Bo rolled up his sleeves, got a job and became �Bill Brady.�

The O�Neill family: patriarch Harry and his three daughters; Didi, Connie, and Joy�were proud working-class people, whose livelihood depended on their work at the Lord-Manning plant, which owners Viki and Clint were considering closing because of severe financial problems. The plant workers, led by feisty Connie O'Neill, hated the Lords and Buchanan�s. Meanwhile, Bo became disillusioned with life as a Buchanan. In need of a change, he again renounced his heirs and introduced himself to the O�Neill�s as Bill Brady, an unemployed laborer and just another working stiff!

In rapid time, �Bill� moved into the O�Neill home and found irresistible comfort in this unknown working-class world. Bo rolled up his sleeves and took a job at the plant, while simultaneously falling in love with eldest O�Neill daughter, Didi. Didi, however, was engaged to marry the plant�s legal counselor, Mark Pemberton, who was secretly draining Lord-Manning funds and committing heinous acts of sabotage at the plant.

Bo clandestinely investigated several acts of apparent sabotage that took place. Mark ran scared. Feeling the noose tightening around his neck, he pressured Didi to elope with him. When Didi found out that Bo as �Bill� was a phony, and that he was really a Buchanan, it propelled her to run away with Mark. In the nick of time, Bo discovered Pemberton�s crimes. Mark took Viki hostage in a bid of desperation. Posing as Clint, Mark took Viki to the airport. The real Clint arrived in time to struggle with Mark and prevent him from detonating the bomb he had with him. Didi, safe and secure, planted a big kiss on Bo�s lips! Bo and Didi were in love!

Harry, hurt by Bo�s masquerade, ordered him to move out of the his house. Thinking that Bo still loved Delilah, Didi began to believe that she and Bo were not meant for each other after all. Desperate to prove his feeling for Didi, Bo took two important steps. First, he told Delilah that their divorce plans were still on. Second, he abducted Didi against her will and whisked her away to New York. When Bo and Didi got engaged, Asa teamed up with Delilah to try to break them up.