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Til Death Do Us Part
October 8, 2012
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.

The Sea Change
October 15, 2012
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.

It's All Fun and Games
October 22, 2012
Silver is coerced into spending the entire day with Adrianna, doing risk-taking challenges, a carefree adult in their 20s would do after she keeps putting off her insemination appointment. She later has a naked photo shoot, thanks to a suggestion from Naomi. While Max is away on business, Naomi does everything she can to have Alec like her and later, when they soon begin to bond, he kisses her, putting her in a tough position of whether or not to tell Max. Meanwhile, Annie has a reluctant Dixon meet with a therapy group at CU, when he loses hope at ever walking again and meets Megan, the daughter of the dead truck driver that caused Dixon's car accident. When a police detective begin questioning Liam about Vanessa's whereabouts, he contemplates telling the truth about the accident and facing serious jail time until he learns that the police have discovered Vanessa's criminal history and believe that she has simply run off again, leaving Liam relieved.

Into the Wild
November 5, 2012
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, Kendall, 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, Kendall 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.

Hate 2 Love
November 12, 2012
As Dixon continues to recuperate while receiving strange back pains, Adrianna confides in Annie that she and Dixon are having intimacy issues. Frustrated with Dixon's dedication to his career at the re-opening of Navid and Liam's new nightclub, the Pop Up, Adrianna goes to re-consummate her relationship with Taylor. Meanwhile, Navid hopes to show Silver how successful he's become with the launch of the Pop Up, but he becomes suspicious that Silver and Liam are seeing each other. Elsewhere, Silver continues her secret profession of burlesque dancing as an outlet for her emotions. Lindsey comes to the opening event to discuss Liam's business plan, and their animosity gives way to passion. Navid confiscates a attendee's phone and discovers a video of Lindsey and Liam having sex. Annie grows closer to Colin, but Riley suspects that Colin isn't who he appears to be. Naomi brings Max's former fiancée, Madison, to try to get her to reveal that Alec tried to destroy her own engagement with Max and in the process show Max the type of person Alec really is, but it doesn't go according to plan.

The Con
November 19, 2012
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.

99 Problems
November 26, 2012
Annie and Riley's relationship suffers when Riley gets upset at the fact that Annie doesn't treat him like her other boyfriends just because he is in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Adrianna finds out that she is performing at the Hollywood Bowl and thinks Dixon is going to propose to her after reading a text message on his phone. She then contemplates revealing that she cheated on him, but she doesn't when Dixon gives her a pair of beautiful diamond earrings and wants her to sign to his future record label. Naomi grows jealous when the replacement for Max's business partner is a hot young woman named Bryce and decides that she should be his partner instead. Silver is upset at the fact she still isn't pregnant and discovers that she may need surgery. Liam goes crazy after punching a paparazzi and getting arrested. His studio sends him a bodyguard, a female cop named Ashley Howard, but she later turns out to be an obsessed psychopath when she gets a picture of Liam tattooed on her back.

902-100
December 3, 2012
Naomi wants to get into a West Beverly High Alumni group, who are throwing an alumni event at the high school and does everything in her power to get in, such as donating a building, injuring her opponent in a football game, and throwing an after-party at the Playboy Mansion. Naomi also learns that Bryce double-crossed Max and had him fired so she could take over his job. Teddy returns for the alumni event and tells Silver that Shane broke up with him. Teddy and Shane decide to continue their relationship but Shane gets mad when he finds out Teddy and Silver are having a baby and tells him that they need to talk. Meanwhile, Dixon is happy when Adrianna signs with his record label until he finds the video of Adrianna kissing Taylor and she is forced to come clean about her tryst with Taylor. Adrianna's worst fears are realized when Dixon takes the news very badly and breaks up with her. But before she leaves, Dixon tells her that even though they are no longer together, he still owns her due to her signing with his record label also plans on giving her a very hard time. Annie gets a double blast from the past when she sees her ruthless overachieving cousin, Emily Bradford, at the event and finds out she is now a successful blogger, making her feel like she is a failure. She also sees her former flame Jasper Herman, who wants to apologize to Liam for what happened between the three of them, two years ago. When Liam continues to get threats about Vanessa, he tells Annie about what happened to Vanessa and the two confront Jasper, who reveals he is now in film school and wants Liam to read his script as a sign of forgiveness, plus Jasper knows nothing about Vanessa. Liam accepts Jasper's offer. Annie decides to start her own blog and writes about her relationship with Patrick.

