Ellen gets off on the wrong foot with her new neighbors, the Patels, an immigrant couple from India, when a variety of circumstances conspire to make Ellen look like a fool in front of them. After an accident, Spence imagines a parallel Earth in which gays are the norm. Spence rejects Joe's advances because he's straight. Ellen goes to the hospital after getting the news Laurie was in an accident. There, _she_ meets Laurie's ex, Karen (Anne Heche). <sep>, Pronoun: she <sep>, A: Ellen <sep>, B: Laurie