The Truth

**The Truth** is the tenth and final episode of the first season and the tenth overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

While Kimberly faces possible expulsion for her honor code violation, Bela takes a stand against the Catullan's culture, Whitney levels with her mom, and Leighton speaks her truth.

## Full Summary

Leighton and Bela are shocked that Kimberly cheated on her test. Whitney thinks she's becoming a bad girl. Kimberly tells them she has a meeting with President Lacey and the Honor Board to plead her case so she doesn't get expelled. Leighton says it will all work itself out. Whitney tries to get her to focus on something else and reminds her of the Anything But Clothes party they're attending. Bela's planning to make a dress out of caution tape. Nico comes to the table and they note that he looks mad. He asks Leighton to come talk to him, which she does reluctantly. The other three decide to eavesdrop on the conversation.

Nico says Leighton had no right to say anything to Maya. Leighton tells him he was cheating on two of her friends. He doesn't understand why she would do this to him, but she says he did it to himself. All she did was put a stop to it.

Out in the hallway, Kimberly says she thinks they're fighting about her. Whitney doesn't think so, but then they hear Leighton yell at Nico for sleeping with Kimberly.

Nico says Leighton wouldn't know anything about it because she's never seriously dated anyone in her life. She was all about Cory then she ghosted him after one date. Leighton says he was boring.

Bela presses her ear to the door because they can't hear anything anymore. She falls in when Nico opens the door. Nico leaves and Leighton asked if they heard all that. They lie and say no, but Jocelyn comes by and says she could hear it from the bathroom.

Evangeline asks Bela if she's sure she wants to be there and Bela says she is. Ryan comes in and Evangeline and Jo tell him they know what he did to Bela and Carla. He says he doesn't know what they're talking about. Bela says he assaulted both of them and he knows it. Evangeline says he can deny it if he wants, but they believe them and they've made their decision. He's out. Ryan is angry that they're taking Bela and Carla's word over his. Bela gave eight hand jobs. Bela corrects that it was six. Eric says it doesn't matter how many it was because it doesn't make her less credible. Two different people wouldn't just say this for no reason. He's done. Ryan says they can't just kick him out because he's the co-editor. Eric takes the plaque off the wall and says he isn't anymore. Ryan walks out.

Canaan and Whitney are making out in her bed. She takes off her shirt, but he's distracted by Kimberly's things in the room. There's a knock at the door and Whitney panics when she hears her mother calling for her. She tells Canaan to put his shirt on as she goes to get the door.

Evette was on her book tour, but decided to make an extra stop to ask Whitney about the soccer coach being fired. Canaan makes an excuse for why he was there and tries to excuse himself. Evette points out that he put his shirt on backwards. Whitney introduces him, but Evette walks past him into the room. Canaan leaves.

Kimberly video calls her father, who shows her that Mrs. Jarvis, her third grade teacher, is at the store. Kimberly tells him she did something bad and she is worried she's going to disappoint him. He says she can tell him, whatever it is, but when she says she cheated on a test and got caught, he tells her he's disappointed in her. She says she feels stupid and doesn't know how to tell her mom. Dale advises her not to tell her mom at all. It's okay not to be perfect. They all have their moments. He tells her she needs to find a way to fix this.

Whitney asks why her mother didn't just call. Evette says Whitney should have called to tell her the team was involved in a sex scandal. She finds it suspicious that she had to hear it from Carl instead of Whitney. Whitney says everything is fine, but Evette doesn't think that's true. Whitney says they were both adults and it's over. He's fired. Evette asks if it was her. Whitney says no. Evette wants to know who it is so she can make sure that player is okay.

Willow is shocked to learn that Whitney told her mother that Willow was the player involved.

Leighton opens her dating app. She clicks on Alicia's profile to see that she has put in her profile that she won't date closeted women.

