At the strip club Michael watches unseen as Abby goes through her routine. She finally notices Michael in the audience. Unable to stop, she continues her routine as Michael grows angry at the drunken catcalls, etc. Finally Michael can't take it anymore and leaves as Abby watches with tears in her eyes.

At the mob restaurant Carly sobs on Jason's shoulder. She thinks Michael is making the biggest mistake of his life by hanging out with Abby! Jason urges Carly to let this go, but her words bother him. After Carly leaves, Michael arrives upset. He tells Jason he went to see Abby at work to better understand her. Michael compares Abby stripping for money to him feeling powerless in prison; on the stage Abby is powerless to the leers and jeers around her. The men treat her like an object, which is how he felt in prison. Jason thinks Michael did the right thing by leaving the club when he did and to make sure he avoids situations where he could lose his temper.

Abby bumps into Sam on the street and tells her about seeing Michael at the strip club. She knows he's upset and she needs to talk to him ASAP. Sam realizes that Abby really likes Michael and later confides in Jason that Abby and Michael together may not be a good thing after all. Conflicted Jason reveals that he knows how important Abby is to Michael, but he too wonders if their relationship has a future.

Michael gets a text from Abby and meets her on the street. He confesses why he went to see her strip and how it angered him to see those men leer at her. Abby frets that now Michael will only see her as a stripper, but Michael assures her that's not true. If anything he sees that they are more alike than he realized. Abby is moved by Michael and he leans in for a kiss ...

Sonny is about to give Brenda an engagement ring when they are interrupted by Spinelli and a woman named Carol, who thinks Brenda is marrying Murphy Sinclair. To show Brenda that he is supportive of her marriage Spinelli hired Carol to plan her wedding. Thrilled Brenda tells Carol that she and Sonny want to get married by February 18. Carol snaps that doesn't give her enough time, but agrees to plan the wedding when Sonny argues that if she is truly the best, she can pull it off. Later Sonny whisks Brenda away to their woodsy hideout where he gives her three rings: one for the day they met, one for the day they were supposed to get married and one for the day they will get married. Brenda is blown away by Sonny's romantic gesture and they fall into bed. Later Sonny has a nightmare where he puts the ring on Brenda's hand. Shots ring out and he turns to see she has disappeared. Hm, is someone having second thoughts?

At Jake's Lulu is annoyed when Dante goes on and on about protecting Brenda. Dante insists he and Brenda are friends, yet he refuses to give up guarding her at Lulu's request. Lulu argues that this is having a negative impact on their relationship, but later relents and apologizes for giving Dante such a hard time. After all he accepts her as is and she should do the same.

Ethan and Maya are also at Jake's. They are both discouraged by apartment hunting and Ethan starts mumbling how he doesn't know he can do this. Maya argues that living in their own place gives them a chance to really see where this is going, so Ethan agrees to look at more apartments, but he's not too happy about it.

Lucky is surprised to find Siobhan with Theo at Diane's office. He's suspicious when Theo says he's helping Siobhan with her immigration troubles. It seems that her visa is about to expire and to stay in the country, someone needs to marry her. Siobhan curtly tells Theo she and Lucky will talk about this privately and leaves. Later she enters a confessional where an unseen Theo waits for her. As the Balkan he informs her that she better not sympathize too much with Lucky or else. Shaken Siobhan meets up with Lucky at Jake's where Lucky offers to marry her if she really needs it.