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.