>> Brooke: You don't think Steffy appreciates Finn.
>> Hope: Not truly, no.
Or at least...not the way she should.
>> Brooke: Not the way you would?
Oh, my God, Hope.
Is that really what you're saying?
>> Finn: Just feels good...
holding you like that.
I was worried that I might...
let's just say there is no way I'm not appreciating every
single moment that we have together.
>> Ridge: Oh, hey, hi.
A-are we interrupting something?
>> Finn: No.
>> Steffy: We're just sharing a little gratitude.
Feel free to share yours.
>> Ridge: Uh, well...
>> Carter: Yes, um, kind of the opposite, actually.
>> Ridge: We have to talk about Hope's line.
♪♪♪ >> Liam: Thank you.
>> Will: Wow.
So I guess this place is, uh, safe again, huh? Ha.
>> Liam: Yeah, I guess.
Now that our, uh, fake sister's been arrested.
>> Will: Can you believe it?
Gosh. Poor Dad.
Thinking he had this new daughter, only to find out that
she was lying to him.
Oh, and not to mention that she was willing to kill--
kill to become a Spencer.
>> Liam: Well, yeah, so...
that's kinda why I wanted to meet with you.
I just...
how are you?
I wanna know that you're-you're doing okay with all this...
Dad stuff.
>> Will: [sighs] >> Katie: Yeah, I really wanna
get that press release out as soon as I can.
I-I emailed you everything.
I think you know the appropriate channels.
All right.
Uh, thank you, I, uh, I'll talk soon. All right. Bye.
>> Bill: Hey.
>> Katie: Hi.
>> Bill: I didn't realize you'd still be here.
>> Katie: Oh.
>> Bill: Is Will around too?
>> Katie: No, actually, I think he was meeting Liam.
I didn't mean to still be here.
I had a couple of work calls, so I thought I'd stick around, and
then...
>> Bill: And then?
>> Katie: Well, if you had arrived a few minutes earlier,
you would have found Poppy here as well.
♪♪♪
>> Will: Yeah, I gotta admit I'm still pretty blown away by it
all.
And, you know, just...sad for Dad.
I know how excited he was to bring Luna in the mix.
>> Liam: Yeah. I kinda got the feeling you weren't, though.
>> Will: I mean, were you?
I mean, I wasn't exactly thrilled about this new
insta-family that Dad created with the Nozawas, but...
you were?
>> Liam: I...I was excited for Dad, um, but...you're right.
I mean, it was...[small laugh] it was all a little weird, how
quickly it happened.
>> Will: Did you get a chance to hang out with her much?
>> Liam: No, barely. Like I just...I mean, listen.
She seemed nice but, um...
good actress, I guess.
>> Will: Yeah. No kidding.
Dad is not the kinda guy to fall for a con like that.
>> Liam: No.
>> Will: I guess it doesn't matter now.
Thankfully, Luna's behind bars where she belongs.
And more importantly...
Dad's safe.
>> Bill: Poppy was here?
>> Katie: Yeah, uh, she was picking up some more of her
things.
Maybe she's planning on an extended stay with her sister or
perhaps even a permanent one.
>> Bill: Who's to say?
We really haven't discussed the possibilities of
the future.
Right now, she's just processing what's happened.
>> Katie: Something tells me that you need time to process it
too.
>> Bill: You two play nice?
>> Katie: Don't I always?
>> Bill: [chuckles] >> Katie: Actually, I was happy
to run into her.
It gave me a chance to, um, apologize.
>> Bill: Apologize?
♪♪♪ >> Steffy: What about Hope for
the Future?
>> Taylor: Uh, Finn and I can excuse ourselves.
>> Finn: Yeah.
>> Ridge: You're fine.
>> Carter: We know the line's been struggling for months.
>> Steffy: Yeah, I know it has.
And obviously, I want all of our lines to succeed, but...I'm
very aware Hope for the Future is underperforming.
♪♪♪ >> Hope: I'm not saying
anything, Mom.
I'm just making observations.
>> Brooke: Yes, about somebody else's marriage.
Hope, that's dangerous.
Trust me, I know.
You can't fall in love with another woman's husband.
Just...put Finn out of your mind.
♪♪♪ >> Liam: Well, you're right.
Thank you.
That is all that matters.
Dad's safe.
>> Will: Yeah, I mean, geez, it coulda turned out a lot worse.
