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A flashback shows Bella and James visiting Bella’s house, which belonged to her family at the time, after her parents had died. Bella is having a hard time coping with their sudden death and expresses feelings of attachment to the house she grew up in, and James suggests that they can move in there if it would be good for her. They decide to move and discuss what to put in the room downstairs (the mysterious room), which used to be the main bedroom. Bella asks the movers to leave it empty. The camera pans inside the room and shows its transformation from a bedroom to a nursery, then to its present state: a dusty nursery partially used for storage, with some stuff covered in a blanket and a framed picture of James.

The group is in the hospital waiting for news on Derek’s situation, as Maya comes in and tells them that the doctors rushed him into surgery, but that they won’t reattach the severed fingertip and he’ll have to do without it. The group is disturbed about having seen Bella’s nursery, and the protagonist confronts her about it. Bella tells the group how she first met James and fell in love with him when they were both in college. James served in the special forces at the time, and eventually they moved into her family’s house and got married. After a while, Bella became pregnant with their daughter, and James decided to retire from his work in the special forces, but he had to go on one last mission. One night, an officer called Bella and told her that James was MIA and perhaps dead, and over the hard time that followed, Bella suffered a miscarriage, and thus the nursery was left as-is. The flashback ends, and Bella goes out with Jill to get some air, as the protagonist follows them. Outside, Bella continues the story, telling how she was given medication for her depression as she started losing her sanity. Bella returns to the flashback from the riverside library and reveals that the images of James there were hallucinations, which is why they eventually had her fired. She then tried to commit suicide, but was rushed to the hospital by a neighbor who happened to see her passing out. The protagonist is extremely disturbed by the story and goes back to the hospital while Patrick calls Maya and tells her that he wants to come and see that they are alright, and she is surprised when he ends the call by telling her he loves her. In the hospital, the protagonist tells the group about Bella having attempted suicide in the past. Sage tells them that Bella and Jill left, and they decide to head back to Bella’s place.

Tybalt calls an emergency meeting at the prep house to read the letter that he got, and scolds Lucas for stealing his look. He shows the pictures of the DIKs breaking into the mansion and peeing on his bed, stealing his moose trophy, and Derek stealing Rich’s suit, top hat, and cane, and scolds the young preps who find it funny. Gordon is also angry at the DIKs for stealing Beth from him. Trent asks Tybalt what he wants to do about the DIKs, and Tybalt grins.

Conditional story - Jade's video If the protagonist shared Jade's video, it plays right after Tybalt's presentation, to the horror of Tybalt and everyone's shock.

Patrick arrives at Bella’s house first and observes the damaged living room and the nursery, wondering what happened there, as the group arrives with Derek, his finger bandaged and high on painkillers. Patrick is relieved to see Derek and Maya are okay, hugs them, heads back home, and even tolerates seeing Josy with Maya. Josy and the protagonist observe Bella’s nursery and discuss their reactions to the events that had happened, as Bella arrives with Jill. Bella asks the group to stay with her for dinner despite everything that had happened, and they clean up the mess and order pizza. While they are eating, Bella says that she wants to continue the story yet again, because it ends with a positive turn. After her suicide attempt, the hospital sent Bella to Jonathan’s group therapy, where people who have suffered losses of loved ones share their stories. Bella didn’t manage to open up to the group until one time when Jonathan brought Jill to tell her story of Lana’s death, and Jill befriended Bella, who managed to confide in her. Bella reveals that her friendship with Jill gave her new hope and helped her turn her life around. The flashback ends, and the group decides to exchange their Christmas presents and end the night, as the narrator narrates that after all, they had a nice time together that evening.

On the street outside Buddy’s drug den, a police force led by Detective Conti observes the scene. Conti discusses the situation with a fellow cop while they wait for the scout dog to return, noting that the drug den is well hidden from sight and therefore the whistleblower must have known more about this place than she let on to the police. The scout dog returns, noting that the dog went crazy from the smell of drugs everywhere in the den, and they enter together. Another cop shows Conti that he found Buddy’s ledger, asserting that this is a list of their customers, who they used animal code-names for, such as “Fox”, “Vulture” and “Ermine”. Conti chastises the cop for his inexperience and tells him that he misread the evidence, as this is a list of dealers, not customers, and that the big safe is where they hold a large amount of drugs. The lock-pick opens the safe, and Conti is disappointed to see inside only a small amount of drugs, cash, and a gun, as the inexperienced cop taunts him for being wrong about the safe. Conti angrily tells him to go put on gloves because he’s destroying the evidence, and instructs the rest of the team to collect what was in the safe.

Quinn watches the scene from the motel room. She eats and goes to sleep, waking up in the middle of the night from the alarm clock she set up, and she gets dressed and heads to the drug den with a crowbar. She enters the den from the window as Rox’s voice from the chess flashback is heard again, telling Quinn how he baited her with something insignificant and distracted her from something more important, and that he is now going to show her something. She goes to the back room and removes the rug, revealing a larger safe whose code is her birth year, containing much more drugs and money. She starts packing the goods when she hears Mick entering the den, talking with someone on the phone about Buddy being arrested as they worry that he might snitch on them. They discuss one of the dealers being responsible for snitching on Buddy, and Mick suspects Vinny. Mick says that the cops got the decoy safe and enters the back room, seeing nothing in the main safe, and tells the person on the phone that the cops also got the big safe. Mick asks them what they are going to do about Buddy, but they hang up. Mick leaves, and Quinn comes out from hiding, taking the drugs and money she hid in a cardboard box nearby.

