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00:00No, no, well, that's not the point.
00:05The projections don't mean anything if you don't have production.
00:08We need these items ready to ship.
00:11There's people circling already.
00:13Okay.
00:15Unbelievable.
00:17Is everything all right?
00:18Yeah, things are fine.
00:19I just got to deal with the jewelry line and try to finish this whole collection.
00:23It's just a lot.
00:24You thrive under pressure.
00:27Okay.
00:27Mm-hmm.
00:29This has to be good.
00:30It's critical that it's good.
00:31It's going to be great.
00:32It's going to be a fabulous success.
00:35Yeah?
00:35Yes.
00:38You always know exactly what to say, don't you?
00:41It's a gift.
00:42Mm-hmm.
00:43I hate to add more to your plate, but have you given more thought to Eric's surprise retirement party?
00:50No, no, and that's easy.
00:51It just has to be completely perfect.
00:53And it's going to be completely perfect.
00:56But my question is, do you really think that Eric's ready to step away from all of that?
01:02He's given us heart and soul to this company.
01:04And the weight of it almost killed him the last time.
01:07So, no, I don't want him to do any of this ever again.
01:09Hey, Dad.
01:11Hi.
01:11Hi.
01:12We were just talking about you.
01:14Yes.
01:15Good or bad, I can't quite tell.
01:16The looks on your face.
01:17It's always good.
01:18It was just unexpected.
01:19We didn't know you were coming in.
01:20Unexpected, yeah.
01:21I don't have an invitation.
01:23You're right.
01:24Although I shouldn't need one.
01:25Coming to this company, I found it.
01:28And my name is on the front of the building.
01:30Need I remind you?
01:31You need not remind me, but you just did again.
01:34Good.
01:35Well, I wouldn't have to if you didn't just send...
01:38Come on, Katie.
01:38It's ridiculous.
01:39What?
01:39More than that, it's insulting.
01:41Is that Spencer?
01:43You give and you give and you give to this damn place.
01:46And what do you get in return?
01:48Carter takes control of this place, whatever that was worth.
01:51And you spin the PR, so nobody on the outside is aware of the war going on on the inside.
01:58Did you get so much as a thank you?
02:01You are one of the best, brightest, most talented people that I know.
02:06And yet you are treated like an underling.
02:08I mean, it isn't right.
02:09Okay.
02:10You know what?
02:10You are not wrong.
02:12And it is incredibly frustrating that they went behind my back and hired this firm without telling me.
02:19And I've given everything to Forrester.
02:22And yet you are not seen and you are not heard.
02:27You deserve better.
02:30Leave this godforsaken clown show and come to Spencer Publications.
02:36Your true family company.
02:49Well, that is just amazing.
02:54No, no, no, no.
02:55Thank you so much.
02:58Security said it.
03:00Spencer's in the building.
03:02Oh, well, he and Katie are back together again, so it would make sense if he would...
03:06Nothing makes sense when it comes to Spencer.
03:09Why is Katie back in his life?
03:11Uh, well, they do have a son together.
03:14They have a grown-ass son with the tattoos and the motorcycle.
03:17Why are they playing house?
03:18Okay, I...
03:20I don't think that's for anyone else to decide.
03:23All right, let's take it down a notch here, okay?
03:25It's down.
03:26It's good.
03:27Just, I don't like this guy roaming our hallways.
03:30That's all.
03:30I'm sure it's fine.
03:31He's just seen Katie and Will, so just let it go, okay?
03:35Yeah.
03:36Yeah.
03:36It's gone.
03:37Let it go.
03:37Oh, I can't do it.
03:40Oh, Ridge!
03:42What?
03:42Come on, Katie.
03:44Spencer's where you belong, with your family.
03:47I have family here, too, Bill.
03:49Ugh.
03:51Okay.
03:52I mean, I get that, but...
03:54Can we be honest?
03:56Brooke is never going to side with you over Ridge here.
04:01She never has, and she never will, and she proved that again today.
04:05She has always been short-sighted, where Forrester is concerned.
04:10But I see you clearly.
04:13You are special.
04:15And anyone who has ever had the good fortune to be in your company feels the same way.
04:21You should be appreciated, and respected, and rigid, and capable of doing either one of those.
04:29Oh, well, speak of the devil.
04:32Okay.
04:33Well, that title belongs to you.
