Taking Shots

**Taking Shots** is the fifth episode of the second season and the fifteenth overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

Leighton helps Kimberly administer her hormone injections. Whitney considers how to handle being repeatedly mistaken for the only other Black girl in class. Bela clashes with her Caullan replacement.

## Full Summary

The girls are all sitting quietly in their common room when Bela suddenly shrieks. She has great news. Theta's charter got re-instated so they can throw parties again. Leighton looks at the names of the parties, which are all provocative. She suspects they're going to get themselves kicked off the campus again quickly. Kimberly is also starting her injections to donate her eggs. The downside is she can't drink while she's taking them. Bela says that makes her a dud. Kimberly doesn't think you have to drink to have fun, but the others disagree. She asks for help with the first shot. Whitney agrees to do it, but then psychs herself out. Leighton steps in and does it easily.

Bela didn't do her biochemistry homework again and asks if she can say Whitney's grandmother died. Whitney tells her no. Kimberly panics when she sees Jackson running toward them. She awkwardly barks and says big boy runs fast. He pulls out his air pod and asks what she said. She repeats the same phrase. Bela and Whitney are upset that she's ruining her chances with him because they have no prospects themselves. Whitney disagrees. She's taking time to love herself.

Bela shows Whitney the clothes she's looking at. She's shopping in the children's section. Paul, the TA, is handing back their tests. Bela got a D. Whitney got her first A. She takes a picture to send to her mom, but Bela realizes it's not her test. The name on it is Moriah Harris. She hands it back to Paul and tells him he gave her the wrong test. He apologizes for mixing them up and hands the test to the real Moriah, another Black girl. Whitney rolls her eyes as she realizes what happened.

Whitney and Bela tell Leighton and Kimberly what happened as they wait in line for the party. Kimberly asks if she's okay. Whitney says it's annoying, but she doesn't want to make it a thing. Kimberly supports that, but says they could also organize a rally. She doesn't even want to mention it to him because she's worried he'll blow it out of proportion and she'll end up having to make him feel better about it. For tonight, she just wants to have fun, if they can get inside. Bela shows off her very tight shirt to the door guy, who lets them in. The others are disturbed that that worked.

Bela asks Leighton, of the three of them, which she finds the most attractive. She refuses to answer, but says Bela wouldn't be first or second. Kimberly's excited to be in the top two. Leighton says none of them are really her type. She describes her perfect woman and it's basically her. She decides she's the hottest in the suite.

Bela spots Eric at the party and wonders what he's doing there. He introduces her to Dana, his date. She's one of The Catullan writers. Bela is immediately threatened by her.

Bela talks to the others about Dana and asks them if she's hotter than Dana. Whitney reminds her that both she and Eric are hooking up with other people. She says when she does it, it's fun and flirty and feminist, but when he does it, it's offensive to women everywhere. Leighton gets a text from Kimberly asking her to come to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Kimberly explains that she can't give herself the shot. She asks Leighton to do it for her. Kimberly asks how she got so good at giving shots and Leighton says she did her mom's botox injections during COVID, a dark time for both of them. Leighton asks if Kimberly expects her to do this every night. Kimberly says no, she'll get the hang of it.

Every night that week, Leighton gives Kimberly her injection at one of Theta's parties. After Leighton gives Kimberly the last shot, they celebrate being done. Kimberly asks if Travis is still good to drive her tomorrow. He says he is. Leighton asks about Travis driving her. But he's the only person Kimberly knows with a car. Leighton says she'll take Kimberly. She has the number for a car service, which works just as well.

Bela shows Whitney one of Dana's pieces and mocks it. Whitney points out that it's exactly the kind of piece Bela would write. Whitney raises her hand and correctly answers one of Harpin's questions.

As they go to leave class, Paul tells Whitney she did great, but calls her Moriah. Whitney goes to him and says she's Whitney. Moriah is the other Black girl. Paul asks if they can speak privately.

Paul promises Whitney he's not a racist. It was an honest mistake. And he realizes he's putting his trauma on her. He loves Black people and supports Black businesses. He wants to hug it out.

Jimin and Maurice stop Leighton. They're in her math seminar and ask if she's going to the Hackathon. They're all getting together to try to solve a PhD-level math problem. Some years, they do it. They could use another smart person. Leighton says she can't. They tell her there's a livestream if she wants to join them.

Bela finds Eric and Dana on a bench and approaches them, pretending she doesn't see Dana at first. She asks to talk to Eric for a second. Dana says she was just leaving anyway and walks away. Eric tells Bela that he and Dana are going to the Theta party. Bela says she's also going with someone else. Bela fakes getting a message from that person.

