Malibu, CA

Medical student Lisa Jones is hired by Peter Collins as a waitress at the Lighthouse despite insulting his two sons during the interview. Scott is attracted to her right away, but she's doesn't think much of him. Jason tries to build up his brother, telling Lisa that Scott is training for the Olympics. Scott isn't happy with the lie until he see that it impresses Lisa. She introduces him to Gary of the UCLA swim team and a race is arranged. Lisa catches Scott in a lie trying to get out of the race. He starts training more determinedly. Scott loses the race, but Lisa is impresses with his effort. Scott decides to train seriously for the Olympic trials. Meanwhile, Traycee is up for the role of Dr. Sheila Lowenstein on ""Malibu Hospital,"" and she gets it. Peter is concerned when his symptoms mirror those of a character on the show who went into a coma. Also, Stads and Jason have a tough time living up to their new ""honesty"" pact.

Jesse, a member of Peter's 1970's band the Disco Dudes, shows up at the Lighthouse. He's still in the music business, and Jason, recently promoted to night manager at the restaurant, wants to play his songs for him. Jason begins skipping work to hang out with Jesse and Peter is concerned about his son following Jesse's irresponsible example. Jason sells his laptop to buy a new guitar for Stads' lifeguard benefit concert. When Mr. Collins tries to warn Jason about Jesse, he accuses his father of being jealous because he couldn't make it as a musician. Jesse flakes on Stads and the benefit concert when his band gets a paying gig. Jason is crushed by Jesse's actions. He begins to doubt his own talent but his father encourages him. At the concert, Jason opens the show, followed by a new version of the Disco Dudes, featuring Peter, Scott and Murray. Meanwhile Lisa has found the perfect apartment, but she needs a roommate. Murray finds one for her, but it's Traycee, the girl Lisa has been tr

The Lighthouse is losing business to another restaurant, the Aloha, and Peter can't figure out why, since their food is terrible. He takes his sons to the restaurant to see what the attraction is. They quickly find out--it's the floor show featuring the sexy ""Cocont-a-Go-Go Girls."" They also find out that Murray has been there 21 nights in a row! Business is so bad for the Lighthouse that Peter may default on a loan. Murray offers to use some of his trust fund money to help out. Peter is reluctant, but he lets Murray become part owner. Mr. Collins wants to make a commercial for the Lighthouse, but it's Murray's money doing the talking as he directs a silly pirate-themed ad. Peter decides to shut down the Lighthouse. Jason comes up with a sceme to put the Aloha out of business. Murray will apply for a job there as a ""Coconut Girl"" and force a lawsuit. In the end the boys all get jobs at the Aloha and run off their customers. The Lighthouse is back in business and Murray is bought out as

Things are going good for Jason, but not so good for Stads. He auditions for a coffeehouse gig and gets it; she is passed over for a promotion and is fired when she complains about it. To make her feel even worse, her hair dryer was responsible for an apartment fire. Stads comes by the Collins house feeling much better because she's decided to go to work in Europe for a year. Jason is jolted by this news. He prepares a romantic outdoor candlelight dinner and asks her to stay. She tells him no, that he can come with her. Jason doesn't want to leave his music career behind at this moment. After Stads departs for Europe, Jason says he's alright, but all his songs are about her. He also feels bad because Stads left after they fought. Jason decides to go after Stads and arrives at the German ski lodge where she is working, telling her he's going to spend the year with her. He gets a job mopping the floors and the like, but when Stads catches him playing his giutar, she knows that his music

Peter has been ignoring Scott's swim meets and now only three are left before the Olympic trials. Fearing that he's doing the same thing to Scott now that he did to him when he was younger, Mr. Collins now tries to get as involved as possible. He's taking care of Scott's diet, hiring a masseuse, and making Jason do all the chores. Peter starts interfering with Scott's training routine and his pre-race rituals and begins to question his coach's methods. Coach Bonner won't put up with it and Scott is left without a coach. When Scott wins his meet, he disgustedly gives the medal to his father and suggests he might give up trying to make the Olympic team. Murray tells Mr. Collins that he's taken the fun out of swimming for Scott. Dad tells Scott he realizes he's been overdoing it and apologizes. Also, Jason has gotten yet another rejection from a record company. While playing his guitar at the beach, new lifeguard Alex Kaufman tells him to cut it out, he's disturbing the lifeguards' meetin

Lisa receives a gift (a human skeleton!) from a secret admirer. Scott finds out that Murray is the one who sent it to her. Lisa needs an additional $1800 for tuition. Jason tells her about the swing dance contest at the Malibu Country Club with a prize of $2000. When she finds out Murray and family are all members, she gets him to be her partner for the contest. Murray thinks it's because she likes him, but Jason knows otherwise. Murray is rough on Lisa's feet as her dance partner. He overhears Lisa telling Jason that she'd never have chosen him if he wasn't a club member. Murray fakes a leg injury, suggests Jason go in his place since Murray isn't known to anyone at the club. At the contest, Murray is there in disguise as a busboy. He is discovered by Jason and Lisa and Jason tells her how much Murray likes her. Lisa tells Murray she likes him too, but only as a friend. But she insists on dancing with him in the finals, and the two of them win the contest and the money. Meanwhile, Pet

