After Roman Martin and Julia Capshaw become engaged, she finds him hunched over her father's body, with blood on his hands. This only serves to escalate the war between the Martin's and the Capshaw's, which has been brewing for years.
Sylvia offers Roman a simple deal: stay away from Julia and she drops the civil case against him. But Roman, ever the practical romantic, balks at the deal.
Pilar and Marcus meet face-to-face and he continues to pretend he's a priest, but convinces her that he might be interested; Sylvia and Julia clash over Julia's contact with Roman Martin and her level of commitment to Richard Vargas, but Julia wants to be treated more like an adult; Anton demands Santos make a delivery for him on his wedding day, causing him to leave Sloane at the altar; Anton Var
The money Sylvia owes Anton Vargas is the result of a prior business arrangement between him and Sylvia's husband; Marcus has to appear at a fundraiser held by Pilar's family as part of August's potential senate run; Roman is served with papers for a civil suit; a man comes looking for Marcus; Diana becomes suspicious of the man she knows as Fr.
Santos' body washes up on the beach and the cops notice that the wounds were similar to those on Mr. Capshaw's body, so they immediately suspect Roman; Marcus tells Fr.
Roman meets the new interior designer and she doesn't even try to hide the fact that she's attracted to him; Fr. Thomas finds a gun in Marcus's room; Santos' funeral leads to a physical confrontation between Diana and Sylvia; the mystery man returns to take out Marcus, but finds Fr. Thomas instead.
Gabe rescues Fr. Thomas from his attacker just in time; Kelly makes her move on Roman, but he rejects her; Julia has a very bizarre dinner with Richard and Anton; August officially announces his bid for a Floridate state senate seat. At the reception following the announcement, Diana spots Sylvia and the two women make a very public scene of brutality.
Following her fracas with Diana, Sylvia pledges her support to August; Richard drunkenly proposes to Julia; Sylvia tries to use her sexuality to keep Anton at bay, but he's not playing around anymore and states in no uncertain terms that he wants her hotel; Richard confesses his concerns over his father's business to Marcus, unaware of the priest's true identity; Sloane finds the letters from Roma
Pilar and Marcus speak privately about their situation; Julia becomes concerned over Sylvia's drinking and her developing relationship with Anton; Julia reveals Richard's proposal to Sylvia; Anton brings a contract to Sylvia, one that will make him a 49% owner of The Cutlass as well as her new business partner. Also, they will be working together to bring down Diana Martin.
Anton pays Diana a visit and offers to buy half of her hotel and partner with her to take down Sylvia Capshaw. When she declines, it sends Anton into a rage, and he tries to figure out another way to get his hands on her hotel.
Diana creates a rat problem for The Cutlass in order to get the exclusive party back at The Verona; Marcus ditches the priest's collar and his shirt in order to attract Pilar's attention and interest; Roman and Julia arrive at the exclusive party with dates of their own, creating some tension.
Roman sees Pilar and Marcus together; the mystery man comes looking for Marcus at the exclusive party; Roman and Julia share an intimate moment; the mystery man pulls his gun on Marcus, but Gabe pulls his and shoots first, allowing the man to get away; Julia finds a half naked Kelly on top of a bound Roman; August and Diana meet with a man whom they believe can help them with their PR problem and their Capshaw problem.
August and Diana hire Simon as the new campaign manager behind Pilar's back; Anton discovers that Richard is going to confession and pressures him into not going again; Gabe continues his investigation into the night club incident and gets closer to the truth about Marcus; Julia asks Roman for information about her father and learns that he got mixed up with the wrong crowd.
Diana and August have some marital problems in lieu of the campaign; Julia and Kelly fight over Roman; Richard proposes to Julia again, this time sober.
Julia confronts Richard about an old hotel fire and learns about the shady goings-on in terms of hotel construction. Apparently, Richard is well-versed in how to build a hotel from the foundation up using only cash.
Roman goes on a date with Kelly, trying to get past Julia; Diana makes a deal with Florida's orange growers as part of August's senate bid; Sylvia and Gabe discover that the Chief of Police, Hardy is involved with Anton Vargas and, previously, their father; Anton tries to make a deal with Diana to buy a stake in her hotel; Roman punches out Richard; Sloane and Evan patch things up; and, Hardy catches Gabe somewhere he shouldn't be.
There's an Election Day bombshell when an old DUI from August's past gets leaked to the press. Presumably, Gabe had something to do with it since just the night before he had shown Sylvia the arrest record.
Diana plays the trustee of an aquarium by telling her that a prized coy pond was destroyed by the urine of Sloane Capshaw and her tawdry party buddies.
Julia ends her engagement with Richard out of concern over his drug addiction. Meanwhile, Marcus angles to get in good with Chief Hardy, whom he now knows is The Guerrero; Anton confronts his son about his abuse issues; Pilar thinks she sees Marcus, and not in his priest's collar; the civil trial against Roman begins and the defense strategy becomes clear: accuse the Martin's, any Martin, of kill
Sylvia refuses to drop the lawsuit. Roman is in an accident that jeopardizes his life.
A devastated Julia visits Roman, only to be accosted by his angry mother. Marcus reveals a fragment of his past, while Roman takes a turn for the worse.