The Things We Do for Love
December 10, 2012
With Max unemployed, Alec returns and offers to help him form a new computer company. Naomi attempts to persuade Bryce to rehire Max at his company after she takes over ownership, but she refuses. Naomi convinces Navid to take Bryce out for drinks to find out why she betrayed and ousted Max from his company. After a few drinks, Navid learns from the half-drunk Bryce that Alec set up Max's firing. Meanwhile, Annie decides to sign up for a writing program in Scotland for the next two years and gets Riley a tablet as a Christmas present, as a way of telling him which in turn angers him into thinking Annie doesn't want him to go with her because he is in a wheelchair. Elsewhere, Silver is distraught when Teddy refuses to sign over his parental rights and tries to convince her to let him co-parent the baby. Adrianna wants to reconcile with Dixon after he has been torturing her with work. Dixon tells Megan that he was in the accident that caused her father's death and instead of getting mad, she forgives him. Elsewhere, Liam receives another blackmail letter about Vanessa's accident which the blackmailer demands $500,000. Unsure who to trust, Liam shows the letter to Annie who agrees to lend Liam the money to help trap his blackmailer. But when Adrianna tells Ashley that she spotted Vanessa at a beauty salon, Ashley wrongly suspects that Liam is headed for a secret rendezvous with Vanessa and kidnaps him.

Misery Loves Company
January 21, 2013
Naomi and Adrianna take a road trip along the California coast to get away from their respective life problems, but more complications set in when their money and clothes get stolen from Naomi's car, including her wedding ring which prompts them to venture to a seedy biker bar to find their culprits, where Adrianna hooks up with a young motorcyclist and Naomi ventures to visit her estranged mother. Meanwhile, Liam finds himself held captive by the deranged Ashley in the basement of Offshore who has plans to take him to Mexico, while Annie and Vanessa learn that Ashley is not who she says she is. Dixon prepares a party at Naomi's house to celebrate the opening of his new recording label. Megan tells Dixon that she feels that he is not over Adrianna, so in order to move on, Dixon decides to let go of his anger and not feel anything for Adrianna. Elsewhere, Silver is still having problems with Teddy about the impregnation when he continues to want to be a part of her baby's life, while she wants to raise her child alone. Silver goes to Teddy's uncle to persuade him to drop his attempts to block her procedure, but when Teddy still will not back down, a row occurs which makes things worse for everyone.

We're Not Not in Kansas Anymore
January 28, 2013
Annie, now in a coma and fighting for her life during surgery after being shot, wakes up and finds herself in an alternate reality where she sees what life would be like if she and her family never moved to Beverly Hills. Annie discovers herself working as an actress in a summer stock theater in Kansas and engaged to her old high school boyfriend, Jason. Annie also learns that her parents got divorced anyway, but Dixon is living in California and is a successful rap star, but to her dismay, no longer keeps in touch with his family and is living a reckless life. Navid happens to be Dixon's manager who tries to keep him under control to protect his image. Annie travels to Los Angeles and meets Naomi who works as a real estate agent had she never won her trust fund back. Teddy is a successful tennis pro-player, but has still never told anyone about his real sexual orientation. Adrianna is a successful actress and Hollywood's "bad girl" having never quit drinking, drugs or partying. Silver is a cynical Internet blog writer who isn't close to anyone and has her own website of writing dirt on celebrities. Liam is revealed to be attending college but has problems with delivering drugs for Dixon as to pay off a debt he owns to his old school rival Ty.

Here Comes Honey Bye Bye
February 4, 2013
Naomi and Max seek the help of a marriage counselor, who advises Naomi to work on herself which leads her to plan a toddler's beauty pageant. After going on countless interviews, Max realizes that what he really wants to do with his life is attend a program at MIT. But Naomi doesn't want to move to Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Megan can't afford to stay at CU for the next semester unless she gets a scholarship. She refuses to accept help, and won't work for Dixon, in spite if his insistence. So Dixon goes behind her back and sets up an anonymous scholarship for her. But that plan backfires when Adrianna discovers that it was her hard earned money for Dixon's label that he used to fund the scholarship. Navid attempts to enroll at CU in order to pledge to be tapped by a secret society. Navid also learns that Teddy's embryos are Silver's one and only chance of having a baby, he goes to Teddy and demands that he let Silver have them. Reluctantly, Teddy agrees. But when Silver visits Teddy's lawyer, she realizes that there's a catch. Silver must find a surrogate mother, meaning she can't give birth to her own baby. Liam gets kicked out of a boxing gym because he sparred too violently as he continues to take out his anger and frustration over his kidnapping. Also, Annie learns that Riley is undergoing experimental back surgery in order to walk again. With Dixon's help, Annie rushes to the hospital in the hopes that she can stop him. When she arrives, the surgery is already complete. He seems perfectly healthy until later that night when Annie calls to check on him and learns that he suffered a blood clot in his lung and passed away.

#realness
February 11, 2013
Naomi and Max co-host a charity football game which re-kindles old feelings.

Brother from Another Mother
February 18, 2013
Annie becomes somewhat angry at Naomi whom has tracked down their real biological half-brother Mark Holland, a local chef who owns a gourmet food truck and Naomi tries to institute herself into Mark's life by holding a CU Food Truck Cook-Off competition where Wolfgang Puck is judging. Meanwhile, Liam experiences some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder while preparing to testify against Ashley, but he continues to refuse to talk about his feelings or deal with them. Navid falls further into the Cronos society's nefarious doings when he learns that Campbell runs a "cheaters club" in exchanging test answers to finals. Also, Silver becomes more overbearing with her surrogate Michaela whom begins to resent being Silver's pampering. Backlisted by the music industry, Adrianna is asked to substitute as a lead singer for a band in a Battle of the Bands competition at CU which Annie throws for Dixon who is looking for new fresh talent.

