 Michael finds Kimberly unconscious after she tries to kill herself by swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills and waits for her to die. But they are discovered when Sydney walks in on them. Sydney then blackmails both Michael and Kimberly for $50,000 each to help each other in fighting against the other in matters of the incident. Meanwhile, Jake competes with Jess for Jo s interests. The devious Brooke starts Amanda s plan to help her take over D&D when she manipulates Alison to give Amanda a job at the agency, and then begins to disrupt Alison s work schedule, while she also sets her sights on Billy, despite knowing about Alison s feelings for him.