David takes Donna on a one-night business trip to New Orleans, with unfortunate consequences. Relations become strained between Steve's mother and Clare's father, Brandon nurses the flu-stricken Kelly and Valerie, who relive how they became enemies.
Valerie and Kelly each get a look at the other's journal, but only one takes the high road. A car museum employee sets up Steve and Brandon for a problematic ride in an electric car which delays Brandon's attempt to fulfill a childhood dream for Kelly.
Mariah, the writer whom Brandon met in Texas, comes to L.A. with her book on angels, and her quick kinship with Kelly bothers Tracy. Meanwhile, it's thumbs up for Rob's performance, but thumbs down for the rest of his movie, Clare has a computer crisis and blames Steve, and David marks a special anniversary with Donna.
After Brandon breaks up with Tracy, Valerie's meddling jeopardizes his future plans with Kelly, Donna spies her mother with an old flame at a campus talent show, where Clare takes the stage on a suggestion from Steve - who thinks the idea's all wet when he hears he.
In Hong Kong, Brandon's father question's him about his feelings for Kelly who is at home drowning her sorrows. Donna and her mother disagree about what's best for Dr. Martin's recovery, Valerie turns green after Rob's manager pairs him with another client for a big party.
Double Episode! David meets Donna's grandmother who tells them of the love of her life, Valerie befriends a hot new actor, while Kelly does the same with a youngster she suspects is a runaway then Joey returns to Kelly's place, Rob asks Valerie's advice on a film script, spring-break plans separate Tracy and Brandon, David is present when Donna's father is stricken ill, and Steve is taken aback by Clare's contact with her male side.
A magazine writer hangs out with Valerie for a piece on L.A.'s cool people, Donna wavers between David and Cliff, Clare and Kelly head to Palm Springs for a spa weekend, and a tragedy befalls Steve and Brandon's basketball partner.
Kelly learns the cause of the friction between Tracy and Brandon, Chloe gives David her opinion regarding Donna and Cliff, Clare urges Steve to give his brother a talk about the birds and the bees, and Valerie's mother is told the facts behind her husband's suicide.
On Valentine's Day, Cliff comes back to surprise Donna, Valerie's mother comes to visit, Chloe opens for Luther Vandross at the Peach Pit After Dark, and Tracy gets a big "surprise" from Brandon.
Donna's stalker makes his identity known - on TV, with a gun in his hand. Meanwhile, Steve and Clare try to cool the burgeoning romance between their parents.
Donna is denied a restraining order against Garrett Slan, Tracy lets slip those three little words to Brandon, Clare and Steve's weekend housesitting prompts talk of living together, and affection between Tom and Kelly begins.
Donna thinks she knows the identity of her stalker. Tracy's old boyfriend interrupts her weekend alone with Brandon at her parent's ranch, Steve leads frat brothers in a sewing circle, and David and Tom team up to produce a pre-Super Bowl party at the club.
Clare arranges a blind date for Kelly, Steve meets a prankster during his community service for cheating, and Donna's stint on TV nets her an unwanted fan,
An old friend from Buffalo surprises Valerie, Brandon and Mark learn they've applied for the same prestigious job, and Donna proves to be a lifesaver when she fills in at her dad's office.
Valerie and Kelly are paired in the Christmas gift exchange, Kelly gets a big surprise from her father, Steve's mom and Clare's dad hit it off, and David wants to get on the good side of Donna's mother.
Steve's guilty plea averts a hearing for him, but Prof. Randall pursues a case against Brandon who is innocent. David hedges on buying into Valerie's club, and Donna clashes with her mother over her potentially dating David again, and Kelly throws a surprise party for Mark's birthday.
After a bizarre outburst, David undergoes psychiatric observation, Kelly and Mark have a less than excellent Thanksgiving adventure, and not even Chancellor Arnold can save Steve from his latest error.
David (who is acting out) and Val, Steve, and Clare go to Las Vegas where he begins to lose it. They also run into an old friend...Ray Pruitt.
Tipped off by Kelly, Brandon questions Kenny about his experience with Valerie and eventually gets the whole story. Sudden wealth burns a hole in David's pocket, and Clare notes that preparing for the crew race makes Steve a changed man.
David's giant windfall causes a rift with his father, Kelly extends an olive branch to Valerie after learning of her "situation, Steve challenges Clare and Dick to a crew race, and Cliff reveals his future plans to Donna.