After a successful audition before Alex's uncle the producer, Jason gets the go-ahead to make a demo recording. He's surprised to see that the producer sent to work with him is a woman--a young, attractive one. Jason works with Kendall and there seems to be a spark between them. Stads (unseen in this episode) calls from Europe; Jason tells her about the demo but not that the producer is female. After a good session, Jason and Kendall seem to be moving toward romance, but Jason cuts the evening short so he won't cheat on Stads. Later Kendall gives Jason the news that he's got a record contract. Overjoyed, he embraces her, then they kiss. Returning to his home with Kendall, Jason says he needs to talk, but is temporarily interrupted by a surprise party. Later he tells Kendall that he thinks they should keep their relationship professional. Stads calls from Italy. Jason confesses about the kiss, then tells Stads he doesn't think their relationship can work. Meanwhile, Traycee is supposed

Peter Collins is thrilled to be named businessman of the year by the Malibu Business Association. Murray is excited that his favorite actor Josh Denmark is in Malibu shooting a film. Jason recalls that he knew Josh a few years back in music camp. Together they sneak onto the set to see Josh and disrupt the shoot. Josh remembers Jason, the two reminisce and plan to meet again. Later Josh comes by the Lighthouse with female fans following him. Jason offers to let Josh stay at the Collins house to escape the crush of fans. Jason asks his dad after the fact if Josh can stay and Peter says no way, it will be too disruptive with his awards banquet coming up and Scott's Olympic training. Josh's flattery helps Peter soften his position a little. Peter's fears begin to be realized when Jason forgets to give Scott a message about a time change for an important swimming practice. Josh comes home early from a shoot and has several musician friends in tow. Jason stays to jam with them instead of ge

Jason has been having a great time with Alex and he admits to Murray that he'd like to date her. But his movie-star friend Josh Denmark tells him that he too would like to date Alex. The two have competed for the same girls in the past and both agree not to date Alex. Murray, though, encourages Jason to ask Alex out, and he takes his advice. But it seems that Josh has already asked Alex out and she accepted. Jason gets jealous as Alex spends more time with Josh. Alex rebuffs Jason's come-on to her and tells him that Josh is taking her to Hawaii. Jason later sees Josh kissing an actress, Michelle. Jason tells Alex what he saw. Josh accuses him of being jealous and Alex still plans to go with him, until Jason shows her a TV show in which Michelle announces her engagement to Josh. Alex dumps Josh and thanks Jason. Also, Scott injures his shoulder playing frisbee with Lisa and Traycee. Lisa feels guilty about the injury, so she acts as Scott's personal nurse, babying him while pushing arou

Scott is excited about working with a new therapist, Ted from Cal U., and he believes against all odds that he will be in shape for the Olympic swim team trials. Trying to rush along his rehabilitation, he persuades Ted to let him get back in the water. Scott says he feels great and his comeback is progressing very rapidly, but he's been taking medication to ease the pain his shoulder is causing him. With Peter and Lisa watching, Scott pushes to regain his old swimming times, but he stops in pain. Lisa finds the empty pill bottle. Ted later tells Scott that the damage he did was great enough that he will never swim competitively again. Scott reacts angrily and immaturely. Ted tells him not to give up on the rest of his life. After reflection, Scott tells Lisa and Peter he wants to study to be a physical therapist. Jason and Alex go along with Traycee on a road trip to Mexico in her new ""Barbiemobile."" Before they get there, a tire goes flat and there is no spare. They walk to the isola

Scott tells Lisa that it's time they quit playing games with each other and go out on a date. To his surprise, Lisa quickly agrees. Murray's friend Tuber is marrying Lisa's friend Kim, and Murray and Lisa are to be best man and maid of honor. Traycee tells Murray that by tradition, he and Lisa should fall in love after the wedding. Murray then tells Scott that his passion for Lisa has been rekindled. Scott and Lisa discuss not going out together to spare Murray's feelings, but their attraction gets the better of them and they end up kissing. They agree not to tells Murray until after the wedding. At the wedding, Murray sees Lisa and Scott hiding away and making out. During the wedding vows Murray denounces Scott and Lisa so vehemently that it causes Kim and Tuber to stop the ceremony. Murray says he will never speak to Scott and Lisa again, but Traycee convinces Murray to see them. They apologize to Murray for hurting his feelings, but they say they will remain a couple. Alex's mother'

Jason is on cloud 9 when the news comes that his CD will be released and he's even happier when Steve Lansing from the record company gives him a $20,000 advance. He starts spending the money lavishly, which concerns his father Peter and brother Scott until he buys them gifts too. But Peter and Scott are surprised when Jason suddenly gets a new apartment, then they are unbelieving when his son blows off work at the Lighthouse for photo sessions and interviews. Soon Jason isn't returning phone call from his family or Alex, either. They decide to throw a small celebration for Jason but he declines, saying he's too tired to come. Alex, Scott and Peter decide to bring the celebration to Jason and they arrive at his apartment to find it filled with people partying. Feeling unwanted and unappreciated, they leave. The first week sales figures are about to come out for Jason's CD, and when they are phoned in, they are disappointingly small: 78 copies. Jason's new-found friends desert him as do

Lisa and Scott are now a happy couple when NBA star Troy Douglas comes to the Lighthouse to visit his old girlfriend Lisa while he's in town. No one is more excited to see him than Scott. Troy asks Lisa to have dinner with him. Meanwhile, Peter is planning a camping trip with his sons and Murray. Alex and Traycee want to go along. When the men express doubt about their abilities in the wild, the girls challenge them to see who are the better campers. Scott is suspicious of Troy's motive with Lisa and begs off the trip. The girls outhike the men to the site and put up their tent first. Back on the beach after their date, Troy and Lisa reminisce about their good times. Troy kisses Lisa, who doesn't resist. The campers hear a news report about a ""mountain maniac"" escapee from the hospital for the criminally insane. Traycee meanwhile heads back to Malibu after getting a call from her agent about an audition. Lisa talks to her about her dilemma. When Traycee returns to camp she brings a man