Jack rescues Carly; Carly can't let go of her feelings for Jack. Noah is still in denial and asks Maddie to move in with him! Cheri puts Allie and Dusty's sex tape on the 'Net!
Col. Mayer calls Noah, angrily asking what is keeping him from their lunch date! Uncomfortable, Noah tells his father he simply lost track of time. The Colonel hands the phone to Maddie to get the truth out of him, which only makes Noah more nervous. Maddie asks him to have Luke look over the schedule and they hang up. Noah tells him about the schedule but Luke wants to talk about the kiss. Noah tries to shrug off the kiss as an experiment. "It was a joke," he says angrily and storms off. Luke can't believe it.

Back at The Lakeview, the Colonel apologizes for Noah's tardiness, telling Maddie that a stint in the Army will make him into a real man. Maddie tells him that Noah is already a real man! Noah arrives. Col. Mayer gets a call and leaves them for a moment. When they are alone, Noah asks Maddie to make things official - and move in with him! Maddie can't believe what she is hearing and neither can Col. Mayer - who offers to help pay the rent! "I wish your mother could see you now," he says.
Maddie returns to WOAK and tells Luke the moving in news. Luke stops her, telling her there is something she doesn’t know about Noah. Col. Mayer listens from outside the door.

Gwen runs into Sofie at Al's and they sit down to talk pregnancy. Neither knows the other but they've seen each other at the prenatal clinic and share their stories. Sofie explains that she just found out and hasn't told her boyfriend yet; she tells Gwen they just moved to town and hopes they'll all get to know one another. Outside, Cole watches them talk, wondering what is going on. He wonders what she is up to. Cole hides when Will walks up. Inside, Gwen introduces them and they leave. When Sofie is alone again, Cole goes inside and demands to know what Sofie was doing with Gwen! She tells him they just started talking while they were waiting for their guys, explaining that Gwen is a songwriter, too, and she hopes they can be friends. Cole gets worried that Sofie may have mentioned his name but covers, saying he just doesn't want a wannabe writer hanging around him.

Cheri gives Elwood the skinny on her project - she wants him to post a video to the Internet and hyperlink it to Dusty's address book! Elwood hesitates but the flirty Cheri convinces him to take on the project. He leaves to get things started. Cheri leaves, running into Allie a block later. She introduces herself as Allie's new best friend! Allie tries to walk away but Cheri brings up Emily, making Alison uncomfortable. Every time she tries to leave Cheri follows. "Your life is going to change in ways you can't imagine," Cheri says.

Dusty runs into Aaron at the bar and asks if they can talk. Aaron doesn't want to talk - period! - but Dusty won't take no for an answer and tells Aaron he is making a huge mistake with Alison! Aaron doesn't want to hear it and confronts Dusty about being Allie's sugar daddy. Dusty tell him what the money was for and that Allie still turned it down. He leaves. In Old Town, he runs into Allie and Cheri and confronts the madam about what she wants from Allie. Cheri makes a few veiled threats and Alison realizes there is something up with her. Cheri leaves. Dusty doesn't enlighten Alison about Cheri, instead he tells her that Cheri is just mad at him. They talk for a bit about Aaron; Allie wonders what Dusty thinks of him.
Elwood calls to tell Cheri the project has hit a snag. As Cheri talks to Elwood, he continues to work on their project. He finally gets the hyperlink working. Cheri couldn't be happier.
Aaron returns to work but can't concentrate. He decides to call Alison and leaves a message that they should talk. He hangs up and then checks on a customer - who has received a message from Dusty - it's the porn tape!

Will and Gwen arrive home. He worries because Gwen is already worried about Sofie and her boyfriend. She tells him she knows Sofie is different from Jade and Cleo but worries that her boyfriend may be bad news! Alison arrives at Will and Gwen's as Gwen is downloading an email from Dusty! It's the porn tape!
Katie freaks when Brad tells her Jack is gone; he realizes she has jumped to the wrong conclusion and tells her Jack isn't dead but he's disappeared from the hospital and no one knows where is has gone. She tries to call Jack but can't get through.

JJ watches as Carly goes under the quicksand, petrified. Jack comes running, tells JJ to back up and reaches into the sand to pull Carly up! Jack pounds on Carly's back, trying to get the sand out of her lungs so she can breathe. Finally she gags and then wakes up. They get ready to leave but Silas blindsides Jack with a shovel to the side of the head and then grabs JJ! "You're about to meet your maker - all three of you are," he exclaims! Carly strikes out at Silas' burned face but JJ can't get away fast enough. Silas grabs him but Jack wakes up and begins fighting him. He takes Silas by the throat and tries to choke him but Carly stops him just in time. Katie calls as the local cops arrive. Jack asks her to tell the kids they found JJ and promises to be home soon. The cops start to take Silas away but JJ asks to talk to him first. JJ tells Silas that he is going to start working on his manners - because it will work great in court when JJ testifies! The cops haul Silas away, JJ close behind. Jack and Carly hang back, talking about JJ, both relieved that they got him back. Carly wonders when Jack will start telling her off. Jack surprises her by not saying anything negative to her. Seeing an opening, Carly reminds Jack that he just said she was the same person she has always been and tells him they are the same people - and they are right back where they started! Jack asks if she listened to him talking to Katie, telling her that he is in love with Katie. Carly tells him he is simply in denial. One of the cops returns to let them know the chopper has arrived to take them back. Jack tells Carly he is going home to Katie and leaves. Carly follows.

After talking to Jack, Katie begins making calls to the family. Vienna arrives and sees the ring. Katie explains about the garbage disposal incident and Vienna tells her to get it fixed ASAP. She leaves as Brad returns downstairs. Katie thanks him for helping her through the ordeal. Vienna returns with a jeweler who fixes the ring. Together, Vienna and Brad warn Katie that things may be different with Jack because of what he has been through with Carly. Vienna suggests she marry Jack without any more waiting!
Next on ATWT:
Alison tells Dusty about the tape. Gwen doesn't like the new side of Alison. Col. Mayer asks Luke about Noah. Katie considers postponing the wedding!
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