Brooke taking the high road is a contrived plot point:

• Steffy will determine Hope was behind this - just like the coup - at least in rewritten version since they can't blame Ridge's brother Carter.

• Steffy axes HFTF

• Hope joins LOGAN and Brooke will have to be OK with it.

• Brooke realizes she's been deluding herself that she's a Forrester equal, even though she's mother to two Forresters Rick/Bridget. Rick needs to be back to support his mother.

• Brooke plots to dump Ridge Marone for Eric to lay claim to Forrester matriarch. Donna should be with Justin anyway.

I hope I'm seeing signs of early 90s Brooke. Plotting, conniving... playing the long game. If they rewrite this or forget about it in couple of weeks... it will be a huge disappointment. What (I think) Brooke is doing right now is manipulating Ridge into thinking that she's the good person versus Steffy as the evil b-tch. Now that she's pretending that she's okay with his decision... when Ridge asks Steffy to give Hope another chance and she disagrees... Brooke will be there to remind Ridge how he chose Steffy and gave her everything and how she is not giving him anything in return. In other ways - she's trying to turn Ridge against Steffy by making him believe that Steffy wants all of the control - even over Ridge... That's when she will strip to her underwear again and try it ONE MORE TIME to seduce him into giving her that position. IT'S classic Brooke Logan. We'll see.

10 hours ago, Maxim said:

I hope I'm seeing signs of early 90s Brooke. Plotting, conniving... playing the long game. If they rewrite this or forget about it in couple of weeks... it will be a huge disappointment. What (I think) Brooke is doing right now is manipulating Ridge into thinking that she's the good person versus Steffy as the evil b-tch.

I wish you were right, but I really have my doubts. I'm not seeing any sign that Brooke is doing anything but take Xanax by the handful and disrobe for Ridge. Her reaction to being rejected as co-Ceo was pitiful.

-- This show seems averse to juicy story. Every time it gets close to that with the fashion houses, Brad Bell pulls the rug and gives us a lame left turn.

-- Should we judge Hope For The Future by Hope's wardrobe? Because she looks like Hope From The Prairie.

-- As usual, the intro of new couture was hilarious. Eric's designs are nothing.

-- Was co-Ceo Steffy at the intro of new couture? No, she was having coffee with her mother. OK then.

-- Is Charlie back to play a role in some story, or is this a lame attempt at comic relief? Because watching him interrupt a meeting isn't funny at all.

-- LOGAN should close its doors. Katie hasn't had a designer in over a month, and now she's sitting in front of a laptop reading resumes. This woman is running a fashion house? 😂🤣

Hope saying Brooke chooses Ridge over anything and anyone? Has she lived under a rock? Brooke will always choose a man over herself and her daughters (Hope is the result of said choice..and even had a boyfriend sleep with her mom).

Does this soap have any other stories? I only see this Brooke/Ridge situation being focused on the few times I've checked out B & B.

Maybe Bradley should log into Tubi since season 1 of this soap is on there...maybe if he sees how his dad structured episodes, it might rub off on him.