The gang goes on a shopping binge, creating financial and marital problems for Maya and Darnell; Joan tries to infuse sex into her long-distance relationship with Sean.
On her thirtieth birthday, Joan grows depressed at the realisation that she lacked excitement in her life. She decides to take her friends to a nude beach, but they run into her father.
Joan and Toni meet two men in a bar. Joan meets a famous action movie star; Toni meets a guy who has custody of an 8-year-old spoiled, manipulative daughter named Courtney.
Joan struggles to find a way to change her law firm's policy about observing Martin Luther King's Birthday, while William and Yvonne argue when he surprises her by buying a new house without consulting her.
Lynn's white adoptive sister Tanya comes to town for the anniversary of Lynn's adoption, and her adoration of Black culture has the girlfriends confused.