Today's episode of The Bold & The Beautiful was pre-empted due to CBS coverage of the presidential inauguration. Regular programming will resume on Tuesday
Macy is looking at a petition for a legal separation. Clarke tells her
he is sorry about her situation as she buries her head in her hands.
Sally doesn't understand how all this came about. She says if she had
the chance she would teach Claudia a lesson. Sally blames Claudia for
everything. Sally thinks Stephanie can help.
Eric and Stephanie discuss Ridge and Thorne's relationships with
Taylor and Macy.
Ridge tells Brooke he didn't marry Taylor. She asks "What are you
trying to tell me? What are you saying?" He tells her he went to the
marina. He goes on to tell her about how he got the motorcycle because
the car broke down. She is shocked. She asks him what would've
happened if he had made it. She asks how he would have stopped it.
Would he have asked her to marry him.
Taylor and Grant speculate what is happening with Brooke and Ridge.
Finally they decide to go see what is going on.
Sally says she must go see Stephanie about Thorne. Macy asks her
not to go. She says she must.
Eric assures Stephanie that everything will turn out fine. She asks
him if there is someone special in his life. He answers by telling her
she asks too many questions.
Ridge tells Brooke it doesn't matter, that she is married. He asks
how the kids are getting along with Chambers. She tells him that it is
as well as can be expected, that they are adjusting and miss Ridge.
Ridge wishes it didn't have to be this way. Brooke asks if he wants to
marry her. He just looks at her and hugs her. All the while Taylor and
We open with a very distraught Macy.. Clarke tells Macy that she should take
a vacation. Macy begins to blame herself for her seperation. Clark
tells her that it is not her fault.
Claudia thinks it is her fault. Claudia and Thorne discuss her
hearing and deportation. Stephanie walks in and is shocked to when
Thorne introduces them. She says in a stern voice, "I want to speak
with both of you in the living room." Stephanie just looks at Claudia
very suspiciously. Claudia apologizes to Stephanie about the trouble
she has caused and leaves. Stephanie tells Thorne that she is nothing
but trouble.
Enrique and Michael discuss Claudia. He tells her he knows about
her trouble in her country because his family is the cause. Enrique
says that Claudia can't be sent back. Thorne and Stephanie argue about
Claudia. Thorne says, "She's in serious trouble. What are we going to
do help her? Thorne tells Stephanie that he knew she was illegal and
didn't have a green card. Stephanie says that this is worse than she
thought. She asks if there is anything going on. He tells her no that
he is just helping her. Stephanie says that he can't go above the law.
He goes to tell her that she has the resources and connections to help
her. She tells him that Claudia is the reason for his breakup and that
her immigration problems are not hers.
Enrique tells Michael that he has to stop them from sending her
back. Claudia's brother, Lucien, asks if she's out of trouble. When
she tells him no that the hearing is still on, Lucien tells her she has
to leave L.A. at once. She tells them she won't. She tells them that
she'd rather be dead than a fugitive. They argue more about Thorne. She
tells them that Thorne will not abandon her. Her brother insists she is
in love with Thorne. But she denies it. She tells them she is not
leaving.
Enrique goes to Thorne to try to help Claudia. He tells Thorne
that his is the family that is Claudia enemies. THorne is outraged.
Clarke tells Macy that there is nothing to feel guilty about. If
anyone should feel guilty it is Thorne and Claudia. And they will have
to pay the price.
Macy tells Clarke that Claudia's life may be in danger. Clarke
thinks Claudia is lying. Macy doesn't want to hurt her. Clarke tells
her that legal separation is a little rash. She tells him how Thorne
suddenly lost interest when Claudia came into the picture. Clarke asks
"When she is out of the picture then what?" Macy says, "I just want my
husband back."
Enrique and Thorne discuss a "plan." Thorne isn't sure about
it. He thinks it is a tough decision. Lucien wants to go to the
hearing with Claudia. But she tells him no. That he will get departed
too. She tells him to take care of their mother. As they all hug the
phone rings and it is Thorne. Thorne says he has a solution, to meet
him at the courthouse. She is confused. He tells her it involves a
marriage. She looks at her family with a big smile on her face and
says, "Thorne is going to marry me!"
Claudia's family asks her if this is what she wants: To marry Thorne Forrester. Claudia tells them
yes, that she loves him. Lucien, a bit skeptical, asks if this is the
only way. Then he sees how excited his sister is and tells her if it
will keep her out of the Alvarez family that it is a good thing. She
tells them to pack because after she becomes Claudia Cortez Forrester
they will not be living there. She leaves.
Judge begins to ask questions when Claudia is late. Thorne, his
lawyer and the judge begin to discuss the case. The judge tells them
that it is very unlikely that she will not be deported.
Jonathan, the Forrester's lawyer, arrives to see Stephanie and
discuss Claudia. He tells her that at first he sided with her. But
that was until Thorne came to see him. He did some checking and Claudia
will be killed if she has to go back to her country, San Carlos.
