The Wakefield’s are a wealthy family, but their money doesn’t cover many unpleasant truths: the youngest daughter, slut girl, is a lush; and the oldest son has an axe to grind with his old man.
Elizabeth and J.D. try to survive in the jungle without killing each other first; the family tries to figure out what to do about a search and rescue mission, but Damian takes matters into his own hands and calls off the search for the crashed plane. Meanwhile, Agent Hopkins learns of the Wakefield's company having ties with a mythical South American gun runner named Carlos.
Lionel all but disowns Damian right before hiring his own people to search for the missing Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and J.D. flirt; Elizabeth is captured by guerillas and held for ransom; Jordan Wakefield arrives with some troublesome news for Damian: she, as Lionel’s wife, gets to run the company during his convalescence; Damian feigns contrition as a way of falling back into his father’s good graces.
Matthew has trouble with his family’s turmoil and resorts to drinking to dull the pain; Wakefield’s man Richard goes to Agent Hopkins for help in looking for Elizabeth; J.D. formulates a plan to rescue Elizabeth from her captors; the Wakefield’s receive the ransom demands; Lionel is willing to risk his family’s fortune to free Elizabeth; Damian receives a threatening phone call.
Damian receives a violent warning from the mysterious man, the world’s most powerful arms dealer named Carlos, who is concerned about Richard’s contact with Agent Hopkins. Meanwhile, Lionel and Richard confer over the exchange with the people holding Elizabeth for ransom, but Damian overhears their plans, which involves cooperation with the CIA; Jordan stuns Michael and Loren with news that she and Lionel are reuniting.
Damian allows Sally to believe that he is in love with her, after she reveals she knows about his business relationship with the arms dealer, Carlos. Meanwhile, J.D. frees Elizabeth and the two escape into the jungle.
Loren hires Sally’s sister Sarina as her new assistant; Sally reveals to Loren that she’s sleeping with Damian, causing Loren to beat her up.
Loren informs Damian of her intentions to start a modeling agency; and, Damian kills Sally for talking about Carlos to anyone within ear shot.
J.D. and Elizabeth scrap to stay alive in the jungle, on the run from her captors; Loren learns that Sally has died and tries to reach out -- physically -- to Parker, her dream man, but he rejects her; arms dealer Carlos pays Damian a direct visit and provides him with a visceral warning; J.D. and Elizabeth are finally rescued.
Jordan overhears Lionel's plans to change his will and makes a play towards healing old wounds in the marriage, if only to help herself; Damian raises some eyebrows when he refuses to meet Elizabeth upon her return; Richard gets some information that implicates Damian in the plane crash; Agent Hopkins receives a threatening letter; Elizabeth has an encounter with a drunken Damian upon her return h
Elizabeth surprises herself when she reacts unfavorably to Loren's pursuit of J.D.; Loren finds Damian's sudden interest in her social life jarring; Lionel makes J.D. a generous offer in order to keep him close to the family and Elizabeth; Agent Hopkins receives a warning from a little boy who was prompted to do so by a mysterious man.
Jordan makes a scene at dinner, despite Lionel's insistence she be on her best behavior; Hopkins is urged to back off investigating her husband's death from a superior at the FBI; Matthew confronts Damian after he kisses Serena on the hand, leading to a huge brawl; Loren denies Jordan's offer to help her reform her image, leading to a huge brawl; Elizabeth sends mixed signals regarding her attract
Elizabeth goes to J.D., just as he predicted. But instead of professing her love, she reveals to him that she is with another man; Jordan moves back into the mansion; Hopkins formulates a plan to use J.
Kenny meets Hopkins and finds her irresistible; Loren continues to gear up for a singing career; Hopkins learns that Damian wants to kill his father. When Richard confronts Lionel with this information, he has another cardiac episode.
Agent Koris is nearly taken out by one of Cortez's men; J.D. and Elizabeth have an uncomfortable encounter at a bar; Damian bests Jordan during the closing of a deal; Hopkins shows J.D. surveillance footage of someone tampering with J.D.'s plane right before takeoff.
Loren confesses to Serena that she's in love with Parker; Jordan and Lionel's dinner date gets conjugal, but the flingy veneer of their hookup is shattered when Jordan mentions that she's ovulating.
Damian gets taken prisoner and meets the man who is really calling the shots when it comes to the arms deals, who makes him an offer. Meanwhile, J.D. and Elizabeth continue to dance around their obvious feelings for each other; Hopkins enlists J.D.'s aid to help figure out what's going on at Lionel's company; Hopkins and Richard find a link between the arms dealers and EIG; and, Hopkins finds her co-worker Alex searching through her apartment.
Serena and Matthew go out to dinner together, and he learns that Damian had a secret relationship with her deceased sister. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and JD participate in a photo shoot aimed to recreate their jungle adventure; Damian is returned to the mansion and must answer questions about his business dealings.
The Wakefield's are shocked by Elizabeth and J.D.'s photo shoot and Damian sees it as an opportunity to drive a wedge between them with Parker; Hopkins and Kenny have a surprisingly good time while waiting for J.D. to recover from his head injury. Meanwhile, sensing an opening, Loren makes a play for Parker; and, Kenny gets kidnapped.
Damian wants Elizabeth taken care of before her 25th birthday; Hopkins discovers that she's being spied on, but her investigation into the matter causes her to be demoted and transferred to a low-level CIA position. Meanwhile, Lionel makes JD an offer to finance his new company; and, Damian discovers that Lionel has cut him out of the will.
Damien brings a bomb to Elizabeth's birthday party. Agent Hopkins comes to Squirrel to get information on his bomb and from what he tells her she believes the bomb is for Elizabeth. She gets JD to take her to the party. Loren sings for Elizabeth. Hopkins tries to go through the presents, but is interrupted. Later, Loren goes through the presents and nearly opens the bomb, but Solomon stops her. But when she rejects his affections, he rapes her.