Le Tuteur

**Le Tuteur** is the third episode of the first season and the third overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

While Kimberly connects with Nico during a tutoring session, Leighton begrudgingly starts volunteering at the women's center, Bela explores the local dating app pool, and Whitney seeks to take things with Dalton to the next level.

## Full Summary

Leighton tells President Lacey how sorry she is for her actions last night. She's better than that and wants to make it right. She hands him a check for $2,000 and says her mother told her they could go up to $10,000. Lacey tells her she can't bribe her way out of it. He orders her to complete 100 hours of community service at the Essex College Women's Center. Leighton doesn't know what that is and isn't pleased when Lacey explains what they do. She wants a different option, but Lacey says she doesn't have any choice. She says her parents won't be donating to Essex anymore, but he doesn't care because three Russian billionaires send their kids to Essex.

Bela swipes left on several dating profiles. She's upset that Vermont Tinder is so bad and notes that no one ever messages her back. Whitney takes her phone and is shocked to see that she starts every conversation by asking for shirtless pics. Bela says she wants to date a guy with abs. Leighton comes in and expresses her displeasure at having to volunteer. She also asks what the smell is. Kimberly thought someone was trying new perfume and didn't want to be rude. Leighton thinks it's coming from the fridge and confirms that's true. They're all sure Bela's at fault, but Bela says it wasn't her. Whitney leaves to go to practice. She proposes they figure out who's responsible for the smell and that person has to clean it out. The others agree.

Bela's excited for Kimberly to get tutored by Nico and asks what she's going to wear. Kimberly says she's wearing what she already has on, but Bela says she can't do that. She tells Kimberly to push her breasts out to show them off.

Coach Woods tells the team they had a great practice. She thinks they have a shot at making the tournament this year, thanks to their new first-year talent. She gestures toward Whitney as she says this. She talks strategy as Whitney makes eye contact with Dalton.

Whitney and Dalton make out in an athletic supply closet. They're interrupted by his phone ringing. He ignores it, but it rings again. It's his wife video calling and he accidentally answers it while still shirtless. He has Whitney hide and drapes his shirt over his shoulders. Michelle tells him she's outside waiting for him so they can pick up the credenza she bought. She notices his shirt is off and asks him about it. He claims he spilled soup on himself. He says he'll be right out and hangs up. Whitney says he and Michelle don't sound like a couple that's barely married anymore. Dalton says they've been together for six years. He needs to find the right time to tell her. Whitney doesn't like it. She only condones cheating on "Love Island." Dalton laughs and says he loves her. Whitney smiles and tells him to go buy his hutch.

Nico tells Kimberly that memorizing French words is easy, but mastering pronunciation takes longer. He has her look at his lips, which entrances her. He learned French from his au pair as a child. Kimberly relates to not seeing her parents much because they both worked, so she spent most of her time with her nana. She had a stroke while they were doing a puzzle, but Kimberly wants to hear more about Camille. Nico says she'd make him chicken nuggets and they'd watch The Golden Girls in French together. Kimberly gets a text from Lila saying how hot Nico is. When Kimberly looks up, Lila mimes sex with a knife and a bagel. Kimberly thanks Nico for tutoring her. Nico says he's happy to do it and pulls out a paper for her to sign. If he does enough tutoring hours, he gets an extra half-credit toward his minor. She's surprised he gets credit for tutoring, but signs.

Bela's in the library when Milo walks in. When he reaches up to get a book off a shelf, she sees his abs. She walks over and introduces herself.

Ginger explains that while she's happy to have Susan B. Anthony honored in the Essex Portrait Gallery, the artist clearly enhanced her figure. Lindsay thinks it's symbolic of her female power. Tova says maybe she actually had a huge rack. Leighton walks up and introduces herself. Ginger, Lindsay, Alicia, and Tova all introduce themselves with their pronouns. Leighton says she's she/her obviously. Alicia says she oversees all the volunteers. Leighton wants to choose specific hours for herself, but Alicia says she'll tell Leighton when they need help and she'll show up then, starting tomorrow from 5:00-10:00, for the feminist poetry group. Leighton says she's busy on Fridays, but Alicia doesn't care. Ginger says it's getting tense, so she hits the Safe Space bell. It's a bell they hit when they think it would be good to have a safe space. When Leighton asks about the center already being a safe space, Ginger hits the bell again. Leighton says she thinks they've gotten too sensitive as a society and Ginger hits the bell again. Alicia says what they do at the center really helps people, despite what she thinks, and they're not looking for her feedback. She also advises Leighton not to say her pronouns are obvious. It makes her sound like a dumb, cis bitch. Ginger hits the bell again and Alicia says that she heard it. Alicia welcomes her to the women's center and says she'll see her at poetry night.

Leighton goes back to President Lacey and says her mom said they can go up to $20,000. He still won't back down.

Frude comes in and tells the girls that someone has complained about the smell coming from their suite. They're upset to be the "smelly suite." He can't tell them who complained, but Travis walks in and claims credit, saying it smells like a tooth abscess and because of it, no one came to his murder-mystery party. Whitney says they'll fix it. Once the door is closed, Whitney insists on throwing out the fridge, but Kimberly objects because it was her graduation present. She wants to clean it instead and suggests they can work together on it. Leighton wishes she could, but has to go to the women's center. Bela's going to have sex with a guy who has abs.

