The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for October 9 bring this week’s storylines to a difficult close for Zende. With his mind caught between the Electra line and Logan, he’s going to be put on the spot. Katie and Hope go up against Zende’s family, but they feel quite optimistic about their odds.
Key Takeaways
- The two paths Zende has to choose between.
- The advantage Logan has over Forrester.
Zende Has to Choose Whether He’s Going to Put Family First
Forrester Creations is the family company. However, Zende (Delon de Metz) has been frustrated by his career depending on whether Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) deems HFTF necessary. At the same time, she and Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) promoted him to lead designer, but that fell through when Hope (Annika Noelle) left the fashion house.
Now Zende feels like he’s worse than back at square one because he’s having to answer to his cousin R.J. (Brayan Nicoletti). Despite being mad at Hope for what she did to him, Zende sees the opportunity he could have with Logan. Instead of bringing forward R.J.’s vision, he could collaborate with Hope again.
He also liked Deke’s (Harrison Cone) attitude about having him on board. Hope’s brother welcomed Zende with open arms. But joining Logan would mean upsetting the Forresters. Zende considers how his decisions could impact them. However, he hasn’t been given the same courtesy. Instead, he’s been forced to accept how their choices affect him. It’s led to some hard feelings over the years.
Hope Has a Better Relationship with Zende than the Forresters
Zende was hurt by Hope’s decision to leave Forrester. He hasn’t minced his words with her about her departure. But they were collaborators for years, and he often went to bat for her. Zende doesn’t have a relationship like that with anyone at his family’s company.
Having worked on HFTF for most of his tenure at Forrester, Zende’s career has revolved around his success on her line. Without it, he’s been struggling to see how he can keep cutting a path forward for himself. As much as Ridge and R.J. want him to believe that path is the Electra line, Zende hasn’t felt the same.
