Claire gets back in town, and is met by the gang, who fill her in on what went down. Brandon loses control when he sees a hot moment between Susan and Jonathon, and Donna's Christmas present from Joe, literally flies the coop! Steve is on 'teen patrol' for his father, volunteering to watch his party animal half brothers in his absence. Steve institues his own brand of justice when the boys go wild. Music: Forgiven Not Forgotten' / 'Auld Lang Syne' / 'Runaway' performed by The Corrs.

A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher's murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against "Klan lawyer" Roy Payne.