 Ryan travels to New Mexico to visit his mother, now working as a diner waitress, to invite her to his high school graduation, but finds problems thinking that she s fallen off the wagon again. But Ryan gets some confidence and inspiration from Chloe, a waitress and co-worker the diner, who tells him to give his mother another chance. Back in Newport, Seth declines his love for Summer to make her leave for Brown where she draws the wrong conclusions for his moody behavior. Summer then teams up with Taylor to find out what Seth is hiding. Julie helps Marissa out of a bad situation with her downward spiral with Volchok. Also, Sandy finally solves his work problems with Matt and Henry Griffin, but hurts Kirsten in the process when she learns that Sandy lied and deceived both Matt and Mr. Griffin to save Matt from being killed, and to force Mr. Griffin to accept his demands for the hospital funding.