[engine revving] [brakes screech]
>> Carter: I got your text. What's going on?
>> Hope: Steffy fired me. She ended my line.
Nobody stopped her. They said I had to leave the
building. >> Carter: What?
>> Hope: Can you just get me out of here?
Please, can you just get me out of here?
>> Carter: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got you.
It's gonna be okay, all right? ♪♪♪
They're not getting away with this.
>> Steffy: I had to do it. Hope gave me no choice.
>> Ridge: You wanted her out of the building--she's out of the
building. >> Steffy: And she's never
coming back. I fired her.
>> Taylor: Your father backed you up, Steffy.
He-he agrees with your decision. >> Steffy: I am really, really
grateful for that, but you know Hope--she's gonna have so many
excuses. I mean, you heard her out there acting like some kind
of victim. >> Ridge: This is unfortunate
for all of us. >> Steffy: Well, I already
warned Hope. I told her if she were ever to
cross the line with my husband, she would be fired.
She brought this on herself. ♪♪♪
>> Carter: Hey, sit down, relax. I'll see if your mom--
>> Hope: No, no, no, wait, just don't go, just not yet, please.
Please. >> Carter: It's gonna be okay,
Hope. >> Hope: I was just fired,
Carter. I was-I was told to leave the
building. >> Carter: Steffy lost her
temper--she said things she didn't mean.
>> Hope: And I thought that might change once everyone else
found out what happened, but that wasn't the case.
Instead, I was publicly humiliated, Carter.
I'm just grateful you came when you did. I'm just so--
>> Carter: I got there as fast as I could.
Pulled up to Forrester, seeing you standing there alone, I just
thought--I don't-I don't-- >> Hope: Ha, yeah, it's a
miracle that security didn't just chase me out of the parking
lot. >> Carter: Look, I don't get
this, I really don't. I don't know what Steffy's
thinking...I don't, but-but it's not right.
It's not right. Hey, hey.
We're gonna fix this, okay? >> Hope: I don't know if I want
you to fix this. I-I-I don't even know
if I want to go back to Forrester Creations.
I mean, it hasn't been a good place for me for-for some time
now, and... nothing is going right there.
I mean, the only thing--the only thing that is going right in my
life right now is you. >> Carter: And I'm here for you.
I am. But we'll make Forrester a good place for you, we will.
'Cause this, Hope, this is outrageous, and I'm still trying
to wrap my head around it. Steffy won't get away with this.
I'm Forrester's COO. Ridge is my best friend, and his
daughter's losing control. You don't make decisions based
off of rivalries and vendettas. It's no way to run a business.
And look at me, look at me. I'll fight for you.
Okay? Okay?
>> Hope: Kay. >> Carter: Okay.
♪♪♪ >> Brooke: What's going on?
What happened? >> Hope: I was fired, Mom.
Steffy fired me. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: Hope understood the consequences of her actions.
>> Ridge: Really? She seemed pretty shocked to me.
>> Steffy: Because no one's ever held her accountable before.
Until now. She disrespected me and my
marriage. Look, Dad, she can't be trusted.
And if you can't be trusted, you do not belong here at
Forrester Creations. >> Taylor: You agree with that,
don't you, Ridge? >> Brooke: There must be some
mistake. >> Hope: There isn't.
Steffy fired me, ordered me to leave the building.
>> Brooke: What? No, she can't do that.
Can she? >> Carter: I can't say until I
know what happened. >> Brooke: Hope?
>> Hope: Well, uh, she believes that I was...trying to seduce
Finn, only I wasn't. >> Brooke: Oh, honey.
>> Hope: Yeah, Steffy has it all wrong. She completely
misinterpreted the situation, but she wouldn't listen.
I mean, Carter believes me, don't you, Carter?
>> Carter: Yeah, yeah, yes, yes, of course, of course I believe
you. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: I wanted to believe her.
Hope swore that she was gonna leave my husband alone.
>> Taylor: You told her what would happen if she didn't.
>> Steffy: I guess she thought I was bluffing.
Too bad I don't. >> Ridge: And she didn't try to
explain herself? >> Steffy: Dad, I already told
you, I walked in and I saw her in lingerie on top of my
husband. >> Ridge: I get it. I get why
you're furious, I do. >> Steffy: I'm trying to run
this company, take care of my family.
I'm done playing these games. >> Taylor: You've reached your
limit. >> Steffy: Look, Dad, I didn't
want it to come to this, but Hope crossed a line.
And look, I understand this is gonna be hard for you.
It's gonna be awkward since you live with Brooke, but...
Hope brought this on herself, and if you don't trust someone,
you need to cut them off. [knock on door]
>> Charlie: Boss. Steffy.
Well, um... Hope is, uh, no longer on the
premises, per your directive. I've also taken her photos down
from the wall. Again, per your directive.