Buddy is in an interrogation room as Detective Conti comes in and begins interrogating him. Buddy refuses to give any answers, and Conti reads the information that they have about him. Buddy’s real name is Robert Dabbs; he grew up in Minnesota and was sent to juvenile hall as a kid for using drugs, where he allegedly poisoned another inmate with fentanyl, but the allegations were never proven. After getting released, he wasn’t seen anywhere until the police caught him at the drug den on “Easy Street”. Conti tells Buddy that they have enough evidence and threatens to send him to prison for a long time unless Buddy agrees to cooperate with the police. Buddy asks to talk to a lawyer.

Quinn is back in her room in the HOT mansion and calls Mick, pretending that she just saw that the police raided the den, and that she’s desperate to continue working with them to sell drugs, as Mick hangs up on her. Anthony assaults Derek after he sees the video of him sleeping with Ashley, and Philip sends Anthony to the disciplinary committee. Ashley and Derek discuss the tape being leaked, and Derek tells her that he loves her, and they kiss. Sally and the protagonist study in the library while Sally is being watched by the nerds. Bert pulls Sally over to one of the aisles to talk in private and tells her that she shouldn’t befriend the protagonist because she will get hurt in what will ensue. Bert tells her that he wants to help her, but it’s not up to him, and that they might be able to make amends after “the vendetta” is done, as Sally scoffs and says Magnar burned the bridge with her. Bert reveals that Magnar found “Excalibus,” as Sally says that she knows and has seen it herself. They leave, and Nick appears from behind the aisle, having heard their private discussion.

The alphas discuss the recent letters and Anthony’s fight with Derek. Dawe tells them that they need to lay low so as not to get anyone expelled before the competition, but Chad tells the alphas that they should be more aggressive with the DIKs. Chad tells them that his letters contained more pictures of Sage. Dawe vetoes the decision to take action against the DIKs.

Tybalt and Rich are on their way to the DIK mansion as Tybalt asks Rich to take revenge by ending their lease or raising their rent as they did with the nerds, and Rich replies that he can’t because they don’t own the mansion anymore, as they sold it to Mr. Burgmeister at the time. Tybalt demands his stuff back from the DIKs, and Rusty complies, and the DIKs return the moose head trophy and Rich’s suit, cane, and top hat. Derek tells the protagonist about what happened between him, Anthony, and Ashley.

Conditional story - Jade's video If the protagonist shared Jade's video, Tybalt's smile turns evil as he reveals that he saw the video and showed it to Sage. The protagonist runs to Sage's room and finds her devastated.

Conditional story - Consequences, part 1 If the protagonist shared Jade's video, Sage ends her relationship or friendship with him. If the protagonist is in a relationship with Sage and slept with Jade but didn't share the video, he breaks up with her. If the protagonist has decided to return to Zoey, he breaks up with his current love interests. Sage and Jill meet and discuss the recent events in their life; if Sage saw Jade's video, she tells Jill about that, and Jill also ends her relationship or friendship with the protagonist. The girl group meets to discuss the recent events. If the protagonist is dating Bella and she learns about Jade's video, she breaks up with him.

Vinny is walking to his apartment when Mick threatens him at gunpoint and has him enter the apartment and show Mick what’s on his phone. Vinny doesn’t understand what’s going on as Mick is again talking with someone on the phone and tells that person that he sees on Vinny’s phone that he threatened a customer to keep buying from him at an overcharged price, even after Buddy cut up his face, and thus he can’t be trusted, and asks what to do with him. While Mick is talking on the phone, Vinny tries to reach his gun, which is stored in the cupboard. A gunshot is heard.

In class, Derek and the protagonist discuss Ashley, as the blue-eyed girl appears in the classroom, and Derek tells the protagonist that she’s Nikita, the girl who forgot her bag in his room at the Halloween party. The protagonist talks with Nikita and with Sally, offering the latter a seat with him and Derek.

In lab class, Nora is shocked to hear about Derek having cut his finger off. She groups him with a student named Oliver Anderson, as the protagonist is grouped with Sally again. After class, Nora takes the protagonist to her lab to show him what she’s working on. She tells him about her research on chromatography and that it can be used to detect traces of materials such as drugs or analyze proteins to design cures for disease. Nora concludes that the protagonist might have a future working as a chemist.

Conditional story - Side girls If the protagonist dated Nora, they have sex in her lab. If the protagonist dated Cathy and Jade, Cathy invites him over to her office and they have sex while Jade joins them remotely via a video call. If the protagonist flirted with Nikita, Sally is jealous.

In their room at the HOT house, Josy shows Maya her blog. Maya is initially uneasy with the large exposure Josy has but eventually accepts and follows her. They see that a large influencer called TheDiane saw Josy’s blog and sent her a message offering to feature her on her blog, and Josy excitedly accepts Diane’s offer.

Jill and Jonathan meet in a coffee shop. Jonathan gives her a copy of his new book on coping with anxiety, and they discuss Jill’s project to set up a foundation for Lana. Jill is reluctant to ask her parents for initial funding for the foundation, but Jonathan thinks they will be glad to help with it. Jill accepts that the existence of the foundation might help her father get over Lana’s death. Jonathan reveals that he now lectures in schools and universities and offers that Jill does the same.