>> Liam: Well, exactly, 'cause who knows what Luna might have
done, given what we already know she did do.
And I think-I think it turns out your mom was right to be
worried.
>> Will: Oh, yeah.
Uh, I get the feeling that she was a little bit more worried
about Poppy than she was Luna.
>> Liam: Well, yeah, well, yeah, that's actually...
actually a good point.
I-I'm just saying that obviously some instinct kicked in there.
>> Will: Yeah. I guess that's how connected she still is to
our old man, all these years later.
>> Liam: That's interesting phrasing.
"Still connected, all these years later."
Is there something you're trying to, like, get off your chest?
Maybe you see some, like, potential there, like maybe just
a little itty-bitty reunion between your mom and our dad?
♪♪♪ >> Bill: Even though you were
wrong about Poppy, you were right about something being off.
I can't believe that I was so gung ho about having a daughter
that I just moved her right in here.
>> Katie: Well, you had proof.
You know, there was a paternity test that was administered by
Li.
You had every right to believe that Luna was yours and to be
excited about that.
And maybe I didn't show it, but I was excited for you too.
I tried to just push all my worries away.
>> Bill: I'm glad you didn't.
It was your concern that had a lot to do with the truth coming
out.
And it means a lot, Katie...
that you would still be looking out for me, even after
everything I've put you through.
>> Katie: No, that's-that's not, you know...
We've been through a lot.
We have a lot of painful and difficult memories, but...
can't hold on to that.
You know, to all that resentment and pain and...
it doesn't do us any good.
What's that smile for?
>> Bill: Just you.
Once again proving that you're the wisest person I know.
♪♪♪ >> Finn: Hey, Taylor, I think
maybe we should--we're gonna-- >> Taylor: Yeah. I agree.
>> Steffy: No, no, no, you might as well stay--I'm obviously
gonna tell you what happened right after this.
>> Carter: Here you go.
So we're all concerned about Hope for the Future,
so much so, I tried to get ahead of the issue and ran some early
projections.
>> Steffy: It's not good?
>> Carter: Not at all.
>> Ridge: Well, we're gonna have to make a decision on Hope's
line.
>> Hope: Okay, you don't need to lecture me about this, Mom.
I've already heard it from Steffy.
>> Brooke: Well, Steffy is lecturing out of insecurity, and
I am lecturing you out of love and concern.
>> Hope: You've made it clear how you feel about this issue,
so there really is no need.
>> Brooke: I'm gonna keep on saying it until it sinks in,
because this is vitally important.
You can't just go after an inappropriate man, Hope.
You can't! It's gonna lead to misery.
[sighs] Please tell me you understand.
Please.
♪♪♪ >> Liam: So--uh, thank you--so
just a little absence makes the heart grow fonder kinda thing?
>> Will: No, that-- >> Liam: Are you sure?
>> Will: That is not what I'm doing.
>> Liam: It's not what you're doing? I kinda get the vibe that
you think there's still a chance for them...or something.
>> Will: Anything's possible.
>> Liam: Yep.
You, uh...
you may not want that to happen, though.
Considering Dad's put Katie through some difficult times in
the past.
>> Will: Look. Dad's...
well, Dad.
You know better than anyone else, all right?
I love him.
I'm always gonna respect him.
When I think of my mother and how awesome she is...
and the way that he treated her in the past--
>> Liam: You're scared.
You're worried that if Katie opens her heart up to Dad
again...
he's gonna break it.
>> Katie: You're just now remembering that I'm always the
smartest person in the room?
>> Bill: You do make it hard to forget.
[Katie chuckles] You kinda do excel at everything
you do.
[Katie chuckles] You're a dynamo at Forrester.
You're a wonderful mother to Will.
And perhaps your greatest accomplishment--
you're the one person who really gets me.
The real me.
I'm going to ask you a question...
and I want you to answer it honestly.
>> Katie: Okay...
>> Bill: Are you happy?
♪♪♪ >> Ridge: Now, if we're gonna
have this discussion, we should get Hope in here.
>> Steffy: Agreed.
Unfortunately, it's a discussion that she won't react well to.
♪♪♪ >> Hope: I appreciate your
concern, Mom, really, I do, but I think we have discussed this
topic to death.
It was a kiss.
I understand my mistake.
