TEXT: INT. - PHOTOGRAPHER'S STUDIO Carla Marie Freed: I told you, don't move. [title card: New York City, 1986] [A female photographer, Carla Marie Freed, photographs another woman in a darkened studio. The woman stands completely still against a dark backdrop, in the nude. Music plays in the background.] Carla: Let your, um, let your arms fall by your sides. [The woman stands with arms by her sides, hands slightly turned up. She glances up at the camera.] Carla: That's beautiful. [Carla turns off a lamp, plunging the room into darkness; a bright camera flash illuminates them for a second. She photographs the woman, then approaches her. Carla picks up a small lamp and slowly shines it up the woman's hip, arm, shoulder. After a moment, she sets the lamp down and begins kissing her.] [Fade to white.] [main title credits.] INT. - ALICE'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MORNING [Alice and Gabby are in bed, sleeping. A car horn honks outside.] Gabby: Oh, god damn it. [Gabby wakes up and gets out of bed. She starts putting on her clothes.] Alice: (groggy) What? Gabby: (irritated) I thought you set the alarm? Alice: I did, you snoozed it. Gabby: (irritated) I'm late for my f*cking dumb-ass job. Alice: I'm sorry. Gabby: f*ck. Alice: Do you want me to make us coffee? Gabby: No, thanks, I'll get some on the way. Alice: So are we gonna get together later or what? [Gabby sits on the bed.] Gabby: I have a screening with Joanie. [Gabby leans over and kisses Alice.] Gabby: (smiling) But I'll call you. [Gabby leaves.] Alice: Bye... INT. - TIM & JENNY'
SUMMARY:
Bette works on booking an art collection for her museum, the California Art Center, while her boss, Franklin ( Michael Tomlinson ), works against her. Mistaken for someone else, Bette meets with the influential Peggy Peabody ( Holland Taylor ) at a hotel in Santa Barbara. Meanwhile, Shane tries to convince her ex, Lacey, to stop the rampage against her. Alice learns that Gabby is still untrustworthy and breaks up with her again. She continues to try to write but suffers from writer's block. Dana finally musters the courage to ask Lara out on a date. Also, Jenny cannot resist temptation and begins an affair with Marina behind Tim's back.