Monday, April 20, 2009, Episode #5545

The Jackie M crew celebrates.

In the Jackie M showroom, Jackie, Nick, Stephanie, Clarke and Owen marvel at their success today and laugh at the thought of how shocked Eric must have been when he saw Stephanie on the runway on TV. Owen goes over to Bridget and suggests she join the others and bask in the limelight with them, but Bridget is fine where she is. Before Owen can say anything, Jarrett comes over with a ton of questions for Bridget. Owen steps away and texts Jackie with an invitation for a private celebration at her place. Jackie looks at Owen across the room and smiles at him.

Stephanie shows Nick a congratulatory email from an old friend of hers.

Nick approaches Stephanie, who just got an email from her old friend Bill Spencer, the head of Spencer Communications, congratulating her on her triumph today. Nick suggests that they send Spencer an invitation to their next showing. Stephanie assures him that she will. Nick asks if she can introduce Bill to Jackie, since he thinks his mother could use some male attention. He looks around for Jackie, but he doesn't see her, so he wonders where his mother might be.

Jackie lies back in her tub and gets a massage from Owen.

At Jackie's loft, she lies back in her bathtub with a glass of champagne while Owen gives her a message. Owen laughs that she must be quite a free spirit to move her bathtub in front of her bay window where people might see her. He suggests that he join her and look at the sights of the city through her window, but Jackie tells him that he still has a lot more work to do. Owen asks if there's going to be a reward after and wonders if she believes in delayed gratification. "Don't we all?" Jackie asks. Owen thinks he should step up his game and kisses her neck. Jackie warns that there's a thin line between pleasure and depravity, so Owen suggests that they find that line and starts to work his way around to the front. Jackie purrs that seduction is an art, not a contact sport. Owen asks if she thinks he is seducing her and they kiss.

Bridget tells Nick that she wants some time to play right now.

At Jackie M, Nick says goodbye to the reporters. Bridget joins him and asks if Stephanie left. Nick confirms that she did, but he advises Bridget that La Forrester will have plenty of work waiting for them tomorrow morning. Bridget is fine with working tomorrow, but right now, she wants to play. Nick asks who she wants to play with, but Bridget isn't ready to discuss that with him just yet.

Brooke and Steffy talk about Steffy's wedding plans.

Brooke, Donna and Katie throw Steffy a bridal shower at the beach house. Brooke tells Steffy that they can still invite Taylor and Stephanie, although she suspects Stephanie might be preoccupied after her big night at Jackie M. Steffy wishes her mom and grandmother would accept her relationship with Rick and hopes they'll come around in time. She wonders if things might be better once she and Rick have some kids, since kids pull families together. Meanwhile, Donna asks Katie why she didn't warn her about Nick hiring Stephanie. Katie says that Nick just wants to save his company, but Donna thinks Stephanie is just trying to get back at Eric. Madison arrives for the shower and asks about Steffy's plans to get married at Point Dume. Steffy and Brooke explain that Rick decided to get married on the same beach where Brooke and Ridge got married to try and heal their families and pull them together.

Marcus talks with Steffy.

While the other ladies chat, Steffy steps outside and sees Marcus, who apologizes for barging in on her bridal shower. He just wanted to talk to her when Rick wasn't around, and he figured this would be a good time. He reminds her how they connected when he first came to L.A. to find his birth mother, but then things fell apart when Rick shipped him off to Paris and made a play for her. Steffy tries to cut him off before he says anything about Rick, but Marcus says that he's not here to bash her fiancee. He just wants her to know that she's the one woman he respects more than any other, and he just hopes Rick appreciates her as much as he does.

Rick continues his taunting of Ridge.

In Ridge's office, Rick continues his Ridge-bashing, not knowing that Ridge is recording his every word. Rick brags that he has Steffy eating out of the palm of his hand to the point where she'll do anything for him. He laughs at the irony of the daughter of the man who hates him more than anything falling madly in love with him, and he threatens to take Steffy far away if Ridge keeps fighting their relationship. Ridge tells him to keep talking. Rick boasts that his marriage to Steffy is not about love; it's about revenge for the years of pain Ridge inflicted on Brooke. "When I'm saying my vows in your little destiny-westiny spot on the beach," Rick taunts, "I'm not even gonna be looking at my bride. I'm going to be looking at you, 'Poncho,' and the pain etched in your face as you say bye-bye to another daughter." Rick adds that he's sick of being disrespected by Ridge all the time and demands that Rick treat him like the president of this company. He's especially looking forward to making Steffy something that Ridge has never been able to: a real Forrester. Ridge tells Rick to keep going; Rick says he'll be glad to, since he plans to keep throwing this in Ridge's face for the rest of his life, and he especially looks forward to holidays. Ridge simply stands there and smiles, so Rick dares him to go ahead and hit him. When Ridge doesn't take the bait, Rick calls him chicken, clucking and doing a little chicken dance. Ridge still doesn't respond. Rick hopes Ridge isn't coming down with something, since he wants Ridge to save his strength for the wedding day when he'll walk Steffy down the aisle and make them one, big, happy family.

Rick leaves and waits for the elevator. While standing there, he wonders why Ridge just stood there and took his abuse. Meanwhile, Taylor returns to Ridge's office, having seen Rick leave. Ridge plays the recording he just made back for the Doc, not realizing that Rick has returned and is standing outside. Rick eavesdrops as Ridge plays the whole recording for Taylor, who can't believe that Rick talked that way about Steffy. She and Ridge agree that hearing this will break Steffy's heart, but it has to be done. Panicked, Rick leaves. Back inside the office, Ridge finishes editing all the sound bites together. Taylor hopes it's enough to convince Steffy to leave Rick for good. "It has to be," Ridge states.

Madison, Donna and Katie help Steffy open her gifts.

At the beach house, the Logan sisters and Madison help Steffy open all her gifts, including the lingerie. As Brooke shows off a gift from Bridget (who obviously couldn't be there because of the Jackie M showing), Rick bursts in. Donna shows him the door, since this is a ladies-only party. Rick says he thought they'd be done by now and tells Steffy that they have to go. He wants to whisk her away on a romantic getaway, but they have to leave right now. Brooke gets a call from Thorne telling her that RJ has had his fill of fun playing with Aly, so she's going to have to leave to pick Hope and RJ up. She guesses her timing is perfect, since Rick is practically kicking them out, anyway. She says her goodbyes and leaves. Meanwhile, Rick nervously waits for Steffy to gather her things so they can leave.