>> Brooke: An extremely inappropriate kiss, and you
mentioned yourself that you were fantasizing about Finn.
You had feelings for him.
So if you're not careful...
this could get pretty ugly.
I just want you to learn from me.
Don't make my same mistakes, okay?
I-I don't want that to happen to you. You said you didn't
wanna be like me.
>> Hope: Well, no, don't make it sound like--
>> Brooke: No, I'm not offended, honey.
I just--I don't want you to do the things that I did.
>> Hope: Well, maybe not some of the things.
[small laugh] Mom, come on, if we're just
talking about simply following your heart, then...
>> Brooke: If you follow your heart towards Finn, that's gonna
be terrible, because he's married--he has children!
>> Hope: But we know how Steffy can be.
She can be bossy and a little bit vindictive.
And she does enjoy dictating how people live their lives, you
know, like Finn's life or my life, and who we can or cannot
see, and quite frankly, I am starting to get a little tired
of it, and I'm starting to-- I don't know--maybe reach
my breaking point.
>> Brooke: Okay. What does that mean?
[phone whistles] >> Hope: I am, uh, I'm being
summoned across the hall.
>> Brooke: Summoned?
>> Hope: Mm. By Steffy.
>> Ridge: Well, let's cross our fingers Hope is ready for a
difficult and very necessary conversation.
>> Taylor: What are you saying here?
Are you talking about ending Hope for the Future?
♪♪♪ >> Will: Look, I'm not some
little kid anymore.
>> Liam: No. With that appetite, clearly.
>> Will: I'm serious, man.
I don't need my parents to be together.
>> Liam: I know. I know, Will.
I know that.
I'm asking...if they were...
>> Will: As long as it's what she wants, okay?
That's all I've ever wanted for her is for her to be happy.
So if our dad can do that, and most importantly, treat her
the way that she deserves to be treated...
then I'm okay with it.
>> Katie: Am I happy?
>> Bill: You see, uh...
I think about you a lot.
You used to be the person that I came home to...
the smile at the end of my day.
Maybe a frown if it was warranted.
But I always knew what you were feeling.
And now I come home and, obviously, you're not here
and...it just makes me wonder if this is what you wanted.
If you're happy.
Because it's important to me that you are.
>> Katie: Yeah.
I am happy.
Especially now that Will's home.
>> Bill: Happy about the possibilities that lie ahead?
The three of us spending more time together?
I know that we're not married anymore.
But we're still a family.
A beautiful little family.
♪♪♪ >> Carter: No one here wants to
cut Hope for the Future, but this is a business, and profits
matter.
>> Hope: Oh, uh, I was assuming y-you summoned me for a business
meeting.
>> Steffy: I did.
>> Brooke: With Finn and Taylor?
I mean, last I checked, we didn't have a line of scrubs or
straitjackets.
>> Steffy: I told them that they could stay and listen.
Take a seat.
Unless you have a problem with them being here.
>> Brooke: Well, no, I-I don't know yet.
Considering I had no idea about this meeting.
>> Hope: Well, uh, I overheard Carter talking about profits, so
does that mean we are talking about the enormous success
of Brooke's Bedroom?
I know it hasn't lost momentum ever since the full relaunch.
>> Ridge: It has not.
It makes me very happy.
>> Steffy: Yeah, we're all very happy, but this meeting concerns
something else.
>> Hope: [exhales] Let me guess.
Are we, uh, threatening to axe Hope for the Future again?
>> Carter: No one has axes here, Hope.
And I want you to be aware I ran some early projections.
>> Hope: I am aware that the numbers aren't where we want
them to be just yet.
>> Ridge: Not even close.
Listen...
you were given a lot of time to turn this around, and nothing's
changed.
>> Hope: Well, but these are early projections.
So the actual numbers could be significantly better for the
quarter?
>> Ridge: They could be, but they're not.
And when's the last time this one was wrong about early
projections?
>> Carter: Think you know the answer.
>> Ridge: We all know the answer to that, yes?
And we can't run the business on wishful thinking.
>> Hope: Look, I-I understand the stakes.
It has been made abundantly clear to me.
So I'm just asking for you to please just allow us to finish
the quarter, give my team a chance.
Give me a chance.
Only...you're not going to, are you?
So what are we saying here?
Is this the end of the line?
Are you cutting Hope for the Future?
♪♪♪ >> Man: Here's a look ahead.
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