Janice Lasher makes Wendy looks bad as a mother when she is preparing to release her new book. Wendy tries to prove the claims incorrect by bringing her daughter, Maddie, to a "Women in Media" luncheon. Meanwhile, Nico tries to slow down on her affair with Kirby when he keeps phoning her and even showing up at her office. Victory hires, Roy Merritt, a young Texan as her new personal assistant, while she introduces Joe Bennett to Wendy and Nico, which leads to a major change in which direction the relationship will go.