At Forrester Creations, the Hope mannequin gets inside Thomas’ head. He hears the mannequin’s voice as he stares at Hope while she compliments his designs. Hope wants to know why Thomas seems so out of it. She offers a listening ear. Thomas thanks her for being a good parent when he was unable to. She’s pleased he’s working hard to prove that he’s moved on from her and regrets what he’s done in the past. He promises that she doesn’t have to worry about him obsessing anymore.
The Bold And The Beautiful – Eric Forrester Congratulates His Son
In the Forrester living room, Eric Forrester (John McCook) congratulates his son on reclaiming his marriage to Brooke Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang). Eric gazes sadly at the portrait of Quinn Forrester (Rena Sofer) hanging over the mantle. Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) offers to ask Brooke to back off Quinn. Eric doesn’t blame Brooke for encouraging him to divorce Quinn. Ridge says that Quinn didn’t act alone—Shauna Fulton (Denise Richards) could have said no to the devious plan to break up Ridge and Brooke. Eric believes Shauna is clearly the pawn and got caught up in Quinn’s lies.
Quinn comes “home” to beg for Eric and Ridge’s forgiveness. She engineered the wedding to Shauna in order to help. Brooke was making Ridge miserable. Shauna and Ridge would have made each other happy. Shauna is kind, good-hearted, and selfless.
B&B Spoilers – Ridge Forrester Rejects Pleas
Ridge rejects her pleas for mercy. He says that it’s Eric’s decision whether to give Quinn a second chance. Ridge storms out.
Eric can’t take any more of Quinn’s lies. Believing in her is too hard. Quinn wonders if Brooke convinced her husband to divorce her. Quinn falls on the sword, apologizing for her big mistake. She wants to believe that marriage means as much to Eric as it does to her.
Quinn asks Eric to forgive her one last time and let her come home. Quinn blames Brooke for butting into their marriage. She believes that, if Eric didn’t hold out hope for their marriage, he would have taken her portrait down.
While Quinn is pleading her case, she’s shocked to see a smiling Shauna come down the stairs.
The Bold And The Beautiful – Thomas Forrester Troubled
Hope gives Zende Forrester’s (Delon de Metz) revised design her stamp of approval. He admires Thomas’s latest work. Hope says that Thomas is a tortured artist. It’s hard to know what Thomas is feeling. Thomas is in a much healthier place now, but will always be troubled. She doesn’t know what she’d do if it turns out that Thomas still has some sick obsession with her.
Steffy summons her brother to the cliff house. Finn tells Thomas that he updated Steffy on their recent discussion about Hope. Steffy wants to know why Thomas would tell Finn that Hope would rather be with Thomas than Liam. Thomas denies telling Finn that Hope was giving him signals. Thomas says he was talking about the past, not the present. He wasn’t thinking straight but was sleep and food-deprived. He has accepted that Liam and Hope are happily married. Tanner apologizes for blabbing to Steffy.
Steffy believes Thomas but still worries about him. Ridge overhears the conversation and wonders if he should worry too. Ridge hates to think that Thomas is lying to them and hasn’t gotten over Hope.
Thomas goes home and lashes out at the mannequin. He demands that the mannequin stop pretending to be Hope. The mannequin is going back to Forrester. No arguments. He dismantles it and puts it back in the box. As it laughs, its eyes turn red.