Conditional story - Relationship talks If Jill and the protagonist broke up, she tells Jonathan about it, who tells her that her boyfriend didn't deserve her. If the protagonist dated Lily, she meets him at the library and discusses her feelings for him. If the protagonist told Sage he slept with Jade, she confronts Jade about it, who tells Sage her side of the story and reveals that Stephen cheated on her with B&R students.

Nick tells the protagonist about the nerds’ discussion that he overheard, asserting that they are up to something. The protagonist confronts Nick again about him using the laptop to post the Cathy cluck, and Nick reveals that when he was with the laptop at that party, he used it to watch porn and got caught by someone, so he left the laptop open for a while. The protagonist then sees Riona and follows her outside, where she shows him her wounded face. They go back to his room, and she tells him what Buddy and Mick did to her that night, and how angry she is with Quinn for getting her into this mess. The protagonist advises her to stay away from Quinn and lets her sleep in his room. Rusty asks the protagonist to help him plan the New Year’s Eve party, revealing that it’s going to be a shared party with the Alphas.

The protagonist goes with Derek, Jamie, and Leon to The Pink Rose. He tells them what Nick told him about the nerds, but Jamie and Leon are not worried, as they say that their revenge is probably something mild. They also discuss their displeasure with the shared New Year’s Eve party, as Sandy finds the protagonist and offers to come with her and Tania. Derek is still depressed about Ashley.

The next day, the protagonist is studying for the finals in his room and calls Rusty to get details for the party and start planning it. The protagonist then reads another chapter of Lynette’s diary, which continues after she and Neil had sex. Lynette writes that they have had sex many more times in the coming days, until one day they got caught by her mother, who told her father, who got outraged and summoned Neil to a talk. Lynette’s father blames Neil for trespassing and defiling his daughter and fires him, which causes Neil to be outraged and beat him up. After Neil leaves, Lynette is crying and tells her father that she loves Neil, but her father tells her she can’t date him.

The protagonist is shocked by what he had just read in the diary when suddenly a thud is heard from the bathroom. The protagonist goes to investigate, but the bathroom is locked, and Tommy is inside crying for help. He brings a screwdriver and forces the lock open and sees Tommy lying on the floor, nearly passed out, as Tommy tells him to get his bag from the fridge in his room. On the way there, he sees Rusty and tells him about Tommy, and Rusty immediately knows what is going on, as they both rush to Tommy’s room to get the bag. Tommy takes a syringe out of the bag and injects it into his thigh, and he finally manages to recover and talk. The protagonist is confused, and Tommy asks him if he doesn’t remember, and the protagonist suddenly regains his memory from their first night in The Pink Rose in full. In the flashback, the protagonist and Tommy are doing shots, and he blames Tommy for not being a good father to him, and Tommy tells him that, as proof that he trusts him, he will tell him a DIK secret - that he has diabetes, and that’s why he can’t do too many shots. The protagonist flashes back to all the times he saw Tommy doing things with needles, suddenly realizing that these were all shots for his diabetes and not drugs. After Tommy recovers, they go to his room to talk, and Tommy apologizes that he sometimes snaps at him or gets angry due to low blood sugar. Tommy tells the protagonist how he used to get bullied in school because of his diabetes, with kids stealing his medicine and making fun of him for taking the shots in his tummy, calling him “Tummy Tommy”, and that, as a result of that bullying, he now keeps his condition a secret. The protagonist tells Tommy that he thought his needles belonged to hard drugs, and they have a good time together laughing at it.

Vinny calls Quinn and tells her that Buddy is out to get them because of what they did and that he ran away from town because of that, as he is seen sitting with his luggage on an empty bus or train. He reveals to her that Mick tried to kill him and he ended up shooting and killing Mick, and warns her not to go back to the drug den because Buddy will be waiting for her there. Quinn realizes that Vinny doesn’t know that Buddy was caught and is in jail. Quinn confronts Vinny about snitching on her and helping Buddy and Mick catch and torture Riona, to which Vinny replies that he only helped Mick catch Riona but didn’t do anything to her, that he didn’t know that they were this crazy and thought they were going to just threaten her, and that at any rate Quinn also snitched on him and he had his face cut up because of that, so now they are even. Vinny remarks that this is all the fault of “that stripper” who snitched on him and tells Quinn that he sees her and himself as being in the same sinking boat, and his warning to her as he leaves is his way to make amends with her. After they end the call, Vinny calls the police and gives an anonymous tip that “The Pink Rose” is operating illegally as a brothel and that they let minors in, as he is seen grinning.

The students take the final exams. The protagonist sees Arieth entering the math test and is surprised when she says that she’s retaking it because she wanted to improve her grades, even though she wasn’t in their math class. The protagonist and Derek talk about their classes together next year, and Derek tells him that he has no idea what he picked because he just clicked the recommended classes. Derek then looks at what he signed up for and, to his horror, realizes he signed up for “Masculinity studies” with Jade.

Between the tests, the girl group sits down to relax together.

Conditional story - Consequences, part 2 If the protagonist was involved in any drama, he sits away from the girl group, lonely and depressed. If the protagonist is dating Nicole, she calls him. If the protagonist has had sex with Sandy and Tania, Nicole breaks up with him. If the protagonist is dating both Nicole and Quinn, he has to choose between them.

The students take the English test. Before the English test starts, Bella walks into the bathroom and walks out with papers she found there, while looking at Oliver, who is shocked.

