That Comment Tho

**That Comment Tho** is the fifth episode of the first season and the fifth overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

While a cryptic message from Nico sends Kimberly reeling, Leighton invites the women's center to her brother's frat party. Bela has an uncomfortable experience with a Catullan editor, and Whitney navigates the fallout of investigative work.

## Full Summary

Bela celebrates with Kimberly over the comment Nico left on her post. Whitney joins their celebration. They're all sure Nico wants to sleep with her except Kimberly. Whitney asks if Leighton has seen it. Kimberly says no and tells Whitney not to tell her. They discuss how Kimberly should reply, then Kimberly notices he deleted the comment. Kimberly doesn't know what to make of that. Bela says it's a good thing because he's into her picture and came back to it later. Kimberly decides she won't overthink it, but when her phone chimes, she immediately checks it. It's just a coupon from Panera.

Leighton helps Tova, Ginger, and Alicia sort donated clothing. When Leighton insults the clothes, Alicia reminds that they're there to help people get off the streets. Tova invites Leighton to drag queen trivia. Leighton says she has plans to go to the Theta-lympics. When the others get quiet, Leighton asks why. Alicia explains that frats can be sexist, toxic nightmares. They've been campaigning to abolish Greek life for over a year. Leighton says Theta actually does a lot of good. They just finished a construction project in Mexico. Alicia says it was on a building that they burned down. Leighton asks if they've ever even been to a frat party. When they say they haven't, she says they're making a judgmental assumption. Alicia agrees and suggests they all go to the party to see what it's really like. Leighton tries to oppose, but then agrees to get them an invitation.

Bela tells Willow and Whitney that the Catullan editors are throwing a wine and cheese soirée. Whitney's not impressed, but takes it as a good sign for Bela that they invited her. Bela says they didn't. She overheard them talking about it and she's crashing. She needs face time with them so she can earn their respect. Willow stops a soccer player passing them and asks Hayden about his track suit. He says it was gifted to him as a member of the soccer team. Willow says the guy's team always gets more than they do. They got the track suits after their last game, which they lost. The women's team, on the other hand, won theirs. Once he's walked away, Willow says she almost lost it when she saw how much nicer their locker room is. Whitney asks how much nicer it is.

Kimberly goes to Canaan to ask him for advice. She asks him if he ever comments on a girl's Instagram and then deletes it. Canaan says neither of them has time for that conversation as they have a very difficult econ assignment due at midnight. He encourages her to focus on that. Lila suggests that Kimberly post a story and see if Nico checks it right away.

Leighton goes to Nico and tells him she needs to bring some other people with her to the party. He says that's fine, but backtracks when he learns who it is. He says she can't bring them because they're trying to get Theta shut down. Leighton says he should let them in so they can see that frats aren't as bad as they think. He wants her to persuade them not to come.

Leighton goes back to the women's center and says they should all go to the drag thing instead. Alicia says a deal's a deal and they're going to Theta.

Nico gets a text from Leighton saying they're coming. He asks if anyone in the frat is a women's studies major or minor.

Whitney streams live as she prepares to enter the men's locker room to document the disparity between the two locker rooms. She enters and is in awe of how nice it is. She's shocked when Hayden comes out of the shower totally nude. She apologizes as he covers himself with a towel.

Coach Woods asks Whitney what she was thinking. Whitney wanted to highlight the inequality and go public with it. Coach Woods says she's lucky she persuaded Coach Jim to let it go. Whitney's upset that she's condoning a system where they get treated worse. Woods says she's a 54 year old lesbian soccer coach. She knows how hard it is for female athletes. She also benches Whitney for two games.

Jocelyn asks how long after Kimberly posted the story Nico looked at it. Kimberly says it was two minutes. She's impressed because even her stalker doesn't check her stories that fast. Nico's into her. Bela says he also invited Kimberly to the Theta party. Jocelyn says that's a sex invite. Kimberly says she replied with a gift of a baby running and he replied that he was just kidding then said it was meant for someone else. She thinks she should just stay in and do her econ assignment, which is due at midnight. Jocelyn thinks she should go to the party and see what happens. Bela agrees. She leaves to crash the Catullan party.

Eric answers the door to find Bela with a cheese and fruit plate. She walks in like she belongs there.

Whitney goes to see Coach Woods. Woods calls Dalton in and explains that Whitney's mom asked for a meeting. Whitney swears that she didn't ask her mother to do that. Before she can defend herself, her mother appears on Woods' screen. Whitney asks her mom what she's doing. Evette says she wants Woods to explain why her daughter called her crying. Woods tries to explain and Dalton backs her up. Evette asks who he is and then asks Woods to move the camera so he's out of frame. Evette says she can't sit around while her daughter is mistreated. Woods offers to reverse the suspension, but says Whitney did film naked boys without their permission. She's lucky the 17 year old goalie wasn't there because it would legally be the creation of child pornography. Evette is upset with Whitney over that, because it would have been a scandal for her. Whitney says she was just trying to make things right. Evette says they'll talk about it later. She thanks Woods for her time.

Bela approaches a group and asks what they're talking about. Eric tells her they were discussing Franzen. She mistakes that for Franzia, but when Iris questions her about it, she pretends she was just making a joke. She excuses herself to eat something. Ryan approaches her and they talk about people being insufferable. He tells her the last piece she wrote was great. He wrote some notes on it and offers to go over them with her. She leaves with him to do that.

