Brandon's road trip to find himself leads him to former love Emily Valentine, whose twisted obsession once tore their love apart. A now emotionally healthy Emily is thrilled to see him and the two spend a romantic week in San Francisco. Back in Beverly Hills, Andrea is also falling hard for Jesse, behind her boyfriend Dan's back. Meanwhile, Dylan spends Thanksgiving with the Walshes, sending ex-girlfriend Kelly into a fit of jealousy over Brenda's presence. Steve stops John Sears from trying to seduce an underage teen girl during a KEG party which makes Sears vow to get back at Steve for his interference.

David and Donna head to Chinatown for their anniversary and Donna finally decides to sleep with David. But a visit from her parents cancels all plans. Meanwhile, the vindictive Professor Randall decides to press charges against Steve for stealing his autographed baseball. Brandon returns from his San Francisco trip and blackmails Randall to drop the breaking-and-entering charges against Steve by threatening to reveal that Randall has, for many years now, been wrongfully grading term papers to athletic students so they can pass in order to play sports for the university. Elsewhere, Dan is bitter about Andrea's relationship with Jesse which results in their breakup and Dan leaving the university.