The twisted Naomi continues her personal quest to destroy Annie's personal and professional life by spreading a false rumor about the existence of a nude photo of Annie, which causes a further divide between Annie and Dixon, as well as Annie's parents who continue to worry about her continuing slide down a dark path. Meanwhile, Liam decides to defy his stern and semi-abusive stepfather and try out with Dixon and Teddy for a spot on the school's surfing team. Elsewhere, Ryan worries about his romance with the manipulative Jen who begins to show off her true colors to him.

Dixon and Sasha continue their whirlwind romance despite his friends advice that he's moving too fast with it. That weekend, Dixon and Sasha drive up to Napa's Wind Country to sample some wine. But on the return trip, a flat tire leads to the discovery of a car trunk full of pornography, and a series of lies that Dixon makes up. Annie's new confident attitude quickly disappears when she realizes that Jasper, a new student at West Beverly, is nephew of the derelict that she hit on prom night. Navid assigns Silver and Gia to interview Jasper for a news piece about his uncle whom was a student at West Beverly, and who left behind a $100,000 inheritance to the school. Annie tries to befriend Jasper who confides in her about how his uncle lost everything, ending up homeless, and of Jasper's uncertainty with it all. Elsewhere, Navid continues to grow insanely and immaturely jealous over Adrianna's friendship with Teddy, with whom she confides about her uncertainty with Navid and of his envy. Elsewhere, Liam finally finds a way to get revenge on the psychopath Jen to make her reveal the truth to Naomi about her seducing him that night of the prom party when he discovers that Jen scammed a fortune out of a French husband that she married for money. But Jen has other ideas to slither out of the predicament she's in.

Naomi learns that her SAT test scores may not be high enough for her to be accepted into California University. She devises another devious plan to be tutored by Richard, the son of the school's dean of admissions, but she quickly turns her attention to a hot CU student named Jamie. Meanwhile, Dixon continues down his own dark path by continuing to lie to Sasha about his real age. But Sasha already becomes suspicious about Dixon's age. After doing a little underhanded investigating, Sasha learns that he's still a senior in high school, and she breaks up with him. Navid and Adrianna go on a double date with Teddy and his latest girlfriend. But Adrianna's growing feelings towards Teddy make for an awkward situation, and it leads to Navid's renewed jealousy. Elsewhere, Silver accompanies Adrianna to a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where they surprisingly run into Silver's mother, Jackie. She tells Silver that she would like to re-establish their relationship. But Silver angrily refuses because of the years of unapologetic abuse. Later, Jackie confides in Adrianna about a shocking health problem she has.

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.

Adrianna's new romance with pop star Javier continues to blossom, while Navid continues to work up enough courage to tell her how he feels. Jen has taken control of Naomi's finances and puts her on a tight budget, resulting in an instant meltdown by Naomi. Without her credit cards, Naomi is too distracted to realize Liam is in need of support to deal with the departure of his father, so he turns to Annie for comfort. Despite Spence's suggestion, Teddy refuses to end his relationship with Silver, and the two decide to spend the night together. Ivy invites Dixon to spend the summer in Australia with her and Laurel, but the idea doesn't go over well with his parents. Harry and Debbie's problems escalate when she finds out that Harry has been hiding Dixon's gambling issues from her. Meanwhile, Jasper returns to resolve things with Annie.

Dixon tries to pursue a relationship with a resistant Adrianna, while Ivy and Raj's arguing takes a toll on their relationship. Liam plans a holiday dinner for the gang, and an unexpected guest shows up. Meanwhile, Naomi goes to extremes to prove her love to Austin.