Rusty gathers the DIKs in the mansion and congratulates everyone for finishing the school year. Jacob gives John Boy the portrait he made for his room of John Boy and Elena having sex. Tommy gives the protagonist a new shirt as a way to make amends with him and thank him for saving him when he collapsed. The DIKs then discuss taking new pledges next year. They suggest splitting some of their rooms to make room for more DIKs in the mansion, including the protagonist’s room, and Jacob suggests renovating the attic so that new members can live there.

The protagonist goes home to visit Neil and tells him about the recent events in his life and about the upcoming fighting competition, as Neil expresses his wish to come see him. Neil tells him about Uncle Hank, who he used to work for and who got him into the construction business, and the protagonist tells him about what he read in Lynette’s diary. Neil admits that he assaulted Lynette’s father and got sued for it, but his boss, Mr. Kovak, refused to fire him, even though her father demanded it. Neil tells the protagonist that there are things he found it difficult to talk about, and he had hoped that through the diary the protagonist could get to know about all the things he hid from him. The protagonist pushes back and tells Neil that he was a great dad, and if Lynette’s diary contains something that will make him doubt that, then he doesn’t want to read it anymore. They hug as the narrator questions Neil about what he has done.

The nerds are playing video games and discussing the recent events and their plans to cause a frat war, as Magnar is displeased that the preps aren’t taking more drastic actions. Ron suggests starting plan B - organizing a meeting of the preps and the jocks to convince them to file a complaint against the DIKs and have them removed.

Josy goes to visit her mother, Iris, and her stepfather, Clive. Iris criticizes Josy for her choices in college and for not focusing on things that will bring profit to her business. Josy excitedly tells her mother about her partnership with Diane, and Iris responds that it’s a smart move on Diane’s side to make a profit for her blog off of Josy’s work, to Josy’s dismay.

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Josy The protagonist visits Iris and Clive together with Josy. While Josy and Clive are away, Iris has some time to talk privately with the protagonist and praises him for how he interacts with Josy. Later that night, Josy tells the protagonist that Iris makes handmade lingerie for the ultra-rich, and she wears some of her mother's lingerie for him.

Maya The protagonist visits Maya in her dorm and helps her pick a dress for the New Year's party. The protagonist tells Maya that he regained his memory from the night when he got drunk at The Pink Rose, and a flashback shows that after returning to her dorm drunk and naked, he woke Maya up to show her him spinning his dick like a helicopter, then vomited in her laundry basket and went to sleep under the bed.

Jill The protagonist visits Jill's room to hang out with her. Jill reveals that Sage gave her tips on how to be better in bed.

Isabella Bella visits the protagonist in his room, and they have a long and serious discussion about Bella's past. Bella admits that she still has feelings for James and is struggling to move on. They talk about her unborn baby daughter, whose name is Emma. Bella reveals to the protagonist that she knows about him having kissed Jill when they broke up, and that Jill and she have a sexual history.

Zoey The protagonist visits Zoey for Christmas and reconciles with her family, who are delighted to hear that they are back together. The protagonist confesses to Zoey the bad things he has done in his time in college, like having sex with prostitutes and doing drugs. Zoey later discusses those things in her phone call with Bret.

Nicole The protagonist goes to Nicole's home for a date. Nicole makes him smoke weed with her, and they have sex while high.

Quinn Quinn visits the protagonist in his room, and they have sex. She tells him about what she did to Buddy and everything she's been through since the last time they met.

Bianca Bianca visits the protagonist in his room, and they have sex. The narrator comments that they had sex many more times that night, and that while it felt bad to cheat on his love interest, he remembered what Josy once said: that cheating is worth it if you end up finding love because of it.

Rusty and the protagonist go to visit the auditorium where the New Year’s Eve party will take place, and Rusty tells him that the DIKs and jocks will be split for dinner into different dining rooms, with everyone being happy about this arrangement except for Sage, who thinks they’re acting like a divorced family. The protagonist visits the gym and invites Dwayne to the party, and Dwayne asks for permission to also invite his girlfriend and Chao. Troy approaches the protagonist and thanks him for keeping his and Chad’s secret, revealing that he got kicked from the jocks because he lashed out at Dawe after he bullied him for being gay.

Zoey talks with Bret about the protagonist and the recent events.

The protagonist goes to the fighting competition, where he meets Dwayne and another fighter called Tate. Tate tells him that Chao won his round, and the protagonist is extremely stressed and keeps vomiting. Dwayne tells the protagonist that there is a scout in the audience, a representative of a company who is looking for young fighters to sponsor. The protagonist goes up against Johnny Stevens of the City Fighters gym, as the DIKs and Neil arrive to watch the fight. After beating him, he is approached by Jen Byson, the scout, who offers him a sponsorship and gives him her card.

The faculty party begins. The protagonist is joined by Derek, who came in uninvited to see him play, as Jill and Sage also arrive, as does Tybalt, who scoffs at the protagonist for not wearing a suit. Stephen approaches Bella, tells her that he and Jade divorced, and asks her about her marital situation, seeing that she no longer wears her wedding ring and having heard that she spent Christmas with friends instead of family. Stephen hints to Bella that they should meet sometime, and Bella rejects him, angrily replying that she spent Christmas with friends because that was what she wanted. Meanwhile, Derek is harassing the trumpet player, Muriel, who warns him not to touch his trumpet when Hoff arrives and takes Muriel to meet a Mr. Langley who Hoff knows from chess tournaments. As he goes, Derek looks at the trumpet with an evil grin.

