Ridge's trial continues as the prosecution prepares to call Thorne as a witness while tensions rise over Taylor.

Episode 2540
Original Air Date: July 21, 1997

Thorne testifies at Ridge's trial while Grant prepares to take the stand and swear Ridge shot him.

Episode 2541
Original Air Date: July 22, 1997

Grant prepares to testify against Ridge while Maggie confronts Sheila about manipulating her marriage to James.

Episode 2542
Original Air Date: July 23, 1997

Grant testifies that Ridge shot him, while Jonathan argues Grant framed Ridge out of jealousy over Brooke.

Episode 2543
Original Air Date: July 24, 1997

Grant defends his courtroom testimony while Sheila suffers a fall that endangers her pregnancy and the baby's life.

Episode 2544
Original Air Date: July 25, 1997

Ridge faces trial as Taylor supports him, while Sheila's fall threatens her pregnancy and Maggie's marriage to James.

Episode 2545
Original Air Date: July 28, 1997

Ridge's defense begins as Stephanie testifies, while Rick visits Ridge and Brooke struggles with divided loyalties.

Episode 2546
Original Air Date: July 29, 1997

Clarke testifies about Grant's eerie prediction of being shot, while Brooke prepares nervously to take the stand.

Episode 2547
Original Air Date: July 30, 1997

Brooke testifies at Ridge's trial, torn between her husband Grant and the man accused of shooting him.

Episode 2548
Original Air Date: July 31, 1997

Hunter Jones testifies that printer's ink, not gunshot residue, was found on Ridge's hands, but admits he doesn't believe Grant shot himself.

Episode 2549
Original Air Date: August 1, 1997

Hunter Jones abandons the self-infliction defense theory in Ridge's trial while Sheila's premature labor threatens her pregnancy.

Episode 2550
Original Air Date: August 4, 1997

Hunter Jones faces backlash after his courtroom blunder while Sheila's intentions for her baby come under scrutiny from Lauren.

Episode 2551
Original Air Date: August 5, 1997

Ridge prepares to testify as Grant grows increasingly agitated about Hunter Jones's investigation into the shooting.

Episode 2552
Original Air Date: August 6, 1997

Hunter investigates a golf tee clue while Grant desperately begs Ridge to call off the investigation into the shooting.

Episode 2553
Original Air Date: August 7, 1997

Grant reveals to Ridge the shocking identity of the person who really shot him, forcing Ridge to make an impossible choice.

Episode 2554
Original Air Date: August 8, 1997

Ridge learns the shocking truth about who shot Grant as his final day in court arrives.

Episode 2555
Original Air Date: August 11, 1997

Ridge's trial reaches a critical moment as Hunter Jones fails to appear with promised evidence that could clear Ridge.

Episode 2556
Original Air Date: August 12, 1997

Ridge Forrester stuns the courtroom by confessing to shooting Grant Chambers, changing his plea to guilty.

Episode 2557
Original Air Date: August 13, 1997

Ridge's guilty plea shocks the Forresters while Sheila goes into premature labor with James by her side.

Episode 2558
Original Air Date: August 14, 1997

Ridge confesses to shooting Grant while Sheila goes into premature labor with complications threatening her baby's life.

Episode 2559
Original Air Date: August 15, 1997

Ridge confesses to shooting Grant while Sheila delivers her premature baby amid life-threatening complications.

Episode 2560
Original Air Date: August 18, 1997

James and Maggie welcome their newborn daughter while Ridge remains imprisoned and Grant reveals a shocking secret about the shooting.

Episode 2561
Original Air Date: August 19, 1997

Grant reveals to James that Rick shot him, while Eric drowns his sorrows and Lauren faces temptation.

Episode 2562
Original Air Date: August 20, 1997

Grant reveals to Brooke that Ridge is innocent and Rick actually shot him, devastating Brooke and changing everything.

Episode 2563
Original Air Date: August 21, 1997