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Natalie starts out her new job as the Researcher on the top-rated lifestyle series Smart Woman by telling her new boss (and best friend), Liz, a big lie. Luckily Liz is too busy with her own problems to notice. Brooke tries to help Nat out, but Brooke is busy with her own lies, trying get out of double booking a date to a big award show.
Not knowing Lana HATES her birthday; Nat plans a surprise party for her. Nat feels Liz is ignoring their friendship and also wants to use the party to spend some non-work time together. Brooke feels left out when she never receives the party invite and thinks Nat needs to learn a thing or two about etiquette.
In an attempt to show more initiative, Nat produces her first segment, and creates her first major Lana crisis: she exposes Lana’s inability to cook to everyone, including the cooking expert. Meanwhile, when the network bumps up the budget meeting, Liz is left scrambling and gets bullied by the network executive. Unwittingly, Liz bullies Brooke into helping her out.
Nat researches speed-dating and meets Callum. Callum and Nat might not be a match, but he is perfect for someone else on the show. Liz bets Brooke that Brooke can’t go a week without flirting. Brooke thinks she has it in the bag, until she meets the hot organizational expert.
Nat researches her way into a date. Unfortunately, it’s with a rock climber who thinks Nat can climb too. Liz is forced to take part in a mommy makeover on the show, and Brooke is left mojo-less (so she thinks), when she has to switch from heels to flats.
Nat has to buy a new washer for Lana, and when her dad and Wyatt insist on helping, their competition with each other takes over. Brooke and Liz have a crush on the same barista, and when that barista shows interest in Liz, Brooke finds herself in unfamiliar territory she’s jealous!
Nat goes from researching a segment on bras to having to wear a bra on national television. Brooke has no problem wearing a bra on television -- it’s a mammogram that she’s afraid of. And Steve’s busty new secretary leaves Liz in a tizzy.
Alistair and Nat fight their attraction to one other when they are forced to spend the afternoon together cleaning Lana’s bathroom. Brooke’s love of cheese is tempered by her severe lactose intolerance and Liz is tempted to return to her party girl ways when her college buddy drops off some wine. While the team fights their desires, they ignore the needs of Lana’s new pet canary.
Nat informs Alistair, Liz and Phil that their lottery pool has won big. However, Natalie is unable to keep the secret from Lana, who gets upset and runs out in the middle of shooting a segment because she wasn’t included. When Phil, Liz and Alistair spend their winnings before they get the money, they learn a valuable lesson. Amidst the chaos, Callum proposes to Lana.
Lana returns from a retreat, transformed by a new way of thinking called Inya and wants to change the entire show. An overworked Liz must save the show from Lana’s crazy new ideas and she needs Nat and Brooke’s help. However, Nat is stuck between moving into her new apartment and doing her job. Brooke is in trouble, because she has messed up Reggie’s relationship with his mentor and then accidentally gets him fired from the show. And Liz’s husband is forcing her to take a little down time.
Nat’s feeling low about Wyatt and makes the dreaded mistake: drinking and dialing. Brooke finds out that her closest family member, her grandfather, has died. She has to arrange everything and now, for the first time in her life, she feels completely alone. And Liz tries to take the day off for a tantric sex workshop, but Lana’s wedding dress blues turn into a Smart Woman 9-1-1.
Lana, in a precarious emotional state over her upcoming nuptials, is pushed over the edge when she finds out Callum wants to wear a kilt to the wedding. Alistair and Nat compete for a raise, and Lana makes an offer: whoever convinces Callum NOT to wear the kilt gets the money. Meanwhile, Liz faces her demons when she auditions wedding singers and her old bandmate shows up. Brooke is busy planning a segment on the pros of prenups and secretly working on Lana’s bachelorette party.
The whole office is busy working toward Lana’s on-screen wedding the climax of the three-episode sweep of Smart Woman wedding-themed shows. Nat is assigned "follow the groom", which proves much tougher than she anticipated when Callum confesses he still has feelings for her. Liz is moody and unpredictable and worries whether or not she’s pregnant. And Brooke has a new experience: she falls for a man who won’t sleep with her. Will Lana and Callum say ‘I do’?
