Tea struggles to respond to Todd's questions regarding her motives for staying on the island. While Tood is watching her still, waiting for an answer, Tea keels over in pain. Meanwhile, Lindsay finds herself in trouble on the way to Rae's house when she is stopped by police officer Roberts who is a new cop and does not no about Lindsay and Allison's escape. At the same time, Allison and RJ contemplate their next move while Roxy sees them from Rae's window which she was there to return the Women of the Yaer award. Elsewhere in Llanview, Starr finds Blair and Hedy leaving a seductive message from Troy, but Starr remains confused since she thinks Blair still loves Todd. At the same time, Nora overhears the message on Troy's answering machine and decides to drop by at Blair's because Matthew left his sleeping bags pillow there. Speaking of Nora, she is the object of Troy's concern when he finds out that Lindsay has escaped. To further complicate matters, Antonio thinks the worst when
Al puts his plan to get Jen back into action after he steals Natalie's house keys. Speaking of Natalie, Christian shares important information with her, and a moment of celebration turns into passion. In the midst of their kiss, Jen almost walks in on them. Elsewhere, Tea and Todd remain confused about their feelings. Back at the scene of the car accident, Lindsay decides to take the high road by throwing Nora a rope. Hoping to go unnoticed, Lindsay leaves, believing that Nora is out of harm's way. But, the rope breaks and Nora is thrown back into the water. Then, Troy arrives and panics when he finds Nora underwater.
Todd and Tea continue their passionate kiss, but are shocked when Ross shows up. Unfortunately, Todd lets his jealousy get in the way and refuses to work together with them.
Troy asks his sister, Emily, to accompany him when he takes Nora away from harms way. Unfortunately for Troy, Emily says no, and states that Troy's willingness to protect Nora might stem from his inability to save his old wife, Joanna.
Lindsay grows doubtful of Allison, and in the process, ends up making plans for them to go to Canada. Later, Allison gives Lindsay a stern warning not to go down into the basement. Down in Rea's basement, Roxy causes more harm than good when she knocks herself out while trying to escape.
Tea's plan to make Todd jealous by spending time with Ross finally uncovers when Ross figures it out. However, Ross tells a surprised Tea that he understands her intention and doesn't object. Speaking of Todd, he can't get Tea out of his mind, and he later decides to come clean with her. At the same time, Addie starts to think that Blair might actually have romantic feelings for Sam. Meanwhile, Starr sets out on a new mission to track down Todd. At Rae's house, Lindsay and Allison must find a quick hiding place when Sam arrives. Rae comes home as well, and flatly refuses Sam's request to borrow files. Later, as Sam remains preoccupied with other matters, Rae takes the cassette tape that has her session with Asa on it. In the process, Rae doesn't realize how close she is to revealing Alison and Lindsay's hiding spot. Meanwhile, Al remains plagued with feelings of guilt, while Max and Gabrielle continue to reward his efforts. Later in the day, Bo calls Al and asks him to come down
Lindsay and Rae get a lucky break when Rae doesn't spot them in her house. Unfortunately for Lindsay, her relief turns to anger when she sees a picture of Troy and Nora together. Speaking of them , their trip to the cabin is anything but happy. Later, Troy and Nora manage to make love, but their passionate moment is ruined when Troy has a nightmare of Joanna.
Up in the cabin, Nora wakes Troy up from his nightmare. In the aftermath, Troy tells Nora that he will always look out for her, but in a private moment, Troy has trouble letting go of his past. At the same time, Jessica goes up to Viki's attic and finds Starr. Together, they talk about the rough times they've both been through. Back in Llanview, Rae gets pleasure out of making Asa squirm. In response to finding out that Rae plans on writing a book about him, Asa inquires as to what he can do to get Rae to change her mind. Meanwhile, Roxy tells Alison that she's certain she can get the money she needs because she will offer Max a divorce in exchange for 50,000 dollars. As a result, Roxy places a call to Max, but Max hangs up when Roxy starts screaming that she's being held captive. Seconds later, Allison says that she will use Roxy as a protective force, but before they can do anything, a pair of hands reach out of the trunk and starts to choke Allison.
