Thursday, June 18, 2009, Episode #5588

Pam pouts when Donna makes her way to Contestants' Row.
Pam sits in the PRICE IS RIGHT audience and pouts as Donna takes her place on Contestants' Row. Host Drew Carey takes the stage and calls for the first item up for bids, a deluxe cooking range with a baking set. The first three contestants bid over $2000 and then it goes to Donna, who remembers Pam's planned strategy and bids $1. Drew reveals the price as $1899; with the other contestants having gone over, Donna's $1 bid wins!

Host Drew Carey gives Donna a chance to win a car.
Pam frowns some more as Donna goes on stage to play "Let 'Em Roll" for a brand new car. Drew explains that Donna will get one chance to roll five dice, but she can win two additional chances to roll by guessing some prices on some grocery items. If all five dice come up with car symbols on them, Donna wins the car. Drew then reveals the grocery items Donna has to guess about. The first is a brand of dog food that Pam recognizes as her late pooch Tiny's favorite, followed by a package of lemon bar mix and a bear shaped bottle of honey. Donna manages to guess the correct prices of the first two, and of course she easily gets the price of the third one right. That gives Donna three chances to roll the dice. On the first try, she gets four cars and $500. Having two more chances, Donna decides to roll the $500 die again and comes up with a fifth car, so she wins! Sitting in the audience, Pam is nearly in tears watching Donna live her dream.

Pam joins Donna on stage after her big win.
Donna comes back to the stage later to spin the Big Wheel for the chance to go on to the Showcase Showdown. The contestant in front of her gets 75 cents, so Donna has to get between 80 cents and $1 to move on. Before Donna spins, Drew asks if she wants to say hi to anyone. She says hi to her parents and her honey bear, and she adds a special shout-out to Pam for convincing her to come on the show today; Pam smiles upon hearing the last part. Donna then spins and gets 80 cents. Pam claps and cheers for Donna, who later comes back for the Showcase. Donna gets the chance to bid on a package that includes surfboards, luggage, swimsuits and a trip to Hawaii. Donna is about to bid $13,000, but Pam calls out to her from the audience and tells her to bid $21,300. Drew reveals the price of the other contestant's showcase and he's off by about $1600. He then reveals the price of Donna's showcase and she's off by just $75, so she wins both showcases! Pam comes up on stage and joins Donna, Drew, the models and announcer Rich Fields as Donna gets the chance to check out all her prizes. As Drew ends the show, Pam whispers to Donna that she only won because of her and asks to go along with her to Hawaii. No way, Donna replies, but she gives Pam the baking set and the lemon bar mix. Pam is happy with that, and they join the host and models to wave goodbye.

Steffy assures her dad that she'll be careful.
Brooke calls Ridge and begs him to come home, but he tells her that he can't do that since being with her reminds him of Rick. He loves her, but he doesn't know how they can work this out. Later, Steffy comes by to see her dad and asks if he really moved out on Brooke because of her and Rick. He tells her that it has nothing to do with her and everything to do with Rick. When Ridge asks her how she can have anything to do with that guy, Steffy assures him that Rick has changed, but Ridge doesn't believe Rick can change. He worries that Rick is going to hurt her again. Steffy promises to keep her eyes open and be careful. She then gets a text message and says she has to go. Ridge assumes the message came from Rick. Steffy tells her dad that she's going to be OK and gives him a hug before leaving.

Rick learns that Steffy has made a decision.
Steffy heads over to Rick's beach house and tells him that she's made a decision that will make her feel comfortable about their relationship, but she's not sure he's going to like it. Rick asks what she has in mind, so she tells him that she wants them to slow down. She thinks their whole relationship moved too fast the first time, so slowing things down will give her the chance to be sure about him and will give him the chance to win back her trust. Rick assumes this means he can be with her, but she'll give him the boot if he messes up just once. Steffy nods to confirm, so Rick promises not to mess up ever again.

Brooke gets a surprise visit from Stephanie.
Brooke is about to head over to see Ridge at the guest house when Stephanie arrives. Brooke tells Stephanie that she's on her way out, but La Forrester presumes that Brooke is going to see Ridge and tells her not to. Brooke refuses to let Stephanie keep her from her husband - and she still considers Ridge to be her husband, whether it's legal or not. Stephanie counters that Brooke can call Ridge anything she wants, but she's not going over there tonight.

Stephanie tells Brooke to give Ridge some space.
Brooke can't believe the nerve of Stephanie, who insists that Ridge needs space to have some time away from Brooke and Rick and the trouble they brought to his life. Brooke scoffs, but Stephanie tells Brooke to accept that her relationship with Ridge is over for good. She's sure Ridge will wind up with the woman he's supposed to be with, Taylor, since he even said he's happier with her. Brooke refuses to believe that Ridge would ever say such a thing.

Taylor has dinner waiting for Ridge.
Ridge returns to the guest house and finds that Taylor has a home-cooked dinner waiting for him. Just like old times, Ridge muses. Just like the best times, Taylor corrects, seeing how stressed out he is. Ridge confides that he's torn because he wants to be with Brooke, but they just can't be together now because of Rick. The fact that Steffy wants to be with Rick makes it worse, and he can't believe that Steffy is being so naive. Taylor assures him that they'll find a way to deal with the Rick/Steffy situation together and goes to check on dinner. While she's gone, Ridge spots her purse and takes the bottle of anti-anxiety pills out. He takes a few pills and washes them down with some wine. Ridge then goes to return the pill bottle to Taylor's purse, but he decides to stick it in his pocket instead.

An anguished Ridge pops some more pills.
Soon after, Taylor returns with dinner. She's glad to have a chance to cook for him, since she hardly makes big meals at home anymore since Steffy's hardly there for dinner. Ridge guesses that's because Steffy is with you-know-who. Taylor tells him not to go there, but Ridge gripes about Rick anyway, recounting how Steffy rushed out of his office earlier when she got a text from Rick. He's really ticked off about that. Taylor tells him to calm down. Ridge asks for some more wine. Taylor of course isn't having any wine and has to get the bottle from the kitchen. Before going to fetch it, she assures Ridge that their daughter will see one day what a loser Rick is and ditch him. Ridge embraces her and tells her how blessed he is to have someone like her in his life. He feels like she truly understands what he's feeling. As Taylor goes to get the wine, Ridge starts to think about Steffy and Rick. As images of the two of them together flash through his mind, Ridge recalls Rick finding him the night Phoebe died and Phoebe dying in his arms. He hears Brooke and Steffy in his head telling him to accept Rick, but then he hears Rick telling him to say "bye-bye" to another daughter. Torn and frustrated, Ridge reaches for the pill bottle and pops down a few more pills.