Naomi and runaway groom Max plan to elope to Las Vegas which goes terribly wrong when their car breaks down in the middle of the desert and they eventually both land in jail when they hitchhike a ride with a fugitive and armed robber. Meanwhile, Liam is forced to put his bar, The Offshore, up for sale in order to pay off the scheming and greedy Vanessa in order to buy out her $200,000 interest in Liam's movie contract. Navid later approaches Liam about becoming his business partner. Teddy is overwhelmed by Silver's request to father her baby. In Las Vegas, Adrianna continues her country music tour with Austin where she hooks up with a handsome stranger named Taylor, unaware that Dixon has got into a life-threatening car accident and is in a coma back in Los Angeles. Also, Debbie visits from Paris to see Annie after she tells her about Dixon's condition.

Naomi decides to throw a wedding reception when Max's investors continue to pull out of his and Alec's business. After some interesting words from Riley in physical therapy, Dixon lashes out at Annie for being too over protective of him while worrying that Adrianna sees him differently now that he is in a wheelchair. After being dissed by Liam and Navid, Silver develops feelings for a supportive Teddy, while awaiting for his answer on whether or not he will have her baby. Adrianna tries to avoid Taylor, who is now Liam and Navid's business partner, but is even more conflicted about her feelings for him when he kisses her. Also, Vanessa blackmails Liam into being with her after she gets her hands on a video of Liam walking away from the fire burning down the Offshore and tells people that they are engaged.

Naomi plans a romantic getaway with Max, intending to disclose that Alec kissed her, but when Max persuades Naomi to go camping and to perform a trust-building exercise, she freaks out when she's unable to complete it. Silver discovers that the nude pictures from her photo shoot have been posted on the Internet, and receives help removing them from Annie's new prospective beau, Colin, but she later regrets taking them down when she discovers how sexy she really can be. Liam enrolls in Lindsey's business law class, but she assumes he's not serious about his education. Liam's new movie co-star, Carrie, is harassing him to begin a relationship with her for publicity, so Liam attempts to escape by going camping with Navid and Dixon. When Liam goes missing in the woods, Carrie seizes the opportunity to alert the media to find him. Navid is annoyed at the fact that Dixon is performing at the opening of the Pop Up, due to the fact that Dixon hasn't healed and when he blurts out his feelings, it puts a strain in their friendship. Dixon encourages Adrianna to hire Taylor to create her new music video concept. After Taylor dares Adrianna to show him how sexy she can be, she realizes that she has feeling for him.

Mientras Dixon continúa recuperándose y experimentando extraños dolores de espalda, Adrianna confía en Annie que ella y Dixon tienen problemas de intimidad. Frustrada con la dedicación de Dixon a su carrera en la reapertura del nuevo club nocturno de Navid y Liam, el Pop Up, Adrianna decide reanudar su relación con Taylor. Mientras tanto, Navid espera demostrarle a Silver lo exitoso que se ha vuelto con el lanzamiento del Pop Up, pero comienza a sospechar que Silver y Liam están saliendo juntos. Por otro lado, Silver continúa con su profesión secreta de bailarina de burlesque como una forma de expresar sus emociones. Lindsey asiste al evento de apertura para discutir el plan de negocios de Liam, y su animosidad da paso a la pasión. Navid confisca el teléfono de un asistente y descubre un video de Lindsey y Liam teniendo relaciones sexuales. Annie se acerca más a Colin, pero Riley sospecha que Colin no es quien parece ser. Naomi lleva a Madison, la ex prometida de Max, para intentar que revele que Alec intentó arruinar su compromiso con Max y así mostrarle a Max el tipo de persona que es Alec, pero no sale según lo planeado.

Max tries to figure out how his company's video game technology got hacked, so Naomi and Alec work together to demo the video game at annual Phenomi-Con in Santa Barbara despite both of them not trusting each other and both of them equally unaware that Colin is the real culprit behind the hacking. When everyone finds out that it was Colin all along, Annie is upset about choosing the wrong guy yet again but happy at the prospect of starting something with Riley. Meanwhile, Taylor feels guilty for hooking up with Adrianna, so he tells her to end things with Dixon if she wants to be with him. But before Adrianna can do so, Dixon collapses due to a spinal infection, and Adrianna learns that he stopped taking his pain medication because he was afraid to become addicted to drugs again. Liam and Lindsey keep their relationship under wraps, but when Navid's jealous streak gets the best of him, he arranges for Liam and Lindsey's sex tape to be shown in place of a sneak peek of Liam's new movie at Phenomi-Com that ends their relationship and Lindsey's teaching career. When Liam and Silver realize Navid leaked it, they both cut ties with him for good.