Bella sees Jill arriving, and they join Sage in the back room for a chat. Jill asks Bella about her frown, and she tells her what happened with Stephen, forgetting that Sage is there. Sage confronts Bella and demands to know what Stephen did to her, as Bella is embarrassed for having talked about it near Sage. Bella tells Sage about Stephen having made numerous attempts at flirting with her in the past, to Sage’s embarrassment. Sage tells the girls that Jade is also here, trying to save face from the divorce. Muriel begins playing, immediately stops, and rushes off in disgust, as Derek tells the protagonist that he put Muriel’s trumpet in his ass. Stephen begins the event with a speech and introduces the guests of honor, starting with Mr. Lyle Wallace. Jill goes up next to perform on the piano, and her parents are moved by hearing her play Lana’s song. Muriel confronts Derek in the back room about having messed with his trumpet until they are separated by Hoff, who confronts Derek about coming in uninvited, but then lets him off the hook, saying that he also used to sneak into parties when he was younger. Hoff asks Derek to tell him what happened with Anthony, and Derek tells him about their love triangle, as Hoff sympathizes and says that he also loved someone who got away. Hoff then offers Derek to join him for a cigar and a whiskey, and as they walk off, he asks to know what he did to Muriel. Derek tells him, and Hoff bursts with laughter, saying that Muriel sometimes gets on his nerves too.

Jill finishes her act and is applauded by the audience and her parents, and then excitedly walks back to Sage and Bella, as the protagonist is up next. While the protagonist plays, Stephen joins Mr. Wallace and Mr. Dahl, who tell Stephen that they talked to Mr. Finch and they have an argument to solve about who of them donated the most to B&R. Stephen asks them about the candidates he referred to them, and Mr. Dahl says that he is interested in Mr. Syles, as Stephen agrees to convince him, and Mr. Wallace asks Stephen to assure him that he will get the top candidates, to which Stephen replies that he tailors the candidates to the business and there will be nothing shady. Mr. Dahl and Mr. Wallace confront Stephen about the news report that said he dealt in quid pro quo, and Stephen assures them that it’s just a rumor and won’t negatively impact their public image. Mr. Wallace tells Stephen that he’s going to hold him to that, as they exchange serious glances.

The protagonist finishes his act and sees Derek returning with whiskey and a cigar. He is approached by a couple, Bruce and Ursula, who applaud him for his play and tell him that their daughter showed them the video of him playing the song in the recital, as they note that it was their wedding song 17 years ago, when their daughter was a little girl. Sage, Bella, and Jill talk about the song she played, which is a song she wrote for Lana after she passed away, and she played it tonight because she knows her parents love it. They discuss Tybalt going up next with his cello, as Sage is excited to hear him mess up. He goes up with Nikita on the bass guitar and another person on the drums, and introduces himself, claiming that he’s going to play a song he wrote, as Nikita whispers to the drummer, asking if he is not the one who wrote the song, and he shrugs back at her. The group is surprised that Tybalt is actually playing well, and Sage doesn’t understand how he improved so much so fast. Tybalt finishes by thanking the donors, to the dismay of his band, and shouts out to his girlfriend Paula in the audience. After the performance, the protagonist chats with Nikita, and she reveals that the drummer is her brother Tim, who is a music teacher, and that Tybalt paid him a lot of money to help him get good at Cello and to write the song and perform it at the event.

The protagonist is approached by David Cerus Baxter, CEO and founder of BaxTech, a Med-tech company, who is impressed with his performance and offers him a summer job in his company. Sage and Jill discuss the evening, and Jill tells Sage that she’s the reason Tybalt tore his scrotum, revealing what she had seen him do with the watermelon and that she had kicked him in the balls, and also telling Sage that he had asked for her hand in marriage. Jill tells Sage about having considered using these events to have him removed, and Sage replies that while she also hates Tybalt, she would prefer that not to happen to her brother, especially given that her family is already in a bad shape. Jill says that ever since the event, Tybalt is avoiding her, and they discuss his new girlfriend, Paula, as they both hope that he has moved on. Jill tells Sage that she envies her ability to say the things she wants, and Sage tells Jill that she also envies her for being so level-headed and nice.

A flashback shows Stephen in his office some time after joining B&R, as he talks on phone with Mr. Wallace, noting that it’s been years since they last talked (referring to the flashback of Mr. Wallace firing Stephen from the investment firm), as a newspaper on his desk applauds Stephen for securing more funds to B&R. Mr. Wallace is concerned about something and Stephen tells him that he kept Levenson in his social circle, but there’s no conflict of interest, and that Levenson had a great year thanks to the large trade they made and used the donation to write-off some of the profits. Stephen teases Mr. Wallace for not trusting his analysis and tells him that he himself also made a large profit on that trade. Stephen agrees to meet with Mr. Wallace for lunch but rejects discussing going back to working for him. Later in class, Stephen collects tests from students, including a student named Priscilla who is sexually attractive and dresses provocatively, and he looks at her ass as she walks away. Later, Cathy visits Stephen’s office and places a folder of tests on his desk, noting that it is already late, as Stephen stays in his office to grade the tests. Stephen receives a call from Mr. Wallace and declines his offer to donate to B&R, worried that Mr. Wallace is going to use it as a funnel for tax write-offs and a quid pro quo arrangement where Stephen would bring him talent in exchange for the donations. Stephen tells Mr. Wallace that he will indeed look good for having secured such a large donation, but he still chooses to stay away from it, as Mr. Wallace tells him to think about it.

