Donna Martin returns to Beverly Hills and pays a visit to her sister-in-law Kelly to talk about her life, while Kelly's relationship with her half-sister, Erin, becomes more strained over Kelly's over-protectiveness in her efforts for Erin Silver's mental recovery. Meanwhile, Dixon locates his biological mother and ask Annie's help to travel with him to Arizona to meet with her during Spring Break. Also, Naomi's infatuation with Liam intensifies when she goes on field trip with the class on Ryan's Habitat for Humanity house-building project while Ethan, wanting a change, becomes more acquainted with Liam who encourages him to embrace his own dark side.

Naomi, Silver and Adrianna go shopping in the Palisades Mall and run into Annie on a date with Jasper. Annie further arouses the girls suspicions when she refuses to give them an explanation why she's still with Jasper despite knowing his true nature. Unknown to everyone, Jasper continues to blackmail Annie with photographic proof of her hit-and-run. But Annie eventually turns the tables on him when she gives Jasper an ultimatum by threatening to drag him down with her in which he backs down and Annie's mind is finally put at ease... so it seems. Afterwards, Naomi tries to be Ivy's friend and they try to end the awkwardness between them by going on a nature hike. But Naomi discovers Ivy's ulterior motive to embarrass Naomi which leads to them getting into a fistfight at the beach. Meanwhile, Adrianna and Gia's close friendship continues to develop when the two of them throw a pity party for themselves while Gia's former girlfriend, tries to win her back. After Dixon comes clean to both Silver and Teddy about trying to keep them apart, they both toy with the idea of trying to make a relationship work. Also, Ryan meets a free-spirited woman, named Laurel, at a bar, which soon leads to them going into Laurel's car for some quick intimacy. But it turns out to be that Laurel is Ivy's hippie mother. Elsewhere, a surprise visitor, whom is Dixon's biological mother, shows up on Harry and Debbie's doorstep.

Gia encourages Adrianna to audition for a lead singing spot in a new all-girl rock band and admits she has a crush on Adrianna who doesn't know how to respond to Gia's revelation. Dixon's birth mother, Dana, shows up at the Wilsons for a surprise visit and tries to develop a relationship with her son. Meanwhile, Silver and Teddy go on their first official date, but Silver finds it difficult to deal with Teddy's playboy swinging past and she enlists Naomi's help to track his whereabouts afterwords. Navid returns to school from his suspension (after being framed by Jasper for the drug possession charge) to find that Naomi has fully taken over Blaze News and even started a gossip segment, which he adamantly opposes. Navid decides to get back into the dating scene by asking the new Blaze volunteer, Lila, out on a date. As Annie reestablishes relations with Naomi, Silver, and the rest of her former friends, she also realizes that Jasper has started following her around town, and is frustrated that she cannot confide in anyone about what is going on with her out of fear that someone will figure out her secret. Also, a worried Debbie confides in Kai, her yoga instructor, about the arrival of Dixon's birth mother.

Naomi clashes with the Blaze's new faculty advisor, Mr. Cannon, over her racy gossip news segment and she is reprimanded in front of her peers which is a major humiliation for her. After failing to convince Navid to back her opinion, Naomi decides to tell a white lie about Mr. Cannon sexually harassing her which soon spins out of control. Meanwhile, Adrianna is now the lead singer of the all-girl band, the Glorious Steinems while she deals with the band's bass player, Lila, who happens to be Navid's latest girl pal. Shortly after, Adrianna confides in Silver and Naomi about her romantic feelings for Gia, as the two go out on their first official date. Elsewhere, Teddy decides to test Silver's commitment to him by attempting to make her jealous by flirting with random girls. Dixon and his birth mother, Dana, continue to bond while he begins to fall into bad habits by doing on-line gambling which she encourages. Liam catches his stepfather with another woman and confronts him with a fist-to-the-face which leads to Liam leaving home. Also, Debbie and her yoga instructor, Kai, share tea and conversation, but Kai oversteps his boundaries when he makes a pass at her. Elsewhere, Annie confronts Jasper about him stalking her and trying to win her back. But later, Annie receives a phone call from Jasper who tells her that he intends to kill himself unless she returns to him.