The BEST episodes written by Michael Minnis
#1 - Ep. #4705
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 191
With Felicia's health in such a precarious position, Eric calls off his plans with Brooke to steal Forrester Creations from Stephanie, then tries to convince Stephanie they need to put their anger aside to give Felicia the happy family holiday she is dreaming of. Although Bridget made it clear to Nick she would not be able to raise Dominick Jr. as her own child, after she takes Dominick to the hospital to visit Felicia she promises her sister that she will do whatever she can to help her and Dominick in life, and promises that Dominick will always know Felicia as his mother.
#2 - Ep. #4718
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 204
Taylor tries to get Ridge to listen to her, but he is more interested in renewing their romance. After making love and accepting his present for her, a diamond necklace, Taylor tells him about the kiss with Hector. Ridge is prepared to move on, but Taylor wants everything out in the open -- and confesses to Ridge about the time she slept with James. Stephanie shows up at Brooke's door to try to get Brooke to leave Taylor and Ridge alone. Brooke is furious that Stephanie is trying to protect Taylor, but agrees to stay quiet as long as Taylor tells Ridge the whole truth.
#3 - Ep. #4766
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 252
Taylor goes to Brooke to ask her to remain quiet over finding her with Nick. Brooke realises Taylor is hoping that Ridge will return to her and Brooke informs Taylor that she will keep quiet, but only for the sake of Bridget. Taylor pops over to see Nick to apologise for causing him trouble. Nick takes some of the blame onto himself, and Taylor confides in him that she is afraid that she is becoming dependant on alcohol to numb her pain. Eric tells Stephanie that they must arrange a funeral for Felicia, but Stephanie refuses to discuss it. Jackie later visits Eric and she agrees that Stephanie's behavior is strange. Stephanie visits with a doctor and talks to him about Felicia. Stephanie later sits by Felicia's side, as she is connected up to machines and is still alive.
#4 - Ep. #4589
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 75
Brooke returns to the home she had shared with Ridge. With Bridget's help, she breaks the news to Hope about their new move. While cleaning her things out of the bedroom that Ridge and Taylor now share, Brooke is devastated to realise it is truly over. Brooke tells Ridge that he is weak for letting Stephanie manipulate him. Sally stops by to see Stephanie in the hospital, and wants to celebrate Brooke's misfortune. Eric overhears their conversation, and is disgusted. Jackie tries to push Nick towards Brooke again, but he insists he's only there as a friend.
#5 - Ep. #4785
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 20 - Episode 16
Bridget admits to Dante that she misses Dino. Dante tells her that they will have him back with them tonight. Felicia tells Christian that her son is her best medicine. Christian sits with Felicia and later kisses her. Dante and Bridget come by to pick up the baby, but Felicia tells them that he is living with her now. Ridge is furious when he sees Brooke and Nick together at the courthouse but Massimo reminds him to remain calm. Massimo later pushes Jackie to come between Nick and Brooke but she refuses. Eric comes to the court to support Jackie. As the bail hearing commences Jackie meets her lawyer but he doesn't seem too possitive about her release. Things get out of hand as the prosecutor details Jackie's offences. Massimo offers to post bail, but things fall apart when he is questioned about Jackie's affair with Deacon.
#6 - Ep. #4713
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 199
Brooke narrowly misses seeing Taylor in Hector's arms, while Taylor tries to convince Hector that he must go. He kisses her before he leaves, which Brooke, having come back into Taylor and Ridge's bedroom, sees. Stephanie is concerned to learn that Ridge didn't come home as scheduled. Eric warns Stephanie that she needs to learn to accept Brooke.
