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CARTER: I wish it hadn't come to this.
HOPE: We have been trying to reason with Ridge and Steffy
-for a while now, Carter. -Yeah. I just never imagined--
HOPE: You would be taking over the company.
CARTER: That we went behind my friend's back,
named myself manager of the new LLC.
As difficult as this is...
I do believe that this is best
for the future of Forrester Creations.
Ridge and Steffy have no idea
that when they signed these papers,
they gave me full control of the company.
[exhales]
You are becoming quite the fixture around here.
Am I really around that often?
Nah, I like it. Sit down.
Think maybe we should get you ID and, uh,
-a good parking spot. -[laughs] Oh.
I'm sure Brooke would love that.
I think you should be our in-house psychiatrist.
-We need one. -Yeah.
Things seem to be a bit chaotic here lately.
They're okay. We can handle it.
[sighs] How 'bout you? How you doing?
What, my-my broken heart syndrome?
-Mm-hmm. -I'm feeling stronger.
Thank you for caring.
'Course I care.
I'll always care, Doc.
♪ ♪
ELECTRA: You would still kiss me?
-If you got anchovies? -Mm-hmm.
-Yeah, of course. -Really?
-Yeah, bring it on. -Okay.
I can't imagine any reason I wouldn't wanna kiss you.
Oh, good answer.
Next time, I'm really gonna put you to the test--
extra garlic too.
Not garlic.
But you did say next time,
meaning that you like this place.
Yeah, well, I like who's sitting across from me
even more.
Me too.
It's nice being with you outside of the office.
Less peering eyes.
[dark chords]
♪ ♪
-Cheers. -Cheers.
DEACON: Hey, how we doing over here?
Hey, great. Uh, you know Deacon?
He's the owner of the joint, and he's also Hope's father.
Oh. Electra. Nice to meet you.
Well, likewise. Uh, how do you know Will?
We work together at Forrester.
Yeah. And she's new to town
and she's also designing for the Forrester jewelry line.
Wow, right on! Well, welcome.
Uh, gosh, I'm sorry, we're so understaffed, and I'm slammed.
If you need anything, just holler, and...
[mouthing] Nice job.
So...where were we?
I think you were staring deeply into my soul.
Who wouldn't wanna stare at you all day long?
[dark music]
♪ ♪
What are you looking at?
-You. You seem good. -I feel good.
Ten times better than when I first got back to LA.
Well, you thought you were dying, so that's--
Yeah. I know. Just turns out I had some emotional healing
to do--which I'm doing,
in large part, thanks to you.
You're family. That'll never change.
It's been nice to be with Steffy and the kids.
Even though our daughter can be a bit transparent
when it comes to the two of us.
-What? Really? I hadn't noticed. -[laughing]
I keep telling her I'm happy. I don't need a man in my life.
Besides, you're with Brooke.
Your destiny.
Nothing can come between you two.
HOPE: It's all right here.
Filled out and signed.
If we decide to move forward...
You will be the one in charge.
And I'll bring you back. Your line will continue.
That is not what is important, Carter.
This is a decision that you have to make,
whether or not you go through with this.
We're talking about a coup, Hope.
We're talking about wrestling control from Ridge and Steffy.
But if we do this...
Forrester will be ours to run.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
You know, I'm not much of a soda person,
but these Italian sodas...
-Right? They're pretty good. -Mm-hmm.
Now I know why you're always here.
-For the company. -Mm.
DEACON: Can I get you guys anything else?
Um, no, we're good.
-The service has been excellent. -Thank you.
As it should be, I'll have you know, Deacon,
that we have a Forrester in the building.
-A Forrester? Really. -Not the fancy kind, but, uh...
Is there any other kind?
You'd be surprised.
Her granddad was Eric's brother.
Really? I've got a long history with the Forresters,
not all of it bad.
ELECTRA: Oh. [chuckles]
Dang, you were not kidding when you said this place was busy.
Oh, I know, right? I mean, we got this great review.
Thankfully, it's busy. We lost, uh, we lost
two workers who happened to be good friends, and--
[dishes clattering]
I'm gonna go deal with whatever that is.
