Blair starts law school. She spends a lot of time with her law professor. While the two of them are in his office talking, his wife comes in and assumes that they're "together". So word gets around about Blair and her professor. She considers dropping out.
Natalie's been given an assignment to do an article on the ROTC. Natalie gets close to a cadet. Later when they get a new drill sergeant, they learn that they're going sky diving which makes Natalie nervous. She has to decide if she wants to stick with it or drop out when the cadet she got close to will.
With Tootie's boyfriend, Jeff, away she gets asked by another guy to go out on a date. At first, she doesn't want to because it might seem she's stepping out on Jeff. But Blair convinces her to. And on the night they're suppose to go out, Jeff shows up. And Natalie's boyfriend, Snake finally shows up.
Andy meets a guy at the youth center where Jo works and starts hanging with him. But when they learn the guy spends him time goofing around and appears not be doing anything with his life and Andy starts to act like him, they think he shouldn't hang with Andy anymore. They learn that he thinks he's going to die on his 30th birthday like so many others in his family. They tell him that he's an idiot. Later Casey tells Jo she's being irresponsible because there people who thought they were going to die and do. So she asks the guy to spend his birthday with them.
Blair interns at a law firm and learns that her law professor who resigned because it was assumed that they were having an affair, works there. He asks her to help her with the case, he's working on, which is defending a man who's accused of murder. She brings him and everybody acts nervous around him. Later Blair comes up with a strategy for the trial.
A slip-up at a beauty parlor turns Jo's hair blonde and Blair's hair green, causing problems at a banquet. Meanwhile, Pippa's band is scheduled to perform at that same banquet.
When Blair decides to make some changes to Eastland to save it. Things don't get off to a good start. She also has to deal with a student who seems intent on getting kicked out. Blair tries to find out why.