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00:03Hope, sweetheart. What are you trying to say?
00:07That I am exhausted.
00:11I've poured my heart and my soul into Forrester,
00:15and it just feels like it doesn't matter.
00:17No, that's just not true.
00:21Stuffy is killing hope for the future.
00:23It's a temporary shift.
00:26Resources need to go to Eric's new collection.
00:30Could I really walk away from Forrester?
00:33Away from my mother?
00:37Look, Hope is at a place now where she's got a decision to make,
00:41and clearly Logan is the right one
00:44because Forrester has become hostile to her.
00:47Like, I love Stuffy. I respect Stuffy.
00:49She's a strong, capable leader,
00:50but when it comes to Hope, her judgment,
00:53it's like it shifts.
00:55It stops being business and starts being personal.
00:57Yeah, I agree.
00:58But for Hope to even consider coming to Logan.
01:01I know. It's like...
01:03It's like it's not just her leaving Forrester.
01:06It's as if she's leaving her mother.
01:08Yeah.
01:10It's, um...
01:11It's a big decision. I know.
01:14Maybe it's too big.
01:16But Hope's not happy, right?
01:18Every day that she walks into that office,
01:20it's like she loses a piece of her soul.
01:23So, you know, how much longer is she going to take this from Rage and Stuffy?
01:27Carter's numbers align with the production targets we set.
01:30Yeah, we're all in.
01:31Every resource, every dollar.
01:32This has to land.
01:35Well, it will.
01:36Everyone thinks that Grandad is tied to Logan,
01:38but we need to wipe that stain off his legacy
01:40and give him a proper return.
01:41And everyone's on board, yes?
01:43Well, everyone except...
01:46Listen.
01:47About Hope.
01:48No, no, not about Hope.
01:49We gave her an opportunity not to be selfish,
01:51and she made it about herself again.
01:53We shelved her line.
01:54You'd be upset, too.
01:55It makes sense.
01:56Stuff happens.
01:57You gotta suck it up and you get back to work.
01:59We need to focus on couture.
02:01It's not personal.
02:01It's business.
02:15So, Carter, we looked at your projections.
02:17Yeah, they're aggressive.
02:19They are.
02:20But if we're fully committing every resource to Eric and Couture,
02:23then it's achievable.
02:25Timeline, volume, distribution, it all works.
02:31Is it just me?
02:32He just doesn't sound convinced at all, does he?
02:34No, I'm convinced, as long as we're clear about the sacrifices.
02:38Well, hopefully the future will be sidelined.
02:40Are you sure about this?
02:41We need to focus on couture.
02:44I agree.
02:45From a business standpoint.
02:48But as your friend tabling Hope's line,
02:51that can't be easy for you and Brooke.
02:56Honey, when I heard that your line was tabled,
02:58my heart sank.
03:00But it's only temporary.
03:02Right now, they need to focus on Eric.
03:05Focus on Eric?
03:07So what, you're telling me that there was no other way for them to do that
03:10than to throw away a year's worth of hard work on my line?
03:14Don't make this personal.
03:16How can I not?
03:18They had to redirect.
03:22Steffi refused to answer me when I asked for a start date.
03:26She laughed in my face, and Rich just stood there and did nothing.
03:30It is personal.
03:32Hope.
03:33Mom.
03:34Truly, I think Steffi enjoys having me under her thumb.
03:37And I think she likes having you there, too,
03:39which is frankly absurd,
03:42because you have more talent, experience, and vision
03:44than she could ever dream of having.
03:47Really, Mom.
03:48It should be you.
03:49Up there.
03:51Making the decisions, being co-CEO with Ridge.
03:54Not Steffi.
04:03I voiced my concerns about Hope for the future and the past,
04:06and despite those concerns, I still back the launch.
04:09After everything Hope has done,
04:10she should be very grateful that she's here, Carter.
04:12I'm sure she is.
04:14The least she can do is support my grandfather,
04:17support Forrester in this decision.
04:18You know what I don't want?
04:20I don't want the two of you at odds again.
04:22We just went through this.
04:23I want to move on, too, Dad.
04:24Okay, so maybe move on with a little softer touch.
04:27Is that a possibility?
04:28What do you want me to do?
04:29I'm not going to baby her.
04:30That's not what I'm asking,
04:31but maybe don't laugh at her
04:32when she's expressing her feelings.
04:33You laughed at her?
04:34I didn't really...
04:35I didn't laugh.
04:36I was...
04:37Well, she was being overdramatic.
04:39It's ridiculous.
04:40All I want, and I know it sounds silly,
04:42but I just want a little peace around here.
04:44Is that something we can do?
04:45Is that because of Hope's contributions
04:47or because she's Brooke's daughter?
04:48A little bit of both,
04:50but we can't ignore that she has given something
04:52to this company.
04:53Show us some respect.
