It's the first week of school and the first week of rush and neither is going particularly well for Rusty. On his very first night trying to become one with his pledge brothers, he fell asleep on the job. His "brothers" let him know they weren't too happy by leaving Rusty to dash off to class sans shoes, with blue feet and covered in mud. Rusty's professor was not amused.

As mid-term week approaches, the pressure is building for Rusty as he is determined to maintain his grades while keeping up his social life at the fraternity. Of course, Cappie has the answers for him but is it the right thing to do? Cappie not only presents Rusty with an appealing offer of help but when he is partnered with Casey on a school project, Casey is tempted once again by her past.

After she falls into a manhole risking her life, coupled with the Kappa Tau's throwing an "End of the World" party, Casey is sent into an emotional tailspin, questioning her relationship with Max and her lingering feelings for Cappie. Meanwhile, Ashleigh faces her own punishment with Pan Hellenic after a complaint is lodged by Frannie for the Homecoming Float sabotage. Ashleigh turns to Casey to help fight the charge, but when Casey gets caught up in her own personal drama, she leaves Ashleigh to face Frannie alone. And with Dale having trouble keeping his cougar girlfriend's sexual advances at bay and Calvin trying his best to resist hooking up with his new hot roommate, Grant. Dale convinces Calvin to go in on a "purity pledge" partnership so they can help each resist their most recent temptations.

Casey patrols non-alcohol party night during Dry Weekend on campus until she and Evan unknowingly eat some special brownies. Meanwhile, Grant's old high school girlfriend surprises him with a visit, and Rusty seeks academic help at a book signing.

Shocked to learn that ZBZ has slipped in the ranks down to fourth, Casey is determined to bring ZBZ back to the number one spot by motivating their pledge class to take action, believing that, if they create a cool photo shoot for the Lamda Sig calendar, it could improve their house’s ranking. However new pldge Abby convinces the other pledges to boycott the shoot so, in order to make nice with the ZBZ pledges, Ashley and Casey get them all makeovers. Meanwhile, dissatisfied with her college experience, Jordan wonders how to make her time at CRU more fulfilling and, in an effort to prove his love and commitment for Jordan Rusty decides to lavaliere her. When Rusty divulges his plans to his KT brothers, they warn him of the Kappa Tau curse that occurs when a brother lavalieres his girlfriend. Elsewhere, Cappie helps Evan find a part time job to help his financial situation, but when he meets one of Evan’s new and very attractive co-workers, Lana, he decides to get a job too.

Everyone is packing their bags and heading home for Thanksgiving, but Casey and Rusty find themselves stranded at CRU when their parents leave them behind for Maui. Will Thanksgiving at CRU beat going home for the holidays? A surprise at the end will leave you speechless and wanting more.

Cappie and Casey go public, and Omega Chi and Kappa Tau get serious about pranking. Things heat up when Song Fest pits ZBZ against Gamma Psi. Rusty and Dale take their rivalry out of the lab.

Casey is ready to discuss the future with a resistant Cappie, and the situation isn't helped by handsome Washington politician Joel (Sam Page), who encourages Casey to envision a potential career in politics after she volunteers to help him with his voter registration campaign at the Cyprus Rhodes campus. Find out if Cappie is ready to grow up or if he will fall behind.

Beaver goes to class to find he got an F on his paper because it‘s plagiarized. He‘s needs to write a decent, original paper by the next morning or the F stays on his record. Casey talks with Katherine in hopes of forming a study group with her, but Katherine says she doesn‘t like study groups. Beaver meets Katherine, and is instantly smitten. Rusty and Dana are working on a science project together, and Ashleigh joins in to help make their slideshow more presentable. Dana requests to be called a co-inventor on the credits page, but when Rusty finds out, his anger ruins the presentation. The committee likes the invention, but pulls Rusty from the project and gives it to a professional team. Rebecca invites Cappie to the pledge party so she can make Evan jealous. Casey and Beaver team up in search of case summaries for Casey. Beaver accidentally invites Katherine along as they search for notes, much to Casey‘s dismay.