Pre-credits, the Cohens and Ryan are sitting around the kitchen talking about the wedding in two weeks. Theresa calls Sandy and tells him that she'd like to meet later that day for legal advice. When they get together, Theresa has a black eye courtesy of Eddie, but she does not want to press charges and does not want Ryan to find out.
Meanwhile, Julie asks Kirsten - her maid of honor - to organize the bridal shower. Seth is grilling Summer about her father in preparation for their lunch meeting and Jimmy and Hailey make the mistake of kissing on the Cohens' doorstep; Kirsten and Julie open the door and catch the new couple. The big lunch arrives and Seth never stops rambling on about comic books and other nonsense that Mr. Roberts does not care about. Summer is not pleased.
Marissa, in a vengeful mood, invites Aunt Cindy to the shower, despite the fact that her and Julie do not get along. At the shower, Cindy embarrasses Julie by revealing her lewd past to everyone, but later apologizes and admits that she misses her older sister. Before the shower, Ryan and Marissa bumped into Theresa, saw the eye and invited her to the event.
Once there, Eddie calls and Ryan tells him to leave Theresa alone. He finds out that this was not the first time that Eddie hit Theresa and Ryan leaves for Chino in a major, major huff. He thinks better of his actions, however, and visits Theresa instead, convincing her to stay with the Cohens for awhile. Seth, unfortunately, does not have the same luck during his talk with Summer. She tells him how valubable her father's opinion is and she leaves the conversation in tears. The hour ends with Ryan holding Marissa on a beach chair while Theresa unpacks in the pool house.
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