Matt's father, Charlie (Michael Paré), tracks him down to apologize for gambling away his college money, but Vincent suspects Charlie is up to no good when trouble from New York comes calling.
Elizabeth considers mixing business with pleasure with an old flame (Michael Nouri); Arielle and Brianna compete for the last runway slot in Stella's Miami Fashion Week show.
While Elizabeth is busy hosting a wedding, Alex secretly plans a party for Fuentes at Nocturnal, but when a shooter makes an attempt on Fuentes' life, a showdown erupts between mother and son over control of the club.
Alex uses aggressive tactics to protect Arielle when he becomes her manager; Matt learns that Maggie is a gifted singer, so he gives her CD to an established music producer (Ja Rule).