Wes's father Stuart dies of a heart attack shortly after an angry phone argument with Wes.

Wes breaks up with Liz in a phone call, claiming long-distance is too hard to maintain.

Liz visits Wes at his house on New Year's Day, and he falsely confirms he cheated on her.

Wes restarts his freshman year at UCLA and rejoins the Bruins baseball team with renewed determination.

Liz begins her internship with acclaimed documentarian Lilith Grossman at HEFT Entertainment.

Wes arrives at Liz's apartment party, and Liz introduces roommate Clark as her boyfriend.

Lilith assigns Liz to cover the Bruins baseball team's entire preseason for a documentary series.

Wes agrees to give the HEFT documentary interview on the condition that Liz asks the questions.

Wes gives a full interview about his father's death and the family hardship that followed.

The HEFT team travels to Omaha to film Wes as he closes and sells his childhood home.

Wes drinks alone after visiting his father's grave and wakes screaming from a nightmare.

Liz goes to Wes's childhood home in the middle of the night and wakes him from his drunken nightmare.

Wes admits to Liz that he never cheated and only lied to push her away after his father's death.

A baseball strikes Wes in the chest during a game, and he collapses on the field.

Liz professes her love to Wes in his hospital room, not realizing he is standing behind her.

Wes Bennett's life is upended when his father Stuart dies and he drops out of UCLA, eventually breaking up with Liz and falsely claiming he cheated to push her away. A year and a half later, both Wes and Liz return to UCLA determined to move forward, only for their paths to collide when Liz's new internship puts her in constant proximity to Wes and his baseball team. Wes agrees to a documentary interview that forces him to confront his grief publicly for the first time, and a trip back to Omaha to close the family home brings both characters face to face with the pain they have been avoiding. After Wes spirals into drinking and a nightmare, Liz rescues him, and the truth about his lie finally comes out between them. When a baseball strike sends Wes to the hospital, Liz's fear of losing him breaks through her defenses, and she professes her love in a confession that brings their long journey back to each other to a close.

The central romance and defining revelations of Wes and Liz's story.

On New Year's Eve, Wes spots Liz at a party and slips away to avoid rekindling their relationship.

Liz and Clark arrive at Jackie Robinson Stadium to shoot the Bruins' first preseason practice footage.

Wes's scooter nearly hits Liz on campus, leading to a tense and awkward conversation between them.

Wes declines Lilith's emailed request for a documentary interview, refusing to revisit the pain of his past.

The group goes to In-N-Out together, where Wes's friends quiz him about his romantic history with Liz.

Liz films Wes on the pitcher's mound as he answers introductory questions for the documentary.

Liz slips Wes a note before his exhibition game that calms his nerves and helps him play well.

Clark ends the fake relationship before leaving Omaha, telling Liz he can no longer pretend without hurting Wes.

Liz confronts Wes outside an Omaha restaurant, demanding to know why he never shared his struggles with her.

Liz's father finds her in the Secret Area and reassures her that her conflicted feelings for Wes are valid.

Liz's stepmother Helena calls Wes and shares a memory of Stuart that proves Stuart was not angry when he died.

Wes scales Liz's balcony with flowers and candles as a romantic gesture; a neighbor hoses him down.

Wes and Liz accidentally get locked in the Halloween party attic stairwell and share an unexpected kiss.

Wes and Liz eat takeout on a car trunk after Wes's borrowed car dies in the restaurant valet line.

Wes plays the championship game with Liz wearing his jersey and hears his father's encouraging voice.

From the New Year's Eve party where Wes first spots Liz and deliberately avoids her, to their tense early run-ins on campus, the story is built from dozens of charged encounters that push the protagonists closer while they insist on distance. Liz films the baseball team, slips Wes a steadying note before a game, and watches him thrive — all while telling herself their history is behind her. The Omaha trip cracks things open: Clark ends the fake relationship, and Liz presses Wes in a parking lot for the truth about the years he kept silent. Back in California, Wes's over-the-top balcony gesture goes hilariously wrong, but the Halloween party locks the two of them together in an attic stairwell long enough to finally kiss. A ruined dinner reservation, a makeshift meal on a car trunk, and a snuck-into baseball field later, their relationship inches toward the resolution that the championship game — where Liz wears Wes's jersey — ultimately confirms.

The supporting moments that shaped Wes and Liz's path back to each other.

Wes drops out of UCLA after his father's death and moves home to pay the bills and care for Sarah.

Clark agrees to pose as Liz's fake boyfriend after she explains that Wes is her ex-boyfriend.

Wes learns from his teammates that Liz has been working with the athletics department all along.

Liz discloses her history with Wes to Lilith, who keeps her on the baseball assignment anyway.

Wes agrees to share his story with HEFT only if Liz is the one to conduct the interview.

Liz steps out of the HEFT interview mid-session when Wes's answers become too emotionally painful to hear.

During the interview, Wes reveals a friend dragged him drunk to pitch at a stadium, reigniting his passion for baseball.

Clark gives Liz the interview footage, and she watches alone, overwhelmed by what she never knew about Wes.

Liz erupts at Clark during dinner, insisting Wes cheated on her and that his grief does not excuse betrayal.

At his father's grave in Omaha, Wes recalls the final angry phone call with Stuart and is consumed by guilt.

After Liz wakes Wes from his nightmare, they move together and share a brief, unplanned kiss.

Clark plays Liz a secret recording of Wes's mother revealing that Wes has blamed himself for Stuart's death.

Wes makes a bet with Liz: if he can find her in costume at the Halloween party, she owes him a date.

Wes kisses Liz on the baseball field and declares his love, but she pulls back and asks him not to say it.

Wes and Liz embrace and reconcile in his hospital room, then choose a new song to represent their relationship.

Beneath the surface of Wes and Liz's reunion lies a series of buried truths that must be uncovered before they can move forward. Wes spent two years hiding his grief, financial sacrifice, and guilt over Stuart's death, while Liz spent the same time believing a lie that kept her from understanding why their relationship really ended. The documentary interview becomes an accidental therapy session that begins to crack Wes open, and a secret recording of his mother's words in a car finally hands Liz the missing context she needed. Back in Omaha, a graveside flashback forces Wes to confront the phone call he has blamed himself for, and a drunken nightmare followed by a stolen kiss marks the first honest moment the two have shared in years. A Halloween bet, a midnight baseball field, and a declaration of love that comes too soon all lead to the crisis point — a hospital room — where both characters finally stop hiding and say what is true.