Martha MacIsaac

Katherine offers Casey the Vice President of Judicial Affairs position and gives her the first task - investigate the fire that burnt down the Gamma Psi's house. ZBZ's are still on edge that they are going to get caught, and Casey can't handle the guilt so confesses to Natalie. When Natalie doesn't turn her in and instead she blackmails her in exchange for ZBZ's house, Casey digs deeper and finds evidence that Natalie rigged Songfest by sleeping with a judge. Casey exposes her own guilt and Natalie's deception to Katherine but at the price of losing Katherine's budding friendship and the VPJ position. Winning the Gary Wyatt grant has been great for Rusty's popularity - female engineers are hot for him, but the girls he wants (sorority girls) aren't fazed by his success. Ashley helps them both by having a nerd auction to raise money for the Gamma Psi's house rebuild. Ashleigh makes Rusty over to be nerd-chic, but in the end sorority girls still see Rusty as their own personal Geek Squad. In the process he blows off the cute engineering nerd (Dana) who has had a crush on him since orientation. When he realizes his mistake he asks her out, but Dana refuses. Evan and Cappie's tumultuous relationship comes to a head at the Amphora society where they are both expelled. Cappie and Casey cope with the fact that while Cappie and Evan's friendship is over, Casey and Evan are becoming friends and Rebecca and Cappie will be in a human sexuality class together.

It’s Spring Break and everyone is preparing to leave for another trip to Myrtle Beach. Casey is nervously awaiting word of an acceptance to CRU law school but is surprised when she gets into George Washington in the meantime. Just as the KT bus is about to pull away, Casey gets her response letter from CRU – she didn’t get in. While in Myrtle Beach she debates her options and realizes that as much as she wants to stay at CRU with Cappie, she can’t because they both need to live their lives. She talks Cappie into taking a chance with her by bungee jumping but she chickens out at the last minute. Cappie tries to talk to her and surprises her with his lavaliere to show his commitment to their relationship but she tells him they might just be a college relationship. She begs him to stay together until she graduates so they at least get to enjoy their time together but he refuses and leaves her on the beach crying and wondering if she made the right decision. The OX and KT battle is still on and comes to a head when the OX’s realize the KT’s set them up with the house the “won” in the night golf game. Calvin comes to the rescue which seems to secure his spot as the new Omega Chi president once Evan graduates. Rusty and Dana are excited for their trip and what might happen on it since they’re sharing a room, but Dale decides to tag along with them. Rebecca and Ashleigh try to take a vacation from their real lives while on break. Ashleigh finds a job she might be great at and lands an internship in New York City. Rebecca realizes she actually loves Evan and tries to get him back by sharing her feelings for once. We end on a flash forward to graduation day where everyone meets up again to congratulate and reconnect with those they have lost touch with since that final Spring Beak in Myrtle Beach.

There’s still tension between Cappie and Casey about his decision to not move on, and to make matters worse Cappie’s parents show up for a visit. They suggest a camping trip which Casey agrees to once she hears his mom, April, wants a chance to talk to him about his future. While camping, Casey finds out that his parents are the reason Cappie is the way he is now. They’re inconsistent and refuse to commit – the KT house is the longest house Cappie’s lived in which is why he won’t leave. Much to Casey’s dismay April ends up lecturing Cappie on how fast he’s moving at college by suggesting he slow down and take a couple more years before graduating. She also reveals to Casey that they’re there to tell Cappie they’re breaking up, and explains that not all love stories are meant to last. Casey wonders if she and Cappie are only meant to be together in college and tells Ashleigh that the possibility scares her. Rusty feels like he blew his chance with Katherine when he wouldn’t have sex with her but Ashleigh reminds him now he’s free to date Dana. Katherine doesn’t think they’ve broken up so suddenly Rusty is dating two girls at once. Since there is an 80’s theme party that weekend, Ashleigh uses all her 80’s movie knowledge to help Rusty navigate his girl issues – the problem is they can’t figure out whether Dana or Katherine is the girl for him. Calvin helps Evan sneak into ZBZ while Rebecca is away to steal back the necklace Evan gave her for Valentine’s Day. While in her room he wonders if she still has feelings for him when he sees she kept the ticket stub from their first date. Calvin tries to get him to move on so Evan starts talking to Katherine at the party, but Rusty gets jealous because he thinks she’s the girl he wants. To get back at Evan, Rusty reveals it was Beaver who Rebecca cheated on him with which leads Evan to punch Rusty – again! Rusty and Ashleigh realize that Dana is the girl for him and he finally tells her in his own 80’s movie moment.

Although the CRU campus is busy with Mardi Gras celebrations, Casey tries her hardest to focus on the LSAT exam she has to take before she can start celebrating. She gets distracted when she comes across Cappie’s major declaration form which is still blank. On campus she runs into Joel who ends up calming her down a bit, but unfortunately she can’t forget Cappie’s undeclared major form when it comes time to take the test so has a hard time concentrating. Once it’s over she walks out to find Joel, not Cappie, waiting for her with a bottle of scotch and cookies which is how he celebrated after his LSAT. The two share a moment that almost turns into something more when Casey explains she has a boyfriend. Joel asks why she spent the whole night celebrating with him, and Casey wonders the same thing. She returns to the KT house and approaches Cappie about not being willing to move forward, but he admits he’s still just not ready, putting them at a standstill. Rusty invites Katherine to the KT Mardi Gras party and she reveals she has plans to lose her virginity to him that night. Rusty starts to feel the pressure so confides in Dana who seems to be ok with the whole thing by offering advice. She later reveals she still has a crush on him so is hurt by the whole thing. Evan agrees to bartend at Gentleman’s Choice to make some money while Calvin is there trying to be a little looser in a gay environment for Grant. Ashleigh and Rebecca end up at the club, and as Evan secretly waits on Rebecca he catches her making out with a random guy. He confronts her about it and she throws the secret that she cheated on him in his face. Laura is nominated to be sober sister for the night and pushes the responsibility on Dale who is annoyed until Laura makes a move on him at the party in secret.

Casey is trying to think about her future but can't get Cappie to talk about their relationship post-graduation. She enlists Rebecca's help when she starts to think about a possible career in politics, and gets introduced to Joel, a friend of Rebecca's who is working on a current campaign. To impress him in hopes of landing a job later, Casey organizes a voter registration party (sponsored by Do Something). Rusty tries to deal with his newfound popularity within the Engineering department as he keeps making progress with his project that won him the grant. Hastings gets him an assistant who happens to be Dana, the girl he turned down at the Nerd Auction, which causes some extra tension in the lab. He also gets Rusty acknowledgement that leads to an interview for EW - Engineering Weekly magazine. Things don't go completely as planned and Rusty has to bring Hastings back down to the reality that their project may not be as ready for the spotlight as they'd hoped. The girls are desperate for a new hasher since Fisher, and Dale shows up to save the day unexpectedly. He is trying to fund his project on his own so accepts the job. All is well until he hears that the last hasher had a relationship with Ashleigh that Dale doesn't think should be part of the job requirement.