1
00:00:01,634 --> 00:00:04,304
[ heavy rain, thunder clapping]

2
00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:06,906
>> Steffy: Oh,
I love this rain.

3
00:00:06,973 --> 00:00:10,043
>> Finn: Yeah.
So, it's official, we have

4
00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:13,246
the house to ourselves tonight?
>> Steffy: Yes, we do.

5
00:00:13,313 --> 00:00:15,648
Kelly's with Liam,
Hayes is spending

6
00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:19,786
the night with Grandma Li.
>> Liam: Perfect.

7
00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:24,858
[chuckles] I mean,
not that I don't love

8
00:00:24,924 --> 00:00:27,494
being with our kids.
>> Steffy: Our kids

9
00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,730
are amazing.
But you're right,

10
00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:39,973
this is-- this is nice.
[ thunder clapping]

11
00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:43,710
>> Finn: Oh.
>> Steffy: Oh.

12
00:00:45,912 --> 00:00:54,287
[ engine starts ]
[ engine revving ]

13
00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:58,892
[ thunder clapping ]
>> Ridge: All right.

14
00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:02,228
Thank you all for coming
on this stormy night.

15
00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:04,631
>> Brooke: Will Steffy be here?
>> Ridge: No,

16
00:01:04,697 --> 00:01:06,666
she doesn't have to go
through any more of this.

17
00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:10,203
Dad, Steffy, and I, we talked
about it and we all agreed on

18
00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:15,675
what needs to be done.
All right. Good. You're here.

19
00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:18,678
>> Thomas: Yeah.
Well, I was summoned.

20
00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:22,482
>> Ridge: You created
a problem, Thomas.

21
00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:30,690
We're here to fix it.
♪♪♪

22
00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:48,741
♪

23
00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:52,212
>> Finn: What do you
wanna do for food?

24
00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:54,047
We have
some Christmas leftovers

25
00:01:54,113 --> 00:01:57,884
or I could cook something.
>> Steffy: No, I don't wanna be

26
00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:01,154
away from you for too long.
>> Finn: Hmm.

27
00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:06,526
Sounds like a plan,
but plans are flexible.

28
00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:09,529
They can change.
>> Steffy: I don't wanna change

29
00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:12,732
anything about this night.
>> Finn: Okay.

30
00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,502
But there's a pretty important
meeting happening at Forrester.

31
00:02:16,135 --> 00:02:19,873
>> Steffy: I've said all
I have to, to my brother.

32
00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:24,143
It's time for him to learn
about his future at Forrester.

33
00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:31,818
[ thunder clapping ]
>> Thomas: You know,

34
00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:34,654
before I get the lecture
I deserve I'd like to say

35
00:02:34,721 --> 00:02:36,789
a few words,
if that's all right.

36
00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:41,094
If you can actually believe
it I'm glad you're all here.

37
00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:44,497
Means I can tell you
all at once just how

38
00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:47,767
badly I screwed up.
I don't know what

39
00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:50,737
I was thinking,
calling CPS on myself.

40
00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:55,608
Actually, that's it.
I wasn't thinking.

41
00:02:56,175 --> 00:02:58,611
I was filled with emotion.
I mean, Brooke threatened

42
00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:00,880
to call CPS on me.
And I-- I just,

43
00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:03,550
I got so angry with that.
And I said, "You know what?

44
00:03:03,616 --> 00:03:05,818
Let's call CPS
and they'll show up

45
00:03:05,885 --> 00:03:08,087
and see how great
of a father I'm being

46
00:03:08,154 --> 00:03:11,591
and how irrational that is."
But I also wanted my parents

47
00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:15,929
together, and Brooke, that
meant getting you outta the way

48
00:03:15,995 --> 00:03:21,568
and lying to make that happen.
And for that, I am so sorry.

49
00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:31,644
♪♪♪

50
00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:38,551
>> Steffy: I am convinced
that if Thomas just left things

51
00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:40,920
alone, my parents would
be married right now.

52
00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:43,323
Of course,
he just ruins everything.

53
00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,091
And it just proves
that he is the same

54
00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:48,094
manipulator he's always been.
>> Finn: I'm sorry

55
00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:51,297
he disappointed you,
but I am so proud of you.

