David's (Shaun Sipos) new role as a restaurant owner is put to the test after he loses some of his wait staff on the day an important food critic has come to review Coal. In an effort to get David to forgive her, Lauren (Stephanie Jacobsen) pitches in as a waitress and hostess and helps him out of his jam. Ella (Katie Cassidy) wants to hack into the WPK files to erase the fake evidence against her for embezzlement, but Jonah (Michael Rady) strongly disagrees with her tactics, so she looks to David for help. With Drew's (Nick Zano) help, Riley (Jessica Lucas) throws a fundraiser for her education foundation but when Drew tries to increase the donations by auctioning off a date with Riley, things go awry after Drew and Jonah get into a bidding war.