At the sorority house, Mel and Eli are looking through pledge books for information. They find an entry about Rebecca's Noose and try to figure out who Rebecca is. In another book, they find a memorial to Rebecca Kelly, who died on a "nature walk" in 1968. Finally they realize that the ghost is Rebecca. She appears, and Melinda talks to her. The burlap bag on her head disappears, and Rebecca says that Courtney is safe from the other girls and is her sister now.
At the shop, Melinda, Delia and Eli realize that Rebecca is using Courney to stop the hazing. Rebecca thinks that if a pledge disappears, it will draw attention the secret rituals and the sorority will be forced to stop them. Melinda pulls out a pledge book she took from the college trying to get more information on Rebecca's Noose and what it means. They don't find anything in the book but are able to track down a pledge from that year who still lives in Grandview.
They go to visit Lauren, the former pledge, and Lauren tells them she was a pledge but dropped out. She says the hazing was awful - alone in the woods, freezing, with no food or water, and a bag over their heads. Melinda asks if Rebecca was a pledge, and Lauren tells them that Rebecca was not a pledge but one of the leaders and the meanest one. She relates how Rebecca singled her out, and left her in the forest alone after eliminating her from the pledges. Lauren pleads with Rebecca not to leave her, but Rebecca goes anyway. Lauren found her way out of the woods and never set foot in the sorority house again. Melinda asks Lauren about the nooses, but Lauren says they didn't use them then. Mel wonders if they had something to do with Rebecca's death, and Lauren is sure they do.
After Melinda and Eli leave they go to rejoin the search party in the woods. They're trying to figure out why Rebecca keeps appearing dressed as a pledge rather than a member. Rebecca is shown with Courtney, who is still alive but barely. Melinda calls out to Rebecca to try to talk to her about what happened to Lauren. Rebecca appears and tells Mel that the night Lauren pledged, she was feeling guilty about the way they were treating Lauren and didn't want to leave her alone in the woods. But she knew she would be thrown out of she went back to help, so she had to do it anonymously. Rebecca dressed up as a pledge and put a bag on her head so Lauren wouldn't know who she was. She was taking a short cut to reach the spot where they'd left Lauren when she got caught in a rock slide and slipped over the edge of a cliff, getting tangled up in a net where she is strangled. Rebecca says Courtney has to die to stop the hazing, and Melinda pleads with her to save Courtney's life. Finally, Mel gets through to Rebecca and she agrees to show Mel where Courtney is. With the search party, Melinda "just happens" to see Courtney and the rescuers find her.
Meanwhile, back at the fire station, Sam is looking for Melinda. He finds out that Melinda wasn't there when she told Sam she was. Just then, Sam looks at the TV and sees a broadcast of the search in the woods, where Mel is present as Courtney is found.
Emily is reunited with Courtney as Rebecca looks on. Mel tells them that Rebecca helped them to find Courtney and that she is there. Emily explains everything to Courtney, and they make up and then thank Rebecca for helping them find Courtney. Melinda promises to tell Lauren the truth and that Rebecca tried to help her. Finally, Rebecca is at peace and is able to cross over.
But we can't leave it at that, because our show needs romantic tension! So we're back at Melinda's house, where Sam asks Melinda where she was. Mel says she was at the fire station, and Sam reveals to her that he saw her on TV and knows she lied to him. Sam leaves for work unhappy, and Melinda wonders what this means for them.
Next week: In spite of his feelings for Melinda, Sam has doubts! No, really, big big doubts.
