 Alison continues her torrid affair with Keith, although she is under stress from her conscience and her friends because he is married and under major stress at work for arriving late and leaving early. Meanwhile, Matt gets beaten up on a dark street at night by gay bas hers after he is followed by his assailants from a gay bar. When Matt s boss finds out that he s gay, he immediately fires him. So, Jake persuades Matt to sue his former boss. Sandy is discovered by a talent agent for a TV soap opera in New York and flies off to the east coast, leaving Melrose forever.