The scandal that has shaken The Bold and the Beautiful to its very core has finally erupted—and no one is walking away unscathed.

In a fiery twist of betrayal, manipulation, and heartbreak, Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) has been set up, Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) is once again questioning everything he thought he knew about the women in his life, and Taylor Hayes (Krista Allen) may have just engineered her own emotional undoing.

This isn’t just a love triangle anymore—it’s a war, and the first strike has left the Forrester family gasping for air.

💣 THE SETUP: TAYLOR’S DARKEST MOVE YET

Taylor Hayes had spent years fighting her feelings, trying to take the high road while Brooke Logan seemed to swoop in and out of Ridge’s life like an emotional wrecking ball. Time after time, Brooke’s magnetic pull would undo every ounce of progress Taylor and Ridge had made together.

But this time, Taylor wasn’t going to lose gracefully. She wanted control. She wanted certainty. And most of all—she wanted Brooke gone for good.

So she devised a plan. Ruthless. Calculated. Surgical.

She enlisted Nick Marone (Jack Wagner), a former lover of Brooke’s with his own complicated history, to bait her into a compromising situation. A luxury hotel suite was booked under the pretense of a Forrester International press meeting. The bar was tampered with—stronger liquor disguised as wine. Cameras were hidden. Lighting, ambiance, even nostalgia were weaponized.

It wasn’t just a trap. It was a performance designed to collapse the fragile image of Brooke Logan’s recovery—and it worked.

Brooke arrived dressed for business but quickly found herself swept into a whirlwind of memory and vulnerability. Nick, casually charming, played his role with expert subtlety. The conversation turned wistful. The drinks flowed. Brooke—alone, unguarded, and unknowingly drugged—began to slip.

What began as a reunion turned into something murkier. Her speech slurred. Her laughter grew too loud. She rambled about Ridge, love, regret, and always being the villain in someone else’s story.

And just as she sank onto the couch, teetering on the edge of consciousness, the suite door opened.

Ridge and his father, Eric Forrester (John McCook), had arrived—summoned by Taylor with a cryptic message: “You need to see this for yourself.”

What they saw stopped them cold.

Brooke, clearly intoxicated and disoriented. Nick, standing off to the side. The scene said it all—or so it seemed.

Ridge was devastated. Eric was horrified. Brooke, confused and heartbroken, could barely register what was happening. Taylor stood in the doorway, her expression unreadable.

“This is who she is, Ridge,” she whispered. “Always has been.”

Ridge didn’t respond. He simply turned and walked out.

What followed was swift. Ridge cut Brooke off. He told Steffy and Thomas it was over. “Whatever I thought we could rebuild,” he said, “it’s gone.”

Taylor stayed close, supportive, restrained—but inside, she felt triumphant. For the first time in years, she believed she had Ridge completely. She even dared to dream of a life without Brooke in the rearview mirror.

But someone else wasn’t so sure.

Eric Forrester couldn’t shake the feeling that something didn’t add up. So he returned to the hotel the next day and started asking questions.

The room was booked last minute—not the norm for official Forrester functions. The minibar was restocked with top-shelf liquor that hadn’t been requested by staff. And the clerk on duty remembered a woman—matching Taylor’s description—giving detailed instructions about lighting and privacy.

Eric checked security footage. There was Taylor, entering the suite the day before Brooke