Eric and Thorne watched Owen bare his soul to Donna. Donna begged him to "stop doing this," and walked away. Owen kept pleading and insisting, "We could be so happy together." Thorne was bummed by the lack of adulterous action, though there was some promising nuzzling. Yet Donna pushed Owen away, saying, "My heart is with Eric," and asserting, "I'm not going to betray him." She wanted to be friends with Owen, and she wanted boundaries. Owen grumpily agreed to do it "your way." When Donna left, Eric proudly pointed out to Thorne, "She passed the test!" Thorne was not happy and tried to convince his dad that he was better off with Stephanie. Eric left a message with Gloria to stop the divorce and reiterated to Thorne that he and Donna are spending the rest of their lives together. Crabby Thorne flipped through some headshots and begged his dad not to boot Stephanie from the house tonight. At home, Stephanie, not Honey Bear, caught an eye mask-wearing Donna soaking in bubble bath. Steph solicitously gave Donna a very homoerotic shoulder rub...and then dunked her underwater. Outraged Donna wrapped herself in a towel. Stephanie wondered if Donna's assets were real and praised her own skills as a masseuse. "You're all boobs and no brains," she dismissed when Donna defended her marriage to Eric. Eric interrupted, admitting, "It's time for a big change." Before he could elaborate, Steph told Donna to go put some clothes on. Alone with Eric, Stephanie murmured, "Just remember I do love you." Donna returned in lingerie and a peignoir and then Steph went to take a call. "She's getting very strange," Donna told Eric, who was amused to hear Steph gave her a massage. She pleaded for Eric to tell her that she, not Stephanie, belonged here. Stephanie walked back in on them locked in a passionate kiss.

Rick limped and dragged Steffy into his office to apologize for kissing her. Furious Steffy blasted him, reminding him he'd dated her sister and her mother. Rick trumped up the ol' "I've been lonely" excuse, saying Steffy reminded him of Taylor. (Because that's not creepy at all.) "That's disgusting!" cried Steffy, as he continued his compliments and excuses. Marcus calling from Paris interrupted the tête-à-tête and Steffy quickly put two and two together. "Was he part of your plan?" she demanded of Rick. "You must really think I'm naïve!" She accused Rick of using her to get to Ridge and told him, "It's not gonna happen!" Rick opened up about how devastating it had been to lose Taylor and how much he hated Ridge. "Blaming my dad is a copout," a sympathetic Steffy observed, gently, noting that kissing her had been wrong. She wondered what had happened to Rick. "You used to be such a good guy," she said, remembering how he'd advised her about making love to Marcus. She noted he was letting his anger take over his life and didn't want to see his rage destroy him.