Eric tells Jeff that pieces about his cousin aren't funny. He says Bela's piece was solid and hands it back to her. He says everyone needs two more ideas by tomorrow and they need to CC their new co-editor, Evangeline. Bela celebrates Evangeline being the first female editor. She leads a round of applause. Hank says it's messed up, what they did to Ryan and so do some of the others. Evangeline says he can leave, too, if he wants to defend a predator. Hank says it was Ryan's word against someone else's. Evangeline says Ryan's word didn't make any sense. Hank points out that Evangeline benefitted from Ryan's exit. Bela gets up and says she's going to leave. Evangeline says she should stay and Hank should go. Bela says she came to Essex because of The Catullan, but now she's realized it kind of sucks. It's been two months and she's been called a slut, hate crimed by an alum, and had some dude's dick jammed into her back. If that's what being on The Catullan is like, she doesn't want it. She walks out.

Kimberly tells Lila she's decided what to tell the disciplinary committee. She's going to give a statement about who she is and how she's planning to learn from this experience. Lila tells her she needs to give up something bigger so they'll go easy on her. She got the test from Theta, so she needs to bring proof that Theta is cheating on a much larger scale.

Kimberly and Leighton say Willow pretending to be straight won't work. Bela joins them and asks if one of them wants her outfit for the party. They're shocked that she's not going. She says her soul is crushed and her comedy career is over. Kimberly insists that she has to go. She's decided she's going to steal the tests from Theta's closet to hand over to the Honor Board. She wants them to be there because she's freaking out. Bela decides that she's in and asks who wants to wrap the caution tape around her. Leighton volunteers Whitney to do it.

Willow weaves a story about herself and Dalton for Evette as Whitney listens in. Evette tells Willow to let her know if she needs anything. Willow says she just needs to heal, but she's on her way. A student comes up and asks Evette to take a picture with her. Once she's gone, Whitney and Willow talk about her performance. Willow thinks she did really well. Whitney agrees and thanks her for doing it. Willow says she's just getting started.

The girls take shots to pre-game for the party. Bela got carrot cake schnapps because it was on clearance. They take turns showing off their outfits and dance together.

At the party, Whitney says she hopes her mom doesn't show up. Kimberly asks if her moms really believed it was Willow and Whitney says she almost believed it herself. Lila comes by and shows off her dress made of condoms, which she plans to use.

Leighton and Bela decide to get shots. Ethan taps Leighton and says he's been watching her all night. She says she's only been there for six minutes, but he says they've been the best six minutes for him. Leighton says he's charming, but she's not interested. Bela's upset that Leighton said no.

Whitney asks Canaan if they should talk about his humiliating introduction to her mom. He never wants to talk about it again. Whitney says her mom can be too much, but Canaan thinks it's nice that her mom cares enough about her to leave her book tour early to make sure she's okay.

Evangeline and Jo approach Bela and tell her the meeting kind of ended right after she left. Bela asks if everyone was mad at her, but Evangeline says she and Jo talked and they quit too. They ask Bela if she wants to join them to start a women-only comedy magazine to rival The Catullan. Bela agrees.

Kimberly says she wants to do it, but she doesn't want to get in trouble. Whitney tells her she needs to do it now if she's going to do it because Nico is distracted. They go upstairs together.

Kimberly finds the filing cabinet and starts loading files into the bag she's wearing as an outfit. It rips and the files fall to the floor. Nico finds them and asks what they're doing. Whitney leaves the two of them to talk. Kimberly tells him she got caught cheating and now she's going to use the files to try to save herself. Nico says she should. It's worth it if it helps her not get expelled. She thanks him and asks for duct tape.

As they walk home, the other girls think it's cool that Nico just let her take the tests. Bela spots Eric across the quad and goes to him. She asks how it's going. He says he had to end his relationship with his best friend and now he has to move because his apartment was Ryan's apartment. And The Catullan lost all its good writers. Bela asks where he's going to live. He doesn't know, but says he could ask his dads for rent money. She says she'll see him around and goes back to the others.

