In a brave move to get Nia a role on Cocoa's Butter, Hattie is fired from the show. Marie holds a special birthday dinner that takes a turn when an unexpected guest arrives.

Marie suffers a career setback, Ben makes a shocking admission, and Nia confronts racial stereotypes in her improv class.

Hattie learns a lesson in balancing work and family; work leads Nia to church to clean up Zach's mess, and persuade star basketball player, Quintrell, to sign with the studio.

An earthquake shakes up the girls' relationships; Marie becomes wary of Chuck when a night watching porn together goes awry; Hattie grows more fond of Ida when she's tasked with sorting her old manuscripts.

Time is against Hattie as she dashes through Hollywood on various assignments from Ida B while Nia struggles in an audition.

Hattie searches in vain for her "happy place" to write. Meanwhile Marie is pitted against the only other black executive at the studio while Nia questions whether she's on the right career path.

Hattie navigates office politics on her first day as a writer's PA. Meanwhile Marie gets hassled by her gambling mother while Nia take a chance on a date with her yoga client

Aspiring screenwriter Hattie finds herself evicted, jobless, and down on her luck before she runs into the famed writer/producer Ida B. whose show Cocoa's Butter, Hattie has shaded on social media.