04:54It's okay.
04:55I agree.
04:57Katie left because she felt disrespected
04:59and started her own fashion house.
05:00We don't want to lose Hope, too.
05:02We're not going to lose Hope.
05:04Hope can whine and cry.
05:06She's not going anywhere.
05:07Hope would thrive here at Logan.
05:09I don't disagree, but what if bringing her on
05:13does more harm than good?
05:15Like, I don't even see how that's possible.
05:18I mean, Hope devoted years of commitment to Forrester,
05:22and she's still being treated like...
05:24Like an outcast.
05:25I know.
05:27I was going to say like you were.
05:32The reason you weren't treated as family at Forrester
05:36is because you're not family.
05:37They choose their own.
05:39They prioritize the Forrester clan,
05:41and that's great if you're in the inner circle,
05:44but if you're not, you're expendable,
05:47and Hope deserves to be with family, real family.
05:52What about Brooke?
05:54Well, which Brooke, right?
05:56Brooke Logan or Brooke Forrester?
05:57Because right now, it kind of feels like
05:59Brooke is way more comfortable deferring to Ridge,
06:02and that's fine.
06:02Like, I'm not saying that with judgment,
06:04but it's a fact, and Hope wants more than that.
06:06You heard my sister.
06:08I mean, she came here,
06:08and I think she was trying to extend an olive branch,
06:12like looking for a way to reconnect,
06:13and I don't want to do anything
06:15that is going to drive us further apart.
06:18She is going to see me as poaching Hope
06:21from Forrester, from her own mother.
06:23She's going to see this as a huge betrayal.
06:26I don't want to live under Steffi's rule anymore,
06:29and neither should you.
06:32Honey, you're hurt, and it's understandable,
06:35but your line is just being postponed.
06:37Postponed, Mom.
06:38Steffi is icing me out.
06:40Hope?
06:41She undermines me at every turn.
06:43I mean, first, taking Deke off my line,
06:46making me fire him, replacing him with Thomas.
06:49Who is more experienced than Deke.
06:51He lives in Paris.
06:53Cindy and I had to juggle the time zone.
06:55We had to have conference calls at midnight,
06:57and yet we still made it work,
06:59and we created a beautiful, relevant, edgy line
07:03that I am so proud of that was ready for production,
07:06and then what happens?
07:08It gets sidelined, and my team gets dismantled.
07:12Honey, this is business, so please don't take it personal.
07:16I just really need to focus on Eric's return right now.
07:19I just feel like there could have been another avenue
07:23to support Eric that didn't involve torpedoing my line.
07:28Honestly, Mom, it feels like she's punishing me,
07:30and I don't know for what.
07:32But if it's for all those years of back and forth with Liam,
07:35for my involvement with Thomas,
07:37the stunt that Carter and I pulled,
07:41which, yes, was wrong.
07:42It was absolutely wrong the way we went about it,
07:44but at least in our tenure,
07:48no lines got cut,
07:49and nobody left the company
07:51because they felt so disrespected
07:53that they had to go and create another line.
07:55I'm just saying hope for the future
08:00is in trouble.
08:01Honey, your line is still there.
08:04It's not going anywhere.
08:05So please don't worry about Steffi.
08:08Oh, I'm going to worry.
08:10And I think you should worry a little bit too, Mom.
08:15Ever since Steffi has been co-CEO,
08:18it's not like she's created a warm, welcoming environment.
08:21No, she rules with an iron fist.
08:24It's like she's trying to prove
08:26that she's Stephanie Forrester Jr.,
08:29only she's not.
08:30She's just a watered-down version with half the talent.
08:34Oh, honey, you've really got to calm down.
08:36Mom, you know that your contributions
08:40to Forrester Creations dwarf hers.
08:43And the fact that you have to answer to her,
08:47it's not right.
09:00Look at these reviews
09:01from prior Hope for the Future lines, right?
09:04Like the traffic a lot.
09:05You don't have to sell me on Hope.
09:07I created most of these campaigns.
09:08Okay, right.
09:09But then, okay, exactly.
09:10But then you know how impressive this was
09:13for her to accomplish without consistent support.
09:16I mean, imagine what she could do here
09:18with us behind her.
09:19She's just, she's not wanted.
09:21At Forrester.
09:22Well, Eric didn't feel wanted either,
09:24and look how well that turned out.
09:25If the founder of Forrester Creations
09:27wants to spend the rest of his life
09:28answering to his son and granddaughter,
09:30then he gets to do that.
09:34But Hope can't take this anymore.
09:37Brooke, just...
09:38Okay, I know what you're going to say.
09:39I know what you're going to say about Brooke.
09:40Can we just, like, as an experiment,
09:43if we could put a pin in Brooke,
09:45if we could just imagine that she's not a factor
09:47and you allowed yourself to picture
09:48what Hope could accomplish here with us.
