Kelly objects to the decision of a Special Services person when the abandoned baby is placed with a gay couple. Meanwhile, Brandon and Steve and Janet quarrel over running cigarette ads for their failing newspaper in which Brandon threatens to quit, while Steve continues to pretend that he's Ted in order to please his pen pal friend Jill. Noah asks to finance Donna's marketing of her own designs for another fashion company. Also, Valerie deals with her long-estranged mother, Abby, who arrives back in town for a visit and hits it off with Kelly's father, Bill, who has been paroled from prison. Elsewhere, David becomes intrigued by his new neighbor Woody Sloan, a former rock star.

With a few hours before Brandon and Kelly's wedding, they continue to feel uncertain about the path they are on. Jim and Cindy Walsh arrive in town from Hong Kong to help plan Brandon and Kelly's wedding. Meanwhile, Valerie finally decides to get an AIDS test after Johnny confesses to her that he happens to be HIV-positive, and she asks David to come along with her for emotional support. Steve becomes dateless for the wedding when Sarah decides to go back to her husband after witnessing her friend's messy break up. After the caterer, Jacob, saves Donna's life, Donna agrees to go on a pretend date with him to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. This makes Noah jealous.

Steve mistakenly assumes that Janet's secret is that she wants to break up with him, but when she tells him that she's four months pregnant, Steve does not seem happy. Meanwhile, Donna tries to reconcile with Noah, but he doesn't want to talk to her, considering he's with another woman from the After Dark. Dylan tries to help out Lucy Wilson, a former high school girlfriend living at the Bel Aire Hotel after she is arrested for drug possession. Matt continues to try to help Kelly recover from the shooting by taking her to a support group. Pretending that her car has broken down and that she needs David's help, Gina begins a new plan of revenge against everybody when she keeps David away from the surprise birthday party that the rest of the gang is planning for him at the After Dark.