Taylor and Rick kissed under an umbrella in the dark and then Taylor pulled away, leaving Rick to angst wetly in the rain. Soaked Rick then came in to Phoebe, who thanked him for "supporting" Taylor. (Is that what they're calling it these days?) It only got more awkward as Phoebe made romantic overtures — and orange chicken. Her mama, meanwhile, headed straight for the bar to grapple with her Rick issues. She ordered sparkling water but found herself faced with free champagne (of course!). Luckily, Rick called her while Feebs was in the kitchen. Taylor tried to convince him not to tell Phoebe about their "thing," determined not to be like Brooke. Phoebe presented Rick with a token from the BoldFace Challenge and then kissed him. Later, Phoebe went to work, and Taylor came home. Guess who she found in her bedroom? "Make love to me," Rick said, totally sounding like the girl in the relationship as he declared his love.

Nick used Katie as an example of him being over the Brooke and Bridget merry-go-round. He listed off Katie's virtues and said he didn't want to make the same wrong decisions. "and maybe I should start with you?" Katie wasn't exactly pleased with Nick's approach, pleading with him to not hurt Bridget. "You take being her aunt very seriously," Nick mused. Cue their typical snarky banter, which Bridget walked in on. Luckily, Jack fussing kept the moment from getting too weird.

Ridge caught up with Ashley, who raved about the Restless Style party in Genoa City. Ridge raved about his feelings for Ashley and his confusion over Brooke. "I don't think it's so good for me to be your sounding board anymore," Ash warned him, before laying the Brooke drama out for him. Ridge was sure it'd be different this time. Brooke eavesdropped as Ash declared, "Brooke needs therapy!" and added how sick Brooke's cycle was. Ridge conceded Ash was probably right. Brooke then confronted Ridge about confiding in Ashley. "There's very little hope for the life we want to have," he told her, citing her Nick fixation. Brooke claimed it was a Jack fixation because he's her baby and accused Ridge of being all too into Ashley and her opinion.