Jennie, Caroline, Eve, and Alison are throwing a birthday party for their friend Lindsay. Everything gets out of control, when Jennie goes way overboard with party planning.
Caroline suddenly becomes the talk of the town when Emma (her sister-in-law and local celebrity) reveals some unfortunate details from Caroline's past in a TV interview.
Jennie and Alison commiserate about endless job interviews and rejection, and she comes to realize her college degree has no value in the small town of Redmonton.
After another night of staying in, Jennie convinces her friends they need to mix things up. However, their girls' night out turns out to be a complete disaster.
Lindsay finally returns with news that she's moving to New York, and Caroline gets some bad news. The girls think back to eight months ago, when Jennie first returned from Chicago, and certain events led them down a certain path.
In PART 2 of the flashback, Eve starts to fall apart and tries to reach out to Marcus. Discover what happened between Eve and Marcus the night before he moved away to Columbia, MO, and the one thing that stands between them and happily ever after (eight months ago).