The BHC community is settling back into school after a summer that was long, but not uneventful. Nik, who used the summer to clean up his act, feels that his hard work in the coke trade is going unappreciated by both Marisa and Jacob, which causes him to reconsider his part in the business altogether. Marisa, on a mission to take back Beta Sig from Blair, struggles to balance her complicated relationships with Dixon, Nik, and Jacob. Blair, disturbed by the negative image that Beta Sig has taken on ever since Lily’s death at the rave, finds comfort in a visit to her office hours from Trent. Adrian, there caught up in a romantic infatuation, begins to lose interest in his own business with a restless Declan, leading Declan to finally make the big moves that he’s waited to make all summer long…with disastrous results.