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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Jill Gordon, Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
Director: Gary Winick
Guest star: Seth Kirschner (Josh), Seth Barrish (Bruno), Leia Thompson (Rebecca), Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Quisha Saunders (Zoe), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood)
Hoping to land a big deal, film exec Wendy also works on getting her son accepted into an exclusive school. Meanwhile, Niko considers having an affair, and when her fashion show flops, Victory struggles to keep her business alive.
2 :01x02 - Chapter Two: Nothing Sacred
Writer: Oliver Goldstick
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Lorraine Bracco (Janice Lasher), Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Andre De Shields (Drag Queen), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Kerry Butler (Reese), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Melanie Mayron (Patty Bloom)
Wendy discovers her nemesis is promoting a inflammatory novel about her. Meanwhile, Nico makes some changes at work due to her affair, while Victory and Joe's new romance offsets her recent business woes.
3 :01x03 - Chapter Three: Pink Poison
Writer: John Levenstein
Director: Jace Alexander
Guest star: Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Melanie Mayron (Patty Bllom), Shirley Rumierk (), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Florencia Lozano (), Lorraine Bracco (Janice Lasher), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy), Kristina Dargelyte (European Shopper), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Marlies Pinto (Business Woman)
When an inflammatory book raises the scrutiny of her home life, Wendy tries to diffuse the claim by bringing her daughter to an event. Elsewhere, Nico wants to distance herself from Kirby, and Joe is introduced to the girls by Victory.
4 :01x04 - Chapter Four: Bombay Highway
Writer: Rob Bragin
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Guest star: Seth Kirschner (Josh), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Shannon McGinnis (Megan Albright), Leven Rambin (), Rondi Reed (), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy), Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood)
Victoria is asked to create a dress for the lead actress to wear at the posh movie premiere party in which Wendy has arranged. Meanwhile, As Nico's lawsuit heats up, she comes clean about her affair to the girls.
5 :01x05 - Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill
Writer: Amanda Lasher
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Damian Young (Unknown), Kerry Butler (Reese), Charles Busch (Unknown), Jason Antoon (), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Ronald Guttman (Unknown), Amanda Loncar (Sasha Winters), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy)
Victoria isn't too sure her former assistant is to blame for her stolen work. Meanwhile, Kirby is given a job with help from Niko, and Shane's musical career is given a boost from Wendy.
6 :01x06 - Chapter Six: Take the High Road
Writer: Lisa Melamed
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Ronald Guttman (Unknown), Jennifer Leigh Warren (Singer), Bradley White (Allan Farrow), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen)
Wendy and Niko head to Scotland to work on a project, which is complicated when Kirby is invited to go along by Niko. Meanwhile, Victoria searches for the identity of her secret investor.
7 :01x07 - Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome
Writer: Lisa Alden, Dan Bucatinsky
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Marsha Mason (Lorraine Lippman), Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Bobby Cannavale (Chris "Parks" Parker), Seth Kirschner (Josh)
Charles' heart attack has Nico reflecting on her marriage. A hockey star and his wife become admirers of Victory. Meanwhile, Wendy approves the production of a movie despite an unfinished script and a headstrong writer.
8 :02x01 - Chapter Eight: Pandora's Box
Writer: Oliver Goldstick
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Mary Tyler Moore (Joyce), Jaime Tirelli (Alfredo), Pamela Shaw (Nurse), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Shannon McGinnis (Megan Albright), Christopher Cousins (Charles Reilly), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor)
Nico continues to be haunted by her affair with Kirby and debates telling Charles the truth in order to save her marriage. Wendy opts to cut back on her hours at the office in order to spend more time at home after she learns her underaged daughter as at a bar. Victory has to avoid Joe, but finds it difficult to do so.
9 :02x02 - Chapter Nine: Help!
Writer: Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Melamed
Director: Don Scardino
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Shannon McGinnis (Megan Albright), Mary Catherine Garrison (Megan), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Sara Bareilles (Herself), Carlos Ponce (Rodrigo), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Noah Bean (Noah Mason), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood)
Nico must adjust to her life as a widow and learning that her husband was having an affair with a student makes things harder. Meanwhile, Victory meets Rodrigo, a contractor; and Wendy learns her latest film may be in jeopardy.
10 :02x03 - Chapter Ten: Let It Be
Writer: Jennie Snyder, Yvette Lee Bowser
Director: Tricia Brock
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Adriane Lenox (Marva), James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Todd Gearhart (Geoffrey Harris), Carlos Ponce (Rodrigo)
Nico squares off with the new CEO and later must deal with Kirby when he wants to make their relationship public. Meanwhile, the romance between Victory and Rodrigo heats up and Wendy's new John Lennon project begins to have an affect on her personal and professional life.
11 :02x04 - Chapter Eleven: The F-Word
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Sarah Hyland (Maddie), Dan Hedaya (George), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Carlos Ponce (Rodrigo), Adam Trese (Nico's Father), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor)
Victory and Rodrigo continue to get closer as he asks her to meet his daughter. However, things do not go as planned. Nico decides she is ready to go out with Kirby in public and takes him to a ritzy charity event. After being fired, Wendy turns her focus to her home life.
12 :02x05 - Chapter Twelve: Scary, Scary Night!
Writer: Dan Bucatinsky, Jennie Snyder
Director: Michael Fields
Guest star: Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood), Edward Kerr (Dennis), James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor)
Victory dreams that Joe breaks his neck during a blizzard. Worried about the meaning of the dream, she calls Joe only to find out he's preparing to climb the Matterhorn. Nico makes expensive plans for Christmas with Kirby, but he insists on paying his own way. Meanwhile, Wendy worries that she is becoming a needy housewife.