#7 - Ep. #4857
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 20 - Episode 88
Jackie is happy to see Nick home from his honeymoon. Jackie comments on how things should be on the up for him and Brooke now. Nick informs Jackie that Donna is staying with him and Brooke and that she has issues with Brooke's choice in husband. Stephanie tells Brooke that the company can no longer be hers if she isn't married to Ridge. Brooke is angered that she believed Stephanie had accepted her when in reality it was all about Ridge. Brooke refuses to sign the company back over to Stephanie, so she decides to find another way to steal it back. Ridge is surprised to see Donna. She tells him that Brooke marrying Nick was a mistake. Ridge is prepared to move on and is happy that he still has Brooke to work with. Stephanie goes to Nick and tries to make him jealous about Brooke working with Ridge in an attempt to manipulate him. Donna listens in as Brooke tells Ridge that she will no longer be modeling for the company. Ridge tells Brooke that he needs her.
#8 - Ep. #4505
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 245
Nick and Ridge argue, and it escalates as Ridge accuses Nick of using Bridget to get over Brooke, and Nick hits him. Brooke is surprised when Stephanie encourages her to take Ridge back despite their fight. Morgan encounters Ridge at the Café Russe and is shocked when he falls off the stool.
#9 - Ep. #4489
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 229
Ridge attempts to warm Bridget up but she is slowly slipping away. Ridge encourages Bridget to hold on a little longer until someone rescues them. But Bridget is drifting fast and Ridge knows it. Ridge senses she's dying and leans in to give her a goodbye kiss on the lips. Amber feels so guilty that she calls the ranger station and give an anonymous tip as to their whereabouts.
#10 - Ep. #4509
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 249
Nick tells Bridget that he knows whatever he had with Brooke is long over, but turns the tables by asking her how she feels about Ridge. Jackie worries about her son dating his ex-lover's daughter, but Massimo tells her it will all be okay, and that she needs to let it go. Caitlin again admits how she regrets the way she treated Thomas, but he makes it clear it's in the past, and the two kiss.
#11 - Ep. #4513
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 253
After Bridget spies Nick and Brooke in an embrace, she goes to Stephanie, confused and looking for advice. The two talk about their relationship, and Bridget admits she's in love with Nick.
#12 - Ep. #4503
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 243
Bridget asks Brooke not to throw away her marriage because of the photo. Brooke continues to question Ridge after Bridget leaves. She later asks Ridge to leave, since she believes she'll never make him completely happy. Jackie confides in Nick that she has nothing against Bridget, but she does feel that Nick isn't over Brooke.
#13 - Ep. #4487
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 227
No one can hear Bridget as she calls for help. Meanwhile, Ridge grows increasingly worried but continues searching for Bridget. Amber and Clarke reach the mineshaft and place a rope nearby. Bridget tries to yell as she hears voices, but Amber and Clarke quickly run behind a tree when they see Ridge coming. Ridge locates Bridget and calls out to her.
#14 - Ep. #4507
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 247
Amber tries to defend what she did in Big Bear to Thomas, but Thomas isn't interested in hearing any of her excuses after what could have happened to his father. Once Morgan realises that Ridge's odd amnesia may be permanent due to his concussion, she makes plans to fly the two of them out of the country. Nick goes from comforting Brooke over Ridge to taking a mysterious plane ride with Bridget.
#15 - Ep. #4479
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 219
Thorne suggests a challenge - Forrester vs. Spectra. The wager - if Forrester wins then Thorne will go back to Forrester. Sally and aren't sure it's a good idea, but Thorne is confident Spectra will win. Ridge, Brooke, and Bridget tell Thomas about Amber's photo and the old feelings that still linger between Ridge and Bridget.
#16 - Ep. #4511
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 251
Stephanie stops by to see Brooke to tell her what she and Eric learned about Ridge, but rather than support Brooke, she tells her she created her own problems by kicking Ridge out. Morgan heads off to see her mother Natalie, a doctor, while Ridge is sleeping in the hotel. Ridge wakens to a call on his cell phone from Brooke, begging him to come home. Nick and Bridget interrogate Amber about Ridge's disappearance, but finally believe her when she swears she wasn't involved.
