Luke arrives at the PCPD to meet with Mac. When Mac spies him, he finishes up his interview with Lucky and the two head towards Luke. Mac tells Luke that the PCPD cannot find any physical evidence of a lab in the cave and without that, they may have to let Helena go. Luke stares at Mac in disbelief. He presents Mac with all the other evidence- from Lucky's brainwashing to the kidnapping of his son and her own relatives- that should keep her locked up. The only things that may stick are the kidnapping charges Mac states to Luke. Luke becomes increasingly upset at the situation. He and Lucky are asked to wait in the interrogation room while Mac tends to other matters.

Carly waits for Jax at Kelly's. He arrives with a contract cementing their partnership and mutual investment in the club Carly is planning. Carly continues to talk excitedly about their new venture. However, when Jax tells her that he thinks it's a good idea that she is getting out on her own and away from Sonny, her demeanor quickly changes. Icily she informs Jax that all talk of Sonny is to stop. Their partnership and the club have nothing to do with her husband she tells Jax. This leads him to question why Carly still has feelings for the mobster after all he has done to her. The two argue over Sonny. When Carly tells Jax that the only reason he is helping her out is to somehow get back at Sonny for Brenda's death, he decides that he has had enough. Jax tells her that their deal is off.

As Sonny is giving Johnny instructions to follow while he is in Puerto Rico with Alexis, Kristina arrives. She asks to speak with Sonny alone and tells him that she is concerned about the trip. When Sonny tells her that he will protect Alexis from harm, Kristina retorts, "But who will protect her from you?" Sonny is puzzled by her question. Kristina tells him that he needs to cut ties with Carly before he begins to romance Alexis. Sonny tells Kristina that the trip is strictly business, as is his relationship with her sister. The two are interrupted by Alexis who apologizes to Sonny for her sister's words and backs up Sonny's views on the trip. Kristina apologizes for misunderstanding the situation, but not for watching out for Alexis. She leaves the penthouse, leaving Sonny and Alexis alone. Alexis tells Sonny that she is looking forward to getting away from P.C.

In the park, Laura talks to Scott about their relationship. While she talks, he realizes that she doesn't want to marry him. Upset by this, he asks Laura if Luke is the reason that she won't commit to him.

Lucky and Luke wait in the interrogation room at the PCPD. They talk both about Lucky's relationship with Liz and Luke's relationship with Laura. Each is a source of comfort to the other. Then, out by an officer's desk, Luke spies Helena. Father and son go out to confront her. The trio exchange words. As Helena is being escorted back to her cell, she warns Luke that just because she is in jail does not mean that his family's misfortune has concluded.

Sonny meets with Zander and informs him that he is going away. He asks Zander to keep an eye on Carly and make sure that she does nothing to hurt herself. Meanwhile, Alexis has returned to her penthouse and continues to be on the receiving end of a lecture from Kristina. She continues to believe the trip is a bad idea while Alexis continues to reiterate that the trip is business only. Sonny ends the conversation when he comes to collect Alexis for the trip. The two depart leaving a concerned Kristina behind. Later, on the way to Puerto Rico, both privately question whether the trip will be just business after all.

Zander arrives at Kelly's and witnesses Carly's attempts to apologize to Jax for the remarks she has made. After much thought, Jax does finally accept her apologies but warns her that after this, she won't get another chance. As Jax leaves, Zander asks Carly if she has time to talk to him and give him some advice.

Laura tells Scotty that Luke is part of the reason she cannot marry him. Though she doesn't know if she and Luke will ever get back together, she feels a connection with him that she needs to explore. She continues her explanation by declaring that she knows what true love feels like and she is not clear as to whether she is truly in love with Scott. She doesn't want to doubt her feelings about the person she agrees to marry. Scott replies that because of what she has told him, he won't take her answer as a "No" until she can come to a final decision about her feelings. The pair can act as if he never proposed in the first place he states. Laura is overcome by Scott's kindness and ability to accept the situation as it is. The two embrace. Just then, Luke, who has left the PCPD, arrives on the scene and spies the two. He completely misreads what has just occurred and leaves quickly, a pained expression on his face.

Zander continues to cozy up to Carly and become her best friend for Sonny. Sonny wants Zander to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't get herself into trouble and that Jax keeps his distance. Zander finally gains Carly's trust and she decides to help him with his love life. He makes her think that he needs her advice on Emily and himself in general. She tells him he needs to gain more self-confidence and just get back out there. He doesn't think he has what women want so Carly decides to help him out. She tells him to walk across the room naturally so she can check him out. He feels silly but decides to do as she asks. When he comes back to the table she surprises him by saying that it's not that bad, but he has nice hair and a nice butt. He laughs and asks if she was really checking his rear out. She grins and tells him of course, like he doesn't do the same to women. They both laugh about it and then Zander asks her out for the night. Carly looks taken back but Zander said that it's so he's not alone and she can look too. She's not sure about the idea but decides to go ahead and go and tells him to give her one hour to get dressed. She leaves Kelly's and Zander jumps on the phone to Sonny and tells him that he's found a perfect way to stay close to Carly.

