Tuesday, May 03, 2005, Episode #4544
Note: The Opening Credits have changed again. Deacon, Samantha and Clarke were removed to make room for Taylor, Phoebe, Steffy and Gaby. The characters appear now in the following order: Stephanie, Eric, Brooke, Ridge, Taylor, Dominick, Bridget, Massimo, Jacqueline, Hector, Caitlin, Thomas, Phoebe & Steffy (together), Gabriela, Amber, Darla, Thorne, Sally.
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Nick tells Bridget how he and Thorne helped Ridge.
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Bridget boards the Shady Marlin and finds Nick coming out of the shower. She quips that she missed the chance to scrub his back. Nick asks why she's there. She reminds him that this was supposed to be their wedding night. Seeming distracted, Nick says it's been a weird night. He then asks her to tell him about Taylor. She asks why; he tells her it's like he said: it's been a weird night. But he still hasn't said why, she points out. He explains that Ridge left the hospital and asked him and Thorne to meet him at the cemetery - to help dig up Taylor's grave!
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Bridget thinks Ridge will do anything to hold Taylor once more.
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Nick tells Bridget how he and Thorne tried to dissuade Ridge from defiling the grave. But Ridge was going to do it, with or without them, so they helped. He just hopes Ridge got some closure from this. "You hope?" she asks. He tells her that Ridge asked him and Thorne to leave, so they did. He guesses Ridge needed to do this so he could finally accept that Taylor is gone. Bridget thinks it's like Ridge will do anything to hold Taylor one more time.
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A stunned Eric and Stephanie ask Thorne why he helped Ridge.
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At the Forrester mansion, Stephanie asks Thorne if he's insane, having helped Ridge dig up Taylor's grave. Thorne admits it's a shock. Eric asks Thorne how his and Nick's desecrating Taylor's grave helped. Thorne says he knows it was wrong, but if they would have heard Ridge. And where is Ridge? Eric asks. At the cemetery, Thorne replies - with Taylor. Stephanie asks if they left Ridge alone at the cemetery. Thorne says that Ridge ordered them to go.
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Thorne tries to explain his actions.
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Eric says he never thought Ridge would want to open Taylor's coffin. Thorne says he knows. Stephanie says that she didn't realize Ridge was this desperate, even after he insisted he saw Taylor at the wedding. Thorne wonders if Nick was right that Ridge needs to come face to face with Taylor's corpse to really believe that she's gone.
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Ridge can't believe that Taylor is really alive!
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In the cemetery, Ridge can't believe that his "Doc" is really here. He falls to his knees. Taylor assures him that it's her. She approaches and reaches out to him. Ridge takes her hand and cries out that she's alive! They both start crying. Ridge says this can't be happening. He stands up and asks if it's real. Taylor nods her head yes. He takes her hand and places it over his heart. He then reaches out to touch her face, gazing at her face, her smile, her eyes. Taylor reaches out and touches his lips; she starts to move closer to him and they start hugging and kissing as Omar looks on. Ridge says that he prayed for this moment, where he'd see her again, but he thought it would be... "In Heaven?" she asks. Ridge looks skyward and thanks God for bringing this amazing woman back to him. He then tells Taylor, "You're home, Doc."
Ridge holds Taylor and says that he knew that he saw her. Everyone thought he was losing it, but he felt it. She says she felt the same way when she saw him and the kids at the wedding. She cries about how grown up the kids were. She wanted to call out to them, but then... She cries that she missed him so much. Ridge says it's a miracle to have her in his arms now. He knows the kids will run into her arms as soon as they see her and never let go, because that's what you do when you're given a miracle. You hold on and never let go. He hugs her tightly
Ridge asks Taylor how this happened; he doesn't think he can explain it to the kids, since he doesn't understand it himself. He recalls how she died in his arms. She *almost* died, she says; she actually slipped into a coma. Ridge wonders why he didn't realize she was alive. She reminds him that she chose to take herself off the monitors, so he couldn't have known. He asks what happened next. She tells him that Omar's men came to the hospital and found that she had a heartbeat, so they stabilized her and took her to the palace. She remained there, in a coma, for a long time. And when she finally awoke, even though she immediately thought of her family, Omar kept her in isolation for two months, hoping she would accept a life with him. She couldn't contact anyone, but she never stopped believing she would find a way back to her family. Then, finally, she had her chance. Ridge looks around and sees that Omar is gone. Taylor tells him, "He knows my heart belongs to you." In fact, she's grateful to Omar, for giving her a second chance with her family, and she promises to never leave them again.
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Taylor tells Ridge how she always knew they'd be back together.
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Ridge and Taylor hug again; as they hold each other, Ridge still can't believe this is happening. Taylor says that she waited to be held in his arms again from the moment she awoke. That's what pulled her through. Ridge guesses that she never gave up. She says that her heart wouldn't let her. Even when everything seemed completely hopeless, she'd think of him and their children and all of the times they had together. Thinking of them made her fight that much harder to get stronger, so that one day... All the time in the coma, she says, the knowledge that her family needed her helped her fight. They needed her, Ridge says, and they still need her so much. He and the kids prayed for her so much. And she felt them, she says. Even though they were oceans apart, she knew they were still connected by the one thing that's always connected them: their love. That love is so strong that it can overcome anything, and that's exactly what happened: his love and the children's love brought her back to him, and nothing and no one can pull them apart again. She tells him that she loves him so much. They kiss again and hold each other tightly.
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