>> Steffy: Great. Thanks, Charlie.
She can't come back. >> Charlie: No, uh, her security
credentials have been revoked. >> Steffy: Thank you.
>> Ridge: I was gonna say let's try to keep this on the down
low, but I'm not sure if that's possible.
>> Charlie: No, I will. It's, uh, understood.
I got it. >> Steffy: I'm not gonna change
my mind, Dad. >> Taylor: But you don't want
people starting rumors, taking sides.
>> Steffy: There's only one side to this.
Hope ambushed Finn. There's no excuse.
I mean, Hope couldn't even come up with an excuse.
This isn't some kind of accident.
Hope was trying to seduce my husband.
>> Hope: Steffy has it all wrong--I swear.
>> Brooke: But you weren't coming on to Finn, right?
>> Hope: Oh, God, no, Mom, no. I--pfft--I wasn't.
>> Carter: But she thought you were.
>> Brooke: Honey, why don't you explain everything that
happened. >> Hope: [clears throat]
All right, then. Uh... I was in the design office,
working. I was alone, and I was
thinking about you, Carter, and what we had talked about.
And I saw the new designs for Brooke's Bedroom...
and I remembered how we joked about the idea of me modeling
lingerie for you. And you did say that you were
going to be coming right back after your talk with Ridge.
>> Carter: Yeah, I, uh, I had a meeting at the bank
I had to get to. >> Hope: Only I didn't know
that. So I went behind the screen
and got changed and, um, heard the door open.
>> Carter: And you assumed it was me.
>> Brooke: What did you do? >> Hope: Well, I called out to
them and told them lock the door and that I had been waiting for
them. >> Carter: But it wasn't me.
>> Hope: No, it was Finn. And when I came out from behind
the screen, he was just standing there with this dumbfounded,
appalled look on his face, and I was mortified and
flustered and-and before I could even explain myself, I tripped,
and I fell onto Finn on the desk.
And of course, that is when Steffy walked in and saw me on
top of her husband, so... >> Brooke: [whispering] Oh, my--
>> Carter: And Steffy blew up. >> Hope: She ripped into me.
She accused me of throwing myself at her husband, only we
know that I wasn't. >> Brooke: But you were wearing
lingerie. >> Hope: I was wearing lingerie.
Yes, there is that. I know how bad it looks, believe me, I do.
But Steffy wouldn't even let me get a word out.
Even though I tried to explain, she told me she already put me
on notice, and if I ever crossed that line with Finn, that me and
my line, we were history. Except we know that I wasn't--
I didn't cross that line. I was just trying to surprise
you, Carter. But we know
Steffy's going to believe what she wants to believe.
So she fired me. ♪♪♪
>> Steffy: I can't work with someone who's trying to harm my
family. This is about trust and respect.
>> Taylor: You made your boundaries very clear.
Her behavior's unacceptable. >> Ridge: Here's what I don't
get--Hope worked so hard to get that line back on top,
and now she just throws it all away on a whim?
>> Steffy: I bet Brooke's gonna say, "Hope was just following
her heart." >> Ridge: Come on, don't--
>> Steffy: What-- >> Ridge: So Hope goes after a
man that she knows is devoted to you.
I don't get it. I get why you did what you did, but...
there's some things we gotta figure out.
>> Taylor: There's nothing to figure out.
Ridge, Steffy's co-CEO. The decision has been made.
You supported her. >> Ridge: Yeah, I supported her.
There are implications, 'cause it looks like it was personal.
This is not a good look for us. >> Taylor: You're worried about
PR? >> Ridge: I'm not--[sighs]
I'm not worried about it, but you saw the employees, you know,
how they reacted when they saw that Hope was fired.
>> Taylor: Yeah, but doesn't that tell you everything you
need to know? Hope was caught in the act, and
she still plays the victim. It's very concerning.
>> Ridge: It is concerning, to all of--look, all right.
What you did was a business decision, but it affects
everybody in this company, so...gotta talk to Katie.
>> Taylor: Hope's aunt? [laughs] I can only imagine how
she's gonna respond to this. >> Ridge: Katie. She's head of
PR and marketing. >> Steffy: She's still a Logan.
>> Ridge: Can we please not do that--not now.
Try to keep a level head about all of this.
>> Steffy: Fine. Yeah, I guess we have to loop in
Carter, let him know that Hope's been terminated.
Sure we're gonna get some pushback from him, especially
since he's been such a staunch supporter of Hope lately.
>> Carter: Steffy made a decision in the heat of the
moment. >> Hope: She's not going to take
it back, Carter. >> Brooke: She misunderstood
the situation. All you need to do is explain.
>> Hope: I tried. But standing there, dressed the
way I was, I mean, how it looked from Finn's perspective--she was
never going to listen to me. >> Carter: Okay, but did you
explain to her what's really going on?
