Stacey and Laine get rashes from their poison ivy fall. While stuck in the medical room together, the pair reconcile their friendship. Mary Anne fills in for Stacey in the show and eventually, shares a kiss with Logan. Kristy notices that Karen has gone missing, soon finding her at a bus stop trying to go home. Karen confides in Kristy that she feels too weird to make friends, but Kristy reassures her camp will be fun.
In order to get justice for kids who cannot afford expensive activities, Dawn and Claudia enlist campers to protest the unfair arrangements. This causes tension between Dawn and Mary Anne, due to the protest causing problems for her hard-worked play, but the girls make up. When the camp leader threatens to send them home, the BSC explains the unnoticed issues with the camp; such as no one but Kristy noticing Karen had gone missing. Finally being listened to, they are made Counselors-in-Training.
Tropes:
- Bindle Stick: When "running away" from camp Karen ties a bandanna filled with her things to a stick and carries it over her shoulder.
- Shout-Out: When Kristy tells Jessi and Mallory that they need to go into the forest, Mallory sings the titular lyric of Into the Woods.
- The Show Must Go On: Mary Anne loses her producer and two of her actors and needs to step in for the lead role. Dawn even calls for a strike, causing the cast and crew to walk out. But they rally and pull off a performance.
