The Bold and the Beautiful: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Bold and the Beautiful Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
#3008
Mar 23, 1999 · 20 min
Pierce and Brooke dine on the terrace. He suggests they toast the fact that they're starting a new era in their lives. Pierce knows they've both suffered losses, but feels that the
#3009
Mar 24, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke and Pierce discuss his feelings for Taylor, and Brooke is surprised at how fast Pierce has been able to get over them. Brooke mentions her feelings for Ridge and she feels t
#3010
Mar 25, 1999 · 20 min
Eric fills Brooke in about Amber's ladylike behavior at the Café Russe. Brooke is dubious when Eric tells her how much Amber has changed. Eric points out that Amber is Brooke's dau
#3011
Mar 26, 1999 · 20 min
Adam is frantic with worry as he waits for Kimberly to come home. Rick drops by and learns that Kimberly is missing. Rick is stunned when Macy and Sally show up and Macy refers to
#3012
Mar 29, 1999 · 20 min
Macy heads to The Insomnia Café to look for Kimberly. Sally supports Macy as she blames herself for Kimberly's running away. Adam later shows up and is also depressed as he still h
#3013
Mar 30, 1999 · 20 min
Kimberly sobs to Rick that her father lied to her. Rick explains to Kimberly how Adam had to keep his past life a secret to protect Sally and Macy and it was harder on her father t
#3014
Mar 31, 1999 · 20 min
Adam is thankful to have Kimberly back. Kimberly apologises for running off but admits she found the truth hard to accept. Sally and Macy understand Kimberly's issues, but Kimberly
#3015
Apr 1, 1999 · 20 min
Ridge is busy with work and Taylor suggests they go out for dinner. Taylor drops by Brooke's office and invites her to join them, but she declines. Taylor tells Ridge of her hopes
#3016
Apr 2, 1999 · 20 min
CJ tells Raymond of his and Amber's plan for her to give birth at her mother's home. Raymond decides he should be there, but CJ stops him. Raymond fears how Tawny will react when s
#3017
Apr 5, 1999 · 20 min
Tawny wonders why Rick hasn't thrown Amber out. Amber explains that Rick doesn't know and Tawny advises her to keep it that way. Amber explains that she slept with Raymond whilst d
#3018
Apr 6, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke tells Ridge and Taylor that they no longer need to tiptoe around her. Brooke admits that it will take her a while to get over Ridge, but she needs to do it alone. Brooke ask
#3019
Apr 7, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke and Pierce kiss as he asks her to stay the night. Brooke declines, but Pierce feels that they both need something from one another. Brooke admits that she is a little tipsy
#3020
Apr 8, 1999 · 20 min
CJ refuses to listen to Adam and warns Sally and Macy to do the same. Sally says that their personal feelings aren't important, but rather what's best for their family. Kimberly, M
#3021
Apr 9, 1999 · 20 min
Sally thanks CJ for the mature way he acted in accepting the news about Adam. Raymond comes by demanding that CJ tell him where Amber is. Sally is stunned to learn that Amber has g
#3022
Apr 12, 1999 · 20 min
Thorne finds Brooke sitting in her office and questions why she is still there. She informs him how Amber has gone to her mother's and how she has sent Rick to find her. Brooke adm
#3023
Apr 13, 1999 · 20 min
CJ visits Kimberly and they discuss Adam. CJ tells Kimberly that he doesn't trust Adam and adds that he doesn't think that she should either. Kimberly stands by her father and ment
#3024
Apr 14, 1999 · 20 min
Amber accuses Raymond of trying to break up her marriage, but he only cares about the baby. Amber promises to call him and manages to get rid of him before Rick comes looking for h
#3025
Apr 15, 1999 · 20 min
Rick tells Amber that they need to go, but Tawny stalls by ordering in some dinner. Amber talks to a heavily pregnant Becky outside. Becky tells Amber that she is giving her baby u
#3026
Apr 16, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke demands that Sally tell her the truth about Amber. Sally acts as if she knows nothing, but Brooke doesn't buy it. CJ and Raymond cause a distraction outside of the office an
#3027
Apr 19, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke tells Ridge that Amber is hiding something big. Ridge feels that Brooke shouldn't involve herself, but she insists that Rick shouldn't be married to a woman that he doesn't
#3028
Apr 20, 1999 · 20 min
Rick tells Kimberly that he is scared of becoming a father. Kimberly reassures him that he will be fine. Before leaving, Rick tells her that he will never forget her and she sobs.
