Rachel spreads the word on Stephanie's ""nervous breakdown"" to the tabloids. Peter convinces Robin to start dating but she fears he won't handle knowing she works as a stripper. Nikki is approached by Gabe Sands, a bold artist from Boston, who convinces her to display one of his paintings. Pleased with her article, Allen gives Alex expensive gifts. Peter is not as happy and lashes out at Alex for writing the article since Royal Island is a private nature preserve Allen has been trying to get to for years. With Gil's help, Mark finally locates Stephanie at Rhinebeck and pleads with her to come back to him. However, Steph isn't ready to make any decisions. There are big romantic vibes between Gabe and Nikki. Alex finds out Peter is actually the owner of Royal Island. She apologizes and suggests they get back together but is angry to learn that Peter is now seeing Robin. Carrie manages to get hold of Stephanie at the retreat and shows her newspaper clippings about her ""breakdown"". Carrie s

Alex is rushed to the hospital, where she blackmails Dr. West to tell Peter she's had a miscarriage. Peter is wrecked with guilt and Alex is happy to discover that he's more sympathetic towards her. After staking his claim in New York with 'Communique', Brock decides to move his entire company - Brock Global Communications - to New York; putting the executive office in the same building as 'Communique'. Brock hires Gil to work for him and assigns him to find out if Dianna will accept the offer to sell her 25% of Brock Global Communications. Dianna demands that Brock deals with her in person, or else she'll dump her stocks on the open market. Carrie is intrigued to learn she has a secret admirer that sends her a note to come to the Zinc Bar. Carrie shows up with Nikki and gets a glass of champagne from the admirer. However, he's put something in it to give it a terrible taste and seems to have vanished. Dianna forces Brock to meet her at Tavern on the Green to discuss the stocks. Dianna