When Lana returns from her Spanish honeymoon keen to air her new Castillian accent on the Smart Woman special, 'Fiesta Espana', Liz has to find a way to create the segment without alienating the Smart Woman viewers. Meanwhile, Nat wonders whether to tell Lana that she and Callum kissed on their wedding day. And Brooke accidentally erases Lana's digital wedding album. With special guest, Rick Campanelli, of Entertainment Tonight Canada.
When Lana's newest guest chef turns out to be the high school sweetheart who jilted Brooke on prom night, Brooke sets out for revenge (a dish best served cold, with parsley for show). Meanwhile, Liz faces retribution from both Nat and Steve when she tries to sabotage their video game competition. And Alistair tries to set Phil up with a new girl to help him get over Nat.
After Nat eavesdrops on a conversation where Liz uses words like 'terminate' and 'lay off', Nat's certain that someone at Smart Woman is getting fired - specifically her. Meanwhile Liz is misquoted by a local magazine, and has to stop the presses. And when Brooke hears a rumor that she's bad at beat poetry, she puts on a beret to prove the rumor wrong.
When Liz invites a French sales agent to the studio to help Smart Woman design a proposal for potential buyers from the European market, she discovers the Frenchman has an adulterous proposal for her as well. (Hint: it doesn't involve the European market.) Meanwhile, Brooke has to choose when the men she's double dating are both interested in being her one and only. And Alistair makes Nat pay for cheating on a relationship commitment they still haven't made. With relationship expert, Josey Vogels.
When Nat and Alistair are assigned to test out mattresses for a show segment, it leads them to consider testing the boundaries of their relationship. Meanwhile' Liz realizes her relationship with Steve could benefit from fewer boundaries. And Brooke tries to broaden her dating boundaries with Ty, to just being friends... with benefits. With guest expert sex columnist Chanelle Gallant.
When his parents visit the Smart Woman studio, Reggie is terrified they'll discover the big secret he's keeping - he's the show's makeup artist. Meanwhile, Brooke discovers a whole new 'vintage' retail therapy. And Alistair and Liz work together to hide a mutual obsession for a forbidden dance.
When husband Steve spurns one of her romantic advances, Liz becomes insecure about her sexual appeal. Meanwhile, Brooke's new-found monogamy makes her uncertain about her ability to keep a man's interest. And, Nat's excited to finally shake her self-doubt by booking a big name co-host for Lana's International Home Show appearance, until she realizes she's stumbled upon Lana's biggest fear.
When Liz's 'hot cop/flirty felon' afternoon with her husband is interrupted by a crisis at work, Liz needs to break free of her need to be in control - and the playtime handcuffs her husband has put her in. Meanwhile, Nat realizes that to break free of Phil's amorous intentions, she'll have to do away with niceties altogether. And Alistair agrees to swap workloads with Brooke to break free of his traditional job role, bringing him face to face with a fake vagina, and a gynecologist interview.
When Lana's 19-year-old, precocious niece visits the Smart Woman studio, she forces Lana's team to consider realities they'd never thought of before. Liz wonders if she may be a hindrance to Gracie getting into a good private school, Brooke questions if she should be in another profession, and Nat discovers Alistair may not have eyes for only her. With special guest expert, New York Times bestselling author, Alexandra Robbins.
When Lana realizes Reggie's keeping secrets from her, she forces him to promise to be open about everything in his life. Only it turns out there are things she really doesn't want to know. Meanwhile, Brooke thinks Ty's being too open, and becomes interested in a man of mystery, Phil (yes, Phil). And a horrified Nat stumbles upon her father's secret weapon, Viagra.
Let the games begin! When Lana's sexual nemesis, lifestyle host Pete Sharp, challenges her staff to a game of volleyball, Lana jumps at the opportunity, and it's winner take all. Meanwhile Liz and Brooke are up for the same producing award...and Lana will only give out one reference letter. And Alistair tries to prove he's a good match for Geneva on and off the volleyball court. With special guests, Olympians Conrad Leinemann, Mark Heese, and Marc Dunn.