Leighton knocks on Alicia's door. Leighton asks if she can come in, but Alicia doesn't think that's a good idea. Leighton says she misses Alicia and she'd like it if Alicia would say she missed her, too. Alicia says she does, but she wants to move on and Leighton needs to move on, too.

Kimberly has prepared a statement, but Professor Levin says they'll start with some questions. She asks if Kimberly cheated. Kimberly says yes and that she understood what materials were and weren't allowed during the test. President Lacey says it's clear she violated Essex's honor code. She knows she messed up, but this isn't her. She talks about her struggles with fitting in and how she's juggling working with school. Her family sacrificed so much to send her there. She feels a lot of pressure to do well. She knows what she did was wrong and will never do it again, but her spot at Essex means a lot to her and she doesn't want to lose it. Levin thanks her for her statement. Kimberly then puts the files on the table. The honor board looks through them.

Evette apologizes for thinking the worst of Whitney after seeing the article. She gets scrutinized so much at work that she's been overly strict with Whitney. As she talks, Whitney admits that she was the girl from the article. Evette is shocked and upset that Whitney lied to her. Whitney apologizes, but Evette's more angry with herself. She's supposed to protect Whitney, but instead, she made Whitney feel like she had to keep this secret. Evette tells her she's also there for when things are bad. Whitney hugs her mom. Evette asks Whitney to come back to her hotel and talk more. Evette is also shocked that Willow is actually gay.

Kimberly tells Bela that she cried a little during her hearing and a lot on the way home. Bela thinks it's going to be fine. Bela goes to meet up with Evangeline and Jo. She says Whitney is out and Leighton is still in bed. Kimberly is surprised because it's almost noon.

Kimberly goes to check on Leighton, who asks her to go away. She denies that she's crying and says she's fine. When pushed, she says she was seeing someone and messed it up. She messed it up because she's messed up. Kimberly didn't even know she was seeing someone. She says Leighton's not messed up. She's the most put together person Kimberly knows. She's pretty and smart and if that guy's too stupid to see it, it's his loss. Leighton says it wasn't a guy. It was a girl and she's gay. Kimberly asks if anyone else knows and Leighton says no. She's surprised Leighton is telling her and so is Leighton. Kimberly's proud of her. Leighton starts crying and says she doesn't want to be like this because it's terrifying. She doesn't want her whole life to change. Kimberly says coming out seems scary, but she thinks the only way Leighton can be happy is by being herself. Leighton hugs Kimberly and tells her she's a good person.

Bela shows the others that she's looking through the Insta of the guy who hit on Leighton. She tells Leighton she needs to get on that. Kimberly says Leighton can do better, but Bela doesn't believe that. Kimberly has an email from the honor board. She's not expelled, but they're revoking her scholarship, which means she has to find an extra $23,000 a semester.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pauline Chalamet as Kimberly Finkle
* Amrit Kaur as Bela Malhotra
* Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray
* Alyah Chanelle Scott as Whitney Chase
* Gavin Leatherwood as Nico Murray
* Midori Francis as Alicia
* Chris Meyer as Canaan Greene
* Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Lila Flores
* Renika Williams as Willow
* Lolo Spencer as Jocelyn

### Guest Starring

* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Conor Donnally as Ryan Hutton
* Sierra Katow as Evangeline Hashima
* Betti as Travis Feldman
* Isabella Roland as Carla
* Harrison Callaghan as Jeff
* Matt Malloy as President Tim Lacey
* Craig Cackowski as Dale Finkle
* Anna Khaja as Professor Levin
* Sherri Shepherd as Senator Evette Chase

### Co-Starring

* Cheyenne Perez as Jo
* Zachary Luna as Hank
* Bryson Powers as Ethan
* Janet Hoskins as Mrs. Jarvis
* Brandon Root as Tad
* Hannah Leigh as Student

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode marks the final appearances of Nico and Ryan.
* This is the last episode to credit Midori Francis as a series regular.