#17 - Ep. #4491
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 231
Bridget explains to Eric that because of her near-death encounter, she'll never again waste a single moment of her life. Nick stops by Bridget's hospital room later and tells Bridget how scared he was while she was missing. They then share a passionate kiss. Caitlin and Thomas fill Samantha in on their Winter Formal perform some of the dance steps they used to win the dance contest.
#18 - Ep. #4516
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 2
Nick is pleasantly surprised to find out that Bridget has arranged a special French dinner for them, and the two enjoy the evening together.
#19 - Ep. #4515
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 1
Nick, Brooke and Bridget visit Stephanie, who remains devastated over Helen's death and what she is to tell Gabriela. Flowers arrive from Ridge (in reality, sent by Morgan) with a note saying he needs more time away from Brooke. While Bridget and Stephanie console Brooke, Nick just gets angrier.
#20 - Ep. #4481
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 221
Ridge calls while Eric is busy preparing the models backstage. Eric tells Ridge that if Forrester wins, Thorne will return to Forrester. Eric confesses that he needs Ridge and Thorne back, because they provide inspiration. As Darla and Sally set out the gift bags, Darla discovers that Sally is planning to bribe the reporters with cash. Sally also plants a group of cheerleaders to help pump up the crowd for Spectra.
#21 - Ep. #4493
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 233
Amber considers what Brooke's reaction would be if she were to show her the photograph - maybe she would tell Brooke that she loves the family and Ridge is the one who doesn't belong. Amber awakens from her fantasy as Brooke enters the room. Amber announces that she has something she can't hold back any longer. Just as Amber is about to show Brooke the photograph she stops, because Ridge has entered the room.
#22 - Ep. #4517
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 3
In Los Angeles, Hector and Caitlin talk about the great love that Brooke and Ridge share. In the meantime, in Italy, Morgan tells Ridge that she has arranged for him to see Brooke, just as a blonde woman knocks on the door.
#23 - Ep. #4584
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 70
Massimo runs into Dante at the Café Russe. The two of them are old friends. Discovering Dante's sketch of Taylor leads Massimo to wonder why he drew it. Ridge asks Taylor to visit Stephanie, but tells Brooke to stay at home. Brooke believes Stephanie is faking her illness to lay pressure on Ridge. Mark confirms that Stephanie has suffered from a heart attack and her condition begins to deteriorate. Ridge grabs the hospital chaplain and asks him to renew his and Taylor's vows.
#24 - Ep. #4495
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 235
While at the restaurant Amber confronts Ridge and blames him for ruining her life. Brooke leaves the table and gives Amber the chance to show Ridge the photograph from the mineshaft. He can't believe his eyes. Deacon meanwhile returns home to Jackie, thinking he'll break up with her to save her from him. Deacon holds Jackie responsible for the fact that he's fallen off the wagon.
#25 - Ep. #4585
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 71
Brooke thinks that Stephanie will use her condition to manipulate everybody into her own way of thinking so she calls Eric, but Stephanie refuses to let him talk to Brooke. Eric secretly calls Brooke and tells her to get to the hospital. Eric begs Ridge not to renew his vows to Taylor simply just for Stephanie's sake, but Ridge insists that's not what he is doing. Thorne and Darla stand in as best man and matron of honor. With thoughts of Brooke in his mind, Ridge and Taylor renew their vows. Brooke races to the hospital, but arrives too late.
#26 - Ep. #4496
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 236
At Café Russe, Clarke tries to keep Brooke from getting together with Amber, who's attempting to blackmail Ridge into helping her get Thomas back. Ridge manages to keep Brooke from seeing the photograph, but says he'll meet with Amber to discuss the issue. Nick and Bridget keep fighting with Massimo regarding Deacon, who has decided to leave town.
#27 - Ep. #4483
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 223
Brooke, Thomas and Hope travel to the Big Bear Cabin. Along the way Brooke calls Ridge to tell him of Forrester's loss. Nick warms up Bridget's feet by giving her a foot massage. while Bridget is off changing her clothes, Nick tells Ridge that he just wants to be Bridget's friend. Ridge asks if that's all Nick wants from Bridget. Later, things begin to heat up when Bridget and Nick are alone.
