[moody music plays]
BROOKE: You did it, didn't you?
You asked Steffy to step down.
I know it was hard.
She is your daughter, and you don't wanna hurt her.
I've let her down before.
I didn't really wanna do that again.
Okay, well, don't look at it that way.
Steffy's always gonna be an important part of the company.
She's gonna be there now and forever.
But think about the things that I've done, Ridge.
I've dedicated my life to Forrester Creations.
I've contributed so much.
I've generated a lot of wealth for the company.
So please, just give me the recognition
and the respect that I deserve
by making me your co-CEO.
HOPE: Hopefully, my mother got through to Ridge.
Her decades of work...
has been taken for granted at Forrester.
Surely Ridge must see that.
For Steffy to be her boss,
for her to hold my mother's fate in her hands--
it's ridiculous.
Well, Steffy also holds your fate in her hands.
I know, and I am tired of it.
-I do deserve better. -Yeah.
-And so does my mom. -Yeah.
And if my mother is CEO,
then Steffy will not be able to wield as much power
and my line might actually have a fighting chance.
As much as I hate to admit this, Liam,
I need this.
My future at Forrester depends on it.
-Is that for International? -Yes.
Great.
Ah!
Well, I'm glad that wasn't something heavier.
I'm sorry, man. I'm just... I'm having a rough day.
Yeah, I can see that.
What's going on?
Between you and me...
I gotta tell you how I really feel
about what's been going on around here.
Daphne Rose's assistant.
I mean, that sounds like a job that could go anywhere, right?
She's internationally in demand, after all.
Yeah. I mean, I... I feel really lucky.
I always wanted you to succeed, Dylan.
Even...at Forrester?
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I'll be honest. You working at Forrester
doesn't really feel the same as it would if, um...
If I'd started when we were still friends?
I wish we could be again.
Yeah. I guess I'm just a little hesitant
about making friends these days.
Seems like I keep putting my trust in all the wrong people.
I hate that you think I'm one of those people
that you can't trust.
Yeah, and it's, um...
it's a little bit uncomfortable
still seeing you around Forrester.
I really wish that that wasn't the case--
I get it.
And I don't want to upset you.
I mean, completely the opposite.
But I need this opportunity.
I feel like my life literally depends on it.
I know.
I understand.
Yeah, I get it, man. It's been tense around here lately.
What Bill and Katie did, it rocked us, man.
And then Eric, he's still trying to--
I'm not happy about how all of that went down,
but that's not what I'm talking about.
Okay.
You know I'm working on couture.
And you and I both know why.
Hope and Hope for the Future are being marginalized.
LIAM: So you're banking
on Brooke getting through to Ridge.
What if she doesn't?
-She has to. Yep. -Ha.
Because the situation at Forrester is untenable.
That's what I mean. I know it's untenable.
But what if it...
if it stays...untenable?
Will you promise me that you'll come
and take your talents over here to Logan?
RIDGE: You do know how much you're valued, right?
Do I?
I answer to Steffy.
Ridge.
[huffs] It's not right.
It's not just about the title.
It's recognition that I am and always have been
an integral part of Forrester Creations.
-I can't be replaced. -No. It goes without saying.
So, you did talk to Steffy.
-I did, yes. -And she's going to step down.
She--she wants things to be the way that they are now.
The two of us running the company together.
Okay, well, you'd expect her to put up a fight.
But you didn't agree with her.
Ridge, please tell me you didn't agree with her.
[uneasy music plays]
Look, I'm...
I'm not gonna stand in your way of you taking this job.
I know how much you need it.
-Thank you. -But...
I do have some conditions.
Okay.
You need to focus on work, not your love life.
I swear, that is exactly what I'm doing.
And you can't cross the line with anyone in the office...
But especially Will.
If you can accept those conditions, then...
I can accept you being at Forrester.
I will do whatever you need me to do.
I mean, I'm just so grateful to be here
and have a steady job, at Forrester no less. But...
Most importantly, to hopefully make amends with you.
