What Happens in Allie and Dean's Off Campus Book? The Score Summary
Off Campus season 2 will revolve around Allie (Mika Abdalla) and Dean (Stephen Kalyn), but what is their storyline? The Prime series is changing the order of the books, skipping The Mistake to adapt The Score. Here is a full summary of the book.
Allie and Dean's Beginning
After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend Sean, Allie Hayes realizes she has a connection with ladies' man Dean DiLaurentis. They hook up and then try to be friends before starting a regular secret hookup arrangement. However, season 1 already deviates from the book: in the series, Allie sleeps with Hunter Davenport, unaware he is Dean's nemesis, whereas in the books, Hunter and Dean are friends with no love triangle.
Deepening Relationship and Tragedy
As they spend more time together, their relationship deepens. A major challenge arises when Dean's best friend Beau dies in a car accident. Dean falls into grief, abusing substances and emotionally detaching from everyone. He misses the opening night of Allie's show after taking MDMA, leading Allie to end things, saying she cannot count on him.
Dean's Suspension and Redemption
Dean is suspended from the Briar U hockey team for having drugs in his system. He apologizes to Allie and everyone he has hurt. Allie accepts his apology but asks for time alone to be independent. Eventually, she realizes she wants to be with Dean, and they reunite.
Happy Ending
The book ends with Dean getting a position to teach girls' hockey at a private school in New York, while Allie lands a role in an HBO series set there. They decide to move to New York together. With the TV series already altering the storyline with Hunter, it is unclear how much of season 2 will stay true to The Score.
