
A flashback shows James and Ruby sharing a passionate morning at Oxford.
Ruby arrives at Maxton Hall, listens to a loving voicemail from James, and meets her friend Lin.
Ruby and Lydia find a spiraling James at a party.
The Beaufort family attends Cordelia's funeral, which Ruby watches on the news. Ruby simultaneously plans the "Fragile Hearts" charity gala for the Alice Campbell Foundation.
Ruby visits the Beaufort House
At Maxton Hall, James's lacrosse team practices on the field. The practice is intercut with close-ups of a golden lacrosse helmet.
James sees a doctor for trauma counseling and is given a business card. He packs, leaves his ring, and returns to Maxton Hall, where his father has left him a new phone. He then reads a "To Do" list Ruby made for him, while she studies alone.
James texts Ruby asking her to come back, but she blocks his number. Ruby, Lydia, Ember, and Lin write "Goodbye, James!" on a note, attach it to a paper lantern, and release it with others in a cleansing ritual. James watches the lanterns float away from his balcony.
James and Ruby receive correspondence from Oxford. James reads an email stating his father, Mortimer, has rescheduled his application process due to his mother's death. Simultaneously, Ruby opens her letter and cries with joy upon learning she has been accepted.
Ruby drives with James in the passenger seat. They silently fight for control of the car's radio, with Ruby repeatedly slapping James's hand away.
Ruby drives with James in the passenger seat. They silently fight for control of the car's radio, with Ruby repeatedly slapping James's hand away.
Ruby drives with James in the passenger seat. They silently fight for control of the car's radio, with Ruby repeatedly slapping James's hand away.
James, Ruby, and other students setting up the "Fragile Hearts" charity gala for the Alice Campbell Foundation.
Guests arrive at the "Fragile Hearts" gala. Mortimer and Alice greet them. A reporter interviews Ruby on the red carpet.
James and Ruby make up and he joins her family for a spaghetti dinner, contrasting with Lydia receiving a text from Graham.
Party by the lake.
At Elaine's "white picnic," Ruby and her friends arrive. Elaine offers Ruby a drink, which she declines.
The "white picnic" continues with limbo and dancing. Frederic Ellington arrives, makes bigoted remarks, and insults Ruby, prompting James to publicly claim her as his girlfriend. The party ends when Cyril and Lin get sick.
James and Ruby go on an extravagant date. They eat gold-leaf burgers, kiss in a colonnade, and look out over the city skyline.
James and Ruby's intimacy is interrupted when Lydia warns them of Mortimer's arrival
Ruby mourns her scholarship, James comforts a distraught Lydia.
Students decorate for a party.
James scores a crucial goal in the championship game against Eastview, igniting cheers from Ruby and the crowd.
The Maxton Hall team is devastated after losing the final match, leaving Cyril heartbroken on the field.
A DJ plays upbeat music at a sunny pool party.
James and Lydia join their friends by the pool to discuss family troubles and toast to their new home.
The group shares pizza, dances, and embraces at the party.
Graham is arrested by police as Ruby sobs, while James and Lydia watch the scandal unfold in shock.