A family tragedy strikes one of the girls. Quinn continues pushing boundaries when she offers a cash bonus to Jay, Shia, or Rachel to create this season’s villain out of the remaining girls. Rachel’s old laptop falls into the wrong hands and threatens to expose intimate details of her past relationship with Jeremy.
The girls are in an uproar when a tabloid story exposes some news about Adam’s past. Rachel has to produce a romantic date at Adam’s vineyard. Quinn realizes she will always be the “other woman” in Chet’s life and revisits an old relationship. Jeremy is grateful to Rachel when he receives a promotion.
The crew heads to Mississippi for Faith’s hometown date with Adam. Rachel makes a startling discovery about Faith, and enlists the help of Adam to protect her. Jeremy and Rachel take the first step towards mending their friendship. Meanwhile, Quinn sues Chet and Shia takes drastic measures to boost a girl’s popularity.
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Chet has been given the reigns to produce a more male skewing version of the show. Quinn decides to produce the "Sistine Chapel" of episodes by targeting the two most vulnerable contestants in order to prove her own value. Rachel starts to suspect Darius is hiding a secret. Chet struggles in a custody battle over his son.
Darius reveals his secret to Rachel and tells her he needs to quit the show. Rachel enlists Coleman's help to figure out a way to keep it quiet and reverse his decision. Quinn and Chet find themselves back on the same team as they produce this week's Everlasting episode of powder puff football. Chet brings his baby to work as a bonding moment, causing a stir with all the contestants. Quinn confronts Rachel about her betrayal to the network and also receives some upsetting news from her past.
Rachel struggles in the aftermath of an incident with Darius, revealing a huge secret to Coleman that might affect his next move. Meanwhile, Quinn works hard to balance ruminating over her feelings for John and maintaining control of the contestants as things go awry on the set of Everlasting. Chet gets some attention from an unlikely source.
A reporter looking to expose Everlasting's secrets leaves Rachel with no other choice but to come clean to Serena. After Quinn approves Jay's idea for a new show, he must make a potentially dangerous deal with one of the contestants. Rachel revisits a trauma from her dark past and uncovers distressing news.
Quinn and Jay's new show pitch to Gary doesn't go as planned, driving a fuming Quinn to pull the ultimate power play. Rachel confronts her father about her past and rescues him from her mother's control. Serena finds out about a contestant's secret while Jay's arrangement with Alexi becomes even riskier than before.