When an article is published declaring that Lana is stingy, she gets the staff to create a foundation on her behalf. Meanwhile, when Liz realizes she's the least philanthropic woman at "Smart Woman", she's eager to do something charitable...and ends up donating far more than she can afford. Nat tries to be charitable towards Geneva, and Lana takes to the street to find a worthy cause. With special guest expert, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Craig Kielburger.
When Lana purchases a new house, she manipulates the network into giving her free renovations by promising to deliver a cross-promotion show with her sexual nemesis, Pete Sharp. However, the sabotage spectacle that she and Pete put on is not a show the network can air. Meanwhile, Nat steals Alistair's idea to make a behind-the-scenes featurette. And Brooke has to come to terms with the fact that some guys really do get over her.
When Lana tries to prove it's inept temperature control, and not her hormones causing her hot flashes, she makes an enemy of a superintendent with a short fuse. Meanwhile, a waft of Reggie's pheromones leaves Alistair questioning his sexuality. And a surge in Liz's hormones turns her into a woman on a mission. A baby-making mission.
Lana impulsively creates a Smart Woman book club, leaving the staff to read a 300-page novel before taping the segment with the author - at the end of the day. Meanwhile, Liz has to bake 200 cookies for the PTA. And Nat owes the phone company more than she can pay. When Alistair is saddled with saving the day, he starts a chain of passing the buck, where everyone hands off their work to everyone else and nothing gets done. And then the author arrives...With special guest, Camilla Gibb, author of Sweetness in the Belly.
When Lana is offered the opportunity to become the spokeswoman for a new clothing line she decides to go on a crash diet before the photo shoot. To bolster her morale, Reggie lures the rest of the office into starving along with her. Meanwhile, Nat's new diet affects her lunch date with Ike. And Alistair weighs his relationship with Geneva. With special guest expert Rick Gallop, author of The G.I. Diet.
Lana decides to shoot a segment on the trials and tribulations of being a new parent, and mentions glibly to a friend that she knows all about life with a newborn. Mistakenly thinking Lana has actually become a new mother, her friend invites Lana into the exclusive Mothers with Money Society, an invitation Lana readily accepts. Now all Lana needs is a baby. Meanwhile, Brooke discovers a penchant for motherhood. And Phil learns even god-parenting is not as easy as it looks. With special guest, parenting expert Barbara Coloroso.
When Nat sets up an interview with Rob Stewart, director of Sharkwater, Lana decides the next step in building her media empire should be an environmental motion picture. Meanwhile, when all the credit for Liz's hard work is given to another member of the PTA's Green Roof committee, Liz decides to teach her adversary a lesson - that undermines all the hard work she herself has done. And when Phil realizes Reggie's been using him to try to win a hybrid car, Phil decides to compete for the car for himself. With special guest expert, Rob Stewart, director/producer of Sharkwater.
When Liz realizes it was her sexual appeal, and not her mental capabilities that landed Smart Woman a big-time celebrity lawyer in a multi-episode appearance, she attempts to renegotiate without her va va voom. Meanwhile, Brooke puts her romantic desires with a cute cameraman on the dotted line. And Lana lands in jail.
When Alistair realizes that he forgot to prepare Lana's tax return, he begs the Smart Woman team to help get things in order. Meanwhile, Nat has forgotten to budget for her tax payment costs, and needs to find a lender, any lender. And Liz's taxes are complete, but for one last receipt - the receipt from Gracie's day care manager. Who's always had it out for Liz. As the tax deadline looms, will the Smart Woman team take accounting matters to new creative lengths?
To get Lana into an exclusive celebrity dinner hosted by Jamie Kennedy, Nat has to ask a favor of her old boyfriend Wyatt, and Reggie has to deal with a dry cleaner who's seen him with his clothes off. Meanwhile, when Brooke dates Liz's former beau, Liz tries to prove once and for all that you really can get over your ex.
Lana is determined to stop her mother from publishing a tell-all book about her.
After discovering that she’s promoting a bad product, Lana has to find a way out of shooting a commercial, or suffer the wrath of her fans.
Lana refuses to tame her beloved Christmas special for a new network executive.
When a hosting gig for a major American network opens up, Lana and Pete compete fiercely for the position.