Zende, I hope you don't think being put on couture
is some kind of demotion.
Carter, they asked me to review R.J.'s designs.
I designed an entire collection for Hope for the Future
that is never gonna see the light of day!
I'm here to create.
But now the golden child is back in town
and Steffy hates Hope, so all this love,
this passion--poof, it's gone. Doesn't matter.
And it has nothing to do with business--it's all personal.
I am getting screwed here, Carter, and so is Hope.
LIAM: Don't let them undervalue you.
You're Hope "the Lighthouse" Logan.
Spencer.
Hope "the Spitfire" Spencer.
See, this--this is exactly my point.
This is what I'm talking about. We're your family, and you...
you belong with us.
And at Logan, sky's the limit.
You know? No more roadblocks,
no more just waiting around to be recognized.
Katie is doing something really, really special,
and she and my dad, they're coming off of a big win.
There's a lot of momentum. They wanna capitalize on that.
Anything you want... you'll have.
Well, if anyone understands feeling disrespected,
it's Katie.
Yes. But Katie also understands
what it's like to stop tolerating that disrespect.
And she went out into the world and she made a name for herself
completely independent of "Forrester."
And you can do that too.
But I don't have a designer. I don't have a team.
Thomas would never leave.
What about Zende?
He's a Forrester too. Look, I just--
I have to manifest that my mother
is going to be the co-CEO,
and then she and my line and I,
we will finally get the respect that we deserve.
I'm sure Steffy's disappointed, and I'm sorry about that.
But even she must see that
her position of power over me is wrong.
I don't think she feels that she has
-a position of power over you. -Really?
Really. We talked about it, and she respects
everything that you've done for this company.
She respects you.
Okay. We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this.
Even if what you're saying is true
and she does see me as an equal,
she certainly is wielding her power over my daughter.
Hope deserves some respect, and so does her line,
and that means not having to answer to Steffy.
Because she's the boss.
Steffy has earned her position.
And so has Hope!
They both grew up in the halls of Forrester Creations.
They both had parents that gave huge contributions
to the fashion industry.
Now, why is Steffy the boss
and Hope a mere employee?
I mean, it doesn't really make sense.
It's not fair to Hope. Why is she the one being disrespected?
She's not being disrespected.
Her line isn't being disrespected.
My dad came back. We have to focus on couture right now.
Okay.
So...[huffs]
we can revisit this when I'm co-CEO, right?
Right, Ridge?
I'm sorry.
I love you so much, but I can't do this.
I can't take this away from Steffy.
How would that be fair?
She's been running this company for a long time
and she's been doing a great job.
And taking this away from her is--is...
is a demotion-- it's nothing else.
That's just what it is.
And I'm sorry. I can't do that to my daughter.
[soft, dramatic music plays]
Well, it's nice to talk to you again,
even just for a little bit like this.
Yeah. It feels good to me too.
Dylan, what happened to you...
I mean, I can only imagine, right, living in your car,
how scary that was.
And traumatizing.
But I don't want you to think that I didn't...
care about what happened to you,
that I didn't care about you.
I'm not the only one that's been traumatized.
What Ivy did to you was...
was awful.
Making you believe that Will broke up with you?
I know how much that must have hurt.
And, you know, I have to believe that if she hadn't
made up that lie, maybe you could have...
believed me that I hadn't been trying to--
Okay, look, um...
I don't think we should talk about this.
[small laugh] Yeah.
Yeah. You're probably right.
Besides, you've had it...
you've had it hard since coming to LA,
having to deal with those deepfakes.
Yeah. Because of my good friend Remy.
DYLAN: What do you want?
We need to talk...
cuz.
I had no idea you felt that way, man.
Have you spoken to Ridge and Steffy?
No, they're too busy with Eric coming back.
I gotta say, Carter,
there's no way that I'm playing second fiddle to R.J.
Yeah, he's my family, and yeah,
I think he deserves to have a place here, but...
I've worked too hard
to be a footnote on Ridge junior's path to the top!