Stephen is then visited by Priscilla, who admits she failed the test and starts flirting with him. Stephen is uneasy with Priscilla’s advances as she becomes more direct, revealing her body as she tells him she saw how he looks at her in class. Stephen is conflicted and attempts to avoid looking at her, and finally, Priscilla explicitly offers Stephen sex in exchange for a passing grade. Stephen succumbs, and they have sex in his office, as it is revealed that Priscilla set up her phone on one of his shelves to film them in the act. Stephen returns home to Jade with uneasy feelings, lying to her that he went out to drink again with his friends, and feels guilty about what he has done when he sees Priscilla’s lipstick smeared on his shirt in the bathroom mirror. The next day, Priscilla arrives at Stephen’s office again, thanking him for the grade and telling him to look at his e-mail. Stephen is shocked to see the video of them having sex. Priscilla reveals that she planned to get her college tuition paid for, and that if he doesn’t grant her such a scholarship, she will spread the video, claiming that she’s an innocent student who was coerced by Stephen into having sex with him for better grades. Stephen says he can’t do that, and Priscilla walks off, telling him that he should have thought of this before having had sex with a student, and now he’d better find a way to give her what she wants very soon. After Priscilla leaves, Stephen is in shambles, angry at Priscilla for having tricked him as he wanders around his office, troubled by the weight of the situation. He looks at his wedding ring and finally calls Mr. Wallace, telling him that he will accept his offer, under some conditions.

The New Year’s Eve party begins, with the DIKs, Tri-Alphas, HOTs, dorm girls, and The Pink Rose strippers all present. The alphas reveal that they drew a line across the whole venue, telling the DIKs that this line separates their parties. Rusty and Tommy initially resist and claim that this is a childish move, but then the protagonist whispers in Tommy’s ear, and Tommy shakes Dawe’s hand, agreeing not to cross the line or else there will be consequences. Tommy reveals that the alphas left the only bathrooms on the DIKs’ side as they walk off.

A dorm girl comments that she found some powder in the women’s bathroom. Inside the men’s bathroom, Leon offers Marc and Chen a shot at pledging the DIKs next year. The protagonist resists and reminds Leon that when they wanted to pledge, they had to first prove themselves by getting panties from the HOTs. Leon and the protagonist agree to let Marc and Chen pledge on the condition that they go mess with the alphas for them. Derek is trying to get laid wearing funny New Year’s glasses. Jade and Isabella are present at the party as chaperones. Rusty sends the protagonist to bring beer kegs from the storage room. The protagonist is surprised to see Nick, as they didn’t invite him, and asks Tommy about it, who looks at Nick and walks off without saying anything. Sage walks in and reveals that she’s the one who invited Nick, for the sake of ending this fight and letting Heather and Tommy move on. Sarah is in charge of accepting guests when the feminists arrive with Dany, who was invited by Jamie before they broke up. Sarah initially resists letting them inside, but the protagonist tells Sarah to let him handle this and allows them to enter on the condition that they only stay on the alphas’ side. Caleb and Alex are guarding the line and taunt the protagonist when he gets near. Josy and Bella go to get a drink. Heather and Elena are making bets over whether the line will really be able to keep the frats from fighting, and they discuss the joint party at the HOTs house when the protagonist messed with the alphas and made them leave. Leon talks with the protagonist about the dorm girls, revealing that Jamie once had sex with Celine, and Lisa was Tommy’s girlfriend long ago. Matthew and Olivia thank the protagonist for outing them, since having been exposed and breaking up with Bianca and Andy helped them build a better relationship. Josy takes Melanie for a photo shoot for her blog. Jacob and Jamie are hauling in boxes of fireworks. Dawe and Anthony are determined to get laid after Anthony was dumped by Ashley. Becky, Tiffani, and Christie discuss the protagonist and their prospects for the midnight kiss. Zoey arrives at the party in a see-through dress.

Conditional story - Mother and daughter If the protagonist broke up with Sage due to having been with Jade, he talks with Jade in private about her relationship with Sage. The protagonist tells Jade that Sage needs her to be more present for her as her mother and that Jade should give her more emotional support. Jade accepts the advice.

Riona arrives and is worried upon seeing the seating plans, where she appears at the same table as Quinn, but the protagonist helps her by switching some people up so that she ends up at a different table. The gym folks Dwayne, Chao, and Troy arrive together with Micha, to the surprise of the protagonist, who asks her what she is doing here, and Dwayne reveals that she is his girlfriend. The protagonist tells Rusty about it as dinner is starting. Marc and Chen report that they succeeded in their task, and also that they got Arieth’s panties. The protagonist sits at his place with Sally, Dwayne, and Micha at the table. Dwayne tells them how he met Micha and asks the protagonist and Micha how they know each other, and Micha lies throughout the whole talk without flinching. Dwayne tells Sally and the protagonist that they look like a good couple. They tell him how they initially didn’t get along, but now they’re good friends. Riona lies to her table members, John Boy, Jill, and Maya, about the reason she has no piercings. Some jocks notice that Troy is around but agree not to tell Dawe about it.

