Jane se entera de que está embarazada, pero no se lo dice a Michael porque no parecía emocionado por la perspectiva de tener hijos. Intenta abortar en secreto, pero cambia de opinión. Michael está furioso con Jane por mantenerlo en la oscuridad, hasta que la alegría por su hijo los vuelve a unir. Billy recibe una columna en el periódico del barrio. No puede pensar en un tema porque su vida es aburrida. Con la esperanza de aliviar este problema, convence a Jake y Matt de hacer puenting con él. Después de que no puede seguir adelante con el salto, Billy escribe una columna sobre "" debilitarse "".

Billy está deprimido cuando el Melrose Times se retira. Le pide a Alison que lo acompañe en una visita a la casa de sus padres, luego le ruega que se haga pasar por su novia. Billy intenta convencer a sus padres de que está a punto de convertirse en un escritor exitoso, pero se ve obligado a ayudar a administrar la tienda de muebles de su padre debido a un trato que los dos hicieron una vez. Él renuncia enfadado después de que su padre cuestiona sus técnicas de venta, y luego le pide a su padre que le deje vivir su propia vida. Sandy se hincha la cabeza después de conseguir un papel en una película de terror y termina mudándose. Ella baja a la tierra después de que el director intenta insertar desnudez en una de sus escenas. Michael se lastima en el apartamento. Él y Jane hablan de su entusiasmo y ansiedad por el próximo nacimiento de su bebé.

After a chance meeting in the street, Alison becomes romantically involved with environmentalist Keith Gray. She is stunned to learn that he is married, but finds it difficult to break off the relationship after he vows to leave his wife for her. Billy is saddled with bad credit because he has yet to pay off a college loan that he didn't even need. Jane is determined to work off the weight from her pregnancy. She realizes that she is trying too hard to forget the miscarriage.

Billy's father dies of a heart attack. Amanda tries to exploit Billy's vulnerable state to seduce him, and then shows up at the funeral in an attempt to score points with her ex. Alison flies back from Seattle to comfort Billy. Billy feels that he let his father down, and decides to take over the furniture store. His mother says that she has sold the store to the employees, and that she wants Billy to use his writing gifts. She gives Billy a letter in which his father expressed his pride in him. Billy drives Alison to the airport, but she decides to move back to Los Angeles. Michael tries to convince Kimberly to move in with Billy, but she declines. She explains that seeing the death of his father reminded her of how much involvement she would have in his life if they were roommates. Michael lies about going to the hospital and instead helps Kimberly with a plumbing problem. She offers him dinner and tries to come on to him, but he resists. Billy's family tragedy prompts Matt to

Kyle finally saves Eric after he admits that he didn't sleep with Amanda. Kyle rejects Amanda's reconciliation attempt, as he feels he can no longer trust her. Eric returns all of the businesses so that Kyle will believe that he slept with Amanda after all. Kyle punches out Eric before he can leave town, then gets drunk and sleeps with Taylor. Michael interrupts Brett's vigil for Megan, and takes the credit when she recovers. Craig pines for Jennifer. Samantha gets into an argument with Billy's mother before the wedding. Billy and Sam patch things up after exchanging vows. Brett tips off Peter about Lexi's pill addiction.