Brandon returns to work for the summer at the Beverly Hills Beach Club to find that his parents are new members and Andrea is now working there as the child-care supervisor. Meanwhile, an increasingly devious Brenda defies her parents and continues to secretly see Dylan with help from Kelly and Donna. But Brenda is caught in the act when Jim and Cindy see her with Dylan at the beach club. Brenda reacts by running away to Dylan's house. Steve takes over Brandon's job at the Peach Pit on a bet that he can't hold down a job for a single week.

Brenda learns that living with Dylan isn't what she expected. Jim threatens to freeze Dylan's monthly payments from his trust fund on the grounds that by living with Brenda, he is unlawfully living with a minor. Meanwhile, Kelly and Donna plan a trip to Paris, but Kelly decides not to go, as she wants to stay and help care for her newborn baby sister. Jim, using a little influence and blackmail, convinces Brenda to go to Paris in Kelly's place, to get her away from Dylan. Brandon and Steve flirt with two twin girls at the beach club who later turn the tables on a thoughtless Steve when he plans a date swap. Andrea becomes close to a 10-year-old deaf boy in her day care group.

Brandon becomes jealous of Andrea's new boyfriend, Jay, who invites her to Houston with him for a Republican convention, while she tries to get Cameron, to join on her day care group outings. Dylan's father, Jack, asks to put in a good word for him at his parole hearing, and Kelly keeps Dylan some company while mending her broken heart over leaving Jake Hanson (see Melrose Place). Meanwhile, Brenda and Donna arrive in Paris and they get a less than dazzling welcome to the City of Light after meeting brash students, as well as eating at a local restaurant.