Steve reacts to the news of Paul and Dorothy's deaths.

Nick divorces his wife and later engages in a hookup with a man from her legal counsel.

At Chippendales, Steve overhears the women growing tired of the same old show. He seeks out Nick and asks him to come back. Steve eventually agrees, becoming creative director.

Looking for new dancers, Nick holds tryouts. His best dancer, Otis, is a huge success.

Nick repeatedly blows off a woman at the club, hoping to get his attention, while Steve starts talking to a woman, Irene, who seems out of her element. She tells him hacks for how to improve his profits, revealing herself to be an accountant, and Steve hires her.

Otis tells Nick he isn't comfortable with the kissing gimmick during the show, but Nick says he has to do it.

Otis tells Steve about the protestors he encounters outside the club one day, and Steve informs him that he orchestrated their coming, and he calls the news station to cover it, garnering them free promotion. Otis then asks Steve if he can teach Otis the business, and Steve tells him he can watch him.

Irene suggests letting men into the club after the show, so the women stay at the bar. And later, the two kiss.

Steve starts selling merchandise at the bar. Otis doesn't participate in the kissing gimmick, instead helping Steve sell merchandise which causes Nick to feel like Steve is taking away his best dancer.

The woman Nick had been blowing off, Denise, approaches him again, telling him she's a costume designer. After showing him her breakaway pants design, Nick threatens to quit if Steve doesn't hire her, so Steve relents.