09:52She's a visionary, right?
09:55And she was underutilized at Forrester.
09:57But here, sky's the limit.
10:03Dad, I understand your concerns,
10:05but this is a business decision,
10:07and you know that.
10:08I explained that to Hope.
10:09I know you did,
10:10but that doesn't mean that she shouldn't feel supported around here.
10:13Well, I can't help if she's offended
10:15by the way we conduct business.
10:17I went to every department,
10:18I communicated that Granddad is coming back,
10:20and they celebrated it.
10:22Hope being upset isn't unusual.
10:24Well, a decision has been made,
10:27and we're doing it to give Granddad
10:29the biggest and best launching pad.
10:31I don't disagree.
10:32Neither do I.
10:33Speaking as COO,
10:35reallocating resources from Hope's line makes sense.
10:37And as someone who'll always care about Hope
10:40and the long-term health of this company,
10:42she's your wife's daughter, Ridge.
10:45Hope's your family, too.
10:48I caution you from alienating her.
10:53Honey,
10:54I'm not dismissing your feelings,
10:57but it certainly isn't going to help to escalate this.
11:00Why do you do that?
11:01Do what?
11:02You're just...
11:03passive.
11:05Keeping the peace isn't being passive.
11:09Well, it is when it costs you.
11:12Sometimes,
11:14keeping the peace
11:15involves advocating for yourself.
11:21Whether you like it or not,
11:22Ridge and Steffi are still the CEOs,
11:25and we have to listen to them.
11:27They do run Forrester Creations.
11:29Well, maybe it's time to change them.
11:31Right?
11:32Like,
11:32you have built more Forrester Creations
11:35than they're ever going to give you credit for.
11:38I mean,
11:38the belief formula,
11:39the men's line,
11:40the bedroom line.
11:41It should be you making these kinds of decisions
11:45alongside Ridge,
11:46not Steffi.
11:48I appreciate you saying that.
11:50Supporting me.
11:52But
11:54I could never put Ridge in that kind of position.
11:57what,
11:58he's supposed to
11:59tell Steffi
12:00to step down
12:01as co-CEO?
12:02Yeah,
12:03sure.
12:03It might be one of his
12:05better business decisions.
12:08Come on,
12:09replacing a bully
12:10with someone
12:11that actually deserves it?
12:15I don't know,
12:16Mom.
12:17Just,
12:18I don't,
12:20I don't know how much longer
12:21I can endure it.
12:31I know this isn't easy for you,
12:33and I know it's a risk.
12:36I'm just saying,
12:37I believe it's a risk
12:39that could be worth it
12:40if you think about
12:41all that hope could bring
12:43to Logan.
12:44I mean,
12:44no,
12:45nobody at Forrester
12:47is as plugged into their fan base
12:48as Hope is.
12:50I know,
12:51you're right.
12:51I mean,
12:52if Hope wears a beret,
12:54suddenly berets are trending.
12:55it's a beret,
12:56yeah,
12:56exactly.
12:56We're talking,
12:57you know,
12:57little girls and teenagers,
13:00women that are building their careers,
13:01they all
13:02love and respect Hope,
13:04and it's not,
13:05it's not
13:06Hope at Forrester.
13:07It's just Hope.
13:09And she would bring that fan base with her.
13:11Liam,
13:12I agree with you.
13:13Hope makes sense
13:14on paper,
13:16but it would destroy
13:17whatever relationship
13:18I have left with Brooke,
13:20and I could even lose Donna, too.
13:21I thought Donna was doing
13:22a pretty good job
13:23playing Switzerland.
13:24Yeah,
13:24she tries,
13:25but now Eric's back at Forrester,
13:26and he's upset
13:27that I used his designs.
13:28Okay,
13:28well,
13:29you didn't.
13:29There are designs.
13:30We bought and paid for them,
13:31but I take care.
13:31Yeah,
13:31well,
13:32there's the truth,
13:33and then there's
13:33what everyone believes.
13:36If Hope comes here,
13:37Donna is going to feel like
13:38I'm coming between
13:39Brooke and her daughter.
13:41She's going to side with Brooke,
13:41trust me.
13:45I need Logan to succeed.
13:48I,
13:49I need this to happen,
13:50but if it means
13:51losing both my sisters,
13:53can I really do that?
13:56think about what
13:57Carly said
13:57about not pushing
13:58Hope too far.
14:00Well,
14:00like I said,
14:02we can't worry
14:03about Hope's feelings.
14:04We're CEOs.
14:05We have a company to run.
14:07Okay,
14:07our first priority
14:08is to make sure
14:09that this company
14:10is successful.
14:11Now and
14:11into the future.
14:17You deserve
14:18so much more,
14:19Mom.
14:21And what if I told you
14:23that I was content?
14:25I
14:26wouldn't believe you
14:28because you
14:30are Brooke
14:31freaking Logan.