56
00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:53,066
Hey,
it would've been easy to let

57
00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:55,435
Ridge and Taylor get married,
but you told the truth.

58
00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:57,270
>> Steffy: I couldn't let
my mom and dad start

59
00:03:57,337 --> 00:04:01,708
building a future based
on a foundation of a lie.

60
00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:04,544
My dad deserved to know that
Brooke didn't betray him.

61
00:04:05,478 --> 00:04:07,213
>> Finn: Have you
checked in on your mom?

62
00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,851
>> Steffy: Yeah.
She's okay, considering.

63
00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:14,153
I was wondering how
this was all gonna hit her,

64
00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:20,026
but she seems empowered,
her and Brooke.

65
00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:23,696
>> Finn: I mean,
I still can't believe they both

66
00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:26,532
walked away from Ridge.
>> Steffy: I know.

67
00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:29,435
Feels like
closure is in the air.

68
00:04:29,502 --> 00:04:33,906
The mom, dad, Brooke cycle,
Thomas's future will be

69
00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:37,410
decided.
Now, there's only one

70
00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:42,682
unsettling loose end left.
[ thunder claps ]

71
00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:52,525
[ rain splattering ]
♪♪♪

72
00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,564
>> Thomas: I don't know
what switch flipped.

73
00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:03,636
It made me think framing
Brooke was a good idea.

74
00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:07,040
I mean,
obviously I need more years

75
00:05:07,106 --> 00:05:13,146
of therapy and I thought these
kind of stunts were behind me.

76
00:05:13,212 --> 00:05:16,015
>> Ridge: We all thought that.
>> Hope: That's why this

77
00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:19,352
is so shocking and hurtful.
>> Thomas: I made

78
00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:23,756
a terrible mistake
and I backslid on my progress.

79
00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:28,895
But I think you've all seen
the progress I've been making

80
00:05:28,961 --> 00:05:31,397
over the last couple of years,
and I'm taking more steps

81
00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:35,902
forward than I am steps back.
So give me the opportunity

82
00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:40,106
and I will take it to show you
that I'm becoming a better man

83
00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,975
and I'm still an integral part
of the Forrester design team.

84
00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:45,845
>> Eric: All right. Stop.
Stop right there.

85
00:05:45,912 --> 00:05:48,381
You're getting ahead
of yourself here, Thomas,

86
00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:51,684
presuming that you still
have a-- a place here.

87
00:05:53,219 --> 00:05:55,588
>> Thomas: What do you mean?
>> Eric: Do you have any idea

88
00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:58,524
how disappointed I am in you?
I trusted you.

89
00:05:58,591 --> 00:06:01,894
I-- I believed in you
and I invited you into my home,

90
00:06:01,961 --> 00:06:05,898
into my house to give you
the opportunity to strengthen

91
00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:08,634
your relationship with your--
your boy.

92
00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:11,304
And then you do this
to Ridge and to Brooke.

93
00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:15,675
I can't even look at you.
>>> Thomas: Don't say that

94
00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:17,443
Grandpa.
I can still make amends.

95
00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,545
>> Eric: No, you can't.
You can't.

96
00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,251
The person that you should
beg forgiveness of is Brooke.

97
00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:30,890
>> Brooke: I know how
you feel about me, Thomas.

98
00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:34,160
You've made it
abundantly clear.

99
00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:38,164
Sure, you can say
I'm sorry in front

100
00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:42,301
of everybody in this room,
but I know how you really feel.

101
00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:46,205
When I found out the truth
about the CPS call,

102
00:06:46,272 --> 00:06:49,008
you showed me
no remorse whatsoever.

103
00:06:50,376 --> 00:06:53,212
And you made sure that
I knew that you would do

104
00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,449
whatever it takes to keep
Ridge out of my life.

105
00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,720
I didn't want it this way.
I just didn't

106
00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:04,490
wanna see the stress
and the strain on Ridge's face.

107
00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:10,463
So I tried, I tried to have
some kind of relationship

108
00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:14,567
with you to show you
some kind of love, support.

109
00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:19,438
And this is what I get.
This is what you throw back in

110
00:07:19,505 --> 00:07:26,412
my face, sabotaging our love.
You don't care about our

111
00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:30,283
feelings and our marriage.
You have no respect.

112
00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:34,187
>> Thomas: You're right.
I didn't respect your marriage,

113
00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:37,156
but I'm sorry about lying
and hurting your feelings.

