Kathryn knocks on Cayden's window early in the morning and tells him that Gage told her about his sexuality. When Cayden starts asking questions about Julia Taylor, Kathryn tells him to mind his business because he could get hurt.

After Cayden begins to receive ominous phone calls, he think they are coming from Kathryn, but she convinces him that she is not the one making the phone calls and tells him that she is only looking out for his safety.

Kathryn is concerned that Jesse isn't comfortable in his hospital bed and decides to harass a nurse for a pillow. Cayden finds her and she tells him that she feels responsible for what happened to Jesse because she knew something was wrong and she didn't do anything about it. Cayden tells her that it wasn't her fault and that she couldn't have known.

When Kathryn and Cayden enter Jesse's room, they find an angry Devon there. Devon rips into Jesse for what he tried to do and exits the room. Kathryn goes after her and the two begin to argue. Devon accuses Kathryn of getting too close to Jesse and asks her what she's up to. Before the argument can get physical, Gage breaks it up and tells them to put their difference aside so that they can help Jesse.

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.

Later, Kathryn helps Cayden prepare dinner. Still thinking about Julia's diary entry in which she admitted to cheating on Jesse, Cayden asks her about that relationship and Kathryn confirms that they were very close but did have an argument a few months before Julia died in which Jesse accused her of cheating on him after receiving an anonymous letter.

While ine the bathroom, Devon has a conversation with Kathryn and apologizes for what she said in the hospital. The two decide that the best course of action is to work together to help Jesse through his difficult time.

When everyone sits down to dinner, they tell one another what they are most thankful for and Kathryn admits that she's grateful that she has friends that she can count on and friends that can count on her.

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.

In a 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, Kathryn reverts to a bumbling mess and Devon tries to get her 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.

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.

Kathryn finds Jesse and Cayden in the lobby of the building 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.

It is the night of Jesse's big art show and Kathryn approaches Cayden and he vents about his frustrations with Szymon. She assures him that everything is going to be fine and if things don't work out with Szymon, she has a few gay friends that are interested.

When the host of the evening announces that it is time to reveal Jesse's final painting, things go badly when Jesse unveils a portrait of Julia that has been vandalized. Jesse tears out of the show, screaming. Devon and Kathryn run after Jesse and promise to stay with him until he calms down.

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. Kathryn, however, is very much aware of Sarah's advances.

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. In the hall, Kathryn tells Sarah to back off of Jesse and when Sarah implies that she won't, Kathryn gives her a stern warning.

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 by 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.

When Elijah returns to Cayden's apartment, he is shocked to find Mason's dead body. As he stumbles out of the bedroom, he runs into Kathryn and she tells him that Devon murdered Cayden and she saw the whole thing from where she was hiding in the bathroom. She tells him that when Devon left, she crawled out of the bathroom and checked to make sure that Cayden was okay but that when she checked his pulse he was dead. Realizing that something it wrong, Elijah tells Kathryn that it isn't Cayden who's dead, it's Mason. Elijah suddenly realizes that Kathryn is lying and tries to flee, but Kathryn prevents him from doing so by knocking him to the ground. She grabs Cayden's DVD player and slams it down on Elijah's head.

When Cecilia Nakamura arrives at Cayden's apartment, Kathryn uses her quick thinking to tell Cecilia that Devon is on rampage murdering people and that she escaped through the fire espace. When Cecilia goes out there to find Devon, Kathryn grabs her gun and pushes her from the eighth story.

Szymon and Cayden arrive just in time to watch Cecilia being pushed off of the fire escape. They share tense words and Kathryn fires her gun on Cayden, causing him to stumble into the hall. Szymon rushes to his side and Kathryn slams the door shut. 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.