13 :02x06 - Chapter Thirteen: The Lyin', the Bitch and the Wardrobe
Writer: Oliver Goldstick, Francesca Rollins
Director: Andrew McCarthy
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Sarah Hyland (Maddie), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Seth Kirschner (Josh), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Maria Thayer (Paige Burman), Shannon McGinnis (Megan Albright), Carlos Ponce (Rodrigo), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor), Robert Buckley (Kirby Atwood)
Victory is worried about the opening of her flagship store and also about Dahlia's spending to where the budget is over spent. While Victory deals with the opening and a fashion show, Joe evaluates his relationship with Victory and makes a life-changing decision. Meanwhile, Wendy returns to pitch a new project at Parador Pictures but it's soon squashed by a young VP and puts a damper on her homecoming.Later, Nico happens to run into her dead husband's mistress and baby, but instead of avoiding them she approaches them and the baby Charlie instantly likes her, much to her surprise.
14 :02x07 - Chapter Fourteen: Let the Games Begin
Writer: Ilene Rosenzweig, Rick Marin
Director: Arlene Sanford
Guest star: Sarah Hyland (Maddie), Vanessa Marcil (Josie Scotto), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor), Jake Richard Siciliano (Finn), Gretchen Hall (Anna Kanatova), Rosanna Arquette (Tina Atwood), Michael Aronov (Serge), Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Lee Sellars (Ted), Edward Kerr (Dennis)
Nico is introduced to Kirby's mother. Victory's latest project calls for input from Joe, who has been avoiding her. Wendy's jealousy is tweaked when Shane signs on with a new manager.
15 :02x08 - Chapter Fifteen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Prada
Writer: Yvette Lee Bowser
Director: Melanie Mayron
Guest star: James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Chip Zien (Corporate Executive), Christine Ebersole (Maureen), Cheyenne Jackson (Bryce)
When Wendy feels a sense of betrayal between friends when she walks in on Nico and Griffin having lunch together. After finding out the mess Victory was in after learning Joe was going to purpose to her, they set aside their problems for a moment. The two feel guilt having not told her that Joe had bought a ring and was preparing a weekend getaway for her to take her mind of her disastrous love life. Unfortunately the trip is not as relaxing as they hoped and is more like a catastrophe.
16 :02x09 - Chapter Sixteen: Thanksgiving
Writer: Mark Driscoll
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Rosie Perez (Dahlia Morales), Mary Tyler Moore (Joyce), Shannon McGinnis (Megan Albright), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Frank Converse (James Schuyler), Vanessa Marcil (Josie Scotto), Melissa Rain Anderson (Kelly), Phyllis Bash (Elderly Woman), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy)
Wendy is at her wits end as she tries to prepare Thanksgiving dinner for her mom, Josie, Sal and the rest of her family. Elsewhere, Nico and Kirby are babysitters for Megan; and Victoria is asked to design a wedding dress in two days by a client.
17 :02x10 - Chapter Seventeen: Bye, Bye Baby
Writer: Lisa Melamed
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Guest star: Maria Thayer (Cassidy), Reg Rogers (Stephen Draper), Sally Wheeler (Alice), James Ludwig (Sid Weinstein), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy), Christopher Riggi (Paul), Chavonne Rogers (Secretary), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Leigh Ann Larkin (Pepper Gleason), D.K. Bowser (Security Guard), Diane Ciesla (Amy Albright), Robert Emmet Lunney (Ed Albright)
Nico and Kirby's relationship seems changed after taking care of Charlie. Meanwhile, Victory covets a million-dollar client, and Wendy finds herself upset by her newest project, which a cocky movie producer may threaten anyways.
18 :02x11 - Chapter Eighteen: Indecent Exposure
Writer: Jennie Snyder
Director: Timothy Busfield
Guest star: Adriane Lenox (Marva), Vanessa Marcil (Josie Scotto), Geoffrey Nauffts (Ad Guy), James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Tom Degnan (Man), Joe Avellar (Stuart Raines), Lucy Walters (Woman), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy), Gina Ferrall (Mrs. Greene), Victor Cruz (Todd), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Natasha Bedingfield (Herself)
Wendy and Shane disagree when Shane has the chance to go on tour with Natasha Bedingfield. Victory is mulling over the idea of going nude for an ad campaign. Nico and Griffin bond after receiving fertility treatments.
19 :02x12 - Chapter Nineteen: Lovers' Leaps
Writer: Mark Driscoll, Monica Henderson
Director: Ken Whittingham
Guest star: Marcia DeBonis (Ellen), Adriane Lenox (Marva), Julie Claire (Dr. Kress), Matt Lauria (Roy Merritt), Holley Fain (unknown), James Lesure (Griffin Bell), Emilie Gaskins (Nurse), Luca Campaner (Guitar Player), Aisha Humphrey (Singer 1), Natasha Bedingfield (Herself), Sarah Hyland (Maddie Healy), Lee Shepherd (Dr. Kendall), Dylan Clark Marshall (Taylor Healy), Lauren Evans (Singer 2)
Victory is planning to propose to Joe; Shane's thoughts of going on tour with Natasha Bedingfield, has Wendy upset; and problems at work have Nico and Griffin bonding.
20 :02x13 - Chapter Twenty: La Vie en Pose
While Shane is gone, Wendy finds herself struggling to keep Maddie under control. Dahlia lands Nico and appearance on the Today Show to help improve her image. Victory helps find peace between her parents and Joe.