114
00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:41,460
I really am.
>> Brooke: I'm sorry?

115
00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:44,664
How many times are you
gonna say, I'm sorry?

116
00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:49,235
You said I'm sorry to your son.
You said I'm sorry to Hope.

117
00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,805
You said I'm sorry to me.
Are we gonna continue believing

118
00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:57,443
you forever, Thomas?
>> Thomas: I wanted

119
00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:03,783
my family back together.
>> Brooke: [sighs] Well,

120
00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:09,255
you can't justify this.
There are no more excuses.

121
00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:17,597
This is the end of the road.
♪♪♪

122
00:08:33,112 --> 00:08:34,213
[ rain splattering ]

123
00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,115
>> Carter: You know,
I liked you, Thomas.

124
00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:40,086
I really did.
And as Ridge's best friend

125
00:08:40,152 --> 00:08:42,221
and CEO of this company,
I was always rooting

126
00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:45,424
for you to make a comeback
after every time you messed up.

127
00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:47,460
I thought it would stick
this time.

128
00:08:47,526 --> 00:08:49,395
I really did.
You were doing so great.

129
00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:52,031
Your designs were fire,
had a great working

130
00:08:52,098 --> 00:08:54,567
relationship with Hope
and Zende.

131
00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,369
And your father was
so proud of the way you

132
00:08:56,435 --> 00:09:00,439
turned your life around.
The man,

133
00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:04,277
the father you were becoming.
How can you do this?

134
00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:09,148
You devastated this man.
Is there anything else

135
00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:12,785
you should tell us?
Any other lapse in judgment

136
00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,987
that might blow back
on Hope or Hope For The Future?

137
00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:19,225
>> Thomas: Carter,
do you understand how much work

138
00:09:19,292 --> 00:09:23,062
I put into this line?
Why would I do something

139
00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:26,065
to jeopardize that,
a line that I'm working on?

140
00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:27,867
And you know
how much I care for Hope.

141
00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:30,703
I mean,
why would I do something

142
00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:36,976
to hurt her or my son?
I mean, Hope you--

143
00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:43,482
you believe that, right?
>> Hope: I did.

144
00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:50,356
I believed everything you said
about learning from your past,

145
00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:54,527
making an effort
to move forward.

146
00:09:54,593 --> 00:09:57,530
How we could co-parent
together, work together.

147
00:09:57,596 --> 00:10:01,934
Hey, even be friends
despite our history.

148
00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:10,409
But after all this..
I should've--

149
00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:13,980
I should've listened
to all the warnings.

150
00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:26,826
You have hurt Douglas.
You continue to just

151
00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:29,362
think about yourself.
You didn't even think about

152
00:10:29,428 --> 00:10:31,430
how traumatizing this
might be for your son.

153
00:10:33,132 --> 00:10:35,668
>> Thomas: I wasn't thinking
about anything, Hope.

154
00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:39,638
And I'm so sorry.
Look, I love Douglas.

155
00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:44,810
He means more to me than
anything else in the world.

156
00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:47,079
I never wanna hurt him.
And you have to give

157
00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:50,616
me another chance to be--
>> Hope: Thank you

158
00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:55,221
to be for all your hard work
on my line.

159
00:10:55,287 --> 00:10:57,857
I do know how many hours
you have put into it

160
00:10:57,923 --> 00:11:01,794
and all of the hard work
that has gone into it,

161
00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,463
and you were a very
important part of the team.

162
00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:09,068
But Zende is an excellent
designer and he has really

163
00:11:09,135 --> 00:11:12,972
come into his own.
So I think the line will do

164
00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:17,410
just fine without you.
>> Thomas: You don't actually

165
00:11:17,476 --> 00:11:20,713
believe that, Hope.
>> Hope: You used

166
00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:25,384
our son to destroy
my mother's happiness.

167
00:11:30,456 --> 00:11:34,427
How could I ever
trust you again?

168
00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:46,972
♪♪♪
[ heavy rain splattering ]

169
00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:55,314
[ thunder clapping ]
>> Steffy: Babe,

170
00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:58,717
it looks so nice in here.
>> Finn: Oh, well, it's all

171
00:11:58,784 --> 00:12:00,986
part of my master plan.
>> Steffy: Which is?

