Charles has been getting phone calls about Inkubator, and Liza convinces him to come to the literary salon to check things out.

Charles is impressed that a major talent read her new work and wants to further discuss Inkubator over dinner with Liza and Kelsey.

Kelsey is skeptical about Charles's intentions, but Liza gives him the benefit of the doubt.

At dinner, Charles reveals he's willing to bring Inkubator in to the Empirical brand and says Liza reminded him of why he got into publishing in the first place.

As they leave the restaurant, they almost kiss.

Lauren has arranged for Clare to work on the Inkubator app, but things go sideways when Clare learns Kelsey is still seeing Rob, even though Lauren encouraged Kelsey to break things off with him.

Clare and Kelsey get into a huge fight, and Clare doesn't feel comfortable having Kelsey in the apartment while Josh is watching Gemma.

Kelsey stays at Liza and Maggie's place and starts to look for a new apartment.

Maggie's art show has a poor turnout until a well-known art critic writes a rave review about it.

Then, lots of people show up, including Cass, who apologizes to Maggie for everything she did.

Cass reveals she's separated and was responsible for the art critic coming to the show.