Seth wakes up Ryan and is attempting to cheer him up because of Lindsay leaving. Having none of it, Ryan tells his chum to shut up and he heads to the bus station in order to surprise Lindsay in Chicago. Inside the house, Kirsten tells Sandy that she lost her ring. He spends the next few hours taking apart the pipes, trying to find it. Caleb comes by and opens up about missing Lindsay.
Seth finds Ryan at the station and convinces him to go to the mall for the day instead of taking a 24-hour long bus trip to The Windy City. They accompany Marissa - who is frustrated living with Alex - and Summer on a mission to find clothes for a charity drive. Once there, they are locked in the storage room. As Ryan and Seth crawl through the heating ducts, the former overhears Marissa saying that she misses him "everyday."
In the rich world of Newport Living, Kirsten and Julie meet Carter, the new editor of the magazine. He and Kirsten bond over wine while Julie is confronted with her past: a blackmailing ex who threatens to unleash The Porn Identity (Julie's frisky foray into the cinema) on the public. Meanwhile, the two ladies husbands are trying to win the plastic ring from an arcade that Sandy originally used to propose to Kirsten. Ain't that sweet?
Locked in the mall, the self-proclaimed "fantastic four" have a lot of fun and arguments. Seth is upset that Zach wrote Summer a postcard, while Marissa and Ryan recall the good ol' days. Unfortunately, mall security breaks up the bonding and the quartet leaves for the diner. Summer shows Seth the harmless postcard and they make up. Marissa, not actually eating anything, and Ryan are also getting along very well when the show ends.
When Kirsten returns from dinner with Carter, Sandy presents her with the ring. They embrace and it is revealed that Kirsten had simply hidder her real rings. Except for Alex - who is mighty pissed about not knowing where Marissa is - and Julie, who is upset about her past being brought back up, everyone is doing peachy keen as this hour closes.
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