A plane goes down and a family grieves. In the aftermath, Ridge and Brooke finally come together — but the peace they've built doesn't last. Ridge loses his sight. Sheila Carter pushes past every limit she's crossed before, holding the people she hates most at gunpoint in their own home. And a woman the entire family has been mourning turns out to be very much alive, hidden far from Los Angeles by someone who loved her enough to keep her a secret. Season 8 ends where it never should have been possible: two women, one courtroom, and a judge deciding which marriage is real.