#3029
Apr 21, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke visits Rick at the guest house and is angry that Amber is still with Tawny. Brooke tells Rick about Sally, CJ and Raymond. Brooke plants suspicions in his mind about the bab
#3030
Apr 22, 1999 · 20 min
Rick tells Brooke that he has to trust Amber, but Brooke stresses that he has to see that Amber is acting strangely. Rick remembers times with Raymond when Brooke mentions him. He
#3031
Apr 23, 1999 · 20 min
Ridge and Taylor lay in bed and she remembers back to when she was pregnant with Thomas. Taylor worries that after what happened last time, she may not be able to carry the child t
#3032
Apr 26, 1999 · 20 min
Stephanie and Rick talk about Amber over a cup of coffee. Rick wishes that Brooke could see Amber the way Stephanie does. Stephanie admits that she didn't trust Amber, but she has
#3033
Apr 27, 1999 · 20 min
Stephanie barges in on Brooke and tells her to stop interfering in Rick and Amber's marriage. Brooke is stunned and tells Stephanie that Rick is her son and, therefore, her concern
#3034
Apr 28, 1999 · 20 min
Stephanie warns Brooke that she will lose Rick if she continues to try and dig up dirt on Amber. Stephanie asks Brooke to give Amber a chance but she refuses to let up. Rick talks
#3035
Apr 29, 1999 · 20 min
Rick tells Kimberly not to get ahead of herself when she starts considering that Raymond could be the father of Amber's child. Rick feels guitly that he is even considering it and
#3036
Apr 30, 1999 · 20 min
Ridge tells Brooke that Jack Abbott has been calling for her. Brooke tells him that she is too concerned with Rick to talk to Jack or Ashley Abbott. Ridge is surprised when Brooke
#3037
May 3, 1999 · 20 min
Rick calls CJ and tells him that Amber is coming home with his son. CJ is relieved to know that Rick is the father. Raymond waits with Sally when CJ arrives with the news. Raymond
#3038
May 4, 1999 · 20 min
Kimberly tells Adam that Amber's baby may not be Rick's. Adam tells Kimberly that she has to move on and is furious that Brooke has been filling her head with false hope. Rick call
#3039
May 5, 1999 · 20 min
CJ offers support to Kimberly as she sobs about Rick. CJ tells her that she will have the chance to love again, but she feels that Rick was the only man for her and that now she wi
#3040
May 6, 1999 · 20 min
Macy visits with Kimberly and notices how depressed she is. Macy suggests that Kimberly go to some parties and maybe meet some new people, but Kimberly isn't interested. Brooke tel
#3045
May 13, 1999 · 20 min
Brooke heads to Raymond's hotel room to confront him. C.J. and Darla both give Adam a hard time at the office. Rick nearly learns the truth about the baby, but Tawny covers for Amb
#3068
Jun 15, 1999 · 20 min
Tawny makes certain that Becky does not see the photo that shows the baby's heart-shaped birth mark. Kimberly fantasises that C.J. is actually Rick and kisses him passionately.
#3069
Jun 16, 1999 · 20 min
Thorne tries to convince Brooke that nothing is going to happen between the two of them. Sally rebuffs Adam when he comes on to her. Macy sets up a dinner with the hopes of reuniti
#3070
Jun 17, 1999 · 20 min
Ridge and Taylor prepare to go in for an ultrasound. Thorne and Macy announce to their families that they have set a wedding date. Brooke fantasises about a life with Thorne.
#3111
Aug 13, 1999 · 20 min
Gladys begins Becky's make-over as she gets ready for her date, but the only thing that Becky wants to do is hold Little Eric. Desperate to keep her cousin away from the baby, Ambe
#3207
Dec 27, 1999 · 20 min
Kimberly realises she has a better chance if she uncovers Amber's secret now that her guard is down. C.J. wonders if Amber plans to see Becky while she's in Europe. Taylor is conce
#3242
Feb 14, 2000 · 20 min
Macy tells Throne about making a contribution she did in Venice and what Thorne has bought to her life. Brooke assures Taylor that Thorne is about to end his marriage to Macy.
#3248
Feb 22, 2000 · 20 min
Ridge realises that Taylor is a little jealous of Morgan and he assures her that she has absolutely nothing to worry about. After giving her one of his newest creations to try on,