>> Hope: Well, we promised that we were going to keep our
involvement a secret, so... >> Carter: Yes, Hope, I get
that, but if you tell Steffy the truth--
>> Hope: No, absolutely not, Carter.
I'm not going to throw you under the bus and jeopardize your
position at the company. I've already lost my own, and
besides, Steffy was looking for a reason to fire me, and I
handed her one on a silver platter.
And you know if it wasn't this situation, it was going to be
something else. I mean, maybe it would have been
about us eventually. I mean, she's already accused me
of manipulating you and your position as COO to try to save
my line, so... >> Brooke: This is ridiculous!
>> Hope: Steffy was already giving Carter grief about
supporting Hope for the Future, so imagine if she found out
about us. It would just reinforce her idea
of me, it would reflect poorly on you, and I won't have it.
I know this playbook. I know it so well.
I can hear the accusations already, that I'm just a Logan.
>> Carter: No, no one's ever gonna say anything like that
about you. >> Hope: Except they already
have. And I am trying to spare us the
judgement of everyone else. The Forresters cannot find out
about what you mean to me, Carter, especially now.
>> Carter: I hear you, I do, but Steffy's wrong, and you can
prove it. >> Hope: Not if the truth is
going to hurt you, and you know that it will, Carter.
I mean, they-they never questioned your ideas until you
started defending me. I'm the problem.
And I am not going to let any of this blow back on you.
>> Carter: I don't need you to defend me, Hope.
>> Brooke: Honey, this is crazy. All this talk about you getting
fired and losing your job-- it's impossible, really.
Ridge is co-CEO. He is not gonna let this happen.
>> Hope: Only, he did. He was standing right there,
and he ordered me to leave. ♪♪♪
>> Ridge: So anything else you need, you can get from Zende.
You know, I'm pretty sure his email still works.
Yeah, he's got all the information.
You shut down Hope's email? >> Steffy: Part of the security
protocol. >> Ridge: Security protocol,
okay. So what do we do? What do we tell her team?
>> Steffy: We tell them the truth.
>> Taylor: Three simple words. Hope was fired.
>> Ridge: There's nothing simple about any of this.
>> Taylor: I know this is difficult for you, but Hope's
behavior required a response. >> Ridge: Okay, and now we need
a response to the response. We gotta deal with this.
>> Steffy: Okay. I'll do that. >> Taylor: That's not what your
father's worried about. You're worried about Brooke.
Are you, how she's gonna respond to this?
>> Ridge: I am. She's not in the office, and maybe she doesn't
know about it, so...she should hear about it from me.
>> Steffy: Okay. Well, everyone needs to know that the decision
is final. >> Taylor: And that you support
her. >> Ridge: Of course I support
you. >> Steffy: That means a lot to
me, Dad. It really does.
It's nice not to be contradicted or overruled.
Look, I know this is probably gonna be hard for you.
We're gonna get some flack. You saw Hope, all of her
excuses, and you have Brooke. She's gonna be defending her
daughter. But you have to stay strong,
okay? You told Hope to leave.
Do not let the Logans manipulate you.
Don't let them change your mind. >> Brooke: Ridge won't let
Steffy force you out of the company.
>> Hope: He asked me to leave the building, Mom.
>> Brooke: He wouldn't do that, honey, not without talking to me
first. >> Hope: He did. I-I pled my
case with him, Mom, I really did try, but he said I had to go.
And then... and then they escorted me to the
elevator... in front of what essentially
felt like all of our coworkers, people that I respect and
admire, and they watched as I... you know, was ordered to leave
the building by Ridge and Steffy with Taylor right there.
You know, it really feels like Steffy was purposely trying to
shame me, like she was... [clears throat] I don't know,
exacting some revenge like, you know, getting back at me for all
the hurt that she thinks I might have caused her and her family.
I don't know. >> Brooke: I can't believe
Taylor was there. >> Carter: This isn't right.
None of it. >> Hope: I just didn't think
that this would actually happen. I mean, Forrester has been like
a second home to me, Mom. You know I-I practically grew up
in those offices. Got to watch you be head of the
company. And that counts for something.
I mean, we made an impact, right, like the BeLieF formula
and Brooke's Bedroom and Hope for the Future--that should
mean something, right? Only it feels like none of it
even matters. All of those years,
all of the hard work, it just... the only thing that I'm going to
be able to remember now is the cold look on their faces when
they asked me to go. >> Brooke: All because you
tripped and fell into Finn's arms.
>> Hope: Only, we all know I don't want Finn.
That is not what happened. I care about you, Carter.
>> Carter: I warned Ridge. I told him his daughter's losing
perspective, and now she went too far.
Ridge, Steffy-- they're not getting away with
this, okay? I won't let them.
♪♪♪