Bold and the Beautiful - 2009 (S22 E173) FULL EPISODE 5574

0:06 Mom, hi.

0:07 Hi.

0:08 Thorne and I have been talking and um we were wondering if

0:11 there's a chance that you could take us on at Jackie M.

0:13 Well, hold on just for a moment.

0:15 No, we're miserable here, all of us.

0:17 We want out, Mom.

0:19 Well, that's actually why I came over today.

0:21 I want to talk to you.

0:22 I I may have found a way to to get you out.

0:25 Uh you did?

0:26 Yes.

0:26 I I've already spoken to your brother about this.

0:30 I want to try and get control of the company back.

0:33 But how?

0:34 It involves Bill Spencer.

0:39 Unfortunately, Eric's strength is also his weakness.

0:44 He has a good heart.

0:47 Naturally, that's made him vulnerable

0:49 personally and professionally and of course,

0:52 I'm referring to the influence that the Logan girls have had on his life.

0:57 But you know, sometimes it's more than that.

0:59 A generous heart can open cloud your decisions.

1:02 And in business, that can lead to trouble.

1:04 Professionally, politically, legally.

1:10 What does she mean?

1:14 Legally.

1:16 You laid down the law.

1:17 I gave up my cigars.

1:18 Have I paid my dues?

1:21 You've begun to pay your dues.

1:23 What else?

1:26 No, no, no.

1:28 No, really.

1:28 Not the beer.

1:29 Yeah, the beer.

1:32 I've stopped drinking?

1:34 No, it's just beer.

1:35 It's empty carbs.

1:37 It's At least red wine has antioxidants.

1:41 Red wine?

1:43 Wine is fine.

1:46 A big, bold cabernet and a young, sexy pinot.

1:51 How could you ever resist that?

1:54 I think I'm going to become a red wine connoisseur.

2:03 Connoisseur.

2:04 Mhm.

2:09 My god, look at this.

2:10 We're losing some of our best customers to Jackie M Designs.

2:14 Brooke's webcast didn't help.

2:15 Actually, it had the opposite effect.

2:17 Once it aired, Stephanie's website got tens of thousands of hits.

2:21 Well, of course it did.

2:24 Stephanie's the jilted ex-wife.

2:27 Stephanie's a divisive troublemaker and she's determined

2:30 to bring this company to its knees.

2:32 Well, from the looks of this, she's succeeding.

2:40 The company's going to survive.

2:42 My idea is that the three of you will run it.

2:44 And how can we possibly make that happen?

2:46 Because the company's in big trouble.

2:48 It's you know, it's the value of it is going down.

2:51 Spencer's going to step in and and buy it at a certain point.

2:54 Yeah, if there's even a company left to buy.

2:56 Well, we're in trouble because of of Rick and Donna, the Logan girls.

3:00 You know, my only hope, I think,

3:02 is for us to get control of the company and and to put it in your hands.

3:06 Okay, so let me get this straight.

3:07 Spencer is going to buy the company at a discount

3:09 rate and then you're going to buy it from him?

3:11 All of us, the four of us.

3:13 That's the idea.

3:14 what you're going to do here.

3:16 Nobody wants change around here more than all of us, okay?

3:20 But how is this going to affect Dad?

3:22 Mother, What?

3:23 he is already so strung out from the webcast and blogs.

3:27 I'm really worried about him.

3:28 Honey, he brought this on himself.

3:30 Yes, he knows that now.

3:33 Mother, the last thing that we ever wanted was for you two to go to war.

3:36 That's what we've been fighting to avoid.

3:39 That's right, and we're losing.

3:41 I'm sorry, Mom, but with every new installment of this Logan Chronicles,

3:45 Dad gets more and more depressed.

3:48 We hate seeing him like this.

3:50 Truly, it could kill him.

3:54 You know, I I [laughter]

3:55 I only want to take control of the company for you guys.

3:59 That's all that this is about.

