Plot

Bette adjusts to her new job in academia for a formidable new boss (Cybill Shepherd); Jenny's book receives a scathing review; Tina must fire Helena from the studio, leaving her nowhere to go but accept a roommate offer from Alice.

Alice meets Papi, a very sexually aggressive Latina woman who lights up on The Chart even more than Shane, with over 1,000 conquests, and she shows Alice her 'magic' ability to seduce women. Meanwhile, Jenny is interviewed by a gay writer, named Stacey Merkin, for research for her new book. Bette starts her new job as the dean of California Art College and meets her new boss, Phyllis Kroll, who later has some surprising news for her. Bette also has a meeting of minds with Nadia, a student who charms her into hiring her as her teaching assistant. Tina is forced by her pompous new boss, Aaron, to fire Helena from the studio. Homeless, Helena asks to stay with Alice until she can find a place of her own. Shane is stuck babysitting her nine-year-old half-brother, Shay, after he is abandoned by his mother, and he rapidly grows alienated with Shane's indifference to his presence. Also, Max's boss sets him up on a date with his daughter Brooke, a straight woman who is not aware of his former gender.—Anonymous