172
00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,688
[ thunder clapping ]
>> Steffy: Oof.

173
00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:05,291
>> Finn: Oh, wow.
>> Steffy: As if I didn't

174
00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:09,895
already know.
>> Finn: A serious seduction.

175
00:12:09,962 --> 00:12:12,598
We have the whole house
to ourselves for an entire

176
00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,634
night and I intend
on using every single room.

177
00:12:17,369 --> 00:12:30,082
I need this. I need you.
♪♪♪

178
00:12:31,884 --> 00:12:44,163
[ thunder clapping ]
♪♪♪

179
00:12:44,563 --> 00:12:50,836
>> Sheila: Almost there.
[ chuckles ]

180
00:12:57,543 --> 00:13:00,513
>> Thomas: I made a mistake.

181
00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:04,416
I got caught up in a dream,
a dream of wanting to have

182
00:13:04,483 --> 00:13:09,355
my family back together again.
[ thunder clapping ]

183
00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:13,926
And it was so close.
All it needed was

184
00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:16,529
a nudge and I pushed it
right off a cliff.

185
00:13:17,363 --> 00:13:21,667
And that's what I'm saying.
I know what I did was wrong.

186
00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:25,171
And for that I am so,
so sorry.

187
00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:34,046
Granddad, you--
you opened your home to me

188
00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:38,984
and my son
and I failed you

189
00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:43,322
and my son both.
And I'm so sorry.

190
00:13:47,526 --> 00:13:51,564
Brooke, as much as you
don't wanna believe it, I--

191
00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:56,835
I never wanted to hurt you.
I'm sorry, Brooke.

192
00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:06,779
Hope, I never
ever wanted to see

193
00:14:06,845 --> 00:14:09,748
that look a disappointment
in your eyes again.

194
00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:14,019
And I have to see it now
every day.

195
00:14:15,888 --> 00:14:22,094
I'm so sorry, Hope.
Dad, I wanted

196
00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:28,200
our family back together,
but what I did...

197
00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:33,739
it wasn't okay.
And you know what?

198
00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,408
Dad, I can move forward.
I can learn from this

199
00:14:36,475 --> 00:14:38,110
and I can grow.
You just--

200
00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:41,647
you have to gimme a chance.
>> Ridge: What are you

201
00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:47,653
asking me right now?
To forget what you did or...

202
00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:53,158
forgive you? What is it?
I stood by you

203
00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:57,263
when no one else did.
Even blamed myself

204
00:14:57,329 --> 00:15:00,833
because I wasn't there
when you were a kid.

205
00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:08,073
But I was there when you were
a grown man

206
00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:12,611
and you played me.
>> Thomas: That was

207
00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:15,180
never my intention, Dad.
>> Ridge: Intention?

208
00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:22,187
It's not about intentions.
It's about your actions, boy.

209
00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:28,394
It's about your actions.
Maybe this is who you are.

210
00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:32,331
Maybe you can't change.
This is you.

211
00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:40,005
You are making me do this
for the family,

212
00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:44,777
for this company.
I'm sorry.

213
00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:51,684
>> Thomas: Dad,
please don't do this.

214
00:15:56,655 --> 00:16:03,629
>> Ridge: We all agree,
and that includes Steffy,

215
00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:07,733
your days at Forrester
Creations are over.

216
00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:17,876
Goodbye, Thomas.
♪♪♪

217
00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:07,960
[ fire crackling ]
>> Steffy: When you

218
00:17:08,026 --> 00:17:13,198
look at your scar,
do you think about Sheila?

219
00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:19,037
>> Finn: I did at first,
but now I barely notice it.

220
00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:21,273
I try to make a conscious
effort not to think about

221
00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:25,144
Sheila unless I'm forced to.
Okay?

222
00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:28,547
Because tonight's
just about us.

223
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:37,689
And our love.
[ thunder clapping ]

224
00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:50,936
♪♪♪
[ clanging ]

225
00:17:51,003 --> 00:18:00,279
[ thunder clapping ]
♪♪♪

226
00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:15,994
[ thunder clapping ]
>> Steffy: Oh my God, Sheila.

227
00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:22,968
♪♪♪

228
00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:33,212
Captioned by
Los Angeles Distribution
and Broadcasting, Inc.