4:01 We realize that.

4:03 But I'm asking you now to stop.

4:09 Is that how you all feel?

4:32 It's your father who's allowed this whole mess to come to fruition.

4:35 You know what I'm upset about is that I feel he's pushed the three of you aside.

4:40 I mean, he's treating you as though you're stepchildren, for God's sake.

4:42 We're not stepchildren.

4:43 We're not children at all.

4:45 Mother, the point is this is not your battle to fight.

4:48 Well, that's that's the whole reason I got

4:50 started with this internet and all this this press.

4:53 I wanted you to have control of the company.

4:56 Obviously, you feel that something else is going on here, right?

5:00 That this is some sort of a battle between your father

5:02 and me and and you are somehow caught in the middle.

5:06 Is that right?

5:07 Mother, we agree with you that Rick

5:09 and the Logans have taken over, but you know what?

5:11 It's just not worth all the fighting between you and Dad.

5:18 Well, this is not what I wanted.

5:22 But you're right, you're not children, you're adults.

5:28 I I just wanted you to be in charge of the company and maybe I don't know,

5:32 maybe [snorts] one day it'll work out that way.

5:35 I'm not happy, but okay.

5:37 All right.

5:38 Okay.

5:47 Excellent job, Bobby.

5:48 I appreciate it.

5:49 Thank you very much.

5:50 Salamat.

5:53 Do you want me to continue tracking the shipment?

5:55 Yes, absolutely.

5:56 You're doing a great job.

5:56 You seem to be on top of it.

5:58 I'll let you know when I learn something.

5:59 Okay, Bobby.

6:00 Listen, uh I'm really proud of you.

6:03 You're doing a great job.

6:05 Thank you, Mr.

6:05 Forrester.

6:08 Hello, Bobby.

6:09 Hello, Mrs.

6:09 Forrester.

6:10 Nice to see you.

6:12 How's everything uh back home?

6:14 My wife called last night.

6:15 Oh, she did?

6:16 Oh, good.

6:16 Um and her sister?

6:18 She's doing much better.

6:19 That's good news.

6:20 I'm sure you miss them.

6:21 Oh, yes, uh very much, uh maybe someday.

6:24 Maybe someday.

6:25 Well, when you talk to them again, please give her my best.

6:28 Thank you, Mrs.

6:29 Forrester.

6:29 Good to see you.

6:34 Stephanie, what are you doing here?

6:37 Oh, I just came to see my children.

6:39 It's still Forrester Creations, not Logan company yet.

6:48 All right, all right.

6:50 You can have the beer.

6:55 Where's that coming from?

6:59 You just seem so quiet.

7:04 It's cuz I just can't really believe this is happening.

7:10 Me, either.

7:19 Can you feel that?

7:29 Yeah.

7:32 Then it's happening.

7:45 Look, I know you want to be helpful, but this is depressing.

7:47 It's actually depressing.

7:48 Well, I think you need all the information.

7:51 I want to know why Stephanie is allowed in this building.

7:54 Well, she's still out there?

7:55 Well, she was.

7:57 Eric, she's our enemy.

7:59 Donna, look.

8:00 No, no, no, there's no other word for this.

8:02 I mean, she is attacking the family.

8:05 She's attacking the company and she's not even being subtle about it.

8:07 think it's even Stephanie.

8:09 I'm convinced that it's Bill Spencer.

8:11 He's using her.

8:13 And when has Stephanie ever allowed herself to be used?

8:17 I mean, please don't excuse her.

8:20 I don't know, Donna.

8:20 Bill seems like the type of man who's used to getting what he wants.

8:23 If he has to use someone in the process,

8:25 I don't think he'd have a problem with it.

8:27 We need a strategy to get him to back off.

8:32 Do you have something in mind?

8:35 No.

8:36 No.

8:37 Well, she's right, Donna.

8:39 I mean, if you have any idea how to get Bill Spencer, let us know what it is.

