Cooper secretly intervenes when Michael's wooing of Megan with expensive gifts makes her hesitant about a divorce. Jennifer also gets Cooper to drop his lawsuit against Michael while she blackmails Lexi about the hit-and-run cover up for some of Cooper's alimony. But this forces Lexi over the deep end when she nearly overdoses on pills. Singer Jon Secada arrives in town and agrees to help his old friends Kyle and Taylor save the Jazz Club with a Christmas Eve concert. Meanwhile, Connie stirs up more trouble between Samantha and Billy when Samantha refuses to believe Billy's true claim that Connie made a pass at him, which is all revealed to be part of Connie's plan to break them up and make Samantha as lonely as she. Also, Amanda seeks to reconcile with Kyle whose continuing jealousy and suspicion push her away.
—Anonymous