2. Cheat, Play, Love

Complete story — includes the ending

Sutton asks Emma for her blessing to date Ethan if the opportunity were to present itself. Emma hesitantly tells her that it's okay, as she has been getting closer to Thayer lately. Emma (as Sutton) suggests that Kristin and Ted go to marriage counseling. Jordan enrolls at Arroyo, which makes it awkward for Mads, who had a one night stand with him at the festival. He also meets Laurel and Rebecca suggests that he get to know her. She also throws him a welcome party to lure in Ted. Alec tells Theresa that Rebecca was most likely the one behind the murder and his acquittance. He wants Mads to visit him in jail and she refuses because of Thayer's warnings, but eventually agrees to go to get answers for Emma, as well as herself. Alec tells her that he did visit the body shop the night of Derek's death, but left before the murderer showed up. He also insists that he was protecting Sutton and Emma by keeping them a secret all this time and Mads believes his claim to innocence. At their counseling session, Kristin makes Ted promise that he has no more secrets and it is presumed that he lies, since he doesn't mention his child with Rebecca. Dan and Theresa go on a stakeout after finding mysterious fingerprints on Alec's golf bag. They question the woman, who had worked at the country club that Alec went to, and she states that a man had called her to get to her to place the tire iron into Alec's bag. Mads and Thayer turn against each other and during their argument, she reveals that Thayer is not Alec's biological son, which explains their constant tension. After getting Emma (as Sutton) in trouble for assisting him in cheating due to Sutton's antics, Ethan tries to reconcile with her to no avail. Emma and Thayer kiss and Ethan gets drunk at the party, getting dropped off at Sutton's door in the middle of the night. Jordan watches him from the car and sees Sutton, possibly putting two-and-two together.