bill: Ridge and Taylor have a
family together. They were almost married not
that long ago. >> Brooke: Bill, what are you
doing? >> Bill: I guess I'm just
pointing out the obvious. >> Brooke: Well, don't, because
what you're implying is preposterous.
>> Bill: Preposterous? >> Brooke: Yes. Ridge and I are
so close. >> Bill: So close.
>> Brooke: Mm-hmm. >> Bill: But not married.
No commitment. >> Brooke: If either one of us
thought it was essential to be married, we would make sure that
would happen. >> Bill: So you don't wanna
marry Ridge. >> Brooke: I didn't say that.
>> Bill: So you do wanna marry Ridge--you know, it sounds like
you don't know which end is up. I'll just say this.
I imagine that Ridge has been spending a lot of time with
Taylor lately. >> Brooke: Well, yes, of course.
I mean, just like you said, they are family, right?
They have children. They have grandchildren.
>> Bill: Where's Forrester right now?
>> Brooke: I don't know. I don't keep tabs on him.
>> Bill: Well, maybe you should. I'm willing to bet that he is
with Taylor as we speak. ♪♪♪
>> Taylor: What is Grace insinuating--that I'm still in
love with you? She shouldn't be trivializing
what I've been coping with. I mean, you witnessed it.
I-I went unconscious. I passed out.
>> Ridge: But aren't you trivializing something as well,
because you... someone told you you were gonna
die... and now you heard you're gonna
live. It's fixable, and maybe the
doctor didn't tell you the right way, but this may not be the
right time to fight with her, just 'cause you don't wanna face
what's really going on with you. >> Taylor: [laughs]
Are you seriously trying to analyze me?
Th-the syndrome--it's not me. Broken heart?
Is she referring to you, like my life stopped the day you walked
out the door and-and went to Brooke?
Oh. Oh, my-- You think it's you.
You really think that you have that effect on me?
What an ego! I have moved on.
I have a very rich and fulfilling life.
>> Ridge: I know that. >> Taylor: I'm not some woman
living in the past, pining over you.
That's not what this is. It can't be.
It just... can't.
>> Ridge: You're alive. Take that.
Grace told you you're gonna be around not for weeks or months,
but years and decades. But only if you face this
head on. >> Taylor: [sighs]
You can't tell anyone about this.
Not Steffy or Thomas or Brooke. No one.
>> Ridge: Okay. >> Taylor: [sighs]
Ridge, how did this happen? How did I get here?
>> Ridge: I don't know. But you're not here alone.
I'm here with you. Always.
♪♪♪ >> Man: Here's a look ahead.
>> Liam: What are you doing here?
>> Will: Ah... >> Ridge: Got a surprise for
you, something that I think will help you.
>> Liam: I miss you. Yeah, I miss you.
>> Hope: Isn't there some man out there that I don't have to
share with anybody? I mean, does that guy exist?
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