Sophie makes her presence felt at the Beverly Beat when she offers to Steve and Janet to construct an Internet web site for the newspaper while continuing her clandestine affair with David, but Steve finally finds out about them after accidentally seeing Sophie and David doing something on the live Internet Web page. Meanwhile, Noah turns to Valerie instead of Donna for help after he is arrested for drunk driving, and a young lawyer, named Matt Durning, approaches him for representation for free of charge since Noah and his entire family is now broke from Noah's late father's dirty business dealings. With Brandon away in Washington D.C. for a job interview, Kelly proposes a business partnership to Donna of opening their own boutique shop. Also, Valerie's so-called "mistake" about seducing Carl in Las Vegas comes out which results in Carl breaking up with Abby which prompts her to threaten Valerie.

David's brash, new radio persona received flack from Donna and others, but also high ratings. Meanwhile, Matt and Kelly clash when he goes to court to try to overturn the death sentence for a convicted rapist-murderer, while Kelly also gets a visit from the parents of her rapist. Noah and Gina continue running their secret gentlemen's club in the After Dark, but the place attracts the wrong attention when the police raid it after several nuisance complaints, arresting both Noah and Donna. Gina slips away with David's father, Mel, who's also in attendance. Steve and Janet clash over their plans for Halloween as Steve wants to decorate the house and Janet wants to appear in a band that's playing at a 1980's Halloween party at the After Dark.