If you need anything, let me know.
Antonio, come on!
Poor guy. He seems kind of overwhelmed.
What?
I meant what I said the other day, Electra.
You make me wanna know everything there is
to know about you.
I know a part of you feels guilty.
I do too.
Yeah.
Yeah, but another part of me...
has this overwhelming sense to not only protect you...
...but to protect Forrester.
I mean, too much has fallen by the wayside,
and Steffy, she's been way too preoccupied
with getting rid of you.
Well, so far, she's gotten her way.
At the company's expense.
And yours.
Leadership like that, it kills trust.
It destroys morale.
Well, I'm pretty sure Steffy would rather
see the entire building burn down
than to see me walk the hallways again.
Makes you wonder what her priorities are.
And Ridge, he just...[scoffs]
goes along with everything she says.
She somehow managed to convince him and everyone else
that I was throwing myself at Finn.
That is so ridiculous! It's illogical.
How would you have known that Finn was even in the building
to seduce him in the first place?
It makes no sense, Hope.
And I tried to impress that upon Ridge.
Except he doesn't want to go against his own daughter.
But every decision that Ridge and Steffy make,
it has a ripple effect.
Cutting Hope for the Future, it cost jobs--that's a fact.
Doesn't seem like too much of a concern to them.
How can it not be?
They put us in this position.
You know, and I hope that we can avoid taking this measure.
Me too.
So we just have to figure out our next step.
They don't know yet that you're the one in control.
But can we do this?
Can we really take over Forrester?
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You're not overextending yourself, are you?
No, I'm not. I'm, um, seeing a few clients,
following up with Grace, staying in touch with Shandra.
Shandra. Uh, Steffy said she enjoyed her session with her.
-Yes. -Very much.
It was very therapeutic,
considering all that Steffy's been coping with.
Yeah.
But I think our daughter is ready to put that behind her
and focus on you. And I am too.
We just gotta make sure you're okay.
No, you don't have to be concerned about me.
I do have to be concerned about you
because sometimes I feel like
you're not taking this seriously.
I'm gonna keep riding you.
I really appreciate how thoughtful you are, Ridge.
Especially right now
with all that you have to contend with here.
Yeah, Steffy firing Hope and getting rid of her line--
that was a lot.
You, caught right in the middle.
I can only imagine how Brooke feels about all of this.
Oh, she's, um, she's furious.
Oh. [huffs]
I didn't realize you'd be here.
What's going on? Something wrong?
♪ ♪
I'll tell you anything there is to know about me,
or you could just look up my name in the tabloids.
Oh, that juicy, huh?
No, not my life, but my family's--
it's all very scandalous.
Mm. [laughs]
My point is is that everyone's got their stories, right?
Mm-hmm.
And all I'm saying is I wanna know about yours.
Even all the little things.
[phone chimes]
Oh, man.
-What is it? -It's-it's the office.
They want me back, but we haven't finished eating yet.
It's fine. I can find my way back.
You sure?
Positive.
Really, it's fine.
Okay.
Well, I will take care of the bill on the way out.
Oh, such a gentleman.
I try.
All right, um, I'm looking forward to seeing you later.
Me too.
All right. I'm gonna take these.
-All right, okay. -All right.
Remy?
Hi, Electra.
[heavy music]
Ridge, he...
he trusted me to create a LLC
to help Forrester avoid double taxation and...
and what did I do?
But...does he actually trust you?
I mean, Carter if-if Ridge truly trusted you,
wouldn't he listen?
Wouldn't he heed your advice?
I mean, your brilliant, gutsy idea
about taking Forrester Creations and turning it into
an international luxury brand, that...
it fell on deaf ears.
So just--
just take that into consideration
when you start to feel this way, when you start to feel guilty,
how you felt--
discarded, disrespected,
the way myself and many others at Forrester
have felt over the years.
What they did to you was fundamentally wrong.
And there's not an ounce-- an ounce of regret or remorse.
And Steffy, she--
her attitude, calling you a bitch
and Ridge's complacency?
