At her mother's request, Amanda reluctantly hires Chas Russell, Hillary's young fiancé, as a junior executive, in which he starts wooing Amanda and slacks off, leaving all his work with Alison. After being shunned by everyone, Sydney moves back into her old apartment at Melrose and continues operating her call-girl business. But her problems only get worse when Lauren is released from jail and goes back on their business arrangement when she kidnaps Sydney and demands a profit margin of $15,000 as payback for running her business. Meanwhile, Sarah Owens goes on another photo shoot with Jo on Jake's boat and when they come back late, Sarah's controlling, abusive boyfriend, Hank, tries to rape her and nearly kills Jo when she intervenes, prompting Sarah to break up with Hank and settle with Jo for the time being.
—Anonymous