Caroline is sued by the mother of a victim of a failed rescue. C.J.'s desire for motherhood hits a snag when she realizes Cody's not ready for that type of commitment.

Neely and Cody break up a disturbance on the Venice boardwalk started by a crazed young woman named Jamie Duncan, who's in town for the Malibu Female Bodyboard Tournament. Neely discovers Jamie to be manic-depressive, and it causes her alarm since Neely's late sister also suffered from the same thing. Meanwhile, Mitch and Samantha's romance is tested when Samantha's former fiancé Adam, a sports promoter, arrives to promote the body board tournament. Elsewhere, Newman meets the beautiful blond woman of his dreams. But when he finally musters the nerve to ask her on a date, he finds she's a Mexican tourist who doesn't speak any English. So, Manny must translate for them, even when events lead her to take Newman to meet her family in Mexico.