04:35You earned it fair and square.
04:36Why are you here?
04:38To defend the woman I love.
04:39Katie has given everything to this company, and you repay her with disrespect.
04:54What are you talking about?
04:55Oh, come on, Ridge.
04:56You're not that stupid.
04:57You know exactly what I'm talking about.
05:00Katie takes a bit of time off so that she can deal with a volatile personal situation,
05:05and instead of supporting her, you penalize her by bringing in an outside PR firm.
05:12Number one, what Katie may or may not be doing with this company has nothing to do with you.
05:16Number two, we brought in a PR company because we wanted to help Katie.
05:21We wanted to help you because of what Luna did to you and your family, a family that you're part of.
05:27We brought in a PR company.
05:29Would that be the royal we?
05:30Because I'm pretty sure that Katie wasn't consulted.
05:33In fact, she didn't know what was going on until she was already hit by the bus.
05:36The way I run this company has nothing to do with you.
05:39The way you run this company is like a ringmaster at a circus.
05:43And it does involve me and concern me when it is about my family.
05:49You treat Katie with disrespect and a lack of appreciation.
05:55Is this really how you feel?
05:56I will admit that I was blindsided when you hired the other PR company
06:03and completely disregarded all of my PR suggestions.
06:08You do not listen to Katie.
06:10You don't see her.
06:11I listen to everything you say.
06:14We all, we all listen to you.
06:15We admire what you do.
06:17We?
06:18Who would that be?
06:20That's Brooke?
06:22Steffi?
06:23Thomas?
06:23Zende?
06:24I don't have time for you, Sona.
06:27Right.
06:27Bingo.
06:28That's exactly my point.
06:30Katie.
06:31I'm so sorry you feel this way.
06:34But please don't listen to this idiot.
06:36He's going to put thoughts in your head that just aren't true.
06:39I can stand up for myself and I can think and speak for myself as well.
06:44Okay.
06:47This is a fashion house, not a battlefield.
06:50If you don't defend your lady, let's find another place to do that.
06:53I have work to do.
06:55Out of it, very confidential.
06:57So I don't need you sniffing around here.
06:59Okay?
07:00Go home.
07:05Confidential?
07:06Hemming a dress?
07:07It is understandable why he wouldn't want Bill in the building.
07:13Yeah, well, given the way Ridge greeted me when I came in, I'm not sure I was so welcome either.
07:19Oh, Eric.
07:20That's not true.
07:21You know that.
07:22He just has a lot going on right now.
07:24And there's the jewelry collection.
07:26We rolled out the perfume.
07:28We restarted Hope for the Future.
07:30And now he's working on all those designs.
07:32I mean, it's a lot.
07:33Even for him.
07:35Well, I could help, you know.
07:37All he'd have to do is ask.
07:41Is everything okay?
07:42No, everything's not okay.
07:46Bill's over there trying to convince Katie that she's not being appreciated in this company.
07:50What?
07:51That's absurd.
07:52It's absurd.
07:53But you know what?
07:54I don't have time for this right now.
07:55I've got to work.
07:57I would like a word with my son.
07:59Can it wait, please?
08:01No.
08:03No, it can't.
08:18Okay.
08:19I'm sorry.
08:21Didn't mean to defend you in any way.
08:23I'm just, I'm super busy.
08:24Yeah.
08:26Too busy to talk to the, uh, the founder of this company?
08:33No.
08:35Never too busy.
08:36What do you want to talk about?
08:46Where the hell does Forrester get off?
08:48I mean, you made that dusty dress shop relevant.
08:50I mean, your ad campaigns weren't valuable.
08:53I was just doing my job.
08:55Above and beyond.
08:56You shielded them.
08:58You protected them.
08:59I mean, what if Forrester's precious consumers knew what really went on inside those four walls?
09:04But they don't because you're always there to clean up their messes.
09:08It's what I do and I'm damn good at it.
09:10You're the best.
09:11And yet you're treated like an underling.
09:13You heard the way that Forrester spoke to us.
09:16To you?
09:18He doesn't have time for the best and brightest mind in that sweatshop.
09:22Bill, I love you for sticking up for me, but you being this upset is not helping.
09:27Well, letting them get away with whatever they want isn't helping either, Katie.
09:31Is this about you or is it about me?
09:32It's about you, of course.
09:37Okay.
09:37Well, then I need you to calm down and let me think.