#28 - Ep. #4497
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 237
Ridge and Amber get together to discuss the incriminating photograph. Amber begs Ridge to let her to see Thomas. Ridge then threatens to call the police for causing them to get trapped in the mineshaft. Meanwhile on Nick's boat, Nick and Bridget enjoy a romantic dinner. Bridget confesses to Nick how much she likes him and that with hime she has found what she has been looking for.
#29 - Ep. #4502
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 242
Jackie goes to see Nick on his boat, hoping they can put things back to normal. Jackie says she disapproves of his dating Bridget because Bridget is Brooke's daughter. Sally scolds Amber for telling her that what she did to Ridge and Bridget in Big Bear could destroy Spectra Couture.
#30 - Ep. #4486
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 226
Once the rest of the family has left the cabin, Ridge leaves to search for Bridget, who went skiing. Meanwhile, Bridget is duped by Amber's plan and reaches for a glove that the disguised Amber left behind. Bridget then falls into the mineshaft. Amber runs back to her rental and tells Clarke that Bridget fell into the mineshaft.
#31 - Ep. #4504
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 244
Stephanie shows a photo to Eric of Ridge kissing Bridget in the mineshaft. Eric shouts at Ridge, saying the kiss should never have happened. Eric orders Ridge to stay away from Bridget. Hector goes to support Brooke, who's worried she overreacted by asking Ridge to leave. Hector does his best to convince her that she had a right to be upset and under the circumstances what she did was justified.
#33 - Ep. #4506
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 246
Morgan can't believe that Ridge isn't trying to kill her after their past together, and takes the woozy man to her hotel room where she realises that his mind isn't quite right. Thorne stands by his family after learning about what Amber did up at Big Bear and fires the designer.
#34 - Ep. #4488
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 228
Ridge and Bridget huddle in the mineshaft, freezing and bruised from their fall, worrying that no one will find them. Bridget begins to show signs of hypothermia. Ridge attempts to calm Bridget. Brooke worries when she wakes and realizes that Ridge never came home. Nick stops to pay a visit to Bridget, but Brooke and Thomas tell him that they never came home.
#35 - Ep. #4508
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 248
Nick gives Bridget a beautiful necklace to show how much he loves her, but ghosts from the past rear their head when she asks if he loves her more than he loved her mother. Stephanie can't believe that Massimo would even consider taking Jackie back after she made a fool of him by sleeping with Deacon. Eric admits to Thorne that he is worried that Nick is using Bridget as a substitute for Brooke.
#36 - Ep. #4510
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 250
Stephanie and Eric are surprised to learn from the bartender at Café Russe that Ridge was there earlier, and appeared to have been drinking. Jackie and Nick talk about his date with Bridget and his past with Brooke, and Jackie assures Nick that she wants him to be happy. Morgan takes care of Ridge while the two are in the air on their way to Italy, Ridge having no idea what's going on. Bridget returns home from her date with Nick and tries to comfort Brooke, who is worried about Ridge.
#37 - Ep. #4490
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 230
Ridge feels horribly helpless as he realizes he can't help Bridget from dying. Amber calls the police and anonymously gives them Ridge s'and Bridget's location. Nick looks around and eventually finds Bridget and Ridge, rescuing Bridget just in time. Nick calls Hector and Brooke to tell them the news while they're traveling to Big Bear. They're relieved to hear that both Ridge and Bridget are alive.
#38 - Ep. #4512
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 252
Morgan's mother, Natalie, shows up at the hotel room to help the 'friend' Morgan said needed her, and is shocked to learn it is Ridge. Natalie then has some pointed questions for her daughter.
#39 - Ep. #4480
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 220
Amber is devastated when Thomas breaks things off with her.
#40 - Ep. #4514
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 254
Helen and Stephanie are both taken to the hospital, where Stephanie looks to be in worse shape. She is talking to her family, when Hector comes in to give her the devastating news that there were complications, and Helen didn't make it.