Strange Brew
February 25, 2013
Naomi tries to bond more with Mark as she helps him prepare for the opening of their own restaurant, but soon discovers that the preparation and cooking of food is more hectic then she imagined. Dixon persuades Michaela to join his record label as his new talented star and asks her to sing at Naomi and Mark's restaurant grand opening party. Meanwhile, Annie begins having romantic feelings for Liam once again as she continues to ghost write her life story, while at the same time Liam tries to brew his own type of beer which gets a negative reaction from everyone who drinks it. Elsewhere, Navid is asked by Campbell to escort his fiancée around where Navid accidentally discovers that Campbell is using Navid as a shield so he can cheat on her. Also, Silver and Adrianna decide to use Mark's old food truck as a documentary-on-wheels set where they try to interview random people with their life problems.

Life's a Beach
March 4, 2013
Liam decides to open his own custom surfboard shop for women, but things get complicated when he becomes romantically involved with his first investor; a wealthy young woman named Sydney who is married. Meanwhile, Naomi tries to convince Mark to stay in Los Angeles after he receives an offer to be head chef at a restaurant in New York, while Annie feels that Naomi is tying Mark down and plots a scheme to make him leave after learning that Mark has a meeting of minds with Adrianna. Elsewhere, Dixon convinces Silver to direct Michaela's first music video before she gets pregnant but they learn that the scheduling date for the video is on the day of Michaela's insemination appointment. Also, Navid tries to land a prestigious marketing job by trying to impress his uptight would-be employer, Brock Page.

Dude, Where's My Husband?
March 11, 2013
When Naomi is hired by a wealthy client to plan his wedding, Adrianna suggests they take a girls night out to forget their life problems which takes a sudden turn when (in a homage to 'Dude where's my car?' and 'The Hangover'), Naomi wakes up the next morning with no memory of the night before and finding out she's married. She teams up with Adrianna (who now has blond streaks) and with Silver to retrace the events of the evening before as well as to look for a missing Annie. Silver breaks the pact she made with Adriana and sleeps with Mark. Meanwhile, Dixon (at Mark's suggestion) hooks up with a bar girl to move on only to find out he has feelings for Michaela, as they spend more time together. Elsewhere, Liam secretly discovers that Campbell (whom is the stepson of Sydney) is plotting to frame Navid for the Cronos Society's cheating scam and he decides to socialize with the Cronos group to get close to them in order to find a way to clear Navid's name.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Call Girl
April 15, 2013
Jordan asks Naomi to plan a launch party for the latest hot writer, known as Author X, which forces Annie to admit her identity to Naomi. Silver worries that Adrianna is not okay that she is dating Mark. Meanwhile, Dixon finds out that Michaela has feelings for Navid.

The Empire State Strikes Back
April 22, 2013
Annie's planning to public that she's the author of her book. But Patrick, the man who paid her for sex, is worried that if she comes out, his family will learn about them so he threatens her to remain anonymous. But when Dixon learns of his threat, he goes to Patrick and tells him that he stands by Annie. Meanwhile, Liam and Navid try to get a young female surfer, named Cassie, to be their spokesman for their surfboard company but she asks for something difficult. So Navid turns to Adriana for help. Also, Naomi goes to New York to meet Jordan's mother but she knows all about Naomi. Michaela catches Navid and Adrianna during an intimate moment. Silver is still unsure about where she stands with Mark.

You Can't Win 'em All
April 29, 2013
When Mark gets arrested for drug possession, Naomi calls on Jordan for help in which he calls in a favor from his mother. But Cheryl's one condition is that Jordan must end things with Naomi. Naomi then tries to hide the fact about Mark's arrest from his ex-wife and estranged son and daughter by throwing a party for them. Meanwhile, Annie must deal with Liam's growing anger stemming after the fallout of Liam being in her book is made public. Michaela catches Navid and Adrianna during an intimate moment. Silver is opposed to Michaela signing a recording contract with Dixon.

Scandal Royale
May 6, 2013
Naomi helps Jordan's sister, Elizabeth, out of a messy political situation, and in turn makes a deal with his mother. Teddy returns to Beverly Hills after Dixon phones him to tell him that Michela has gone missing and asks for his help to find her. When Silver and company eventually find her, she announces that she has had a miscarriage. Meanwhile, Liam asks Annie to buy the Off Shore off him, so that he can leave to Australia with Sidney. Later Adrianna performs on stage after a performance from Fall Out Boy, but the night ends in disaster.

We All Fall Down
May 13, 2013
"Rescue 90210" as Navid goes after Ade amid the wreckage of the collapsed stage, Naomi turns the disaster into yet another self-promoting event, Silver finds out she has cancer, and Annie finally gets her marriage proposal.