Bela goes to Theta and tells Aaron he's taking her to the party, confusing him.

Kimberly is entranced by the car and how fancy it is. She sees Leighton on her phone and asks what she's doing. She says it's a dumb math thing. She pretends she's not really watching and is just tuning in so her professor sees that she was there, but then she scolds Jimin for messing up a problem.

Kimberly struggles to fill out the paperwork because she's starting to freak out. Leighton tells her it'll be okay. Kimberly's never been under anesthesia before. Leighton has and it was awful. She was getting her wisdom teeth out and the nurse told her that people often confessed to things when they were coming out of it and she was worried she'd come out to her mom. She didn't, but she did say something other weird things that Nico taped and she'll be doing the same to Kimberly. She assures Kimberly she'll be fine. Kimberly thanks her for coming. She asks if what she's doing is crazy. Leighton sits on the bed next to her and calls Whitney and Bela. They wish her luck. Once they're done, Kimberly signs the paperwork.

Whitney and Bela enter a party. Bela can't really see anything because she's wearing blue contacts. She finds Aaron, who is still confused. She explains that she's using him to make another guy jealous and he agrees to take off his shirt and flex his abs to make Eric jealous.

Bela introduces Aaron to Eric and Dana and pretends she doesn't remember Dana's name. They all talk about Knives Out until Bela hits herself in the eye with a straw. She makes an excuse to leave, but Aaron decides not to go with her.

Jayla brings Whitney a drink. Whitney tells her and Willow what happened with Paul and they commiserate, bringing their own examples into the mix. Whitney's upset that she's the one still thinking about it while he gets to go forward feeling good about himself. Jayla says Whitney should ignore him. Willow suggests switching places with Moriah one day to mess with him. Jayla tells Whitney she should come back to KJ House more, even though there was drama with Canaan. Whitney says she will.

Kimberly wakes up and Leighton tells her she did well. They got 28 eggs, which is great. Kimberly asks if she can tells Leighton a secret and says Leighton's gay and Kimberly loves her for it.

Eric knocks on the bathroom door. Bela lets him in. He thinks Bela's jealous of Dana. He says Bela can't have it both ways. She dangled Aaron in front of him. Bela says she doesn't know what she wants anymore. She thought she wanted non-monogamous sex, but now she thinks she might want to date Eric. He says they can do that. They start kissing.

Leighton sets Kimberly up on the couch with snacks, a heated blanket, and her iPad. Leighton sits down to hang out with Kimberly. She watches more of the stream. Kimberly realizes she wants to go to the hackathon and tells her it's okay if she does. Leighton decides to go, but tells Kimberly tells her to tell people she's at a party.

Bela tells Whitney and Willow she's leaving with Eric, her boyfriend. Jayla tells them Canaan just texted and he's on his way. Whitney decides to leave. Willow tells her not to leave because Canaan is coming. Whitney denies that's why and leaves.

Kimberly is watching a video on elderly friendship when her abdomen cramps up.

After finishing in the bathroom, Kimberly goes back to the room to find herself locked out. Jackson finds her and says she can wait in his room until her friends get home.

Whitney comes home and finds Kimberly's stuff out, but no Kimberly. She finds her asleep in Jackson's bed. Jackson explains that she got locked out and wakes her up to go home.

Bela tells Whitney she's a changed woman. Paul walks past and tells Whitney about a podcast on race relations he's been listening to. Whitney stops him and says she knows he means well, but she doesn't want every conversation they have to be about race. She just wants him to get her name right. She tells him not to cry. She doesn't want to console him again. He says they're good. Whitney goes to introduce herself to Moriah, but Moriah already knows who she is and they share a laugh.

Jimin and Maurice tell Leighton she crushed it and they got second because of her. They plan to get first next time. Leighton says if she does this again, she'll be pairing up with the winners. Behind her, a blond woman tries to pull into the space and yells at her to get out of the way. She watches as Tatum parks then gets out and walks past her. Leighton remarks that she's hot.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pauline Chalamet as Kimberly Finkle
* Amrit Kaur as Bela Malhotra
* Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray
* Alyah Chanelle Scott as Whitney Chase
* Renika Williams as Willow
* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Mitchell Slaggert as Jackson

### Guest Starring

* Gracie Dzienny as Tatum
* Charlie Hall as Andrew Fuller
* Betti as Travis Feldman
* Spencer Neville as Aaron
* Colton Tran as Reece
* Gedde Watanabe as Professor Harpin
* Zach Reino as Paul
* Donielle Nash as Jayla
* Audrey Gerthoffer as Dana

### Co-Starring

* Ivan Leung as Jimin
* Cooper Mothersbaugh as Maurice
* Chantalle Williams as Moriah