Bold and the Beautiful: Zende Dumps FC & Races Straight to the Logans!

Bold and the Beautiful has Zende Forrester (Delon de Metz) all excited about Hope for the Future coming back at long last since he has got designs sitting on the shelf. But by the end of this week when Katie Logan (Heather Tom) launches the Hope for the Future House of Logan collection, it is going to blow up his world.

We already saw Zende frustrated about Hope for the Future getting shelved. And once he finds out Hope isn’t coming back, that’s going to change everything for him. We’re going to talk about Zende making a drastic decision.

Bold and the Beautiful: Zende’s Dreams Shattered

So, recently when Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) first told Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) kind of rudely that they were setting Hope for the Future aside to focus on Eric Forrester’s (John McCook) couture line, it hit both of them hard. When it first happened, Zende vented to Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor), saying he thought his designs for Hope for the Future would never see the light of day. And then, even worse, they stuck Zende on RJ Forrester’s (Brayan Nicoletti) men’s line, reviewing and working on his designs.

And Zende is much more experienced than RJ. He’s been at Forrester Creations longer. But he was stuck catering to Brooke and Ridge Forrester’s (Thorsten Kaye) spoiled baby boy. So Zende was just super frustrated. He went back to Carter and got that all off his chest, too. And even though Zende was upset, Carter talked him down. And Zende leaned into the fact that Hope for the Future would return at some point. He hoped everything would work out so he’d be back on his line and his designs would get used.

Bold and Beautiful: The Warning Signs

So, another warning sign of change to come was when Zende was helping out with Eric’s couture line and Zende said he prefers working on ready-to-wear versus couture, which is custom stuff. Ready-to-wear is made in a factory, standard sizes, sold in bulk. Couture, like what Ridge and Eric create, is one gown per design. That way, nobody else will own one like it. Once you buy it, it’s custom fitted just for you. Zende likes the idea of lots of people wearing his designs. And that’s what Hope for the Future is, ready-to-wear.

As a designer, he was equally as frustrated as Hope by the delays on their line. Not only that. But Steffy refused to tell them how long they’d be left twiddling their thumbs. Hope was doing busy work and Zende was answering to RJ, so Zende is understandably fed up. Plus, he’s an artist, so he hated the designs that he made for Hope for the Future, just sitting and gathering dust.

Basically, all the same things that frustrated Hope so much that she snuck over to Logan, are the same things frustrating Zende. Basically, Hope’s been living for years with threats to her line, insults and mocking from Steffy, and basically begging for scraps. But over at Logan, Hope feels really valued. While at Forrester Creations, she is a second-class citizen because she’s a Logan, not a Forrester.

The High and the Crash on B&B

And right now, Zende’s excited because Steffy said that Hope for the Future is coming back since Eric’s couture line is launching. And Zende just got really fantastic news. Not only did Steffy take Hope for the Future off the shelf. But Ridge just thrilled Zende. He said Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) is doing good work. But he’s in Paris and they’d prefer a lead designer on Hope for the Future that’s local to LA.

And then Ridge said they want Zende to be lead designer on the line. Ridge said they never questioned his talent and could see his passion is working on Hope for the Future. Steffy grabbed champagne and they were all toasting. So, Zende felt like, “Okay, I’m on top of the world.”

Zende Devastated on Bold and the Beautiful

But on Friday, when Katie introduces Hope’s line at Logan, it’s all going to come crashing down. Zende will realize Hope being at Logan is really bad news for him. She’s debuting a new line designed by her brother, Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone), and she won’t be coming back to Forrester Creations.

And that means Hope for the Future is finished once and for all. I’m sure Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) is going to rage at Katie and insist that Hope come back to Forrester Creations. But I really don’t think that Hope will do it for many reasons. She’s finally out from under Steffy’s thumb.

Hope’s getting to work with her brother Deke again. And Hope feels appreciated over at Logan. And she’s getting funding and support from Katie and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont). Now, in Brooke’s eyes, Katie stole her name, stole Eric, and has now stolen Hope. And I think Katie is going to remind Brooke that she stuck to the deal.

She didn’t hire a Forrester because Hope is a Logan by birth and a Spencer by marriage. And I think Brooke’s going to snap and tell Katie the deal is done because it was sketchy from the start, made under false pretenses, which is accurate. Brooke may even say it’s open season. She may threaten to start poaching people from Logan.

Zende’s Decision Point on B&B

And I feel like if she tells Katie that their pact is over, that’s important because it would clear a path for what may be the next big twist at Logan. So, I expect initially that Zende might go over to Logan to confront Hope about what she did. I think Zende feels betrayed and I think he’s going to tell Hope that he was just made lead designer and now he can’t see that come to fruition because Hope for the Future is dead and gone.

But I think that she’ll tell Zende she’s not going to change her mind. She won’t come back to Forrester Creations because it wasn’t a healthy place for her. She had Steffy making her feel less than and Hope had no real control over her line. Steffy made her fire Deke and work with her ex, Thomas. And then Hope may tell Zende how it’s been going at the new place. You know, Hope can tell Zende about the amazing support she gets at Logan and how that’s been a game changer for her. And I’m sure Hope will feel bad that Zende is losing his shot at being lead designer because she left, you know.

Bold and the Beautiful: Possibilities for Zende

But from there, a couple of things could happen. Deke could say that he wishes Zende was working with them because Deke is a newer designer and you know he might like to have somebody working with him to share the load of the next collection because he’s been really stressed. So, Deke may suggest that Zende come and join them at Logan. Or another possible path is Katie might talk to Zende.

You know, Katie might tell Zende she feels like he’s in the same boat that she and Hope were when they were at Forrester Creations. Talented, hard workers who didn’t get the credit or respect they were due. And Katie might toss out a job offer to Zende that if he ever wants to make a change, come see her. Katie might even tell Zende he could have his very own line at Logan as a lead designer to create whatever he wants.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Falls Short

Now, obviously, he’s going to see and hear everybody at Forrester Creations raging about Hope going to work for the enemy and being sneaky about it. And I agree that she was being sneaky. She should have been upfront and just told Steffy, you know what, I quit.

Aside from that, I do think Hope was totally justified in leaving Forrester Creations. And I think she was smart to go to Logan. But with her gone for good, Zende may go from being a lead designer for just a minute to being back to assisting RJ on Bold and the Beautiful.

And between him knowing that he’s lost his shot as a lead designer at Forrester Creations to seeing how happy Hope is at Logan and understanding all the reasons that she went to Logan, we could see Zende thinking about his own future. And unless Steffy and Ridge offer Zende his own line as a lead designer, I mean honestly, why would he stay?