Winter is Coming

**Winter is Coming** is the first episode of the second season and the eleventh overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

While grappling with their new status as campus narcs, Bela starts an all-female comedy mag, Whitney embarks on the soccer off-season, and Kimberly explores ways to make up for her lost scholarship - with unexpected help from Leighton.

## Full Summary

Henry cries as he drops Leighton back off. Leighton says she knows it wasn't the best Thanksgiving, but Nico's going to be fine. Henry says Nico's his baby boy. He's sensitive, not tough and brawny like Leighton. Henry tells her to go have fun and study hard, find a boyfriend and be young. Leighton gets out.

Kimberly's parents have dropped her off as well. She's happy to see Whitney again and they hug. Whitney sees the van and asks if they drove form Arizona. Kimberly says they did and it was a rough trip. Carol asks about Whitney's family. Whitney says her mom got a dog because she thought it would boost her approval ratings. It didn't, so she sent the dog back. Dale says he always defends Whitney's mom to his buddies. They have to leave because he has to work in the morning. Their goal is not to stop along the way.

Kimberly and Whitney agree they just want to relax. They enter their dorm to find Bela on the couch in just her underwear. She hugs them. Leighton comes in and tells them Nico got expelled. The files Kimberly turned in triggered an investigation and a bunch of senior Thetas got kicked out. Thankfully, her dad was able to donate some money and get him a spot at Cornell next semester. Plus he got an Audi to cheer him up. Bela's going to miss his gorgeous face. Leighton looks at Bela and asks if she's wearing her underwear. Bela realizes she is.

Whitney asks if Kimberly told her parents about losing her scholarship. Kimberly admits that she didn't. Kimberly needs $42,000 per year. They think she needs to tell her parents. Kimberly says she'll figure out a solution on her own. Bela suggests asking Whitney or Leighton for the money. Kimberly says she won't do that. She got herself into this and she'll get herself out. Bela suggests selling feet pics on the dark web. Whitney says she should just go to financial aid and apply for a loan.

Bela tells the others about the all-female comedy magazine she's starting with Evangeline and Jo. It'll be mostly an online presence. They're excited. Suddenly, Leighton is hit with a carton of milk. Aaron and Reece ask her about the milk. They say she didn't do anything wrong, but something bad still happened to her. They're from Theta and their charter got suspended because of Kimberly. Finn says they narced on them and calls them all narcs. They can't throw parties anymore. Bela says they were the ones cheating. All they did was blow the whistle. And it was really just Kimberly. Aaron meant to hit her but his aim was off. From now on, none of them will set foot in Theta ever again. They walk away.

Kimberly's sorry Leighton got hit with milk, but Leighton's used to it. She and her mom have gotten blood thrown on them outside multiple operas. Bela's upset that they can't party at Theta anymore. Leighton doesn't care about Theta anymore. They can find a new frat to hang out with. They all watch as Jackson walks out of the shower and down the hall. He enters the room next to them. Frude reminds them not to congregate in the hallways.

Frude welcomes all the students back. He says they have a new student joining them, a climate refugee. He's from Kansas. Jackson walks in. Jocelyn asks him what happened to him. He says his college dorm was blown away by a Category 4 tornado. Frude says tomorrow's forecast is snow, so it's time for Essex's traditional snow run. They all run in the snow in their underwear. The girls start to plan their pre-gaming and Frude reminds everyone that underage drinking is illegal and not fun. Their next topic is avoiding seasonal depression.

Leighton brings a large rainbow balloon column into Kimberly's room and asks if she ordered it. Kimberly admits that she did and thought Leighton would come out to Whitney and Bela over Thanksgiving. She hides the balloons in her closet. Leighton says her ideal coming out doesn't involve balloons. Kimberly asks if she's going to tell Bela and Whitney. She says she will at some point, but not right now. Kimberly pledges her support. She has to go to Financial Aid to ask for a loan. Leighton sees her outfit and says banks only give money to people who look like they already have some. She offers to help.

