Joan's future with Ellis is in question after she meets his handsome agent. Meanwhile, Toni and Todd adjust to life as husband and wife, Lynn and Sivak consider their living options, and Maya becomes obssessed with self-help books.
Maya is jealous when Joan picks her new assistant to confide in regarding her affair with Brock. Meanwhile, Toni worries that with Todd in dire straits, she might have to give back her wedding ring.
Lynn locates Sivad's ex-girlfriend in an attempt to find out the real reason behind his celibacy. Meanwhile, William helps Joan through the ordeal of her affair, while Toni has her sights set on a costly purse.
Maya brings Toni's brother, Antoine, down from his medical internship to cut loose for the weekend, only when he meets Maya, he falls head over heels for her and decides he doesn't want to go back to his internship.
Ellis unknowingly sets up a tense reunion between Joan and her lover, his agent, when he arranges dinner for the three of them. Meanwhile, William thinks Maya's using too much work time for her own personal issues.
When Maya's tuition cost is raised, she decides to cover the expense by allowing Lynn to move in with her.
Kira goes into labor during a baby shower, and William tries to figure out to what extent he'll figure into the baby's life. Meanwhile, Todd and Toni mull over the idea of parenthood, with Toni telling him she has no plans to have any kids.
Joan thinks Brock is going to ask her to marry him when he wants to take her to Vegas. Meanwhile, William has to carry around a baby doll to show his sister that he'll be able to handle his nephew.
Joan learns that fiance Brock wants to have a freewheeling marriage filled with good times, fast living, and no kids, prompting her to reconsider their future as a couple.
After an argument with Todd about her ex-fiance Gregg, whose phone message Todd purposely withheld, Toni's marriage is threatened when she goes to see Gregg. Meanwhile, Joan's nephew won't stop crying in her arms, causing Joan to doubt her parental abilities, while Lynn learns that Maya wouldn't find her attractive were she ever to become interested in women.
When Darnell's new girlfriend tells Maya that Darnell's a little bit controlling, Maya decides to confront him on her behalf during a tree decorating party. Meanwhile, Joan uses her Christmas presents as leverage to get everyone to go caroling.
A chance encounter with a street prophet causes Joan to rethink her relationship with Brock and sends William to track down a possible love match.
Joan bumps into a former flame while at the movies on Valentine's Day. William goes after a woman at a bus stop that he was told about in a prophecy, while Maya is pursued by an eager athlete at school.
Toni decides to go into therapy following an introduction to her idol, supermodel Beverly Johnson. Meanwhile, Joan coordinates a benefit to help the homeless.
Though Maya's popular baseball player boyfriend Alex pampers her with lavish gifts, she must grudgingly come to realize that he still wants to fool around with other women. William, meanwhile, tries to get some signed memorabilia out of the deal, while his friend Dan tries to get a date with Lynn.
Toni decides to bring her mother into her sessions with Dr. Miller rather than heed his advice to write her a letter, while Joan considers continuing on with her own therapist. Toni is also caught in the middle of an argument over smoking at home between Todd and staunch smoker Veretta when Veretta stays with the two. Meanwhile, William tries to make his relationship with Donna work.
Joan must question whether or not she still has a passion for practicing law when William notices she doesn't seem to be into her job anymore. Meanwhile, Maya writes a personal essay that gets her a barely-passable grade, but she soon finds that Ronnie's salon customers are rabidly interested in the essay's content.
Joan gets competitive with her obsessive compulsive new boss when she takes a job as a hot dog vendor.
Joan tries to amend past mistakes in dealing with William's former girlfriends, but when she starts by hosting a dinner for him and his new love, Donna, Donna begins to feel uncomfortable with Joan's close rapport with William. Meanwhile, the women's favorite restaurant table is usurped by another group of women.
After being made senior partner at the firm, which also means more money for Maya, William takes a date to a promotion celebration, but realizes all too late that he is missing something in Joan that can't be replaced by his new girlfriend.
During a session with Dr. Miller, Toni decides she would prefer to be stuck on an island with Joan rather than with Todd, a decision which, when foolishly relayed to Todd, makes him feel insignificant. Meanwhile, William contemplates coming clean about feelings for Joan, while Maya gets in hot water with Joan when she picks Lynn, and not her, to read her latest manuscript.
Maya turns down her neighbor Jalen's offer for a date, but when she thinks he won't be interested in Lynn, she's wrong. Aside from that, Maya soon decides she really likes Jalen after all. Meanwhile, William continues to be unable to tell Joan his true feelings, while Todd gets cast on a New York-based reality show, and all Joan wants is to have a peaceful sandwich meal.
Maya goes to New York to meet with a publisher about signing a book deal for her newest book, but soon finds that the publishers want her to compromise her creative ideals.
Maya goes to New York to meet with a publisher about signing a book deal for her newest book, but soon finds that the publishers want her to compromise her creative ideals.