The Exes

****The Exes**** is the fourth episode in Season 1 of *Younger.*It premiered on April 14, 2015 on TVLand. The episode was written by Tamra Davis and directed by Rick Singer.

## SUMMARY

Liza tries to keep Josh at arm's length, but a surprise run-in leaves her reevaluating her feelings for him. Kelsey asks Liza to keep her in check as she celebrates her new author acquisition with innumerable shots of tequila.

## PLOT

It appears Liza has gotten over her fear of sleeping with Josh. They are having sex in Josh's apartment, when they break his bed. Liza stays over, in the morning Josh asks about her first time, she tells him that this is the easy part and not to make it harder by asking about the past. She suggests they stay in the present and have a lot of sex, which he doesn't object to. Liza meets the roomate, on her way out of the apartment. Back at Maggies, Liza gushes over the amazing hot sex she had with Josh. While she loves having sex with Josh, Liza feels bad for not telling him the truth but Maggie tells her to enjoy herself for a while and not to bother telling him.

At Empirical, Kelsey announces that they will be publishing Anton Bjornberg's English translation of 'