Both Charlie and Julia have to decide on a second chance with their former partners. At Owen's insistence, Bailey thinks about moving back into the Salinger house with him and Sarah. Claudia confides in her former violin coach about her life problems.

As Sarah and Bailey move back to the Salinger house, Charlie and Kirsten's relationship grows as he moves into her apartment. Julia gets close to a visiting female English professor. Claudia's bandmate tries to reunite her with Cody at an R.E.M. concert.

Bailey has a bad day. Both Charlie and Kirsten try to spend time together, but their jobs say different. Julia gets into trouble after she writes an article about a non-enrolled classmate. Claudia meets a boy from the past and learns more about her instinct in boys. A boy in school tells Owen that Victor is a faggot.