Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Episode #5562

Stephanie shows Pam the latest webcast.

At Forrester, Stephanie shows Pam how to access the EYE ON FASHION website and view the second installment of Stephanie's "Inside Fashion" webcast. In the video, Stephanie starts off by thanking the thousands of people who visited the site yesterday and promises to bring them more of "The Logan Chronicles" each day, with insights into how those Logans brought about the fall of Forrester. She then goes on to talk about the current Mrs. Forrester, Donna, aka "Mrs. Delicious," and recounts the tale of how Donna won Eric's heart. Pam laughs with glee, but she closes her laptop when she sees Donna approaching. Donna asks Stephanie why security let her into the building. Stephanie quips that the security staff probably hopes she's back to stay. Pam tells Donna that she's just having coffee with her sister and hopes that's not a problem. Donna warns Pam to keep Stephanie away from the cutting room and the seamstresses, but Stephanie assures that she has no interest in Donna's underwear designs. Donna enters Eric's office and finds him on the phone. She gets his attention by putting her legs up on his desk and holding up a bottle of honey. Eager to take a "honey break," Eric ends the call and canoodles with his wife.

Thorne shows the webcast to Eric and Donna.

Outside, Thorne comes over to Pam's desk as she resumes watching the webcast. As the video displays a scene of Donna "in all her glory" parading around backstage in lingerie for Eric, Pam chuckles that the skeletons are tumbling out of the closet, but Thorne bets his dad isn't going to be happy when he sees this. Thorne then goes into his dad's office to discuss the production calendar and interrupts Eric and Donna. Donna quickly grabs the "honey bear" bottle and jumps of Eric's lap, asking if he wants some honey for his tea. "Spare me," Thorne states as he rolls his eyes. He then tells Eric that he has something to show him and opens his laptop to queue up Stephanie's webcast. Eric and Donna come over to watch the webcast with Thorne. They're shocked as Stephanie spins her yarn about how the once gifted Eric Forrester is now simply artificial and false due to the lifestyle he now leads. She claims that any woman looking for class and style will be hard-pressed to find that at Forrester these days, which is why she wouldn't buy anything with a Forrester label. Thorne sighs that his mother is apparently launching an all-out smear campaign.

Eric and Donna are stunned by what they see.

Donna fumes at the way Stephanie is slandering her and her family, but Thorne's more concerned about his mother telling the world not to buy Forrester. Eric wonders how Stephanie could do this to them. Thorne suggests they watch the rest of the webcast before commenting. Looking back to the screen, they watch as Stephanie states that Jackie M is determined to bring the customers the kind of youthful, stylish, classy designs that Forrester can't deliver anymore. She then shares a couple of photos. The first is a photo of her and Eric together, representing the Forrester Creations that everyone used to know and love. She then puts up the photo of a naked Eric standing on the ledge of his love nest, surrounded by pigeons, and notes that this is Eric as he is today thanks to those "Logan bitches." As the webcast ends, Donna vows not to let Stephanie get away with this. Thorne thinks it might be too late, but Donna storms out and heads over to Jackie M.

Owen accuses Jackie of coercing him.

At Jackie M, Jackie and Owen watch the webcast. Jackie chuckles that Stephanie found the perfect revenge, but she thinks Owen should remind La Forrester to talk up Jackie M while talking down Forrester. Owen asks if that's an order. Jackie hopes her chief of staff isn't still sulking about last night. When Owen reminds her that his job is little more than a glorified office manager, Jackie points out that there are plenty of office managers out there, but none of them can do to her what he can. Owen accuses her of coercing him last night. She tells him that he's free to do whatever he wants as long as he puts her needs first when they're working. Owen tells her that he's taking Bridget to lunch. Jackie tells him to be quick about it, since she expects him to be waiting for her call when his lunch hour is up. Outside, Bridget comes off the elevator and is about to enter Jackie's office when she spots a press release with Nick's photo on it. Seeing the picture prompts her to think about her kiss with Nick the other night. Bridget comes in and asks Owen if they're eating in or going out. Owen says they should go out, but Jackie thinks they should order in.

Bridget and Owen trade some light banter.

Soon after, Bridget eats take-out with Owen and asks how things are going in his new job. Owen sighs that it's OK, but he sometimes feels like he makes a bad decision every place he goes. Bridget asks what he means, so he tells her about how Felicia offered him a large sum of money when he first arrived and asked him to do something less than honest. He's just glad it never panned out, since that gave him the chance to blow the whistle on Felicia. Bridget bets that her half sister was furious. Owen is ashamed that Felicia was able to buy him off, but Bridget points out that he did the right thing when it counted. Owen confesses that he doesn't want her to be shocked when she finds out about his past. He and Bridget then talk about the opera. Owen offers to take her to the opera, but Bridget thinks the tickets would be too expensive. Owen offers to wear tights to the office for her tomorrow, so he can be like the guys in the opera. Bridget giggles that he's pretty cute. They then speculate on which traffic sign best describes them; Owen says that he would be "Merge," but Bridget says that she would probably be "Yield," as a warning to proceed with care in case of trouble ahead. Owen says that everything looks clear to him and kisses her, but he gets a call from Jackie. Owen asks if he can call her back, but Jackie purrs that lunchtime is over, so it's time for him to meet her in the basement by the door marked "under repair." Owen tells Bridget that duty calls. She thanks him for lunch, but he thanks her for yielding and leaves.

Jackie arranges a "steamy" meeting.

Owen goes down to the basement and finds the door marked "under repair." Taking down the sign as Jackie instructed, he opens the door and finds Jackie in the steam room. Jackie explains that Sally had let this room rot, but she restored it for her employees to use. She then tells Owen to get undressed and join her. Owen gripes about her interrupting his lunch with Bridget like he's some call-boy, but Jackie reminds him that lunch is over and asks why he's making this so ugly. Owen tells her that she's every man's fantasy, but he thinks they have to face reality, and the reality is that their relationship is going nowhere. Jackie says that she doesn't need a relationship after two failed marriages, but Owen says that he needs one. Jackie tells him to go ahead and fall in love with Bridget if he wants; she'll even throw him an engagement party to celebrate, assuming her son Nick doesn't dump Katie for Bridget. But she bets that he's not even sleeping with Bridget now - or is she wrong about that? Owen says that she's right, so she points out that he's not being unfaithful right now. She knows the past frightens some people, but she's really frightened by all the choices she will have to make in the future, and she suggests that the answer is to just get through this today. She then proceeds to undress Owen.