Nico explains to Leighton the changes they made to avoid getting into trouble with her guests. She can't imagine them being offended. Ginger and Tova arrive. They're surprised no one else is there because the party was supposed to start at eight. Nico offers to show them around. After they walk away, Alicia walks in. She's sure the evening will be awful. She sees Ginger nearby and asks if she's wearing a body cam. Ginger lies and says it's just a normal broach.

Ryan gives Bela a paper with his notes on her piece. Before they go back to the party, Ryan says he has a funny video to show her. She's shocked when he puts on porn.

Nico explains all the ways they take precautions to make sure everyone at the party stays safe. Alicia tells him to calm down. She's just there to have a good time and asks him to hold her feet so she can do a keg stand.

Kimberly says she's at the party for herself, not for Nico. She doesn't even care if she sees him. Whitney says that's good. Leighton joins them and says she's trying to avoid someone. Bela joins them and tells them about what happened with Ryan. She's not sure how to interpret it. She thinks maybe she just missed why the video was funny. Whitney asks if she remembers what it was called.

Outside, Whitney, Kimberly, Bela, and Leighton watch the video. They concluded that Ryan is a creep. Bela says Ryan is the nice one. Curran comes out and tells them there's no watching porn tonight because they're on their best behavior.

Alicia and Nico have teamed up on a drinking game. They celebrate when they win.

Kimberly watches Alicia and Nico interact and thinks Nico has moved on. She awkwardly jumps in and hugs Nico.

Whitney gets a drink, but quickly spills it when she runs into Hayden. They argue and he says that the men's soccer team gets things because people come to their games, unlike the women's team. People prefer men's sports because they're better natural athletes. They're stronger, faster, and have bigger muscles. Whitney challenges him to prove he's faster than her. She gestures over to a pair of treadmills set up for one of the games.

Alicia and Leighton are outside. Alicia asks Leighton where there are so many sombreros in the dumpster and Leighton says when they found out they were coming, they ditched some of the more racist elements of the party. Alicia notices that Leighton included herself in the group. Leighton denies that. A frat guy steps near them and starts relieving himself a few feet away from them. Alicia asks him not to do that. He brushes them off and says if she doesn't like it, she can leave. He then calls her a dyke. She confronts him, shoves him to the ground, and starts kicking him. Leighton pulls her off him and Alicia asks whose side she's on. Alicia goes to leave the party.

Leighton follows Alicia out and says she just didn't want Alicia to get hurt. Leighton apologizes and says she didn't mean for Alicia to get hurt. She's never seen those guys do anything like that before. Alicia says that's because she's a pretty straight girl, whom they deem worthy of respect. Leighton says that's not true. When Alicia says it is, Leighton says it isn't, that Alicia is wrong about her. Alicia asks what part she's wrong about and Leighton leans in and kisses her. Alicia realizes she was really wrong about Leighton. They kiss again.

Willow explains the rules as Whitney and Hayden prepare to race. The first person to get to a mile wins. Whitney quickly ups her speed. Hayden ups his to match her, so she moves hers up again.

Nico finds Kimberly leaving and says he feels terrible because he invited her and then got busy and barely saw her. She claims she didn't even notice because she was busy with her friends. But she has to get home to do her homework. Nico offers to walk her home.

Whitney gets to the mile before Hayden and the crowd celebrates her victory. As she celebrates, she slips and hits the treadmill. Bela and Willow rush to help her up. She immediately continues celebrating.

Nico asks Kimberly if the Theta-lympics was what she hoped for. She says no one spilled a beer on her, so it's her favorite Theta party so far. Kimberly asks him about leaving the comment and deleting it. He admits to it and says he didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea. She's his sister's roommate and he's tutoring her. He leaves to go back to the party. Kimberly looks at her phone and sees it's after 1 AM.

Back in her room, Kimberly checks the assignment to find that it's locked and she submitted nothing.

Bela lies awake in bed. She sits up and starts working on the notes Ryan gave her.

Leighton gets dressed. Alicia tells her she doesn't have to leave. Alicia used to rush away after sex, too, but they could order food and watch something. Leighton pulls her shirt back off and gets back into the bed. Alicia asks to borrow her Netflix login.

Whitney tells Dalton she's fine even after falling. Dalton says they need to talk. They can't do this anymore. She's shocked he's breaking up with her. He says it was inappropriate for him to go along with it and they need to end it. Whitney is confused, but realizes it's because of her mom. He says if her mom ever found out, he'd be done for. Whitney asks if they just pretend everything's normal and he goes back to his wife and hopes she takes him back. Dalton admits that he never actually told her. She shouldn't tell anyone either. They both have a lot to lose. Dalton gets into his truck and drives away. Whitney picks up a rock and throws it through his passenger window.

## 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

* James Morosini as Dalton
* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Conor Donnally as Ryan Hutton
* Jillian Armenante as Coach Gertrude Woods
* Colby Strong as Cory
* Amanda Ripley as Ginger
* Vico Ortiz as Tova
* Timothy Granaderos as Hayden
* Sherri Shepherd as Senator Evette Chase

### Co-Starring

* Betti as Travis
* Alexander Neher as Curran
* Anna Benuzzi as Iris
* Andrei Dolezal as Frat Boy