Friday, March 05, 2010, Episode #5767

Nick stops Bridget from telling him what she did.

In their living room, Bridget tells Nick that she did something inexcusable by always acting like she's always right. She thinks it's time he knew who he's married to. Nick doesn't think this is the time to talk, but Bridget says she found out what she's capable of tonight. Nick tells her the accident was not her fault, but she insists that she betrayed him by walking out on him at the hospital. She explains that she did that because she selfishly wanted to feel nothing, and that makes it her faults. Nick tells her that the blame lies with him. He points out that God gave him the son he wanted, but they both had an emptiness since losing Nicole, and now they lost another child and he can't get through that without her. He stresses that life's not a luxury. It's a life-or-death deal where you get to choose, and he chooses to live, but he can't do it without her. Bridget says that he deserves better than her, but he doesn't think they should be keeping score about who gets to feel worse at a time like this. He thinks they both need humility and compassion for each other and declares that whatever they did wrong to each other in the past is irrelevant now. From this point on, he wants them to live the life that their child won't experience, both the good and the bad, and he hopes she wants that, too. Moved by his speech, Bridget says that she can, and they hug. Nick asks if they're OK. Bridget nods. Nick says they're no going backwards now. Bridget agrees that there's no going back, no letting go and no losing him, and they kiss.

Owen cleans Jackie and then wants to get clean himself.

At her loft, Jackie fills Owen in about Nick and Bridget losing the baby (not realizing, of course, that he already knows). Owen thinks the loss of another baby has to have torn Bridget's soul apart. Jackie agrees that it has to be devastating. Clearly feeling guilty, Owen says that no one can judge Bridget for whatever she has to do to get past this. The Knights then head for the bathtub. Owen kneels outside the tub washing Jackie's back. Jackie wants to call Nick, but Owen tells her that he turned her phone off. He thinks anything Nick has to say can wait for tomorrow. "All you need to know tonight is how much I love you," Owen whispers, kissing her neck. He then joins her in the tub and starts to scrub himself, but Jackie takes the sponge and offers to do it for him. "Make me clean," he softly says to himself with a hint of desperation.

Brooke and Ridge talk about Steffy.

Ridge and Brooke come home from the office and undress. Ridge suggests that they and the kids - Hope, R.J., Steffy and Thomas - go on a family vacation and proposes first Paris and then Colorado as locations. Brooke points out that they're not one big happy family and are more like splinters of two, but Ridge refuses to give up on the idea. Brooke thinks they need to assess the needs of everyone involved, like Hope's need for a longer leash and more encouragement, and Steffy's need for more of Ridge. Ridge thinks Steffy is adventurous, and she's also smarter than him. [The last part is true of almost everyone on the show, Ridge. :-)] He recalls visiting Steffy every few months in London when she lived there [he did?] and she didn't treat it like that big of a deal. Brooke thinks Steffy just wants him to be around. Ridge marvels at her ability to simplify his situation with Steffy. Brooke suggests that Steffy spent years in Phoebe's shadow and, now that she's not "the other twin," wants to be number one with her dad. Ridge wonders if there's a merit badge for parenting to teach all this stuff, but Brooke laughs that he has to muddle through on his own. Ridge says he won't have to do that, because he has her, and he thinks that's part of why he married her again... and again and again. "I thought it was the sex," Brooke quips. No, Ridge says, it wasn't - but he proceeds to make love to her anyway.

Marcus questions Steffy's choices.

Steffy and Marcus go to Insomnia to grab a bite and Steffy notices Oliver texting at another table instead of playing music. Marcus asks why they came here instead of going to a nice place. Steffy explains that she's tired of nice and wants to get rowdy and cause a scene. Steffy sees Hope come in and thinks this should be interesting. Hope goes to sit with Oliver. Marcus sees Steffy staring at Hope and asks if she wants to invite Hope and Oliver over, but Steffy says no. Marcus asks what she has against Hope besides her being a Logan. "Do I need anything else?" Steffy asks.

Hope talks with Oliver.

Hope sees Oliver leaving a message and hopes it's not for her. He tells the person to answer her phone or check her messages and then call him. Hope assumes it's his sister or his girlfriend. Oliver says that his sister doesn't take him seriously and he doesn't know what he'd do with a girlfriend. Hopefully not putter with his phone while talking to her, Hope kids. Oliver tells her this is a magic phone that deals with the "squint factor" inherent in tiny video screens on phones. Hope asks how he handles that, so he demonstrates a pocket projector he got from a rich kid in Cambridge who needed a fast buck. He explains that the projector allows him to view a larger size image from the phone on it. He then reveals that he went back to Owen's beach house, where he's staying, to change and found someone else there tonight - someone who apparently likes candles.

Steffy confides in Marcus.

Back at the other table, Marcus jokes with Steffy, telling her that they should put her in charge of the company. [Feed her ego, why don't you, Marcus?] He thinks she's qualified with the way she got the company back. Steffy confides that she got in over her head with Bill. Marcus asks if she did anything with Bill, but she reminds him that Bill is married. Marcus points out that he knows, since his Aunt Katie is married to Bill. [Gee, you remember the biological side of your family today, Marcus?] Steffy asks if anyone asked him about her, but he thinks his relatives know better than to talk about her in front of him. Steffy thinks the right guy for her will come around, or maybe he already has. Marcus tells her that people at work call her "The new Stephanie," comparing her to her grandma. She asks if that's a good thing. He says it is, because they call her "Stephanie, Jr" when it's bad. Speaking of Stephanie, he doesn't know what to call her now that she's back at Forrester. He feels funny calling her "Mrs. Forrester" since that's his mom. Steffy doesn't think he should call Stephanie "Mom," even though Eric adopted him, since it's wrong for people to pretend to be family like Hope does by calling Ridge "dad." Sometimes, she says, you have to face facts. [You mean like the fact that your dad calls Eric "Dad" even though Ridge has no Forrester DNA?]

Oliver enjoys Hope's company.

Hope asks Oliver if he's homeless now that someone else is at the beach house. He prefers to think of it as being "flexible." Hope wonders if she should follow his philosophy, since things are kind of up in the air for her at work lately. Oliver doesn't understand how she can lose her job if her dad runs the place. She explains that her dad has another daughter who has a dislike of anyone named Logan, especially her. They then talk about the Hope for the Future campaign and the idea of her representing the company. After Hope makes a joke about the campaign name, Oliver leans toward her and they kiss. Marcus and Steffy get up to leave, and Steffy spots the kiss. Pulling away from the kiss, Oliver laughs that he likes the name and chuckles, "I want Hope in my future." Hope thinks she should be going, but before she leaves, she wants to know if he'll be OK if he's not staying at the beach house. Oliver says he'll crash at his sister's if he has to. Hope suggests he go back to see if the people at the beach house left. He doesn't think so, but he thinks he might be able to find out more about those people if he checks his phone. He explains that he shot some video of the candlelight lovers on his phone, so checking the video should tell him something. Hope has to go, so she bids him goodnight. Oliver then looks at the phone on his projector and sees Owen making love - to Bridget!