(to Francesca) Alice might be pregnant. - FRANKLIN'S OFFICE - DAY
[A video of Fae Buckley and Bette from last week's episode flashes across a TV screen. China faces her, against her. Clea gets in and looks at Shane.] Dana: But really, it's no different than any other club, you know, I mean... you have a few drinks... and you talk to a few people you have nothing in common with, and... realize how unlikely it is you'll ever meet anyone who's right for you again. Dana: Get an abortion, Al. I'm doing a job, right near there. Jenny: Hey. Kit approaches with Slim Daddy and Smoothie Guy from last ep.] Marina begins to walk toward her with her head down. Marina: I just want to spend time with you. She hears Tim talking to a girl - Trish, from his swim team.] She might open up to you. They're all watching Marina, who's up at the counter trying to help the workers serve the customers.] Tina: He wants me to volunteer. We're making a new world that reflects the way we love and make relationships and -
Marina: I'd like to see that reflected somewhere. [Bette enters, on her way to work. [Cherie throws a leg over Shane's shoulder as Shane leans down. [Dana fluffs up her hair in the mirror.] [Dana takes a swig of her beer.] [Kit leaves. [Marina comes back to the table with her own cup of coffee and sits, smiling at Francesca as she speaks.]
Plan: A: Tina's grief; Q: What is eased by an unexpected opportunity? A: her sudden miscarriage; Q: What is Tina's grief from? A: an unexpected opportunity; Q: What arrives to ease Tina's grief? A: a social insurance office; Q: Where does Tina volunteer? A: Fae Buckley; Q: Who is the fanatical leader of a religious group? A: guest star Helen Shaver; Q: Who played Fae Buckley? A: Bette's art gallery; Q: What is Fae Buckley trying to shut down? A: Shane; Q: Who does Cherie's husband want to help open a hair salon? A: time; Q: What does Steve ask Shane to spend with his daughter? A: Clea; Q: Who makes a pass at Shane? A: Francesca; Q: Who wants to leave town again? A: an argument; Q: What do Marina and Francesca have? A: Italy; Q: Where does Francesca want to go? A: Jenny; Q: Who tries to help Tim? A: Trish; Q: Who does Tim start dating? A: Dana; Q: Who gets a new hairstyle and attempts to have a fling with Jenny? A: Alice; Q: Who is worried she might be pregnant? A: a club party; Q: What is the occasion for Kit's return to the stage? A: Slim Daddy; Q: Who does Kit perform with? Summary: Tina's grief from her sudden miscarriage is eased when an unexpected opportunity arrives; a member of her and Bette's therapy group asks her to volunteer at a social insurance office. There, she and her colleagues find some dirt on Fae Buckley (guest star Helen Shaver ), the fanatical leader of a religious group that's hell-bent on shutting down Bette's art gallery. Meanwhile, Shane's relationship with Cherie becomes complicated when Cherie's unsuspecting husband, Steve, wants to help Shane open up her own hair salon and asks her to spend time with his emotionally distant daughter, Clea, who also makes a pass at Shane. Marina and Francesca have an argument over Francesca wanting to leave town again for a job back in Italy. Jenny tries to help the distraught Tim, who begins to date Trish, one of his swim team students. Dana gets a new hairstyle and attempts to have a fling with Jenny. Alice worries that she might be pregnant after her trysts with Lisa and Andrew. Also, Kit makes her return to the stage during a club party with Slim Daddy.