90210: Rush Hour

"What the hell happened last night!?!"

The gang is still recovering from the events the night before. Everyone seems to be dealing with their own issues for the future: family, money, redemption, career, status, etc..

It's pledge week at CU and everyone is pissed at Naomi for having her party get busted and causing the dean to banned all student social events until next month. Naomi decides that she and Annie must now join a sorority, and she decides to go for the best one Kappa Lamda Ada. Naomi decides to divide and conquer which leads to one of sisters welcoming Annie while Naomi is shunned for her party fiasco. The president, Holly welcomes Naomi to the house and relates to her situation. Holly informs Naomi that she wants to bid her and be her big sister. The girls have to go through their initiation for pledge week. Annie's big sister is more than happy to help her with her simple task of kissing a statue. Naomi is confident as she walks across campus in her underwear but shocked when she is attacked with water balloons, however she does not let that stop her from pledging. She goes to Austin later to borrow his pig for her dinner with a farm animal. After he agrees she continues to insult him which leads to Austin suggesting she play opera, specifically Rossini, for his pig at dinner which leads to him jumping on her table. Naomi gets her final trial and questions why she is getting treated worse. Holly informs her that this is all to prepare her for her future as the next president of the sorority. Naomi's final challenge involves her swinging into the football practice in a mascot uniform. She falls and her mask comes off leading to the team recognizing her as the girl responsible for the team captain inhaling  marijuana from the party and not being able to play. The team pours sports drink all over her in revenge. That night at the ceremony Annie is welcomed into the sisterhood, but Naomi is not. Holly informs her that they were the other bidders for her house that she bought and she took the house that they wanted for their sorority for years and they were the ones who called the cops on her party. Naomi plots her revenge against Holly and informs Annie that she needs to stay in the sorority to be her mole on the inside.

Annie is spending more time with her new friend Jeremy on campus. He forgets his wallet and Annie has to pay for their coffees. Later Naomi suggests that Jeremy is just a gold digger after Annie's money. Annie jokes about it with Jeremy and tells him the story of meeting Marla that led to Marla leaving her the money. She later kisses Jeremy for her last trial to become a Kappa. She later goes to see Jeremy at his frat house where she finds out he is not a member. She later goes to meet her lawyer and finds out that Jeremy is Marla's grandson who was spying on her to get information. He blames her for not warning anyone that his grandmother was suicidal and plans to stop her from inheriting Marla's fortune.

Dixon is not happy that Adrianna is hanging around his place after her night with Austin. He is trying to focus on his meeting coming up with big producer Juice Randall. Austin returns home later to see that Adrianna is still there and has been making changes to the place. Dixon and Austin argue over who has to ask Adrianna to leave. Austin informs Dixon that he and Adrianna only made out and fell asleep. Austin then promises to sign a licence to help Liam sell alcohol if Dixon asks Adrianna to leave. Later Adrianna is ready to leave on her own and informs Dixon that she has been hanging around because of him, as he is the only person from the group who doesn't look at her like she's a monster. The two bond over their passion for music which leads to Dixon advising her to apply to be a waitress at Liam's bar. Liam does not like the idea at first but changes his mind. Later Austin gives Dixon his ADHD medication to stay alert and focused on his work but Dixon declines. Dixon struggles to stay awake to finish his music tracks and takes some of Austin's pills.

Liam comes to Dixon questioning what happened the night before that resulted in him buying the little bar he was at. Liam has now lost all his money and needs to figure out what to do next. Liam and Dixon go to meet the owner to get his money back. He is happy to take it back but reminds Liam of how much he wanted this place last night and how he was desperately trying to get over a woman named "Jane". Liam then decides to keep the bar. Dixon questions him but Liam won't share the details of what happened this past summer. Liam and Dixon are hanging out when Liam steps away and Jane (a girl he met in Alaska) shows up looking for him. Liam is shocked to see her and Dixon excuses himself. Jane tells Liam that he is the only person who knew her late husband Jim so she feels close to him. Liam informs Jane that Jim took his place at work while Liam was sleeping and that's when he got killed in the accident, so Liam blames himself. The next day Jane comes to tell Liam that she doesn't blame him and that she is staying in town for a while. Liam tells her that he only spent time with her because he felt bad but when he looks at her he is reminded of his guilt over Jim's death. After talking to Adrianna, Liam realizes he needs to face his guilt. He later goes to see Jane and talk about his feelings for her and the two end up kissing and heading into her room.

Navid is worried because Leila hasn't come back yet after she ran out. Silver checks her Twitter and sees that seems to be fine wherever she is hiding. Navid later runs into Adrianna at Dixon's and tells her what's going on with Leila, she apologizes for the party and gives him advice on how to find his sister. He returns later and Silver tells him that Leila has stopped updating her Twitter feed. He later gets a video message from his sister saying she has been kidnapped, not to call the cops, and that they're demanding $50,000. Silver tries to tell him to relax, as she is still suspicious. Navid is angry at her for not being concerned and informs her that Adrianna cares more than she does. He accuses her of not understanding because her family is never around. Silver runs into Adrianna and shows her the video and Adrianna recognizes the building she is in as the nail salon they used to go to as friends. Adrianna expresses how horrible she feels for almost pushing Silver to suicide and informs her about her suicide attempt but Silver still doesn't trust her. Silver and Navid later find her having a good time and she confesses that she needed the ransom money so her and her 23 year old boyfriend could open their own tattoo parlor in New Mexico. Navid grabs his sister and storms out of the tattoo shop. That night Navid apologizes to Silver for getting angry with her and is surprised that she was willing to talk to Adrianna. Silver reflects on how her friends have always been her family and she cannot stand to lose anymore people. Silver informs Navid that he has no chance in keeping a teenage girl away from the guy she loves. Navid later goes to warn Leila's boyfriend but finds out that he wants $75,000 to stay away from her. He later has to ask his shady business "family" for help.

This episode was actually better than the premiere. The premiere seemed to be more wrapping up and moving on with the season 2 finale, whereas this episode seemed to mix the past with the present and future story lines. The episode gets a B+ and let's see if the episodes continue to get better.

Next Week's Episode: Greek Tragedy