Camille returns home from vacation carrying hopes of a reconciliation with David. After David breaks the news of his reunion with Donna, Donna offers to buy out Camille’s share of their partnership. Although she is devastated by the news, Camille insists that she can handle working with Donna at the store. A drunken and blubbering Camille ruins David and Donna&r ... Read More

Camille returns home from vacation carrying hopes of a reconciliation with David. After David breaks the news of his reunion with Donna, Donna offers to buy out Camille’s share of their partnership. Although she is devastated by the news, Camille insists that she can handle working with Donna at the store. A drunken and blubbering Camille ruins David and Donna’s plans by showing up at his house. Camille agrees that it would be best for her to leave the store, and she and Donna wish each other well. Donna fears that David is no longer attracted to her; she believes that he loves her like a sister. David shows Donna an old yearbook message where he had shared his desire to marry her one day. He stuns her with a marriage proposal. Donna asks for time to think things over. Kelly panics after a radio report announces a surfing fatality in an area where Dylan had planned to surf that day. She tries desperately to contact him for hours, and winds up going to the morgue (with Matt in tow). Dylan finally returns one of Kelly’s messages, as he had actually hopped a train to northern California. Kelly’s strong reaction to the possibility of losing Dylan forces her to realize that she still loves him. However, they do not believe they can find a way to make their relationship work. Matt learns that his brother has died in an auto accident, leaving behind a pregnant wife. Kelly decides to accompany Matt to New York for the funeral, and promises to stand by him. Janet receives an offer to write for a new magazine. Steve, dismayed by the lack of time Janet is spending with her family, wishes to call off the sale of the Beat and return to their previous working arrangement. Noah moves out of David’s house because he finds it painful to see David and Donna together. Ellen becomes unnerved after overhearing Noah discuss his feelings for Donna with the A.A. group. Ellen soon develops self-confidence and elects to pursue a romance with Noah.