 Alex is having trouble at home when her mother s boyfriend is arrested for credit card fraud. Unfortunately her mother also opened a credit card that he ran up to the tune of $6000. Alex gets a job back at the movie theater but is persuaded by Jay s new girlfriend to get a job as a cocktail waitress at the strip joint where she works. Paige is unhappy about it but is fine with it as long as Alex s clothes are on. Alex is feeling better feeling better and making great tips until she finds out that she and her mom are close to getting evicted because their checks have been bouncing. At this point Alex has decided that the extreme must be done and she hits the stage. Emma is thinking about college and in her picture perfect world that is her and Sean in an apartment at college all to themselves but Sean s has other ideas. At a dinner with Emma and her family he drops the news that he has enlisted in the army to learn more about engineering. This sends Emma up in arms especially because she thinks she is pregnant.