Episode list

Lucy is unconscious and in the hospital after the brutal knife attack by Julia Mallory, who blames 'Dirt Now' for the destruction of her career. Don has a hard time after finding Lucy near-death and his schizophrenia begins taking a toll. Meanwhile, Holt's fame is rising, as Willa begins to rise at 'Dirt Now' in following down Lucy's ruthless and aggressive nature. Lucy prematurely returns to work when she hears that 'Dirt Now' is behind in sales and she hires a new employee, Farber Kauffman, whom she assigns alongside Willa to seek out a story about a pregnant gold-digger, named Martina Linn, and her objective to acquire her late husband's money. Also, Don and Lucy try to find dirt on starlet Sharlee Cates who may have some connections to the drug world.

Lucy is hit with two deaths; first when Brent Barrow is found dead in his new car from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, and later, Leo informs Lucy that their narcissistic, selfish, estranged mother also has died from a few too many plastic surgery operations. Lucy and Leo then go after the doctor partly responsible for their mother's demise. Meanwhile, Farber feels betrayed when the crafty Willa uses their romance to get dirt on a gay actor friend of his who wants to keep his arrest for oral copulation a secret. Elsewhere, Don is assigned to stalk Perri, a weight-loss expert who has suddenly gained back her weight, and Don later saves Sharlee Cates' infant daughter in a runaway SVR. Adam Proteau finds Brent's huge porno tape collection of his conquests. Also, Holt confronts Lucy and demands either a full commitment or a breakup.

In the season final, Don's mental disorder worsens as he wonders into the desert, haunted by visions of Holt, Kira, and his own evil self urging him to kill Lucy. Back in Los Angeles, Lucy feels her job is in jeopardy when a rival tabloid magazine editor, named Tina Harrod, arrives wanting to apply for her job. Meanwhile, Willa investigates the death of a fashion model during a high profile runway show, while Brent finally decides to move on and begins to focus his attention on another sexual conquest: Lucy. Elsewhere, Holt moves out of Julia's house while she finally learns about his romantic involvement with Lucy leading the unbalanced Julia to take matters into her own hands. Also, Lucy's stalker is finally revealed.

When the porno videotape of the drugged Julia and Johnny Gage surfaces on the Internet, a distraught Julia finds herself in the spotlight by the public seeing her in a positive light while a negative reaction is shown on Johnny. Lucy wants to know how the videotape got leaked out since Holt destroyed the only copy, and she sends Willa out to investigate where the leads lead to an unexpected outcome. Meanwhile, Don is haunted by visions of Marquis who wants Don to ignore his latest photo assignment against Julia and concentrate on something else. Also, Leo returns after a six-week stay at a spiritual retreat with a silent girlfriend where Lucy updates him on her latest situation.

Willa and Farber score another big story as they uncover the dirty secrets behind a hit television series. Meanwhile, Holt's estranged, redneck father appears and gives negative press about him. Lucy decides to get back into a relationship with dating Ted Rothman, a powerful studio executive. Also, Don learns that his estranged brother was involved in an auto accident.

Lucy and Holt make serious decisions about their love affair, or lack of it as she hires a British paparazzi to tail him and Holt's new love interest, while she continues her own tryst with Ted Rothman. Meanwhile, Don's friendship with a pop icon reaches new levels. Willa and Farber explore the love lives of top celebrities and reveal some very juicy secrets about them.

Brent decides it's time to make the fact that he's the boss known to Lucy by allying himself with notorious gigolo Adam Proteau. Meanwhile, Lucy embarks on a dangerous mission of bringing down Tweedy McDaniel, the violent gangster/music mogul, but soon finds that Tweedy is connected to almost everyone. Also, Don finds himself a prisoner when he uncovers the deadly hidden secrets of a famous politician, named Cassie Hope, which involves her murderous son Craig, and the things he hides in his parents basement.

Lucy sends Don out to the L.A. County Jail to photograph a Paris Hilton-type celebrity débutante, Milan Carlton, who lands in jail after one too many drunk driving charges, and she later meets with Lucy to ask her to put a spin on her supposed 'redemption' to her brash life. Meanwhile, Willa and Farber team up to investigate the feud between washed up TV sitcom star Jimmy Darby, and his estranged teenage daughter who plans to make a comeback. Elsewhere, Holt continues to go on with life without both Julia and Lucy.

Lucy finally publishes photos of action-movie star Jack Dawson in the arms of his gay lover: Leo. Elsewhere, menacing visitors in the form of gangster Tweey McDaniel and his goons, threaten Brent Barrow to reveal Lucy's source about the murder of rapper Aundre G. Meanwhile, Willa attempts to get a story from a former boyfriend to impress Lucy about her newfound killer instincts. Also, Julia interrupts a photo shoot for Holt which drives him closer to Lucy, while Julia falls deeper into drugs with her lesbian friend/lover Garbo.

Lucy proposes to do a sex-themed issue of 'Dirt Now' as a means of getting the office staff to relax in the aftermath of the Sammy Winter hostage situation. Meanwhile, Brent and Willa finds themselves in a compromising position when they have a one-night stand with a scheming teenage girl whose sleazy con-artist/manager father wishes to turn her into a movie star. Don tries to face his intimacy problems with Abby. Also, Holt tries to deal with the aftermath of Julia's difficult drug recovery and his growing obsession with Lucy, while Lucy herself soon learns that her unseen stalker is stepping up the stalking.