Sandra is feeling low, so when pod 4 discovers that their teacher is going to give them a test, and take the average score of each pod, Birch and Liam take action. To raise Sandra's spirits, so she is able to study, they pretend to be her secret admirer, sending her love poems over text. Meanwhile, Raffi gets suspicious, and believes that someone is messing with her. So not only does Liam and Birch have to hide their secret from Sandra, but Raffi as well.

Sandra decides to enter pod 4 for a game show to become famous, and get sponsors for her skateboarding career. No one except for Birch is taking it seriously. Will they pull together in the end, or fall defeatedly?

Raffi wins an art award, and Birch gets extremely jealous. She believes that Raffi used her for her artistic skill in order to win it. Meanwhile, Liam and Sandra are looking through the different steps Birch is facing (denial, anger, etc.). Sandra, however, is waiting for Birch explode with rage for her own entertainment.

Pod 4 is nominated for "Pod of the Month" by their teacher. Amelia is extremely jealous because her pod is normally "Pod of the Month", and she tries to jeopardize their chances by turning them against each other. Doing so, she finds Birch's drawings about the other members of her pod (titled "Pod Life"). The drawings consisted of Sandra, Liam and Raffi looking like terrible people. Amelia asks to get the pictures published on the school newspaper, causing pod 4 to turn against Birch.

Ricki is behaving strangely and neglecting the rest of Quat 4. Birch is very worried and fears that Ricki is hanging out with the wrong people and going off the rails. However, when Birch, Liam and Sandra go to his aid in what they think is a fight, something completely unexpected happens.