The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 5

Ruthanne is almost mugged by a homeless person but Stephanie saves her by handing over their money. Ruthanne is touched by Stephanie's concern. Darla finds out from Eric that no one knows where Stephanie is. Stephanie asks about Ruthanne's past.

Margo confronts Bill about Donna. Bill tells Margo that he won't hire Donna. Sally pumps Felicia for information about Stephanie but Felicia resents her questioning. Macy confronts Sally about it and Sally explains she must tell the Forresters what she saw.

Thorne and Macy discuss what Sally said about Stephanie being a homeless person. Thorne accuses Sally of lying. Macy is insulted and she gets into a big fight with Thorne. Sally swears she will find Stephanie. Jake and Felicia look forward to the future.

Sally runs offs thousands of copies of Stephanie's picture to circulate on Skid Row. Macy is furious. Sally agrees not to do it for Macy's sake. Thorne decides he must leave Forrester because of Sally's conflict with the Forresters.

Ruthanne decides to set Stephanie up with another homeless person named Adam. Macy tells Thorne not to leave Forrester. Sally tells Darla to throw out the pictures of Stephanie. Stephanie is feeling lonely on the streets.

Clarke asks to see Felicia's designs but she refuses. Thorne tells Brooke he asked Macy to leave Spectra. Brooke thinks that's a mistake. Macy tells Sally she may leave Spectra. Blake calls Taylor and asks if he can show her how much he's changed.

Blake visits Taylor, invites her to dinner, and she reluctantly accepts. Ruthanne sets up Adam and Stephanie to meet alone; an encounter that leads to a kiss. Thorne changes his mind about leaving Forrester. He wants Macy to quit Spectra and join him there. Eric expresses doubt about this plan, upsetting Thorne. Macy tells her mother, Sally, that she is leaving Spectra. Sally feels it is her fault and pleads for her to stay. 

Felicia shows Jake her sketches, which she has purposely botched in hopes of being fired. Sally and Clarke view the awful sketches, but Sally raves about them. She later explains to Clarke that Felicia is trying to sabotage her fashion line. Sally will attempt to make her plan backfire. Macy sadly tells Thorne she resigned from Spectra. Thorne appreciates her sacrifice and talks of starting a family. Stephanie and Adam kiss again. Stephanie may be in love. In an effort to find Stephanie, Sally decides to circulate leaflets.

Felicia tells Jake that she thinks Sally is calling her bluff by claiming to like the sketches. Jake warns Felicia to be careful. Julie stops by and chats with Bill. Bill later confronts Margo and asks if she still loves him. She thinks they both need to change their attitudes to make it work. Taylor meets her ex-husband, Blake, at a cafe. They reminisce and Blake admits that he still has hope for the two of them. Macy is overwhelmed by the thought of having a baby and quitting her job.

Ridge returns from his trip and catches up with Brooke. She is glad he is back. Blake tries to woo his ex-wife, Taylor. Jake thanks Margo for her support during the time following the death of their uncle. Jake also tries to make amends with Bill, who acts insensitive to the situation.

Eric visits the recently returned Ridge. Ridge is upset when he finds out that Stephanie still has not been heard from. Stephanie goes on a date with Adam and they enjoy good conversation at a skid row diner. Later, Saul and Darla enter the same diner distributing the flyers Sally had made. 

Brooke tells Ridge that she thinks Stephanie is staying away on purpose, to punish her family. Lt. Burke arrives and tells the two that Stephanie's car was found in a Mexican chop shop. Sally and Saul receive so many crank calls regarding the flyers that they hang up on a burn from the diner who actually saw Stephanie. Ruthanne and Stephanie are forced out of their roan for the night by a menacing Hector.

Eric begins to worry about Stephanie, even though Brooke tells him that she thinks it is a ploy. Thorne and Ridge are surprised when shown a flyer with Stephanie's picture on it. Thorne realizes that Sally put them out, and storms out to tell Macy Stephanie and Ruthanne sleep in a cardboard box, but Ruthanne is awakened by Adam, who explains to her Stephanie's real identity.

Ridge and Eric are concerned about Stephanie's whereabouts. Macy confronts Sally about the flyers and Sally admits that they were a mistake. Lt. Burke questions Sally. Adam convinces Ruthanne to help him get Stephanie home. Stephanie returns home after tearful goodbyes to Adam and Ruthanne, but has no recognition of her bane.

Stephanie is back home, but has no memory of it. The doctor explains that she had a small stroke and needs to be hospitalized for a few days. Ridge, Felicia, and Eric try to remind her of her past.

Stephanie is examined at the hospital, where Ridge, Eric, Felicia, Thorne, and Brooke gather as the news spreads. Dr. Marshall reports that she has suffered a small stroke and that only her memory is affected. He says that Stephanie told him she ran out of gas in a bad neighborhood, was mugged, and had her car stolen. Her memory should have returned by now, but she does not appear to recognize anyone.

