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On the Friday, May 22, 2026, episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Hope was pulled in every direction with an offer that seemed too good to be true.
The Bold and the Beautiful's Hope contemplates her future
Hope walked around the showroom in a daze after her talk with Steffy. She remembered all her amazing Hope for the Future moments, including the fashion show when her latest line debuted in 2023. When Brooke walked in, she told her daughter that Steffy just wants her to be a bit more patient. But, Steffy had just told Hope the same thing. Too bad, that wasn't good enough for Hope.
Brooke tried to comfort Hope, but Hope still felt slighted. She didn't think she mattered at Forrester Creations at all. She wanted to be valued and felt Brooke didn't value her enough to side with her over Ridge. Brooke claimed that was not what happened, but Hope argued that it's always been about Ridge.
Hope declared that there was no chance for her at Forrester Creations. Steffy was in charge and Brooke becoming co-CEO was her last shot. Brooke agreed to talk to Steffy and Ridge again, reminding Hope that FC was her home.
At the Logan office, Donna and Katie continued to argue over poaching Hope. Donna was still against it, but Bill couldn't wait for it to happen. Donna was sure that Hope was going to continue to work with her mother. Liam dropped the bomb that Brooke had chosen Ridge over Hope.
Donna was surprised, but she still had a bone to pick with Katie, telling her that she was going to ruin their family if she got Hope to switch teams. Liam argued that moving to Logan would be best for Hope. Just then, Hope barrelled in.
Donna immediately told her that she needed to think long and hard before making a switch. That's when Bill tried to kick Donna out, but Donna refused to leave. She ordered Hope to stay put and not ruin her relationship with her mother.
After some more arguing back and forth, Katie and Bill made a personal appeal to Hope. Her brother could be her designer and she'd have total control. Finally, Bill pulled out a contract, Katie pulled out a pen, and they handed it to Hope. After Liam made one final pitch to his tear-filled wife, Hope looked down at the contract to decide what to do.
In Eric's office, Steffy admitted to Ridge that she was taken aback when he came to her asking for Brooke to be co-CEO. She felt she had done a stellar job all these years and didn't understand at first why Ridge would ask that. Ridge acknowledged that he didn't feel comfortable doing so.
He praised Steffy for the woman she had become. Ridge was a very proud dad, telling Steffy that she was a combination of Stephanie and Taylor. But Steffy saw herself in her dad. Father and daughter embraced, as Steffy breathed a sigh of relief that she still had a job.
Ridge still thought that they needed to find a way to appease Brooke and Hope. Steffy didn't want to push Hope's line aside, but everything had to go into Eric's couture line. Ridge had to understand that. He did, but he wanted to make sure Hope knew she was an integral part of the company.
When Brooke walked in, she advised both Steffy and Ridge to reach out to Hope and give her an idea of when HTTF would be back up and running. "She needs to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Brooke said.
Will was thrilled to learn that Electra and Dylan were friends again. Electra was even confident enough to leave Will and Dylan alone together in the design office before their big Bikini Bar date.
Dylan and Will shared an awkward moment, but Will finally asked if Dylan was doing okay. She was, but she couldn't stop remembering all the good times they had when Dylan was living at the beach house. But if Will wanted to be with Electra, that was what Dylan wanted to.
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When Electra returned, she put on a happy face and tried to go back to old times, even inviting Dylan to join them at Bikini Bar. Dylan turned down the invite and left Electra and Will alone. That's when we learned that Electra and Will were not officially back together after all.
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