B&B Recaps Week of Aug. 22, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
Taylor told Ridge she felt like an outsider in their marriage and feared he’d move back in with Brooke any day. She couldn’t understand why he had to “try” so hard. He apologized and again asked for more time, but she didn’t want to hear it. She was crushed that the only man for her didn’t know if he even wanted her. She started railing about the meaning of marriage and commitment. He asked her to stop diagnosing him and laying down conditions. He explained that he was grieving, even if she’d never seen the life he was grieving for, but she took it to mean he felt forced to be with her. She suggested marriage counseling, but he said, “Thank you but no thank you. I get enough of that at home.” Taylor told him to leave. He asked if this was “payback” and wondered if she was trying to show him that she was now in the power seat. She was horrified by the way he saw her, saying a counselor needed to hear them, but Ridge theorized that she really just wanted someone likeminded in the room to back her up. She reminded him that she loved him and called him “her life,” but admitted the situation was stealing her respect for him and herself. Then, she suggested that if he didn’t want her to have the “home court advantage,” he should at least get some one-on-one counseling. He didn’t like being sent out for “repairs” and warned she might not like what came back from the shop. “After all,” he started, “my father turned out not to be my father, my wife turned out not to be my wife because my dead wife turned out to be alive. Apparently my mother wrote the book on guilt-tripping her son. I don’t think I really need a shrink to tell me I might be a little bit damaged!” When she responded by asking if she was losing him, he got annoyed, pointing out that she was asking that right after telling him to leave. She told him to take all the time and space he needed and he said he’d leave for the night. When he went to touch her, she moved quickly, blocking his advance, but he then got a kiss in. They looked into each other’s eyes and held each other for a moment before he left her crying.
Dante kept busy sketching as Bridget cleaned up to go confront Nick with the news that she never actually had the abortion. She still feared the “test” had been a mistake, though she was relieved they’d passed it. Dante remained unconvinced, saying, “There are some people in this world and once you love them, you’re stuck.” As he caressed her face, he continued that wishes and actions can be changed, but “in here” (the heart, of course) it stays the same. “There’s no harm in that. There’s no danger. You just learn how not to love them.”
Of course, Brooke and Nick had not really passed her test. Thunder crashed as they continued to confess their feelings for each other. There was much passionate kissing and panting as they swore they’d hold onto their love forever. “Be my home. Be my husband,” Brooke begged and he was clearly happy to oblige. That’s when Bridget’s call came in. She asked to see him, explaining, “There are just some things I need to say, but not on the phone.” He looked at Brooke as he answered, “Me too.” Before hanging up, she let him know she was “much saner” now. Nick told Brooke he was going to tell Bridget everything. Brooke didn’t want to leave him, but he promised, “We have the rest of our lives together.”
Bridget arrived full of apologies, but didn’t get right to what she was apologizing for. She moved in closer as he promised that her mother and he were never unfaithful to her. “So we start fresh,” he said, not specifying that he meant separately. “I want a life I’m happy with and I want you to find that too.” “Yeah, the life inside of me,” she answered. He misunderstood, so she explained, “I know I told you that I had an abortion, but I didn’t. I’m still carrying your child.” A stunned Nick didn’t know how to react. So much for running off to live happily ever after with Grandma!
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