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****IRL**** is the third episode in Season 1 of *Younger*. It premieres on April 7, 2015 on TVLand. The episode was written by Dottie Dartland Zicklin & Eric Zicklinand directed by Daren Starr.

## SUMMARY

Liza struggles with the anxiety of sex with Josh and gets a little help from Maggie. At work, Kelsey pulls out all the stops to land a hot new author, while Diana dips her toe into the online dating pool.

## PLOT

The episode starts with Liza cleaning up in Maggie's kitchen when she gets a text from Josh asking to meet up later that night. Liza says she can't tonight, so Josh asks her out the following night to which she responds to K and a kissy face. Because she is nervous about the possibility of Josh seeing her naked Liza strips in front of Maggie for her brutal honesty. Liza freaks out when Maggie tells her she looks great, she thinks Josh is going to know that she is older than she says.

At Empirical, Diana asks Liza for her opinion on her online dating profile. Kelsey then tells Liza that Bjorberg has a reading later that night. After work Liza and Maggie drive into New Jersey because the escrow on her house has been closed. Maggie sends a flirty text to Josh on behalf of Liza. At the house, Liza runs in her ex-husband David, who tries to gaslight her into believing he is a good guy. He leaves but also leaves her with the cost of the removers.

The next day at Empirical, Kelsey is all dressed up for Bjorberg's reading. Diana gets a match on her online dating profile. Liza helps her message the match, and sets a date up with him later on. Later that night Kelsey goes to Bjornberg's reading, but when she gets there she realises that it is in Swedish. After the reading Kelsey gets the courage to go an speak to him, pitching that she should be the one to publish his book. Bjornberg likes how upfront she is and asks her for a drink someplace else. Bjornberg is impressed with Kelsey's pitch.

The same night Liza meets up with Josh at a bar. A young woman, Daisha, interrupts then through their date by showing Josh how well the tattoo he did healed. Daisha tries to get Josh to tattoo her and her friend right now, but Josh shuts them down telling Liza he just wants to be with her. In Josh's apartment Liza takes a Xanax to help calm her down. Liza becomes very chilled out, but Josh mistakes it for her being drunk. She ends up asleep on his lounge room floor.

Diana's date ends up being a catfish by a teenager who only wants to meet her because of her new bag. She feels sorry for him and ends up having a drink with him at the bar.

The next day, Liza and Maggie clean up the New Jersey house. Maggie gives Liza's vagina a pep talk. Someone comes to buy Liza's furniture, offering 3 grand. Maggie refuses to let Liza sell all her things for not a lot of money, so they take it to Brooklyn. Josh texts Liza asking her to come over, Maggie tells her to go. On the way to meet Josh, Liza tried to give herself a pep talk, she wants to tell Josh her real age. When she gets there she gets interrupted by Josh and doesn't share her secret.

## CAST

STARRING

* Sutton Foster as Liza Miller
* Nico Tortorella as Josh
* Debi Mazar as Maggie Amato
* Miriam Shor as Diana Trout
* Paul Fitzgerald as David Miller
* Thorbjorn Harr as Anton Bjornberg
* Jenna Williams as Daisha
* Marquid Rodriguez as Frederick
* Adam Mucci as Trent

## QUOTES

**Maggie** - "Ooh, I like the landing strip. Nice choice. It's like the little black dress of pubic hair."

**Liza** - "Why not throw in the fact that I'm 40 and a baby's head came out of my Frida?"

**Maggie** - "Your vagina just needs a pep talk. Frida, now, I know you've only been with one penis in the past 20 years ... There is this unbelievably exciting sexual world out there that you've been missing out on. It's time to come out girl, okay?"

## TRIVIA

* Thorbjorn Harr, who plays the Swedish writer Anton Bjornberg, is actually Norwegian. In the series he speaks Swedish