14:34You
14:35endured
14:35years
14:36of abuse
14:37from Stephanie
14:37and still
14:38you managed
14:40to become
14:40an international
14:41fashion icon.
14:43And I do not
14:44believe that
14:44that woman
14:45is content
14:46with sitting
14:47on the sidelines.
14:49You think
14:50so highly
14:51of me.
14:54you inspire
14:55and I wish
14:56you could see
14:57yourself the way
14:58that I do.
14:59Your strength
14:59and your light
15:00it just
15:01it has no
15:02bounds.
15:04But
15:05I think
15:05you've
15:06also learned
15:08to make
15:09yourself small
15:10in order to
15:11survive.
15:12Oh honey,
15:13I don't play
15:13small.
15:15Only I think
15:16you do.
15:17And I say
15:18that with love.
15:20your contributions
15:21to Forrester
15:22and not only
15:24Forrester
15:24but the fashion
15:25world.
15:26Like you
15:27are a legend.
15:29You deserve
15:30to be
15:30sitting on that
15:31throne with Ridge
15:32giving orders
15:33not taking them
15:34from his Nepo
15:35daughter.
15:36Well,
15:37thank you for
15:37saying that.
15:38For seeing the
15:39greatness in me.
15:41Well,
15:41your strength
15:42is what inspired
15:43me to create
15:43hope for the future.
15:45He told me
15:46that
15:47anything I put
15:48my mind to
15:49I could achieve
15:50and I just
15:52I don't want
15:52you to stop
15:53dreaming, Mom.
15:54I want you
15:54to keep
15:55dreaming with me.
15:56Oh honey,
15:57I would love
15:58that.
15:59I really
16:00would.
16:01And I have
16:02felt kind of
16:03lost at
16:03Forrester
16:04lately.
16:05Maybe that's
16:06because you
16:07know deep
16:07down that you
16:08should be
16:08the one
16:08at the
16:09home.
16:10You are
16:10the face
16:11of Forrester
16:12creations
16:12and the
16:13fact that
16:13you get
16:14treated
16:14like a
16:14mascot
16:15instead of
16:16a figurehead
16:16it is
16:17insulting.
16:19And I
16:20think we
16:20have allowed
16:21ourselves
16:21to be
16:22diminished
16:22there
16:23for too
16:23long.
16:24And if
16:24we don't
16:25do something
16:25about it
16:26Steffi will
16:26continue to
16:27have her
16:27boot on
16:28her throat
16:28forever.
16:29I mean I
16:30know she's
16:30going to
16:30bleed my
16:32line dry
16:32until there's
16:33nothing left.
16:33Okay,
16:34I'm gonna
16:34say this
16:34again.
16:35Your line
16:36isn't going
16:36anywhere,
16:37honey.
16:38It's just
16:38it's being
16:39made irrelevant.
16:42People
16:42keep asking
16:43me what
16:44is happening
16:44with Hope
16:45for the
16:45future and
16:46when is
16:46there going
16:47to be
16:47a new
16:47collection
16:48and I'm
16:50running out
16:51of excuses
16:51to give.
16:55And I
16:55wish I
16:56could tell
16:56them the
16:56truth.
16:57I wish
16:57I could
16:58tell them
16:58that I'm
17:01hurt and
17:02I'm angry
17:02and I
17:07don't have
17:08much time
17:08left.
17:10You
17:11don't
17:11have
17:11much
17:11time?
17:12What
17:12does
17:12that
17:13mean?
17:16That
17:16I
17:17won't
17:17allow
17:18myself
17:18to
17:18be
17:19Steffi's
17:20punching bag
17:20anymore.
17:22That
17:22I won't
17:23let her
17:23strip
17:23me
17:23of
17:23my
17:24dignity.
17:26And
17:26I'm
17:26hoping
17:26you'll
17:27do
17:27the
17:27same.
17:29Mom,
17:29please
17:29tell me
17:30that you
17:30know
17:30deep
17:31down
17:31that
17:31you
17:31are
17:32more
17:32deserving
17:32of
17:33the
17:33co-CEO
17:33position
17:34than
17:41tell me
17:41that you
17:42know
17:42you're
17:42worth,
17:43Mom.
17:43Please
17:43just
17:44be
17:45honest
17:45with
17:45yourself.
17:47Admit it.
17:50You are
17:51right.
17:54You are
17:55absolutely
17:56right.
17:59Steffi's
17:59and Eric
17:59have run
18:00Forrester
18:00Creations
18:01for so
18:01many years
18:01and it's
18:02time that
18:02Rich and
18:03I do
18:03the same.
18:05I deserve
18:06this,
18:07honey.
18:08I do.
18:09I deserve
18:10to be
18:11co-CEO.
18:15Rich.
18:43I deserve
18:45for
18:48you.
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