Kimberly is dressed in Leighton's clothes as they wait for the loan officer.

Willow is excited to be off season. She's been hit with a soccer ball so many times, she thinks her breasts have CTE. Whitney asks what they're going to do with all their free time. She suggests sleeping until three and then drinking until the other three. Willow's planning to run for student government and do all the other things she couldn't do during the season. And Jena has basketball. She's a two-season athlete. But she thinks Whitney was just kidding anyway.

The loan officer tells Kimberly she can get her the loan. Kimberly doesn't have any questions, but Leighton knows what questions to ask. She asks the loan officer to walk them through payback. She says she'd paid about $900 a month for the next 30 years. Kimberly is shocked. Kimberly doesn't have any other options, so she wants to move forward. The loan officer goes to get the paperwork for her parents to sign. She can't get the loan without a cosigner. Kimberly says she can't do it and leaves.

Bela, Evangeline, Jo, and Carla welcome all the prospective writers. In just a few short weeks, some of the new prospects will join them in writing their groundbreaking first edition.

Bela is disappointed that the women from the meeting aren't funny. Evangeline says some of them are fine. They have a lot to learn. Bela is desperate for this to work. Evangeline says it'll take time, but they'll find funny writers.

Bela's sorry Kimberly couldn't get the loan, but her new comedy magazine is also a disaster. All the new people stink. Whitney doesn't know anything about comedy, but thinks Bela should talk to someone who has done this before. Whitney then announces she'll be playing water polo. She's never played before, but it looks easy. Bela gets hit with a ball and looks over to see Aaron and Reece laughing. Leighton picks up their ball and throws it in the trash can.

The girls get back to their dorm and hear Jackson having sex through the wall. They push their ears to the wall to listen more closely.

Bela goes to see Eric. He's surprised she knows where he lives because he consciously didn't tell her. Bela says all the applicants for the new magazine suck, so she'd like to take her spot back at The Catullan. Eric says she can't do that. No one would want to work with her. She asks him to join her magazine then. He wants to say whatever it takes to get her to leave. She asks him what she should do. He tells her she needs to find her team instead of waiting for them to come to her.

Coach Kay invites everyone to water polo tryouts. They're going to do a scrimmage so she can assess their skill levels. Whitney is excited and asks the girl next to her if she's played before. She says she's played competitively for eight years. Whitney's just started, but she's pretty sure it's going to be her life now too. She asks the girl what the rules are. They all jump in the water when Coach Kay blows her whistle. Whitney visibly struggles to play and eventually gets knocked out by the ball.

Whitney wakes up to the coach's assistant hovering over her saying she gave Whitney mouth-to-mouth. Whitney wants to get back into it, but Coach Kay says she's done.

At Sips, Canaan asks Kimberly how it went with the loan. She says it's not great because she can't tell her parents what happened. Lila suggests she try to get hit by a city bus because her cousin got a lot of money from that. Kimberly found a job she can do form her dorm room, typing up the closed captioning for an Australian reality show. It pays $20 an hour. It's 300 episodes per season, so if she can transcribe 50 hours a week on top of her school work and Sips, her finances will be totally taken care of. Canaan says that's too much and says she should just tell her mom what happened. Kimberly refuses.

Whitney says she doesn't have other interests and asks Canaan what he thinks her thing is besides soccer. He says she's cool and pretty. She's feeling lost. He asks what she wants to do with her life. She doesn't know. He has a detailed ten-year plan. She feels like she's the only person at college who doesn't have her life planned out. Canaan knows she'll figure it out and succeed at whatever she puts her mind to. Except water polo.

Leighton says there's a lot of snow. She wonders if it's safe. Bela explains the run and says it ends at frat row, where all the frats will be throwing parties. Theta's out, so she doesn't some deep research and thinks Omega Pi is the next best option. They're holding a Winter Underland party. Kimberly says she's not going. She has to stay home and do some transcribing. The other three get hyped to leave.

