A moral panic drives Jane and her friends to create their own narrative and name and The Pink Ladies “girl gang” is officially formed.

On Halloween, a last-minute move by Buddy and the Socs threatens to blow up Jane’s campaign, and romance proves to be tricky for the Pink Ladies.

With the election over, Cynthia questions whether the Pink Ladies' relationship will be the same as she rehearses for the play. As the girls consider who they are without each other, they make unexpected connections. Nancy struggles to delegate her vision to Hazel while making costumes for the play. Jane and Susan, at the peak of their frustrations with one another, are forced to take drivers ed together. And Olivia must ask for Mr. Daniels help to do an investigation for the newspaper.