09:42I didn't mean to overstep.
09:46I'm sorry.
09:46I love you.
09:47You didn't.
09:47You didn't.
09:49You have nothing to apologize for.
09:50You were just trying to protect me and I appreciate that.
09:53You shouldn't have to answer to Ridge and Brooke in.
09:59You know what?
10:01It's not about what I think or what I feel or what I want.
10:05It's about what you want.
10:09And what do you want, Katie?
10:12Oh, they're beautiful.
10:21Ridge has really helped on himself.
10:24Yes, but I can hear him now.
10:28Seems too unfinished.
10:30The neckline doesn't drape well with the dress and it's, uh, there's no harmony.
10:36Yeah, Ridge is, uh, really putting a lot of pressure on himself.
10:40When doesn't he?
10:43Well, they're, they're beautiful.
10:46Yes, I think they are.
10:47But Ridge is never happy until they're perfect.
10:50The tortured artist.
10:52And CEO, because, I mean, he's juggling everything right now.
10:57The launches, the campaigns, the future of Forrester are all by himself.
11:01But I, I thought that you and Steffi were picking up some of that slack.
11:06Oh, yeah.
11:06No, we are.
11:07The day-to-day.
11:08It's just, when it comes to the artistry, it's all on Ridge.
11:14But what, what about Zenday?
11:16Zenday's working on hope for the future.
11:18And we're happy to have him.
11:21Oh.
11:21No, if only there were someone, um, just as, if not more brilliant than Ridge.
11:32What are you implying?
11:35That he doesn't have to do this alone.
11:39Look, I hope Ridge hasn't forgotten the man who's taught him everything he knows.
11:46Eric.
11:47Eric.
11:51I don't like feeling like a guest in my own building.
11:55Oh, Dad, no, no, no.
11:56I never intended that.
11:57I'm sorry.
11:58I've just been really busy.
12:00Yeah, I get it.
12:00And I see that.
12:01I appreciate that.
12:03You had a lot on your plate without a lot of support.
12:07Son, um, I wanted to.
12:11Yeah, go ahead.
12:12I've been waiting for this call all day.
12:13It's got to be the cutting room.
12:15Hello?
12:17Yeah, Angelo, look.
12:19No, that's, that's not, that's not what we're doing.
12:22Just do what we talked about, please.
12:24Otherwise, the whole schedule is going to go out the window.
12:26I, I, I will.
12:28I appreciate it.
12:31Everything all right?
12:32I will be, yeah.
12:33Okay, go on.
12:34Look, I get it.
12:35The, uh, the pressure of success can be kind of daunting, you know?
12:41But I want to tell you that, um.
12:45I'm sorry.
12:45Another fire to put out.
12:46No, it's, uh, okay.
12:48It's, uh, it's, it's hope.
12:50You know, hope for the future.
12:51We got, we got the relaunch.
12:53And Deke is a good kid.
12:54He's talented.
12:55Yeah, yeah.
12:55But he's, he's green.
12:56He needs a little more oversight.
12:58I got it.
12:58Yeah.
13:00Okay.
13:01While you were across the hall getting yelled at by Spencer.
13:04Um, I had a chance to look at some of your sketches for the couture line.
13:09Oh, yeah?
13:10Yeah.
13:10What'd you think?
13:11Well, it reminds me that, uh, well, it's hard to create beauty when you're, when you're pulled in so many different directions.
13:19Wait, wait, wait, wait, you didn't like them?
13:20I didn't say that.
13:22I didn't say that at all.
13:24I think they're great.
13:24It's just, uh, it's a lot.
13:27And then you shouldn't have to do all this alone.
13:29What are you getting at?
13:30You want me to leave Forrester and come back to Spencer Publications?
13:40Uh, what I want is to not be putting any pressure on you.
13:44None.
13:46All right?
13:46You have enough that you're dealing with.
13:51I know that, uh, when I get going, I could be a little extra.
13:55Yeah, that might be the understatement of the year.
13:58I also know that Ridge brings out that part of you.
14:02Uh, look, let me be clear.
14:03My anger isn't just directed at Ridge.
14:05Really, it's just about the general way that you're being treated.
14:09Okay, well, I appreciate you standing up for me.
14:12And I, I love hearing how special you think I am.
14:17It makes me feel really good.
14:19Uh, not what I think.
