He always runs away from his problems instead of facing them. But despite the two living only 40 miles apart, Mike's frequent efforts to meet Kristen have been futile. Aaron recently moved to New York City, and he said that he's staying offline for now and is actually starting to go out on dates. Nev helps Kya finally meet Alyx, who she says she has fallen in love with but has never actually met. From con artists to nude photo collectors, these devious catfish are in a class all their own! Devan wants to believe that Rylan is marriage material.
Mike has always been there for Ashley, consoling her through the period after her father's sudden death and becoming an intensely positive force in her life. Brandy says that they speak daily and she is looking forward to the future and attending counseling. She later admits she does think of Aaliyah as a friend, and that she realises she needs to re-evaluate how she relates to people. Concerned daughter, Shuntay, enlists the help of Nev and Max after her mother, Jeanette, begins talking about marriage and uprooting her family to be with a man who refuses to meet in person. Six months into the relationship, Priscilla reveals that her mother died and shortly after, she states that she has moved on from Chitara and has fallen in love with a male. Harold has seen only one picture of Armani over a span of four years and he reveals that Armani has mothered a child after being impregnated by a jailbird. Nev and Max accompany Antoinette to a show of the band where they catch up backstage where the authenticity of the relationship between Albert and Antoinette is established.
The two come to an agreement that they will never have contact again in the future. Recently, her family was evicted from their home and she's been couch-surfing at different friends' houses while she completes her education. Craig has since severed all contact with Cassandra who has been rebuilding her life. Gabby bails, leaving Miranda stricken. After many failed attempts to video chat with Paola, she finally relented and connected with Ramon briefly. But when the guys discover a former catfish is involved, they begin to suspect Jonathon himself may be in on the deception! Trina and Lee remain good friends, as do Kim and Matt, and Jarrod and Melissa who appear via webcam unlike all other participants.
Alicia is Aaliyah's first real girlfriend; they text with each other all day long and talk on the phone until late into the night, often falling asleep on the phone together. She is also happy that Jarrod has kept her in his life, and she's hopeful love could still blossom between them one day. She enlists Nev and Max to help find the catfish and put an end to his perverted deception. On tracing her number, it is shown to correspond with a Mary Ann Razmus from Shelby, North Carolina and the catfish is discovered to be her daughter, Cassandra, who once sent her picture to Craig under the impersonation of Zoe. Her photos are all similarly posed to disguise her weight. Over a year ago, he bonded online with a caring, emotionally available man named Marq. Their relationship intensified and Cassie even asked Steve to marry her—and Steve accepted.
Solana is at a paradox and eventually settles for a friendship with Elijah after she marries Danny. In the epilogue, Kara has not replied to Miracle's Facebook messages, but says she plans to. While he is angry at first, Mike accepts her apology, and they stay in contact but neither sees the other as anything other than an acquaintance. But as the guys investigate, they make a shocking discovery that casts suspicion onto Paris herself! James won't videochat yet he invites Deven to fly across the country to meet him! She has complete access to Craig's social media accounts and, on several occasions, has misused them along with her own by uploading raunchy pictures of mutual friends of Craig and Mariah, owing to the dissolution of relationships and friendships. Tiana has not revealed to James that she has a 3-year-old daughter, who she gave birth to just before they started talking. He says they met on a messenger app and have been speaking on and off ever since. With all the standard red flags, Nev and Max assume it's an open and shut case - but the truth is something stranger than fiction.
Antoinette has since been dating someone else. Tiana also had not talked to Trez after the incident. But due to the brewing concerns over jobs and attachment, they decided to not pursue a romantic relationship but kept their friendship intact. Tiana believes that Aisha had set this up all along, so Tiana and Aisha are no longer friends and still had not made up months later. But as they dig into Vance's past, Rachael is left wondering if he really is the man she spent half her life in love with. When Tyler tells his friends about her, they are all surprised it was with a girl from online. He's in Alaska to restart his life after getting into legal trouble.
Ebony turns out to be a woman who has been a lesbian for 15 years and has a child. Kim opens up to Nev that the love of her life Steven committed and that Matt helped her through the grief. He states that Zoe has given him all the love he should have or never received and has also rendered him financial assistance. When they meet, she is revealed to be called Chasity, and is none of the women in the photos. Sammie has since quit stalking celebrities and is focusing on living her life with her son.
Brogan Acaster is then traced to a blog with shots of a pregnant woman with the same tattoos that Bianca had seen through pictures. Neither appeared in the follow-up interview, but it is seen that Tamila has failed to elicit a response from Harold who says he has forgiven her, but is not interested in reestablishing contact with her. Bre constantly fabricates excuses to evade video-chatting and Facebook and cites financial issues. However, unlike Ashley's pictures, Mike's are of a completely different person. Now Ashley feels ready to come out of hiding to show her true self to Mike.
In the epilogue, Markie states that she has tweaked her honesty and maintains contact with Blaire who is moving to Florida and no longer has amorous sentiments for Markie. James is a 24-year-old who also lives in North Carolina, which raises a red flag as to why they live in the same state but have yet to meet over the duration of three years. A revelation is made when Kiersten tells Blake that her given name is actually Kendra and she has a son. But before she does, she needs Nev and Max to help her find out who Titus really is! Even after the trip he still had doubts and emailed Harriet as if she was still Katy. In the follow-up, Jamey admits that he maintains sporadic contact with Ari while exploring the Houston nightlife.