Air date: 1/19/00

Donna and David meet promising new mates for themselves, she with an unpredictable businessman named Jerry, and he with a law clerk named Chrissy. Meanwhile, Kelly decides to quit working at the boutique store. Soon after being suspended by the state bar for misappropriate use of legal funds, Matt violates his suspension by taking a case of an injured factory worker, until Chrissy finds out and threatens him. The increasingly moody Dylan suffers from the fast-lane acquaintances of Noah's which takes a turn for the worse when both Dylan and Gina are arrested when Josie's stash of drugs is found in the limo they take for a drive. Also, Steve and Janet hire a nanny, named Darby, for baby Madeleine whom Noah asks out on a date.

Fertile Ground

Air date: 1/26/00

Matt's successful and confident older brother, Patrick, pays a visit with his wife and asks Matt for a very personal favor: to be a sperm donor so his wife can have a baby since he is sterile. But Kelly pressures Matt not to agree to the favor. Noah is threatened by Josie's brother, Shane, when Dylan refuses to cover for Josie's drug loss after she destroyed a drug stash to avoid getting arrested. Meanwhile, Steve tells Janet about his previous encounter with Darby and her sex-crazy college days, and it takes Janet a while to accept Steve was being honest with her. Donna, now running the boutique shop on her own, goes out with a fashion designer, named Dan, while David has a meeting of minds with Camille Desmond, a magazine columnist. Also, Gina gets a promotional job offer, but only if she trains her employer's spoiled son, Michael, for an upcoming prom dance contest his school is giving.

The Final Proof

Air date: 2/9/00

A revenge-seeking Shane and his friend Carl, kidnap Noah and then send a ransom e-mail to Dylan for his release. Dylan agrees to deliver the ransom money without notifying the police, but confides in Steve about the situation. They Dylan is waylaid by Josie and Shane who plan to kill him and Noah anyway. Meanwhile, Kelly and Matt prepare to go on a couples Valentine's Day game show with Donna and Janet as their coaches. But when Kelly has an attack of nerves, Donna goes on the show with Matt in her place. Donna's father tries to bond with Gina who continues to be uncertain about what to do, but just after he tells her to call him Dad, he ends up lapsing into unconsciousness. Also, David continues his growing relationship with Camille, until the arrival of an ex-boyfriend which puts a form of jealousy and fear in David.

Doc Martin

Air date: 2/16/00

After Dr. Martin dies from a sudden and massive stroke, Gina is implicitly accused by everyone in the group and directly accused by Felice of causing his death. Gina is also not acknowledged as his daughter and angrily decides to leave L.A. and head back to New York, with an also-unhappy Dylan deciding after his latest spat with Kelly to leave town with her. When Matt has more financial setbacks, Kelly takes on a lucrative Public Relations job, but gets thrown for a loop when she learns her client is against high school clubs for gay students, a cause she personally is supportive of. Donna has to plan her father's funeral when Felice is incapacitated by grief, and joins the anti-Gina side by saying she thinks her dad would be alive if she hadn't told Gina the truth. Noah continues to drink heavily and be mired in depression, and David tries to get through to him. Gina surprises everyone by making a brave stand at her father's funeral, and is finally accepted by both Felice and the group, but she ends up reconciling with Donna and leaving town with the closure she long sought. Dylan changes his mind about leaving, to Gina's disappointment but non-surprise, and he and Kelly resolve to at least be civil to each other.

Eddie Waitkus

Air date: 3/1/00

Dylan becomes intrigued with his past after he and Steve see a live news report showing a group of plane crash survivors, one of whom is the dead-splitting image of his long death father Jack McKay. Dylan tries looking into his family storage locker, but finds it broken into and ransacked. Dylan then goes to see Christine Pettie, the FBI agent who was involved in protecting his father many years ago, but she is not very helpful and advises Dylan to leave this alone. Meanwhile, Noah's return to drinking gets worse when he intrudes on Donna's newest date Eli. Kelly can't handle the contract between her PR duties and her personal beliefs. Also, David ponders his further relationship with Camille when the issue of how to satisfy her arises during their first night together, while Donna hires Camille to work at the boutique.