Urban underground

A murder occurs on Grant Street near Tubman High and as far as anyone knows the victim was an innocent bystander.

Jaris, having hired Amberlynn for a position at the Chicken Shack, starts to question his motives for giving her the position and his feelings for Sereeta after Trevor begins spreading a rumor that Jaris has a crush on Amberlynn.

Naomi, saving up to buy her dream car, is thrilled when she lands a job at a local frozen yogurt shop and almost immediately gets a raise, but it is not long before the shop owner's constant staring begins to make her feel uneasy, and her discomfort is heightened by her ex-boyfriend's continued efforts to win her back.

The students of Chavez High feel the weight of their conscience after they bullied, harassed, and teased a homeless man hours before his death.

Mona Lisa thinks she has found the right guy in Julio Avila, but her mother has other ideas about Julio.

Cheerleader Mira hopes to make her boyfriend Clay Aguirre a better person.

Ernesto Sandoval and his friends are questioned when a used car dealership is torched.

Naomi Martinez's life is turned upside down when her cousin, who is a spoiled brat, comes to live with her family.

Sereeta sometimes volunteers at a hotline for abused women and kids, but everything is about to change when she is kidnapped.

High school student Denique, having decided to try and ignore her feelings for Trevor and focus on school in order to get out of the projects, learns she must get a job and realizes things are even harder than she thought they would be.