Quinn tries to get Sarah and Melanie to help her sell hard drugs, but they are reluctant to do so. Jamie tries to get the jocks too drunk. Becky approaches the protagonist, asking to kiss him at midnight. Derek and Ashley make out and reveal that they are officially together. Anthony is caught by Jade peeing out of the balcony. Tommy and Heather discuss their breakup and seem to be getting along better, with Heather claiming that their relationship went badly because they didn’t have the same level of feelings for each other, and Tommy concluding there’s nothing wrong with her. Quinn tells Riona that she obtained all of Buddy’s drugs and money, and wants to share it with her, but Riona slaps her. Nikita has a deep discussion with the protagonist about the sadness of New Year’s Eve and the uncertainty of the future. Sally and the protagonist talk about having some shared classes next year. Derek, Sage, and Jill are playing a card game. The protagonist finds Chad and Troy near the bathroom. Chad leaves, and Troy explains that Chad is distancing himself from the protagonist because the blackmailer warned him that they know about Chad’s talks with the protagonist.

Jill asks the protagonist to take more pictures of the event with his phone, and he ends up showing her the picture from Lynette’s diary of herself with her friends in front of her old home. Jill immediately recognizes that this is her home and calls over Bianca, who confirms that the house in the picture is Jill’s home and also reveals that Miranda is her aunt, but says she never heard about Lynette or Vivian. They speculate on why Lynette’s parents had to sell the house in a rush, and Jill says that she will ask her parents about it.

Rusty decides to confront Dwayne about Micha and comes clean about having had sex with her. Dwayne takes it hard and assaults Rusty, then walks out of the party, disappointed in the protagonist, who follows him and calms him down, explaining that he didn’t know who Micha was and that Rusty came clean with him as soon as he learned about it. Dwayne is upset at Micha when he hears that she has been cheating on him for months, after all he gave to her. He makes up with the protagonist but leaves the party anyway. Inside, Rusty is in pain but still thinks that coming clean was the right choice, and decides to end it with Micha.

Nick asks the protagonist for a talk and tells him how he didn’t have many friends before joining the DIKs, and Vinny, who was his first best friend, told him he should go for Heather despite her being Tommy’s girlfriend. He calls himself a loser for following his advice and doing what he did and asks the protagonist to give him another chance, saying that Rusty and Jacob already agreed to give him one.

On the main stage, Quinn is hosting a drinking game. As the protagonist walks back into the party area, she instructs everyone who has had sex with the protagonist to drink, thus exposing his sexual history. Sarah reveals to Tara and Kylie that the protagonist was the person in the glory hole at the dorm party. Sage gets on the stage and scolds Quinn, who taunts her, and they exchange insults in front of the audience.

Conditional story - Consequences, part 3 If the protagonist isn't dating Zoey, she asks to remain friends with him. If the protagonist cheated on his love interests by flirting with other girls or having sex with Bianca, he breaks up with them. If the protagonist hasn't developed the relationship with his love interests enough, they break up with him. If the protagonist is dating Jill and his sexual history was revealed to be promiscuous, Jill breaks up with him. If the protagonist is dating Sage and has decided to stay friends with Zoey, Sage breaks up with him. If the protagonist had sex with Tara, Oscar is angry, and Tara tries to stop them from fighting. If the protagonist doesn't forgive Quinn for revealing his sexual history, they break up.

Maya & Josy reveal that they are breaking up.

Conditional story - Maya & Josy If the protagonist has not committed to a relationship, they discuss whether one of them should enter a relationship with the protagonist, and he can enter a solo relationship with either Maya or Josy. If the protagonist is in a relationship with Maya & Josy, he can either choose to pursue one of them or refuse to give up on both.

Conditional story - Relationship choice outcome If the protagonist has committed to any primary relationship, he kisses them at midnight and is locked into their road. These options are Sage, Maya, Josy, Maya & Josy, Jill, Isabella, Zoey, Quinn, or Nicole. Otherwise, the protagonist is on the Others road and can choose to end the night with one of Riona, Lily, Sally, Jade, Camila, Nikita, Bianca, Elena, Sarah, Melanie, or alone. If the protagonist decides to stay alone, he can join a shared kiss with Mia, Erin, and Tiffani, or stay alone and kiss nobody.

Isabella Bella and the protagonist sneak to the locker room to have sex. Unknowingly to them, Jill follows them and eavesdrops on the act while touching herself. After they finish, the protagonist hears a noise and goes to check it, but Jill escapes before he sees her. He finds a ring on the floor and shows it to Bella, who recognizes Jill's ring but doesn't tell the protagonist.

Jamie wishes a happy new year to Leon, who looks conflicted. Dawe asks Arieth to have sex, but she rejects him, saying that she got her period. Morning comes, and the narrator talks about New Year’s, a weird day where people expect big changes but often start the year feeling bad, throwing up, and sleeping late, as the party venue is empty and people wake up. Leon wakes up in Dany’s bed, terrified upon realizing what he has done. Camila awakens to see Riona’s uncovered face. Riona tells her what happened and asks her to help her take revenge against Quinn. The protagonist wakes up in his room and replies to the job offers that he got.

Conditional story - Nora If the protagonist had sex with Nora in episode 10, then while everyone is waking up, Nora is seen vomiting in her bathroom with a pregnancy test stick next to her.

A conflicted Sally enters the protagonist’s room and tells him that the DIKs are in big trouble. She confesses that the nerds have attempted to stop her from befriending him, and that she’s not supposed to tell him what she’s about to say, and reveals their plan to take down the DIKs by reporting them to the counselors to have them banned. Sally tells the protagonist that she is willing to tell him these things that could get her and the nerds into trouble because the nerds have treated her so badly that she came to realize that the DIKs are the better people. A flashback begins as Sally tells the story of how Magnar and the nerds got to this point.