In the Forrester steam roam, Ridge and Eric talk about Stephanie's situation. When Eric leaves for a phone call, Brooke enters, thinks it is Eric in the thick fog, and proceeds to drop her towel and be intimate with him. Ridge does not stop her and when she finally realizes that it is him, Brooke promises she will get even with him someday. Blake and Margo happen to run into each other at the Taxi Bar. They talk and are attracted to one another. Blake wants to extend their evening, but Margo declines. Thorne tells Macy about his mother's condition and where she has been. 

Ridge stops by Taylor's office, and he tells her his mother needs her help. She agrees to see Stephanie later. Blake shows up in Taylor's office as well. He charms her and invites her to dinner again. She turns him down. Blake finds out from Claire that the man in Taylor's life is Ridge. Blake stares at Ridge from a distance. Sally and Clarke decide to show Felicia's horrible designs in a fashion show all by themselves. Felicia decides to call Sally's bluff and agrees to the solo showing.

Macy updates Sally on Stephanie's situation. Ridge visits Stephanie in the hospital, and has Taylor talk to her. Taylor concludes that Stephanie is psychologically healthy. Stephanie asks Taylor if she is interested in Ridge, but Taylor refuses to answer. Taylor returns to her office and is surprised by Blake. Blake invites her to dinner, and she accepts. Ridge finds out from Brooke that Taylor is no longer engaged and calls Taylor to invite her for dinner. She declines, explaining that she has other plans, and then leaves for Pierre's Cafe with Blake. Ridge then goes to dinner with Brooke. Felicia tells Jake about her plan to call Sally's bluff, and the two end up kissing.

As Ridge and Brooke are having dinner. Blake and Taylor show up at the same restaurant, catch a glimpse of Ridge and Brooke, and abruptly leave. Blake and Taylor go to another place, but she has lost her appetite. Ridge and Brooke have a nice dinner, and even dance. Ridge asks Brooke not to tell Eric about their date. Eric visits Stephanie at the hospital and tells her what she used to be like, and asks her not to return to the streets.

Ridge and Brooke visit Stephanie, who tells them that Eric had just been there. Eric is at bane with Thorne, and they debate over whether or not to tell Brooke he had visited Stephanie. Eric later lies to Brooke about his visit, and she cannot believe that he would hide something from her. Blake and Taylor return from their date and kiss. Blake tells her he thinks they should try to make it work again. While Blake and Taylor listen to him on her answering machine, Ridge tells her that he would like to get together with her sometime soon.

A frazzled Brooke tells Ridge that Eric lied to her. She still thinks Stephanie is pretending to have amnesia, but Ridge disagrees. Blake spent the night on Taylor's couch--alone. Ridge arrives after Blake leaves and the two speak briefly, kiss passionately, and Ridge carries her over near the fireplace to make love. Sally explains to Julie how she found Stephanie. Sally tells a worried Felicia that the show is definitely on for tomorrow.

Ridge and Taylor bask in the afterglow of lovemaking. Blake later meets Taylor and can tell she has just had sex. He thinks she should continue to see both he and Ridge. Sally and Clarke are worried about the fashion show, but when Eric calls and scolds her for telling the newspaper about finding Stephanie, she angrily decides to go through with it to destroy Felicia. Felicia tells Eric not to attend her fashion show, that she won't be working for Spectra after tomorrow. When Felicia hears from Darla that the show will go on as planned, she panics and vows not to let Sally ruin her.

Felicia works all night long, trying to prepare a new concept to save the show. Jake gives her an idea. Sally and Clarke don't think that Felicia can salvage her collection in one night, but after the unique, dazzling dance fashion show, Sally introduces her new star, Felicia to the cheers of the audience.

After the successful show, Sally claims all of the credit to the press. Eric tells Sally that he would like to make an offer for Felicia's contract. Julie is covering the event, but is attracted to Clarke. The two end up alone in a room and Darla is shocked when she walks in on them kissing. Stephanie is visited by Ruthanne and Adam at the hospital.

Eric stops by to see Stephanie, but Adam and Ruthanne are there. Eric comes back later and sees Adam and Stephanie kissing. Bill reads about Stephanie in the paper and is shocked. Margo asks him if he wants a divorce. Margo happens to meet Blake at the Taxi Bar, where they talk of being together. Ridge commends Brooke on her work in the Forrester lab and assures her that Stephanie has no power over her. 

Sally visits Stephanie in the hospital, where the two get along well and end up embracing. Ridge shows Thorne the article about Stephanie, and Thorne shows Macy. Thorne is furious, but Macy thinks the Forresters should thank Sally instead of treating her like an enemy. Clark tells Julie that he wants to see her but doesn't want to give up his marriage to Sally. Julie agrees because she loves him.