Nikolas and Gia are discussing Stavros on his yacht. Nikolas is very concerned that he's too much like his father and keeps grilling Gia about him. He asks Gia that since she and his father knew each other, he wanted her to tell him what he was like. Gia is uncomfortable talking about it and just says that she didn't really know him well because for most of their relationship, he lied about who he was and everything else. Nikolas asks her if she liked him, honestly. Gia struggles to find the right words but finally says yes. Nikolas asks how much and Gia finally stops and says that Nikolas is nothing like his father, he's got too much good inside. Nikolas finally tells her to get ready for her photo shoot and that he'll be back soon then leaves. Shortly after, Stefan arrives and asks Gia to look over the menu for their engagement party. Gia says she's still surprised by how Stefan has welcomed her. He says that he meant what he said and that Nikolas cares very much for her and that's good enough for him. Then he asks where Nikolas is. She says she doesn't know and that she's worried about him. That he's concerned he's just like his father. Stefan agrees that he's also concerned.

Jax and Skye argue over her vendetta with Edward and Sonny. Jax refuses to help her stick it to Edward or Sonny. He wants to stay out of it. Skye just won't take no for an answer and wants Jax' to vote with her at the ELQ board meeting coming up. Jax then gets a phone call and darts out the door. Skye is frustrated and wants to know where he's going. When he won't tell her she decides to follow him. It then showed Jax flying a plane to some unknown destination. Suddenly, Skye pops up from the back saying she feel sick and wants to know if they are almost ready to land. Jax is startled and can't believe she stowed away. He asks what she was thinking and why is she there. She tells him that she wants his proxy. Jax laughs and can't believe she did all of this for it. When Skye asks where they are and where they're going, Jax decides to have some fun with her and says that they are over the ocean and he'll show her. He tilts the plane down and goes near the water and scares Skye. Getting a good chuckle, Jax straightens out the plane and tells her to put on her seatbelt.

Sonny and Alexis are in the plane on their way to Puerto Rico. They are going over contracts while Alexis continues to grow more and more jittery. She's thinking of what Kristina and Jax have been telling her about Sonny and it's making her nervous. Sonny has an idea so he keeps taunting her. He asks if she's ok and says that she seems nervous. Finally Alexis tells him that everything that has happened to her in the recent weeks is haunting her. She says that she thought she was going to die when Helena held her captive and she had thoughts that Sonny would save her. Sonny tells her he's sorry for letting her down and Alexis replies that he didn't let her down and she doubted he ever would. Meanwhile, she's getting plastered on scotch and falls asleep on Sonny's shoulder.

Ned and Kristina are at the recording studio and she's trying to get him to hire her. She thinks she'd be perfect for the job and he's not convinced. He goes upstairs and she makes her way to the piano and finds a classic piece of music and starts to play. While playing softly, she starts to hum and sing and Ned comes up behind her. She doesn't know he's there and he's enjoying listening to her. She realizes he's there and gets startled. She tells him she's surprised that a rock and roll guy would have such a beautiful classic piece of music. He says that he was thinking of putting a record together of standards but hasn't found the right person to sing it. He also says he's surprised she likes that music. Alexis' name is brought up and Kristina blurts out that she's out of town on business. He asks where and she tells him Puerto Rico with Sonny. You can see the hurt expression on his face and he then says he doesn't want her name brought up again. Kristina says that she didn't say it first, he did. Then they start discussing how he needs to get out and enjoy life and quit being the Quartermaine "doormat." He says that he's not the wild life kind of guy and Kristina disagrees. She promises to get him out there and do something crazy like skydive, rock climbing, luging, etc. He thinks luging is funny and asks her if she's ever really done that before. She's says you never know and he agrees to do one crazy thing with her if she promises to drop it after that.

Scott turns to Bobbie for advice on getting over the woman he loved and lost.

At Deception, Laura tells a sympathetic Elton that she and Scott have broken off their romance. Upon hearing her mother's news, Lulu cheerfully suggests that Laura marry Luke now that she's no longer interested in Scott.

Edward is taken aback when AJ gleefully reports that he is still one step ahead of his grandfather's scheme to hustle Janine out of town.

After landing in a backwater Louisiana town, Jax explains to an appalled Skye that he came down to the bayou for a taste of the area's famous catfish and hush puppies. Jax reads Skye the riot act for her bratty behavior but later regrets his harsh words when he hears her crying in the next room.

Nikolas encounters Luke at the spot where Stavros met his maker for the second time. Ignoring the boy's hostility, Luke hands Nikolas a useful piece of advice which helps him deal with a nagging question of identity.