The nerds used to live in the mansion that is currently the DIKs’ mansion, which they rented from Rich’s father. At the time, the nerds were led by President Duke, a genius who excelled at computers and technology, but also was a party boy who liked chasing girls. It is revealed that Duke installed the camera in the janitor’s closet to record himself having sex with girls at parties. In order to get good grades and be able to party, Duke got access to and downloaded the entire database of exam questions and answers, which B&R teachers had been reusing ever since to avoid having to write new exams, and used it to cheat on tests. When Duke graduated, he passed the president title to Magnar, then his right-hand man, and together with it the USB stick containing the database - which they have nicknamed “Excalibus” - locked inside the cube puzzle box. Magnar used the exams database for himself but also shared it with other nerds, including Sally and Oliver, as a tool for ensuring loyalty to him.

Rich, whose full name is Richard Syles, and his family kept raising the rent on the mansion, and eventually the nerds couldn’t pay anymore and were forced to leave, as the mansion was sold to Rusty’s father, leading them to leave on short notice. When the nerds took their things out, Magnar forgot to take the cube, and it was left in the library, which was instantly made into a huge mess by Vinny when the DIKs moved into the mansion. Magnar then started failing his exams and decided he had to get Excalibus back, and sent Sally, who was his girlfriend at the time, to go to the parties the DIKs hosted to be able to act from inside the mansion. However, Sally couldn’t find the box among the mess that was made of the library. Magnar then instructed Sally to gain access to one of the DIKs’ laptops or phones, which are all synced to their cloud storage account, to see if they had perhaps found Excalibus and uploaded it there. At the last party of Episode 2 (where Jacob and Derek were with Arieth), Sally seduced Jamie and had sex with him to steal his phone after he fell asleep.

Magnar was furious that Sally cheated on him with Jamie but used Jamie’s phone to get access to the DIKs cloud account, where he got the evidence that he used for the blackmail letters. However, Excalibus was not in the cloud account, and he sent Sally again to the DIKs’ mansion to obtain their laptop. Concurrently, Ron was sneaking around the gym’s locker rooms and taking photos of people, where he got both the photos of Chad and Troy together and the naked picture of Cathy. At the party in Episode 4, Sally walked into Rusty’s room and caught Nick with the laptop, watching a video Tommy made of him and Heather having sex. Sally understood she could blackmail Nick with this information but eventually just told him to go away, and then took the laptop and gave it to Magnar, who was waiting outside the library. However, Magnar didn’t find the database on the laptop, and he couldn’t find the puzzle box in the library either. In his fury, he uploaded the naked image of Cathy from the laptop and left, leaving Sally alone in the library with the laptop. Upon seeing what Magnar had posted and done, Sally panicked and locked herself in the bathroom, causing the long bathroom line that formed during that party. Eventually, she left the party and confronted Magnar for having betrayed her, and their relationship began to deteriorate.

Magnar had almost given up on finding Excalibus until he heard that the alphas broke into the DIK mansion and trashed it, when he began to spy on the DIKs as they were taking out all the trash. It is revealed that Magnar was the shadowy figure walking behind the protagonist’s window in Episode 6, as he went to search through the piles of trash for the cube, but he still didn’t find it. When he saw that the protagonist organized his room and put up the windows, Magnar thought the DIKs must have found the box and asked Sally to help him find it, but at this point Sally refused, afraid of being caught or betrayed again. Magnar then broke up with Sally, and she realized that he only kept their relationship in order to use her as a tool.

During Halloween, Magnar and Ron entered the mansion in plague doctor costumes to search the protagonist’s room, but couldn’t find an opportunity because the room was used for photography and was constantly occupied. Sally recognized Magnar and Ron and tried to talk them out of their plan, but they wouldn’t listen, and Ron shut down the main breaker to give Magnar time to search. Magnar entered the room during the blackout and searched the bookshelves, making a mess in the room, and eventually found the box on the protagonist’s desk. Sally saw him open it and take out the USB stick that he longed to find. Magnar and Ron left the party with Excalibus in their hands and threw their plague doctor costumes outside the mansion (which were then picked up by Vinny).

Magnar returned to cheating on tests using Excalibus, but at this point Sally was no longer allied with him or the nerds, and they didn’t let her use it, causing her to start to fail her classes. When Bret told Sally in the library that he wanted to help her but the rest of the nerds didn’t, and that Magnar is continuing to pursue the vendetta, she realized that it wasn’t just about Excalibus, and the nerds won’t stop until they take revenge against all the frats - the preps for kicking them out of the mansion, the jocks for bullying them, and the DIKs for taking their mansion and having sex with Sally.

Quinn is in her room, gloating over her success and talking to herself, asking Rox if he is proud of her. She is delighted that her plan worked so spectacularly, getting rid of Buddy, Mick, and Vinny as she got their drugs and money. Quinn takes a hit of cocaine and is elated, as the scene fades to a replay of the scene of Quinn injecting drugs in the private room in the DIK mansion (the prologue to episode 2), supposed at the time to be with Tommy. Quinn is trying to persuade the person who is with her to also inject the drug, telling them that it will instantly purge all their problems, as the person is flipping Tommy’s coin. Quinn says that they will share it and injects half into herself, saying that she feels great and enticing them to join her. The camera pans out, and it turns out that the person who is with Quinn and flipping Tommy’s coin is the protagonist.