 Seth is thrown when Alex s ex arrives in town for a visit, and is even more thrown when he finds out who it is: a young woman named Jodie. Meanwhile, Julie has a plan to try and save The Newport Group: a ego-driven magazine called  Newport Living  which to Sandy and Caleb s surprise, might actually work. Lindsay sticks out when she joins Summer and Marissa for a girls night out at the Bait Shop, and soon falls victim to Marissa s self-destructive lifestyle of drinking. At the same time, Ryan, Seth and Zach contemplate playing it safe on a guys  night in. But nothing ever goes as planned when they end up at the Bait Shop, and Ryan goes for a swim after mistakingly thinking a drunk Lindsey has fallen into the sea in which he blames Marissa for encouraging her to drink.