Soon after discovering that someone is making it look like she bought the beaded bracelets, Spencer takes a sudden interest in helping tutor Toby, who is still under house arrest. When Spencer shows up to tutor Toby, he cryptically asks her to leave, but not without leaving her with an even more cryptic message written in Braille in the book she lent him.

Meanwhile, Caleb's friendship with Hanna continues to grow, and he asks her to help him scout out the fellow rich kids in school to raise the profits of his underground business ventures. Later, Hanna and Aria discover Caleb is sleeping at the school - and Hanna wants to help.

Meanwhile, Ian and Spencer continue to grow suspicious of one another, which is further exacerbated when Spencer decides she wants to quit the field hockey team. And "A" leads Aria to discover that Hanna tried to sell out her relationship with Ezra, leaving the two at an impasse.

Paige tries to apologize to Emily for blowing up at her after Emily is named the new team captain, but then gets in a small bike accident on her way home in the rain, causing her to sit out the next swim meet. At the meet, things get tense between the Hastings sisters when Spencer begins to really grill Melissa about her and Ian's uncharacteristically fast-moving relationship; Melissa admits to her sister later that night that she knows about Spencer's kiss with Ian, and she'd like to move on and continue their civility.