Don"t you hate it when you fire your nanny, and she turns around and writes a "novel" about what a shallow, self-centered mother you are? This revelation totally ruins Wendy"s morning, especially since her ex-nanny"s manuscript is being shopped around to film studios, including Wendy"s. It"s the talk of the office!
Fashion designer Victory also has a backstabbing subordinate: invaluable assistant Reese has accepted a job elsewhere, and on her way out the door, she snags some Victory Ford design sketches to pass off as her own. Flaky Victory doesn"t notice the theft, because a hat she designed as a student is now in the hands of an old lady (who got it from a drag queen, who bought it on the street, right out from under Victory"s nose), and Victory wants it back. She believes reclaiming the hat will get her past her creative block. Even pushy, dickish rich guy Joe can"t distract her with his wooing.
Over at Bonfire magazine, Nico needs a cover-shoot proposal that will please Prince William. A bigger problem is that she can"t go thirty seconds without flashing back to the adulterous sex she had in last week"s episode. Her hot young partner, Kirby, soon shows up in her office; seems he"s the assistant to the photographer who"ll be shooting the Prince. Nico pretends to resist Kirby"s advances, but soon enough, they"re having hot sex in the photography studio.
Wendy discovers that nanny Mariska was bullied into writing her book, probably by Wendy"s arch-enemy, Janice Lasher, an outrageously nasty publishing-company exec. And speaking of betrayal: some of the embarrassing stories were originally told to Mariska by Wendy"s husband Shane. Wendy marches into Janice"s office, intending to play nice, but winds up telling her off and insisting that she"s satisfied that she"s a good mom. On her way out, Wendy wipes away a tear of relief -- and a photographer gets a great shot of her doing so.
Joe shows up at Victory"s apartment, presents her with the magic hat (which he bought from the old lady), and encourages her to get back to work. He"s just beginning to show his softer side, and she likes it. Nico lands a contract with the Prince, but to her boss"s surprise, it"s based on the provocative half-naked photo shoot he had nixed the previous day. He gives her a talking-to that amounts to "Don"t push your luck." As the eventful day ends, the three BFFs go out for margaritas -- and evil Janice chooses an unflattering photo of crying Wendy to send off to Page Six.