While Doug celebrates Minx's success, Joyce laments her newfound celebrity status. Councilwoman Westbury doubles down on her efforts to bring down Bottom Dollar, and Richie reluctantly enters the LA art scene.
Doug courts his usual advertisers, while Joyce looks for more conventional companies to do business with. Bambi looks to channel her newfound feminism into a new role.
Joyce enjoys the spotlight as a guest on an iconic TV talk show while fighting against memories of her time in New York. Doug makes moves for Minx. Back home, Bambi and Richie discover Tina's secret.
After a fateful meeting with low-rent publisher Doug Renetti, self-proclaimed feminist Joyce Prigger finally gets a shot at creating the magazine of her dreams - with one enormous catch.
At the Minx International launch party, Doug confronts Constance, while Joyce starts to lose control of her magazine; Shelly and Lenny look toward an uncertain future.
The arrival of a new local politician disrupts Bottom Dollar's status quo. Then, when her contributors pull out at the last minute, Joyce scrambles to fill Minx with articles that live up to her ludicrously high standards.
To help bolster Minx's sales, Bambi and Shelly spread the word to local housewives, while Joyce and Glenn are accidental sources of chaos on a local campus.
One year into launching Minx Magazine, Joyce struggles to pick a new publisher she can trust. Drowning in debt, Doug scrambles to keep his company afloat. Shelly goes back to the 'burbs to focus on her family.