Dee Dee makes a date with her favorite author after meeting him at a book signing. All appears to be going well, but Dee Dee reconsiders the relationship after learning…

Mona and Dee Dee attend Neil’s wedding, where their conversation with the already-nervous bride in the bathroom leads her to call off the wedding. Mona believes they should stay out…

Mona must work long hours as she prepares a major presentation for Kai about her talent search idea. She begins to lose touch with her family and friends, as she…

Mona and Dee Dee agree to get each other dates as a birthday present. Dee Dee does some thorough research and finds Mona a seemingly perfect guy, James, and the…

Mona pretends that Drew is her son in the hopes of winning over an artist that she is trying to sign who is a single mother. After her plan fails…

Mona returns from a Hawaiian vacation and clears the air with Spencer. They reaffirm their decision to just be friends. While looking through some vacation photos with her family, Mona…

Dee Dee assigns herself the task of personally helping Mona get over her break-up with Nick. She spends nearly every minute with her and forces her to attend an exercise…

Dee Dee runs into Clay, her ex-boyfriend with the foot fetish. He tells her that he has gotten treatment for his problem, and asks to start seeing her again. Dee…

Nick tells Mona that his parents are coming to town for the weekend, and that he would like her to meet them. Mona is very nervous, as she has never…

Dee Dee vies with her law school rival, Stephanie Seymour, for a summer internship. Dee Dee believes that she is the more qualified candidate; but Stephanie sucks up to the…

Big Dee Dee, Phyllis, Mona and Dee Dee make plans to spend Mother’s Day together at a brunch/concert. Mona is surprised to learn that Dee Dee plans to get Phyllis…

Dee Dee organizes a singles mixer at a local club. She bristles at Mona’s claim that she only dates a certain type of man (well-groomed and upwardly mobile), and tries…

Kai orders Mona to exercise some of her new power as a vice president by firing Adam. She feels terrible about doing this to her friend, but acknowledges that he…

With Drew’s christening approaching, Mona and Dee Dee vie for the right to be their brother’s godmother. They grow increasingly competitive as they buy him gifts and try to impress…

Mona tries to find time alone with Nick, but her mother and Dee Dee can’t seem to get the message. Dee Dee’s longtime friend Aurora comes for a visit. She…

The Thornes’ plans for a well-orchestrated C-section go by the wayside when Big Dee Dee goes into labor three weeks earlier than expected. A panicked Dee Dee turns to Mona…

Delicious Records is bought out; and a new boss, respected music business veteran Kai Owens, takes over the company. She is bringing many of her own associates along, so she…

Camille returns from a vacation in London and behaves coldly toward Spencer. She finally admits that she is desperately homesick and has decided to move back to England. Phyllis upsets…

Dee Dee invites everyone over to her parents’ house for Christmas. The Bay Area experiences a heatwave, which leads to a brownout that nearly ruins dinner. Spencer angrily declines Mona’s…

Camille sets up Mona on a date with her best friend, the handsome and engaging Carlo, whom she hasn’t seen for years. Mona is thrilled when she and Carlo hit…

Spencer’s cousin Chauncey begins working in the mail room at the record company and blabbing everyone’s secrets. He recalls the time in college that he walked in on Spencer and…

Dee Dee’s cousin Barbara comes to town for Big Dee Dee’s baby shower, and stays with Mona because there is no room at Dee Dee’s place. Mona is furious to…

After another failed relationship, Mona decides to focus on her career for a while. She is determined to help Zora, a promising young singer, secure a contract with the record…

Phyllis announces that she has been seeing someone for the past month. She reluctantly agrees to bring her boyfriend, Earl, to the apartment to meet the girls. Earl is handsome,…

Mona tells her friends and family that she doesn’t want to celebrate her birthday, as she would rather spend the day alone in quiet reflection. However, she soon becomes extremely…

After Dee Dee loses her old room to the baby and Big Dee Dee misses several appointments, Dee Dee begins to worry that the baby is forcing her out of…

Hoping to prove herself to her father, Dee Dee goes against his wishes and tries to personally handle a tenant who has failed to pay rent for the last few…

Dee Dee takes a pregnancy test, although Mona feels that she might be overreacting (her period is only a day late). Before Dee Dee can check the results, her mother…

Aspiring politician Ron Brown shows up at Mona’s door in search of votes, and takes a liking to her. Phyllis quickly pushes him to ask her out, and they agree…

Dee Dee and Big Dee Dee plan a “”surprise”” party for Charles and Big Dee Dee’s 24th wedding anniversary. While putting together a slide show, Dee Dee discovers that there…

When Mona has Spencer masquerade as her beau at a friend’s wedding, Spencer realizes that he has romantic feelings for her, and has had them since college. Meanwhile, Dee Dee…

For Mother’s Day weekend, Big Dee Dee and Dee Dee vacation at an exclusive spa. Not to be outdone, Phyllis and Mona do the same, and end up in the…

The gals’ already tenuous friendship spirals toward dissolution when Dee Dee celebrates the end of her school year by hosting a raucous celebration that keeps Mona awake all night. Things…

Mona drags Dee Dee to a self-defense class, where she accidentally hurts her little sister while practicing a back flip. Overwhelmed with guilt, she waits on Dee Dee hand and…

Mona becomes antsy about her friendship with Spencer after she has a romantic dream about him. Meanwhile, Dee Dee—who thinks the dream was about a woman—introduces Mona to a lesbian…

In a strange reversal of fortunes, Dee Dee’s charmed life seems to hit an unlucky streak at every turn while, ironically, the usually pessimistic Mona’s life becomes auspicious from one…

Mona dates a hunk whose looks almost compensate for his lack of brains. As a result, she tries to hide him from her friends and family, but the effort is…

When Mona mistakes a dinner date with a handsome reporter as a personal affair, she unwittingly gets quoted in a music magazine saying disparaging things about one of her music…

While Mona struggles to find work after poisoning her reputation in the record industry, the reporter whose article got her fired tries to make amends and sets up a meeting…

Spencer thinks that he has gotten a girl pregant and Dee Dee and Mona force him to get an AIDS test.