Donna and Stephanie continued bickering at Forrester, with Donna insisting the Logans would survive no matter what Steph did. "You're too dumb to know when trouble's staring you right in the face," said Stephanie on her way out. Ridge came in to tell Donna and Eric that getting rid of his mom had been their biggest mistake. They disabused him of the notion by revealing Stephanie's blackmail. Eric fielded more bad business calls and the three of them were grim about the company's future. Stephanie dropped by Bill's office and told him she was still on board with his plan to acquire Forrester — as long as he sold it to her. She wanted to keep her children's birthright safe and push the Logans out. As Stephanie looked on, Bill called Eric and offered $80 million for the company but Eric turned him down. "I think we're going to have to wear him down," smiled Stephanie. As Donna reassured Eric, Stephanie texted Ridge to meet her at Il Giardino. There, she asked for Ridge's help taking the company back, using Rick and Brooke and that whole ugly situation as her primary tool of manipulation.

At Jackie M, Jackie enjoyed the shiny new mp3 player Owen taught her to use and and Nick made his disapproval of the liaison known. When Jackie praised how Owen looked without a shirt, Nick cringed, reminding her she's his mother. Jackie was happy to be living for the moment, noting she was happy for the first time in forever because of Owen. Nearby, Bridget wondered about Owen and Jackie's odd relationship and he insisted the bond was legit. Later, Jackie waved her Nick/Bridget pom-poms, hugging Bridget and hoping wedding bells were in store. Bridget told her they were being careful this time and then asked about Jackie and Owen. Jackie hoped Nick would come around. As Nick called Owen into his office, that looked impossible. He asked Owen what it would cost to get him out of Jackie's life! Jackie told Bridget Owen would just have to defend their relationship to Nick and, sure enough, that's exactly what he did!