It's Simone's 21st birthday and her friends turn out for her as she struggles to advocate for herself in another part of her life. Keisha is concerned that she hasn't heard back from any graduate programs and Cam's efforts to help only make things worse. Marcus struggles with making an important connection and JR talks to Lando about bringing baseball back to Bringston.

Simone has to choose between the most important things in her life. Nate's cousin reaches out, which brings up some very raw emotions resulting in a heart to heart with Lando. Keisha comes up with a plan to help JR and realizes she needs to step it up with Cam.