Spencer is close to full recovery, but Billy urges him to take it easy. Knowing that a college recruiter is about to watch an upcoming game against Chatsworth, Spencer convinces him to let him play. Meanwhile, Coop scrambles to protect Spencer and Patience when she learns that Tyrone is back in town, Laura campaigns for the Los Angeles District Attorney election, Olivia confronts Asher on his steroid addiction, Jordan accompanies Simone telling her parents about her pregnancy, and Layla helps Coop put her music on radio rotation.
Tropes featured in this episode:
- The Bus Came Back: Chris appears for the first time since the season 1 finale.
- Career-Ending Injury: Spencer's arm paralyzes suddenly during the game against Chatsworth, which becomes a wake-up call that he is definitely not yet ready to recommit as a full-time player.
- Character Death: Tyrone is shot dead by someone offscreen.
- Destroy the Evidence: Whether Coop killed Tyrone or not, Patience decides to clean her gun before throwing it into a river.
- Double Standard: Laura's campaign is marred by sexist remarks from her rival, including comments about her separation from Billy, despite the fact that said rival has had two failed marriages and yet never received stigma for it.
- Faking the Dead: Turns out that the reason Flip disappeared was because he had to his hide his family from the upcoming war against Tyrone's goons, not because he was killed off.
- Forced from Their Home: Simone chooses to move in with the Bakers rather than acceding to her mother's demands to abort the baby.
- Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Simone pointedly doesn't want to get rid of her baby.
- My Beloved Smother: Tina, Simone's mother, quickly establishes herself as this. She bluntly tells her that if she wants to continue living with her, she will have to abort the baby.