I don't deserve that.
And Hope doesn't deserve that either.
I know you want Ridge to do the right thing,
to give your mom the respect she deserves
so that she can pass that on to you.
But here's a thought-- wouldn't it be great
if you didn't have to ask for respect?
If you didn't have to worry about whether or not
your ideas would get the green light?
I mean, what if...what if the lights were always green?
Just green, green, green, everywhere you go, green.
That's a lotta green.
Also, green represents new, fresh, right?
I mean, new direction, new opportunity.
That, if nothing else, that...
is why you should come to Logan.
I understand why you wanna protect your daughter,
her status, her accomplishments.
But what about me, Ridge? What about my status?
What about what I've accomplished?
But you don't need protection.
You're Brooke Logan. You set the bar.
What do you need protection from?
Ridge, I need something tangible.
Right now I'm just a face on a magazine
or social media post.
But I need something more,
something that somebody can't just turn the page
or swipe on by.
Is that what you're worried about?
You know, my sister's been wrong
about a lot of things lately,
but she's been right about something.
She owns her own company.
That means she owns her own destiny.
Doesn't matter what she does with the company--
all of her losses, her failures, her successes,
whatever it is-- she gets to own them.
And I deserve it.
After all the years of contributions
that I put into Forrester Creations,
I deserve some kind of title.
And I know you're gonna just argue that it's meaningless,
but it's not, it's not meaningless.
To me, it means a great deal.
I never said it was meaningless. It means a lot.
It means everything to Steffy.
I can't take that away from her.
[heavy music plays]
Yeah, having those pictures on the internet was...
it was really humiliating.
Even though I knew that they were fake, no one else did,
and I was...
I was terrified that Will or someone else here at Forrester
would find them and...
and any hope of a relationship or...or a career
would be gone forever.
I'm sure going through something like that
probably made you stronger.
And the thing that hurt the most...
is that Remy was behind everything.
My closest friend.
I put my trust in him, in the wrong person,
and it made me feel like I couldn't...
trust myself.
I hate that I probably made you feel the same way...
that you couldn't trust yourself.
Maybe you are right. Maybe everything...
did make me stronger, everything...
everything that's pulled us apart.
I wanna move on. I want...
I wanna be friends again.
Do you really mean that?
I think I do, yeah.
Oh, my gosh, that makes me so happy!
Oh! Thank you.
I promise I will never do anything
to hurt or betray you ever again.
This makes me happy too.
Oh, my gosh, I feel like-- I just--I can't believe I have
a chance to get everything back on track, you know?
I mean, I have this job at Forrester
and I have a chance to be friends with you again.
I just--I'm--I feel so lucky
and so--I'm so excited!
[eerie music plays]
♪ ♪
I love my Aunt Katie.
And what she's doing here at Logan, it is...
nothing short of amazing, and...
I would be honored to work alongside her
and, of course, you.
But the thought of leaving Forrester...
I just--I can't do it.
I have to believe that my mom is going to become co-CEO,
and then everything will fall into place.
I have to.
I can't believe what I'm hearing...
that you won't do this for me?
I will do anything for you.
You want a title, let's find you a title,
but the most important thing
is you have a seat at the table, right?
Ridge, Steffy will still have the final say.
I know you're disappointed. I get it.
And I don't...
You know how much I love you.
And you know how much I love you.
And, yes, you are an incredible father
and an incredible husband.
You are, but I...
[scoffs] I have to say I am-- I'm deeply disappointed.
I know. I see it.
Brooke, you can have anything you want from me,
anything you want.
But you can't have that.
I can't take that away from Steffy.
You can't be my co-CEO.
[intense music swells]
♪ ♪
It's just a nightmare for Hope.
-STEFFY: Here's a look ahead. -There's a new sheriff in town.
Leave that dusty old fashion house behind.
Tell me he agreed to make you co-CEO.
I'm not some threat, Dylan.
Promise me that you will stay away from all of us!
[heavy music plays]
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