#41 - Ep. #4492
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 232
Brooke brings papers for Eric to sign over Thorne's share of the company. Brooke tells Stephanie that nothing's going on between Ridge and Bridget and that it's been over for a while. Amber is putting together an album for Ridge when Clarke enters and sees her hiding a picture of Ridge and Bridget kissing.
#42 - Ep. #4498
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 238
Ridge suddenly has power over Amber after threatening to call the police. Amber backs down and promises not to show anyone the photograph, but Ridge believes the photograph won't do him any damage. Ridge thinks, however, that people will despise Amber for her little secret. Amber hopes that Ridge doesn't show the photograph to Brooke.
#43 - Ep. #4583
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 19 - Episode 69
Thomas and Gaby return to L.A. At first, Gaby frets that she has made a mistake, but Thomas convinces her they have done the right thing. Their attention is drawn toward the bed, so Thomas leaves to avoid temptation. Taylor ushers Dante outside before he is caught in the house. She thanks him for helping her return home but quickly sends him on his way. Hector calls Brooke offering his support. Ridge rushes Stephanie to the hospital where she is met by Eric, Thorne and Darla. Mark examines Stephanie and as she begins another tirade about Brooke, she grabs her chest in unbearable pain.
#44 - Ep. #4494
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 234
Thomas and Amber have a talk in which Amber says she's made things right with Ridge. Deacon tells Heather what a mistake he made with Jackie. Meanwhile, across town, Nick suggests to Jackie that she leave Deacon, who is bringing her down. Jackie doesn't deny that she misses Massimo, but Deacon needs her particularly during this time.
#45 - Ep. #4482
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 222
Gowns from Spectra and Forrester take turns on the runway as the Ultimate Fashion Showdown begins. The first Spectra design receives fantastic reviews, while Forrester's gown brings only lackluster praise. Spectra keeps impressing the crowd with two more models. Darla can't believe the crowd's reaction, particularly a certain group of girls. They later turn out to be cheerleaders that Sally planted in the audience.
#46 - Ep. #4484
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 224
While eating dinner at the cabin, Ridge confides to Thomas that he's better off without Amber. Bridget makes Nick stay the night so as not to drive home on the icy roads. Ridge tells Brooke that something more then friendship is developing between Nick and Bridget. Brooke simply won't believe Bridget would get involved with another man that she was once involved with.
#47 - Ep. #4499
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 239
Ridge explains to Brooke what Amber's role was in the mineshaft incident. Brooke becomes angry and starts to call the police. Ridge prevents her from making the call and explains Amber's plan to break up their family. Ridge then shows Brooke the photograph. Stephanie shows up at Nick's boat and talks about Bridget with him. Nick explains to Stephanie just how special Bridget is to him. Stephanie understands, but suggests that Nick remember Bridget is Brooke's daughter.
#48 - Ep. #4500
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 240
Ridge presents Brooke with the photo that shows him kissing Bridget in the mineshaft. Brooke is shocked. Ridge explains to Brooke that they were victims of Amber's plot. Amber comes in and explains that Brooke she did all of this for her. Brooke thinks Amber's crazy and slaps her. Hector is angry when Samantha's mother, Priscilla, arrives to help Samantha with wedding plans.
#49 - Ep. #4485
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 225
Nick and Bridget agree once they are alone that they can't pursue a romantic relationship. Later, an embarrassed Brooke confronts Nick about the kiss she saw between Bridget and himself. Nick assures her that he and Bridget understand why their relationship is impossible. Ridge warns Thomas to stay away from Amber after he overhears Thomas on the phone with her.
#50 - Ep. #4501
The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 18 - Episode 241
Amber tries to persuade Brooke that what happened in Big Bear was not her fault. Brooke says she will never forgive Amber for almost killing Ridge and Bridget. Ridge says to Brooke that nothing will come between their marriage. Brooke says she's disappointed and that she doesn't know who her husband is anymore.