Whitney and Dalton race. Whitney wins, but he says he let her win. Whitney asks how it was picking up the credenza. Dalton says he can't wait to show her how ugly it is. When he pulls out his phone, she sees that she's in it as Steven Kim Accountant, which he says is so Michelle won't suspect anything. Michelle's in his phone as Honey Bunny. Whitney is upset by that. She can't keep sneaking around for much longer. Dalton says he hates it, too. He hates not being able to tell anyone about her. She wants to go on a real date with him. He asks her to race back to campus, but she decides to do a solo run instead.

Lila asks Kimberly if there's something going on between her and Nico. Kimberly says no and asks if he said something about her. Lila lies and says he asked if she was seeing anyone. But then she says he's walking in. Kimberly thinks she's lying, but she turns to find it's true. Kimberly asks Nico if he's in for a drink. He says he came to see her, to ask if she'd like to spend their next session watching The Golden Girls in French, the way he learned it. He proposes meeting tonight and she agrees.

Bela says the thought of sitting through a musical makes her want to light herself on fire, which she did once to get out of a thing with her family. Milo laughs and gets up. He asks if she wants anything and laughs again when she asks for a mug of Cap'n Crunch. Once he's gone, Bela turns to Jocelyn at the next table and says she's slaying her date. Jocelyn says he's laughing at everything she says. Bela's excited to hook up with a guy with abs. Milo comes back with his food and her cereal.

Tiff reads a poem. In the back of the room, Leighton holds up her phone to start filming. Next is Maddy, then Tai. Alicia goes to Leighton and tells her to stop filming people without their consent. Alicia is shocked to see Leighton getting drunk at an event she's forced to work because she was caught getting drunk. Alicia takes her drink away. Bethany steps up with a guitar and sings instead of reading a poem. Leighton starts to laugh and has to walk out. Alicia follows her out.

Outside, Alicia says she won't sign off on any of Leighton's hours for the night. Leighton thinks she deserves double hours for sitting through it. Alicia says she drank wine and ate noisy snacks and just wasted her own time.

Bela and Milo make out. She pulls off his shirt and admires his abs. She wants to burn the image in before they have sex. Then she jumps on him. As they have sex, she tells him he's hot and he says she's funny. This repeats a few more times.

Bela tells Kimberly and Whitney that Milo only slept with her because she's funny. She's upset by this because she wants him to think she's hot as well as funny. Whitney says her soccer team won their game. She scored two goals and had one assist. Kimberly says she was really good. Bela asks what she should do. Kimberly doesn't think it's a bad thing that he likes her for being funny. Bela doesn't like that. She thinks she needs to break things off with Milo, find a hotter guy, and not be herself with him. Whitney and Kimberly say that's not it. She ignores them.

Kimberly tells Whitney she likes Bela, but would drown herself if they had to share a room. Whitney sees the cheesecake Kimberly is holding and asks where she's taking it. Kimberly says it's an inside joke between her and Nico. Whitney asks if Leighton knows, but Kimberly says there's nothing to know. He's just tutoring her. But she asks Whitney not to say anything to Leighton. As Kimberly walks away, Whitney gets a text from Dalton asking her to talk. He calls and asks her to blow off her team to meet him instead for a date. He tells her to bundle up and bring bug spray.

Kimberly shows up at Kappa and knocks. Curran answers and tells her Nico's not home. She calls Nico and he apologizes for forgetting. He asks if they can do it some other time. She says yes and hangs up. She throws the cheesecake in the trash, but then goes back to get it.

Dalton stops his truck out in the woods. He has set up a sheet for an outdoor movie night. They're watching Love & Basketball. They climb into the back of his truck and kiss.

Leighton helps Alicia clean up and tells her it might benefit her to take things less seriously. Alicia says she knows the poems and songs are terrible, but instead of being rude, she acts like a normal person and waits until she's alone with her friends to make fun of them. She suggests that Leighton should try that. Leighton agrees to try.

Kimberly watches The Golden Girls by herself as she cleans out the fridge. Bela comes in and Kimberly says she cleaned the fridge because she needed the distraction. She got her hopes up about a guy and wasted $25 on a cake. She asks if Bela broke up with her abs guy. Bela says she told him it wasn't working, but he was doing pull-ups, so they had sex one more time. She might keep doing that. Bela asks what was causing the smell. Kimberly says all of it. The fridge was unplugged. Bela remembers that she unplugged it for Travis's airbrushing machine. It was her fault after all. Kimberly invites Bela to watch television and eat a whole cheesecake with her. Bela accepts.

As the credits roll, Whitney says it's the best date she's ever been on. Dalton says for him as well. His phone chimes and she tells him to check it. He shows her that he has texted Michelle back saying they need to have a serious talk. Whitney happily kisses him.

Dalton drops Whitney off and she says she'll see him tomorrow.

Dalton comes home and Michelle says she got his text. He tells her he meant to send that text to Coach Woods.

Whitney smiles as she walks back to her dorm.

## 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
* Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Lila Flores
* Renika Williams as Willow
* Lolo Spencer as Jocelyn

### Guest Starring

* James Morosini as Dalton
* Matt Malloy as President Tim Lacey
* Jillian Armenante as Coach Gertrude Woods
* Kim Matula as Michelle
* Maya Rose as Jena
* Will Ropp as Milo
* Amanda Ripley as Ginger
* Vico Ortiz as Tova

### Co-Starring

* Betti as Travis
* Scott Lipman as Frude
* Alexander Neher as Curran
* Kylie Contreary as Abbey
* Ali Gallo as Lindsay
* Ambrose Burzak as Tiff
* Lauren Lakis as Bethany
* Kimiko Singer as Imogene
* Dilone as Maddy
* Camille Killion as Tai