 Kelly objects to the decision of a Special Services person when the abandoned baby is placed with a gay couple. Meanwhile, Brandon and Steve quarrel over running cigarette ads for their failing newspaper in which Brandon threatens to quit, while Steve continues to pretend that he s Ted in order to please his pen pal friend Jill. Noah asks to finance Donna s marketing of her own designs for another fashion company. Also, Valerie deals with her long-estranged mother, Abby, who arrives back in town for a visit and hits it off with Kelly s father, Bill, who has been paroled from prison. Also, David becomes intrigued by his new neighbor Woody Sloan, a former rock star.