Bela, Whitney, and Leighton struggle to walk in the blowing snow.

Kimberly is transcribing, but has difficulty understanding the contestant's speech. She hears Jackson having sex again and grabs her headphones to block him out. She tries to keep working, but can't focus. She yells to ask him to keep it down, then knocks on the wall.

Alex tells everyone to drink up because they run in two minutes. In the crowd, Kimberly joins her roommates. She doesn't think she can do the job. Drunk Australian people are too hard to understand. When Kimberly pulls her coat back, Leighton is surprised to see that she's hot under the unstylish clothes. Jocelyn agrees. Alex counts them down and they all strip and start running. Lila knocks Travis down as she runs.

The girls arrive at Omega Pi's party.

Lila and Bela drool over the hot, shirtless men. When Bela hears Lila talking about the guys' penises, she asks if Lila would want to write a piece about that for her new magazine. Lila agrees to do it.

Leighton makes eye contact with Sara, who comes up to her. Kimberly makes up an excuse to leave the two of them alone. When Leighton sees other people watching them, she pulls away from Sara and walks away.

Bela asks if her boobs are popping out. She's trying to make on-purpose nip slips her signature move. Kimberly says she's good and gets angry when she sees Jackson walk in. Whitney and Bela admire his arms. Kimberly confronts him about his noise level. He gives her his number so she can text him when he's being too loud.

Whitney picks up two drinks and walks up behind Canaan, but overhears him telling his friend that Whitney has nothing going for her except soccer. Whitney walks away unnoticed.

Canaan finds Whitney and asks if she's okay. She tells him she's fine. Lila comes up to them visibly drunk. Canaan says she's too wasted to be at the party and leaves to take her home. He says he'll text Whitney later. Reece asks them if they had fun tonight. When they say they did, he says it'll be the last party they ever go to. He calls over Alex and says they're the girls he told them about. Alex says they need to get out.

The girls struggle to walk home in the cold.

Kimberly says she had fun despite getting banned from all the frats. Bela tells Leighton that Kimberly got the climate refugee's number. She asks if Leighton chatted up any hotties. Leighton looks at Kimberly and then tells them she has something to tell them. She says she's gay. Whitney and Bela are pleasantly surprised. Kimberly pretends to be surprised, but they realize she already knew. Leighton says Kimberly's been a really good friend about it and even tried to get her alone with a girl last night. Whitney saw her talking to a girl. Leighton says then she freaked out and it got weird. They encourage her to slide into Sara's DMs. Leighton agrees and sends her a message. Her roommates celebrate.

Bela goes to see Eric again. He asks how she got in because he had them change the door code. She says she waited for someone else to leave. She thanks him for his advice, which she used to find another writer. Then she kisses him and pulls off his glasses. He pushes the door closed.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pauline Chalamet as Kimberly Finkle
* Amrit Kaur as Bela Malhotra
* Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray
* Alyah Chanelle Scott as Whitney Chase
* Christopher Meyer as Canaan Greene
* Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Lila Flores
* Renika Williams as Willow
* Lauren "Lolo" Spencer as Jocelyn
* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Mitchell Slaggert as Jackson

### Guest Starring

* Rob Huebel as Henry Murray
* Nicole Sullivan as Carol Finkle
* Craig Cackowski as Dale Finkle
* Jamie Denbo as Loan Officer
* Rachel Leah Cohen as Coach Kay
* Sierra Katow as Evangeline Hashima
* Isabella Roland as Carla
* Cheyenne Perez as Jo
* Ally Ioannides as Sara
* Spencer Neville as Aaron
* Colton Tran as Reece
* Betti as Travis Feldman
* Scott Lipman as Frude Rasmunssen
* Maya Rose as Jena

### Co-Starring

* Rachel Winfree as Coach's Assistant
* Min Hwa Cho as Water Polo Girl
* Caleb Lowell as Finn
* Garrett Westton as Alex
* Yasmin Kassim as Jessica
* William Prescott as Host
* Blake Mallegni as Student