Naomi is taken hostage in her own home by an out-of-control Mr. Cannon who also lures Silver into the situation. Annie and Dixon's cousin Emily from Kansas comes to town for an extended visit, but Emily immediately gets on Annie's nerves. Dixon confronts Teddy about his kiss with Ian and promises to keep his secret. During surf practice, Ivy takes a nasty spill that makes her question her ability to compete in the surf competition. Adrianna's world continues to crumble when she appears on a talk show to tell her side of the story, and she is blindsided by a surprise guest. Given Adrianna's disastrous situation, Navid and Silver continue to keep their hook-ups a secret.

Naomi, Adrianna, Silver and Annie decide to have a girls' weekend and head to a yoga retreat in Ojai. Annie attempts to be a good cousin and invites Emily along for the weekend but confronts her about being a downer on the trip. Emily purposefully neglects to wake Annie up for a sweat lodge session and uses the opportunity to turn the girls against Annie. Naomi, who originally thinks the retreat is silly, suddenly decides to extend her stay. Silver runs into Navid, and the two have a secret rendezvous. Adrianna returns from the retreat and calls a tabloid to sell an exclusive story. Meanwhile, Debbie plans a romantic dinner for Ryan, but they are interrupted by Dixon, forcing Ryan to quickly find a place to hide.

Everything changes for Navid when he learns how Adrianna used the baby she gave up for adoption.

Navid and Dixon convince a music producer to shoot a music video at Shirazi Studios. Adrianna's suspicions are confirmed, and she tells Silver about her plot for revenge. Emily distracts Annie and tries to get close to Liam, but her plan backfires. Teddy leans on Silver for support. Meanwhile, reality producers follow Adrianna and her friends around trying to shoot a pilot, and Naomi is surprised by her reaction to a nerdy lab partner who helps her out.

Back to her old tricks, Emily messes with Annie's internship at the playhouse -- and with Annie's boyfriend. Silver convinces Navid to sign the release for Adrianna's reality show to help distract her and throw her off the track. Naomi bottles up her feeling for Max. After watching footage from her birthday party, Adrianna makes a stunning realization. Ivy meets a new guy, Raj and they strike up a friendship.

Dixon and Navid formalize their partnership, and a chance meeting with Snoop Dogg could mean good news for Shirazi Studios. Naomi tries to impress Max by dressing up in an Avatar costume, but doesn't quite get the reaction she was hoping for. After learning the truth about Navid, Adrianna vows to get revenge. Meanwhile, Annie and Liam work together to expose Emily, and Raj confides in Ivy.

Naomi wants to get into a West Beverly High Alumni group, who are throwing an alumni event at the high school and does everything in her power to get in, such as donating a building, injuring her opponent in a football game, and throwing an after-party at the Playboy Mansion. Naomi also learns that Bryce double-crossed Max and had him fired so she could take over his job. Teddy returns for the alumni event and tells Silver that Shane broke up with him. Teddy and Shane decide to continue their relationship but Shane gets mad when he finds out Teddy and Silver are having a baby and tells him that they need to talk. Meanwhile, Dixon is happy when Adrianna signs with his record label until he finds the video of Adrianna kissing Taylor and she is forced to come clean about her tryst with Taylor. Adrianna's worst fears are realized when Dixon takes the news very badly and breaks up with her. But before she leaves, Dixon tells her that even though they are no longer together, he still owns her due to her signing with his record label also plans on giving her a very hard time. Annie gets a double blast from the past when she sees her ruthless overachieving cousin, Emily Bradford, at the event and finds out she is now a successful blogger, making her feel like she is a failure. She also sees her former flame Jasper Herman, who wants to apologize to Liam for what happened between the three of them, two years ago. When Liam continues to get threats about Vanessa, he tells Annie about what happened to Vanessa and the two confront Jasper, who reveals he is now in film school and wants Liam to read his script as a sign of forgiveness, plus Jasper knows nothing about Vanessa. Liam accepts Jasper's offer. Annie decides to start her own blog and writes about her relationship with Patrick.