Claudia finally arrives with a big grin on her face. Thorne asks if
she is sure she wants to go through with this. She looks at him
admiringly and says "It will be an honor to be your wife." Thorne looks
shocked. She tells him how surprised she was. He interrupts her
telling her to go into the hall. He tells how they can't get married
because he is still married to Macy. She is very confused at this
point. Then she spots Enrique Alvarez and realizes that it was him she
was to be marrying. Claudia says she will not marry him. She says,
"Marry you? I 'd rather die. I will rather go back. I will not marry
the enemy of my family!" She then leaves to make a phone call.
Jonathan thinks Stephanie can help. She doesn't know how she can
help. He tells her her family is a strong influence. He tells her that
Thorne may have feelings for this girl and if she doesn't help he may
never forgive her.
Claudia cries as she picks up the phone to call her family. Lucien
asks if she is married. She tells him it didn't work out and she will
probably be deported. She makes her brother promise to take car of her
mother.
Thorne tells his lawyer to buy some time. So he requests a
continuance. But it is denied. The judge asks "How do you plead?"
Claudia then stands and says "Guilty, your honor. I have entered this
country illegally.
Back at the Forrester's, Jonathan tells Stephanie that if she is
going to help that she better get to the courthouse right away. He
turns to leave, then Stephanie says "Wait!"
Lucien tells his mother what Claudia said. Alicia, Claudia's
mother, breaks down. Lucien tells her that they must go on. But she
wonders how.
The lawyer tells the court why she fled San Carlos. That she is a
political refugee. He tells them she applied for a political asylum.
Thorne then stands up and says "Don't you care that her life is at
stake?" Judge then puts him in contempt of court. She tells them she
can not ignore that Claudia disobeyed the law. The judge then says, "I
have come to a decision. Claudia will be taken into custody
immediately..." She was then interrupted by Stephanie coming into the
courtroom. Stephanie says, "I have important information. May I
address the court?"
The judge tells Stephanie she is out of order. She instructs the
bailiff to remove her from the court. Stephanie begs the judge to
listen to her because she may have information on why she shouldn't be
deported back San Carlos.
Maggie visits James at his office. She tells him with Sheila living in
the house that they need more privacy. She tells him that she wants to
have a baby of her own. She says she wants to make a baby and "do it
now" as she removes her coat to reveal sexy lingerie.
Sheila very frustrated at the food Maggie is making her eat, opens the
door shocked to see her mother, Molly. Sheila is very short with her
until she realizes her mother has some sweets. Molly tells how happy
she is that Sheila is married and is having James' baby.
Stephanie tells the judge that Claudia will be killed if she is sent
back. She tells them that her attorneys are looking over her petition
for political asylum as we speak. The judge tells her "Well that's your
prerogative, but in the meantime she will be sent back to her homeland."
Maggie starts taking off James clothes telling him his secretary has
taken the rest of the day off. He asks her if she is feeling insecure
about Sheila have his baby. She tells him no that she has him. They
kiss passionately.
Molly tells Sheila she is moving here. Sheila tells him, nonchalantly,
she is not married to James she is just pregnant. He is married to
Maggie. They all live together. Molly can't believe her daughter is
standing for this. Sheila tells her she isn't. She is going to be
direct. Sheila says that Maggie is all wrong for him. She wants Molly
to help her with James before her body starts to change.
Claudia's lawyer asks if they can wait until the application for the
asylum goes through to send her back.
Maggie and James make love. Afterward, Maggie tells James that it
didn't work. They didn't make a baby. He asks how she knows. She just
knows. He tells her they need to do it again. He tells if the
situation with Sheila ever bothers her to tell him. She says "no it is
what I want."
Molly tells Sheila she doesn't know if she can help her. Then after
Sheila persuading her, she gave in asked what she can do. Sheila is
supposed to go along with her and go looking for some real estate all
day, and not alone either.
The judge is worried that Claudia will run. She says she cannot permit
letting her just go. Claudia begs the judge saying she is a woman of
her word. But that isn't good enough for the judge. As she rules she
must be deported, Stephanie says, "I can guarantee that Ms. Cortez will
not take flight." The judge makes sure Stephanie knows what can happen
if she flees. She ends granting custody of Ms. Cortez to Stephanie
Forrester. But reminds them that if her application is denied she will
return the day of the ruling.
Sheila introduces Molly to James and Maggie. She gets Maggie to take
her mother real estate shopping leaving her and James alone. When
Maggie asks James to speak with her in another room, Sheila tells Molly
to take her time.
Claudia thanks Stephanie for saving her life. Stephanie says, "Don't
make me regret this." When Thorne asks why she did it, she simply says
it was the right thing to do. She tells him that in turn he must go see
Taylor. He has to persuade her to put her differences aside and marry
Ridge. Thorne takes Claudia home. After they leave, Stephanie says,
"Who knows, I made need you as much as you need me, Claudia?"