14:20It's what I know.
14:22But whatever you do, I will do anything and everything I can to help.
14:28Careful, that's a pretty big promise.
14:30Might come back to haunt you.
14:32Think I'm afraid of a couple of little ghosts?
14:34Bring them on.
14:36You know, I don't need you to fight my fights for me.
14:40You don't have to swoop in like some superhero.
14:44I know.
14:45But I will always be here for you.
14:51Cape and all.
14:52Donna, I assure you that Ridge has the utmost and deepest admiration for Eric.
15:09Well, he was a little bit curt with him earlier.
15:14Yes, but that wasn't about Eric.
15:16It's because he's under stress.
15:18And that's mostly because he respects his father's legacy.
15:21Uh-huh.
15:22Or is he more concerned about his own?
15:25Oh, he loves Eric and looks up to him.
15:29You know that.
15:30I want to believe that.
15:32He cares immensely.
15:34And he gives Eric all the credit.
15:36Well, maybe, just maybe, Eric wants more than that.
15:40What does he want?
15:41He wants to design the couture line?
15:44He wants to be an important part of this company again.
15:47He is an important part of this company.
15:49No, not just as a face, or as an ambassador, or some silly mascot.
15:57Eric is a designer.
16:01Where is this coming from?
16:04He will always have influence.
16:06It's not the same as purpose, okay?
16:10At home, he doesn't stop sketching.
16:13He's creating and designing and chasing a dream, chasing beauty.
16:19He wants to be part of the couture design team.
16:25What about all that hard work?
16:27The deadlines, the pressure, the competition?
16:32That's who he is, Brooke.
16:35And I really hope that Ridge listens to Eric.
16:42Okay.
16:47Ridge, where do you...
16:48What are you doing?
16:50I'm giving you my undivided attention.
16:52Yeah.
16:53What about all the fires you need to put out?
16:55Let them burn.
16:56Yeah?
16:56What do you want to say?
16:57Okay.
16:58Well, we...
16:59Go ahead.
17:03No.
17:03No, go on.
17:04Let it go.
17:04It's fine.
17:05No, take it away.
17:05Just see what it is.
17:08Okay.
17:08All right.
17:10Is it all right?
17:12Hang on.
17:12Let's see.
17:13Just like that.
17:14It is handled.
17:15Yeah.
17:16Good.
17:17Look, I've been where you are.
17:20It's hard to keep all the fires out.
17:21It is.
17:22You're handling it.
17:23You're doing a really good job.
17:25But you shouldn't have to be doing all of this alone.
17:28I'm not doing it alone.
17:29Yes, you are.
17:31Really, I'm not just playing pickleball out there and going to brunch.
17:34I've been watching what's going on here at the venue.
17:36Well, if you've been watching, you know that Steffi's here as a co-CEO.
17:39I got Carter.
17:40I got Brooke.
17:41Zende is here helping.
17:42Hope is helping.
17:44You left this company in very capable hands.
17:46Yes, I know I did.
17:47And I'm very proud of that, really.
17:49I'm proud of all of you.
17:50But you mostly.
17:52You know, your leadership and your creativity keeps this company right there where it should be.
17:59It means a lot.
18:00Yeah.
18:01But you're drowning in it.
18:02I'm not drowning in it.
18:02You know, when you were a little.
18:04When you were.
18:07When you were a kid running up and down these halls, you were throwing fabric samples at people
18:12and laughing at them and making a lot of noise out there.
18:15You loved it.
18:16You loved the magic here.
18:19The energy.
18:20Right?
18:21And I taught you everything I knew.
18:23Everything.
18:25But the most important thing I taught you.
18:28And you learned it.
18:30Was the importance of collaboration.
18:33And for years, that's what we did.
18:36You and I collaborating.
18:38Collection after collection.
18:39Gown after gown.
18:40We took chances.
18:44And we succeeded with everyone.
18:48And I know that you know.
18:50That deep inside.
18:52The fire that burns.
18:53The fire of creativity.
18:54Never goes out.
18:57Dad.
18:58Let me back in, Rich.
18:59I want to be back here in this, in this room with you.
19:05Not as some figurehead.
19:08But as a co-designer.
19:11Let me do this line with you.
19:13You and me together.
19:14Let's make history again.
19:15Ridge and Eric Forrester.
19:20You and me.
19:20I want to be back here.
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