Joss and Maguire have a deal that they sleep together when they want, but with no pressure, just sex. Later, he tells her that he is interested in someone else. Maguire and Sarah kiss outside the bar, but then she apologizes and tells him that she has a boyfriend in San Francisco. Maguire gets disappointed. Romy and J.B. try dating, realize they have little in common, but when they find out they're both lactose intolerant, they get together. Sarah gets a job as a decorator for one of Archer's rich friend, Mrs. Halloway, and is offered to live in their house. But she turns the job down, because she doesn't want anything handed to her as she had back in San Francisco. Sarah tells Bailey that she's decided to stay in New York.

Romy's friend, Molly, ingratiates herself more and more into Romy's life, seemingly stealing her friends and honing in on her acting class. Romy has had just about enough, but Sarah and Maguire find themselves becoming better and better friends with her. Then, the unimaginable happens - Molly is murdered during a mugging and Sarah, Romy and Maguire are overwhelmed with grief and guilt. Maguire feels that the hospital was negligent; Sarah is panicked about her own safety in the city; and, Romy is so emotionally shattered that she packs up her belongings and moves back home.