After being locked out of his apartment, Cayden uses Kathryn's fire escape to get in through the window and finds Jesse in his apartment. Jesse tells him that his girlfriend, Julia Taylor, used to live in the same apartment and that she was murdered in the bathtub.

When Cayden asks him to leave, Jesse tells him that he had a dream, and in his dream Julia told him that Cayden would help find her killer.

While Jesse is folding his clothing in the laundry room, Cayden walks in and the two talk about Jesse's dream. When it becomes evident that Cayden doesn't know how to do laundry, Jesse teaches him.

Jesse tells Cayden that he knows that Cayden is gay and after initially denying it, Cayden admits that it's true. The two talk about Julia's letters and Jesse tells him that it's a good idea he's turning them over to the police because he believes that Julia's killer still lives in the building.

After leaving the laundry room, Jesse is attacked from behind and his attacker goes after Cayden. When Detective Szymon Skubisz shows up and scares the attacker off, he and Jesse spar verbally over the fact that Szymon thinks he's guilty of killing Julia Taylor.

While at the hospital, Jesse confides in Cayden that he doesn't want to live without Julia. Cayden manages to convince him that Julia would have wanted him to go on and live a full life and learn to love again.

When Szymon Skubisz enters and accuses Jesse of attempting suicide because he felt guilty for killing Julia, everyone goes into an uproar. Cayden manages to get Szymon to leave.

On Thanksgiving, everyone has gathered at Cayden's apartment for dinner. Kathryn approaches Jesse and they start to reminisce about old times and Thanksgiving with Julia. Jesse tells her that he doesn't have anything to be thankful for this year and she reminds him that he still has his friends.

Mason tells everyone that one of their neighbors is dead after having committed suicide and everyone shows concern for how Jesse reacts to this news, but he assured them that he is fine and that he knows he would have ended up like their neighbor if he didn't have such great friends.

When everyone sits down to dinner, they tell one another what they are most thankful for and Jesse admits that while he is thankful for his friends, he is more thankful that he got to experience love, even if for just a short time.

It is two weeks after Thanksgiving, and as the day begins everyone is helping Mason move into his new apartment, the apartment in which a neighbor of Cayden's committed suicide. When everyone begins to get tired of cleaning the new apartment, they decide to take a break. Cayden, Devon, Gage, Jesse, and Kathryn head to the corner store to pick up some snacks. While they are there, Szymon enters the store and speaks to Cayden privately, or so they think

When Szymon tells Cayden that they are officially labeling Julia's murder as a cold case, Devon reacts strongly. When everyone finds out what Szymon told Cayden, Cayden realizes that it would be best for Szymon to leave, and he does so.

As everyone decides to pay for their snacks and leave, a man with a gun enters the corner store and tells the cashier to hand over the money. When the cashier pulls out a shotgun, things go from bad to worse. The cashier is shot and killed and another customer who tries to flee is shot as well.

Outside, Szymon hears the gunshots and orders the store robber to come out, but the man doesn't comply. He holds Cayden, Devon, Gage, Jesse and Kathryn hostage, threatening to kill them.

When Jesse sees an opportunity to tackle the gunman, he takes it, but is overpowered by the other man. In the struggle to get free, Gage is shot. When Cayden sees that, he tries to flee but is held by the gunman. In an effort to get out of the store, the gunman holds a gun to Cayden's head and threatens to shoot him. Szymon sees that and loses it. When Szymon doesn't back off, the gunman shoots Cayden on the arm.

Huddled together, Devon tries to get Kathryn to calm down and with help from Jesse, she is able to do so.

When Cayden realizes that he has to get out of the store before he is killed. He tries to flee but if caught by the gunman and is thrown into the center of a standoff with the gunman and the police.

With quick thinking, Cayden is able to briefly incapacitate the gunman, allowing Szymon a clear shot, which he takes.

Cayden is feeling sad and decides to get drunk. Jesse tries to talk to him and convince him that getting drunk isn't the answer and Cayden argues with him, ultimately they go to their separate corners.

When Devon catches Jesse kissing Kathryn, she explodes and everyone gets involved in an argument. When Gage tells everyone that Julia wouldn't have wanted them to argue because she was all about forgiveness, Cayden lets it slip that Gage slept with Julia and Jesse forgave her for that.

A stunned Jesse didn't know that Gage was the one Julia cheated on his with and tries to attack him. As they try to figure out how Cayden knew about the affair, Devon tells them that he has Julia's diary and she demands that Cayden give it to her because he can't be trusted.

Angry, Cayden turns on Devon and tells her that she's the one who can't be trusted because she helped Julia secretly get an abortion when she didn't know if Gage or Jesse was her baby's father.

This knews causes everyone to go into shock and leave Cayden's apartment, but not before Devon punches him on the nose.

Jesse and Kathryn share a bottle of wine on the fire escape as they wait for the New Year's Eve countdown. When Cayden returns to his apartment with Devon and Gage, he spies Kathryn and Jesse on the fire escape and opens the window. Jesse tries to ignore him and go back into Kathryn's apartment, but Cayden stops him and asks him if knowing who Julia cheated with changes the fact that he forgave her for doing it. When Jesse realizes that he still loved Julia even when he didn't know who she cheated on his with, he realizes that Cayden is right, but he is still angry at Gage. At Cayden's request, Jesse and Kathryn enter his apartment.

Jesse asks Kathryn if she is okay with him talking about how much he loved Julia since they are dating now. Kathryn tells him that she understands and asks him what he's going to do about Gage. Jesse tells her that he had reason to be angry with Gage and Kathryn agrees, but tells him that maybe with time, he'll be able to forgive Gage.

As the countdown to midnight begins, everyone gathers in Cayden's living room. When the clock strikes twelve, Jesse kisses Kathryn and then looks at Devon, hoping that she won't over react, but Devon merely smiles at them warmly.