8:47 Bill, we need to talk.

8:48 I I've made a decision.

8:49 I don't want to continue with the website.

8:53 You what?

8:55 I've made a decision.

8:56 I don't want to continue the Logan Chronicles,

8:58 the blogs, the website, any of that.

9:02 Look, my my fight with Eric and and the company is over.

9:19 [music] [music] [music] [music] So, what about that, Donna?

10:10 You seem to have an idea about how to get back at Bill Spencer.

10:14 What about that?

10:17 You know, I don't even want to think about Bill Spencer.

10:20 He's a horrible person and I want nothing to do with him.

10:25 Well, neither do I, but I feel for Stephanie.

10:28 The fact is she's desperate.

10:30 She feels abandoned by her family and and she's just she's angry.

10:33 She's hurt.

10:33 She's lashing out.

10:35 Airing our dirty laundry on the internet, Eric?

10:39 There's no excuse for that.

10:40 Donna, she's desperate.

10:41 She feels abandoned.

10:43 She doesn't know what to do and and Spencer is taking advantage of that.

10:49 I don't think even Stephanie knows what she's in for with him.

10:56 Let me guess.

10:58 You talked to Eric.

11:00 He got to you.

11:02 Actually, I spoke to my children.

11:05 And they got to me.

11:07 This whole situation has been very painful for them.

11:11 Well, no pain, no gain.

11:13 They'll forgive you if you turn the company over to them.

11:17 Let's remember our goal.

11:19 I buy Forrester Creations at a hugely discounted price

11:21 and then in all probability I sell it to you.

11:26 Your internet blitz and Logan Chronicles have done their job.

11:30 Now it's time to turn up the heat.

11:33 What do you mean?

11:35 Well, your ex-husband, he's not the brightest bulb in the lighthouse.

11:38 The company's in shambles.

11:40 He doesn't have the killer instinct to go for the jugular.

11:43 You're right.

11:44 He doesn't have a killer instinct.

11:47 He's a good heart man and he's loved and respected by his employees.

11:51 Because of his very soft heart, right?

11:56 Soft heart?

11:57 Yeah.

11:58 Isn't that what you said?

11:59 Uh let me see.

12:01 Yes.

12:02 Uh Eric's strength is also his weakness.

12:06 A warm and generous heart can cloud one's decisions,

12:11 lead to trouble professionally, politically, even legally.

12:17 What are you talking about, Stephanie?

12:19 Nothing in particular.

12:20 It had to be something.

12:21 You made a point of writing about it.

12:23 Oh, well, as you know, melodrama sells.

12:27 Yeah, well, that may be, but you were alluding to something.

12:31 Abnormalities, irregularities, illegalities.

12:37 What is it, Stephanie?

12:39 Is Eric cooking the books?

12:40 Little creative accounting?

12:42 Maybe some tax fraud here and there?

12:43 My goodness.

12:44 Don't be ridiculous.

12:46 And you're protecting him.

12:47 And why would I do that?

12:48 Why indeed?

12:50 It's a mystery to me.

12:51 You've had one goal in mind.

12:54 You're right.

12:55 But things have changed.

12:56 I told you, I spoke to my children and this has not made them happy.

13:00 Yeah, I know.

13:00 I heard you, but the fact is that you

13:01 still want to gain control of that company for them.

13:04 That hasn't changed.

13:07 But the game is getting a little bit ugly for you.

13:11 You don't want to give me the dirt on Eric.

13:14 There isn't any dirt to give you.

13:15 I You're Look, you're right.

13:17 He's not a brilliant businessman.

13:19 He is the creative force of the company,

13:22 but he's always simply tried to help people that might be in need.

13:25 I mean, that's been his guiding principle his professionally,

13:28 personally, his whole life.

13:30 Good.

13:31 Good for him.

13:32 He's a He's a real Boy Scout.

13:35 Helping people in need.

13:38 A big heart that can get him into trouble professionally, legally.

