Claudette, Novelette's chief competitor and the bearer of bad news, has put in an offer for Novelette's building. Now Letty must raise $50,000 to stay and that's just the down payment. How is she going to raise the money? Joy has the answer, a fundraiser featuring a pageant of hunky oily men and a performance by Kreesha Turner. Will this work, or is this another hair-brained scheme from Joy? Could this really be the end for Letty's? In the mirror story, Karen, returns to the Eglinton West area in hopes of finding the daughter she gave up at birth. Could it be Starr's adoptive mother?
Dre, embarrassed by the way Joy dresses and acts, asks Novelette to attend his school's culture day in her place. When Joy finds out, she enlists Starr's help to make her more Canadian. Meanwhile, Starr is appalled Letty is using chemicals on a child. Starr refuses to use chemicals and wants Lett...