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