It'll be the death of this company.
Unless we do something to save it.
Still, Hope, I have this...
this pit in my stomach.
The man is my closest friend.
Carter.
It is perfectly reasonable for you to feel that way.
I would be, honestly, worried about you if you didn't.
I-I'm a nervous wreck about this too.
I-I-I'm just as conflicted. I mean, I--
I wish we were never even in this position to begin with.
We did...
what we had to do.
But can we make it official?
Right now, it's our secret, Hope.
No one knows.
Logan, what is it?
You know what, why don't I step out and leave?
Thank you, Taylor. That'd be good.
What's going on? I know that look.
Can't be that bad.
Um...
I know that you've been making plans
to restructure the company.
Not restructure the company. We're just trying to
take advantage of some tax incentives, that's all.
I-I don't even remember telling you about that.
Did I tell you about it?
No. No, I don't think we discussed that.
'Cause it's not a big deal. It has nothing to do with you
or your executive work-- which is very good, by the way.
No, I--okay, th-that's not what I'm concerned about.
All right, good, because there's nothing to be concerned about.
We have LLC papers that Carter drew up,
and Steffy and I signed it and everything's fine.
No, it's not fine, Ridge.
Not at all.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God, Remy, what are you doing here?
I'm so happy to see you.
Me too. Oh, my God, it's been forever. Sit.
So how are things back home?
Oh, you know, same old, same old.
So, seriously, what are you doing in Los Angeles?
Came here to make a fresh start.
And to see you, Electra.
I only want you to follow through on this
if it is what you really want.
It's necessary.
Okay. I don't want you to feel any pressure.
I don't. At all, Hope. This was my idea.
I just wish I saw another way.
Look, I know how difficult it was for you today.
You're putting a lot on the line.
You are risking everything, Carter.
And no man has ever fought for me as hard as you have.
It's because I love you.
And you've been undervalued for too long.
And I can't sit back and let it continue.
If I do this...
it's for you.
It's for your mom, it's for all the Logan women.
It's for every underdog who deserves a voice.
I can turn Forrester into a place where...
...where everyone can thrive.
[sultry music]
♪ ♪
Carter drew up LLC papers to help with the tax burden.
It's good for us, nothing to worry about.
It's a done deal.
[sighs] Okay.
There's something you need to know, Ridge.
Hope and Carter are...
involved.
Involved.
Yes. They're in a relationship.
-You're kidding. -No, it's true.
[exhales] Okay, uh...
all right, well, I guess that would explain
why Carter kept defending Hope and Hope for the Future.
Yeah. And I promised I wouldn't say anything,
I would keep it to myself.
But you knew, and you told me. Why?
-I had to. -Why?
Because there's something else you need to know, and, uh...
I'm just really concerned about it.
Uh, I went...
I went down to the cabin to talk to Hope and I was outside,
and I overheard Carter and Hope in there
talking about the papers that you and Steffy signed.
The LLC papers.
Yes. The LLC papers.
[sighs] This is gonna come as a shock, Ridge.
I-I'm still trying to believe it myself.
Believe what? Where are you going with this?
You do realize that
Carter's name was on those papers as well, right?
Yeah.
And I asked him about it. I don't know.
He's the tax expert. I-I trust him completely.
Okay. Well, maybe you shouldn't.
I-I shouldn't trust Carter?
Our COO, our lawyer?
My best friend?
What are you doing? What's going on here?
It is my understanding
that when you and Steffy signed those papers,
restructuring the company,
you gave Carter full authority over Forrester Creations
-and over you. -Oh, and over me, this company?
No. We're in control.
No! Not anymore, Ridge.
I really hate to say this, because my daughter's involved,
but Carter pulled a coup!
He did!
Those papers that he had you and Steffy sign--
that was a setup.
He played you.
Oh, my God, what he did was horrible.
And now Carter has full--
full control of Forrester Creations.
[dramatic music swells]
WOMAN: Here's a look ahead.
We'll have to hang out some time.
Count on it.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.
So your daughter and Carter decided
to take over this company.
I know what you're doing.
I know what you're up to.
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