The club plans their pizza party for Saturday, but during the week, all sorts of things start to go wrong. Stacey doesn’t know if she’ll be back from New York City in time, and Mary Anne calls Kristy in tears to say that her father isn’t allowing her to spend her earnings on pizza. She doesn’t want to attend if she can’t contribute, so she decides to forego it.

Kristy calls Claudia next, who tells her that her parents want her to focus harder on schoolwork, including all weekend. When Kristy calls Stacey, her mom picks up and tells Kristy that she’s still in New York with friends. Mary Anne calls back to tell Kristy that she saw Stacey in her car that morning, and Kristy knows that Stacey and her mother are lying. Afterward, Watson calls with an urgent babysitting request, and Kristy is the only one available.

Watson comes to pick up Kristy with Karen and Andrew in tow. He’s panicked because his ex-wife broke her ankle and needs him to take her home from the hospital. Kristy wonders how her mother feels about it all.