Somewhere in the Pacific, Todd misinterprets a moment between Tea and Ross, and therefore decides to steal the raft and leave the island. Blair tries to comfort Starr by telling her that she would never do anything to keep her apart from her dad.
Thousands of miles away in the ocean, Tea convinces Todd to accompany her back to shore, where she finally admits her love for him. At the same time, Ross comes to the conclusion that Tea will never be his. Meanwhile, Tea is delighted when Todd admits he has feelings for her as well.
Over dinner, Jen amuses herself by giving Natalie grief about Chris. Speaking of relationships, Carlotta tries to get Keri to work things out with Antonio. Then Antonio and RJ appear on the verge of a violent fistfight. Later, Keri goes to see RJ, but is shocked when she sees his injuries. RJ tells his daughter that Antonio attacked him.
As part of his scheme to divorce Roxy, Max takes his wife to Capricorn and gets RJ to help him with his plan. However, Roxy remembers seeing Allison and RJ together, so she decides to call the cops.
RJ catches on to Roxie's scheme and prevents her from calling the police by telling her Max's plan to get her drunk and have her sleep it off while he goes to divorce court.
Jen asks Al if he was the one who set fire to her room. Al admits his actions, but he tries to explain that everything he did was out of love for Jen. Meanwhile, Max's plan to divorce Roxy on grounds of abandonment fail to translate in court. As a result, Roxy is awarded all of Max's assets. Max's devastation is eased only a tad when Roxy says that she'd rather stay married than accept his money.
Blair can't believe her ears when she finds out what happened to Ben. In response, she offers to help Sam deal with his grief. In turn, Chad comforts Blair. In the meantime, Todd accepts Tea's admission of love for him, and tells her that he does trust. Elsewhere in town, Lindsay can't control her excitement when the governor of Pennsylvania tells her that she has received a pardon for saving Mollie's life. Later, RJ and Lindsay decide to never tell anyone about their roles in the prison escape. As a result, Lindsay decides to change her life for the better.
Tea realizes for the first time that her actions hurt Ross. Regardless, Todd and Tea later kiss while going for a skinny-dip in the ocean. Back in Llanview, Blair and Chad decide to keep a professional working relationship. Later, Blair and Starr have a talk, and Blair tells Starr that she's not going to replace Todd. In the middle of their talk, Blair receives divorce papers.
Keri remains determined to find Antonio. Speaking of the missing man, Antonio is seen at a diner with a woman, but he later loses his cool with her when he has flashbacks of Ben's shooting.
Troy gives Lindsay a stern warning to steer clear of him and Nora. Regardless, Lindsay continues to snoop into Troy's past and finds out that he worked at a hospital in Africa. As a result, Lindsay decides to go to great lengths to find Troy's secret wife. At the same time, Antonio and the woman at the diner have an encounter, but this time Antonio learns that the woman just returned from Africa.
The woman at the diner breaks down in front of Antonio when she explains that she was just in Africa scattering her dead husband's ashes. As a result, the woman tries to help Antonio deal with his grief. Apparently she works her magic, because they kiss and later begin to make love.
At the airport, Lindsay buys a ticket to Africa, but unbeknownst to her, Troy sees her from afar. Meanwhile, after a night of romance, Antonio and the woman from the dinner feel a sense of renewed purpose. Therefore, Antonio realizes that he still loves Keri, and decides to return to Llanview. Back in town, Keri can't wait to see Antonio again. At the same time, Bo tells RJ that Keri will eventually realize what Antonio's done to her. Also, Bo tells Gabrielle that he has no information stemming from the fire in Jen's room. Speaking of Jen, she narrowly escapes a huge blowup with Chris by explaining her phone call to Al. However, Al is dumbfounded when Jen says that she and Chris are still an item. As a result, Jen forces Al to steer clear of her and Chris. Meanwhile, Rex tells Natalie that he told Chris she went on a date. Natalie feels that she can no longer live in the past, so she decides to go on a date with Chad. Then, Chris tells Chad not to hurt Natalie or he will be sorry ev