13:45 All codewords for a secret.

13:48 And I've got a feeling it's a biggie.

13:50 Oh, give it up, Bill.

13:52 Stephanie, you need to give it up.

13:56 What do you know that we can use to bring Eric to his knees?

13:59 I don't want to bring Eric to his knees.

14:01 That's too bad.

14:03 Because I do.

14:16 You definitely haven't lost your touch.

14:20 As long as I'm touching you, that's all that matters.

14:25 Mr.

14:26 Charm.

14:30 Mr.

14:30 Lucky.

14:34 I'm starting to think I'm the lucky one.

14:38 Let's just say we're both lucky.

14:48 May we be lucky for the rest of our lives?

14:54 I'm good with that.

15:10 Hope we're not interrupting.

15:11 No, Donna and I were just talking.

15:14 Well, we came to give you some good news.

15:16 Good.

15:17 I could use some of that.

15:18 What is it?

15:18 We were just with mother.

15:21 She decided to stop this attack against Forrester.

15:24 What, really?

15:25 Yes, really.

15:26 No more blogs, no more website, no more Logan Chronicles.

15:29 It's over.

15:29 All of it.

15:30 She finally came to her senses.

15:33 Hallelujah.

15:35 What changed her mind?

15:38 We did, Daddy.

15:40 We just helped her see that she was hurting you and us more than anyone else.

15:45 And the last thing she wants to do is upset the family, Dad.

15:49 I was wondering how long it was going to take her to realize that.

15:52 And well, she does now.

15:54 Where is she?

15:54 I want to talk to She's on her way to tell Spencer.

15:59 Eric's vulnerable.

16:01 You've admitted it.

16:03 Now, if it's not something financial, then it has to be the fashion industry.

16:13 All those loving, loyal employees.

16:19 So many cutters and sewers, tailors.

16:25 Many of them not born in this country, isn't that true?

16:30 People in need, desperate to provide for their families.

16:35 Am I getting warmer?

16:38 Listen to me, Bill.

16:39 Don't pursue this.

16:40 If you do, how will we be able to work together as partners?

16:43 Partners?

16:45 [laughter] Is that what you thought?

16:46 We were going to be partners?

16:48 Isn't that the purpose of our alliance?

16:50 You want to back out of our alliance, isn't that what you said?

16:53 No, I said I don't want to continue hurting my children.

16:57 Look, when I came here to see ostensibly Karen, it turns out to be you.

17:01 I was looking for a venue.

17:02 I wanted an opportunity to air some dirty linen

17:05 that had gone on between myself and the Logan girls.

17:08 Yes, and an outlet to air your grievances.

17:12 I gave you that.

17:14 You wanted to hurt the company.

17:16 You did.

17:18 You assaulted it on your website and in your Logan Chronicles.

17:22 You hammered the company.

17:25 You've weakened it to a point.

17:29 But now I believe you've given me the brass key.

17:33 One that I can use to lock Eric behind bars.

17:37 Now, isn't that what you've always wanted?

17:40 No, I just wanted to set the record straight.

17:47 You want Forrester Creations for yourself.

17:50 That's why you're here in LA.

17:54 My sister Karen mentioned that the company was in chaos.

18:00 Torn apart by internal strife.

18:04 Now, as it happens, Forrester Creations is a company that I have always coveted.

18:12 Oh, uh she also told me that you were very angry.

18:18 And I happen to know from personal

18:19 experience that anger is an incredible motivator.

18:29 You've been using me.

18:32 My business in LA is about one thing.

18:35 Acquiring Forrester Creations.

18:40 I imagine it's been a while since

18:41 somebody's gotten the better of you, huh, Stephanie?

18:44 I'll tell you, it feels pretty good.

18:47 With your help, I'm going to succeed.

18:50 Forrester Creations will not be Eric's.

18:52 It will not be yours.

18:54 And it will not be the Logans'.

18:57 Forrester Creations will be mine.