Victor halts intimacy with Kate due to his impotence, unaware she is thinking of Nicholas. Lucas hopes Nicole will conceive, not knowing she is secretly taking birth control. Austin and Sami decide to wait to make love. Later, Victor shocks the group by evicting Lucas, Nicole, Sami, Austin, and Brandon, giving them 30 days to move out. Brandon strategizes with his lawyer, Benny, to use Larry Morris to destroy Abe's reputation. During the hearing, Brandon delivers a manipulative speech, claiming he doesn't want Abe to lose his job or pay damages, masking his true vindictive intent. Hope pleads with Kurt to let her return to Salem to give birth. Kurt refuses, revealing he has sinister alternative plans for her and the baby.