When Jesse realizes that New Year's Eve is about starting over, he extends his hand to Gage and, surprised by his forwardness, Gage accepts it and they shake.

Cayden runs into Jesse in the lobby of their building. Jesse admits that he is having a problem with Kathryn. Jesse feels as if he is being unfaithful to Julia because he is attracted to Kathryn. Cayden tells him that it's going to take time and that it's normal for him to feel that way.

Kathryn approaches them and tells Cayden that Jesse is having his artwork featured at an art show.

Later, while Jesse and Kathryn are in his bed kissing, the excitement builds as they begin to remove articles of clothing. Just as things begin to really heat up, an image of Julia Taylor flashes in front of Jesse's eyes and he is unable to proceed, leaving Kathryn wondering what just happened.

Jesse and Kathryn run into Mrs. Mulberry and her granddaughter Sarah in the hall. Mrs. Mulberry has a broken leg and Sarah tells them how she will be staying with her grandmother to watch over her. Sarah begins to flirt with Jesse, unbeknownst to him.

Later, Sarah surprises Jesse with a cake and her advances on him become even more obvious. They are interrupted by Kathryn, who quickly gets Sarah to leave.

It's Valentine's Day and Jesse and Kathryn are in the laundry room joking around when Cayden enters. Cayden asks Jesse if he's okay. Jesse admits that he realized that Julia is gone for good and he has to move on. He admits to Cayden that he is going to make love to Kathryn for the first time. When Sarah Mulberry enters, she asks everyone what they're doing and seems especially interested in Jesse.

Later, Jesse goes out to pick up a bottle of wine and when he returns, he gets stuck on the elevator with Sarah. Sarah does her best to come onto him and even grabs his crotch and tries to kiss him. When the power comes back on, the doors open and Kathryn Hayes catches them.

Jesse goes after Kathryn and explains that what she saw was Sarah trying to seduce him, but he does not want her. After some convincing, he gets Kathryn to relax and the two make love for the first time.

Cayden is frantic when he loses the ring tht Szymon gave him while throwing out the trash. He begs Devon and Elijah for their help in searching for it and the three go down to the incinerator to wade through trash bags. As the search becomes futile, Cayden discovers a trash bag filled with pictures of Julia Taylor. They find Julia's diary that was stolen from Cayden's apartment. The three soon realize that they just dug through the trash of Julia's killer. They take the trash bag with them as they scurry to leave, Cayden finds the ring at the last moment.

Back in Cayden's apartment, he gathers everyone and tells them about the findings. Cayden calls Szymona d asks him to get there right away. As Jesse steps forward the grab the bag, Kathryn blocks him and grabs it. Devon is furious that Kathryn continues to further contaminate the evidence. Cayden tries to bring everyone back to their senses and they agree to go through the bad while wearing latex gloves.

As Jesse Martinez searched through the bag of evidence, he is shocked to find that in every picture of Julia Taylor, someone cut out her eyes. When Gage tries to help, Jesse goes off on him, blaming him for preventing him from spending precious time with Julia before she died. Kathryn does her best to stop the two men from fighting and Jesse becomes frustrated that he can't find anything in the bag.

When Cecilia Nakamura and Szymon Skubisz arrive to pick up the bag of evidence left by Julia's killer, they are shocked that everyone rifled through the bag. As Cecilia goes through the evidence, she notes that someone took photographs of Julia inside of her apartment from the fire escape. Cecilia finds a picture in the bag that is different from the rest. Cayden is present in the photograph, which means that it was taken after Julia died, and furthermore, Jesse Martinez is cut out of the picture. Cayden admits that he took the picture at Christmas and made a copy for all of his friends.

When Mason enters Cayden's apartment, Sarah follows him. The two of them find out about the bag in the incinerator and Sarah makes a few catty remarks that get Devon's blood boiling and Devon attacks her. Their fight spills out into the corridor, but it is eventually broken up my the men and Mrs. Mulberry.

Upstairs, in Kathryn's apartment, Jesse and Kathryn find themselves alone. They begin to kiss in the darkness and just as things are about to accelerate, Jesse mistakenly calls out Julia Taylor's name.

She begins to get angry by the fact that Jesse can't seem to let go of Julia. She admits to seeing Julia and Gage having sex and she admits to blackmailing Julia into leaving Jesse. Jesse soon realizes the awful truth that Kathryn murdered Julia so that she could have Jesse all to herself. She admits to Jesse that she finally got rid of Cayden and stabbed him to death. Unbeknownst to her, she really murdered Mason. In order to prevent Jesse from leaving, Kathryn hits him over the head with a lamp.

An unconscious Jesse Martinez hears the voice of Julia Taylor calling out to him. She tells him that he is the only one who can stop Kathryn now. Jesse pleads with Julia's ghost to stay, but she tells him that she has to leave, but that she will be back and all he has to do is look for her and she will be there.

When she turns around, she finds Jesse Martinez standing in the apartment.

Jesse tells Kathryn that he finally realizes how much she truly loves him. Kathryn is hesitant at first, but when she realizes that she could finally have everything that she ever wanted, she relents and falls into Jesse's arms. He takes the gun out of Kathryn's hands and uses it to shoot her in the stomach. A confused Kathryn steps away and looks into Jesse's eyes one last time before she dies.

Szymon kicks the door to Cayden's apartment down and finds Jesse standing there, holding the gun to his head. With the help of Cayden, Gage and Devon, Szymon is successful in getting Jesse to drop the gun. A defeated Jesse falls to the floor, a sobbing mess.

As a catatonic Jesse Martinez is being taken away in an ambulance, he glanced up at the apartment Julia Taylor once resided in and he sees her in the window waving goodbye.