Starr's secret that she was adopted by a white family is finally revealed when her mother comes to the salon, unannounced. Meanwhile, Joy falls for Gary and lies to him in front of Dre about being the owner of her sister's salon. When Gary visits Letty's Joy is forced to lie in front of a steaming Novelette. In the mirror story, a woman who's graduating top of her law class refuses to introduce her lesbian partner to her family.
Mrs. Campbell has come all the way from Jamaica for Novelette's birthday, a surprise orchestrated by Joy, only she's two days early and full of complaints! Meanwhile, Nigel and Starr are getting closer, and as a result, he breaks up with his girlfriend Nikki, but everything changes when Nikki arr...
Joy's relationship with Gary is heating up, and when she enters the 'Miss Curvaceous and Vivacious' pageant for the $5,000 prize she can't wait to tell Gary...but will his reaction be what she expects? Meanwhile, Novelette is up to her ears in staff demands for money and tells Nigel to bring in m...
Tensions between the sisters run high as Joy begrudgingly packs for her flight to Jamaica so she can care for their ailing - and cantankerous - mother. Novelette finds her thoughts occupied by concerns for a different family member, as Dre has become a quick study of the social habits of the neig...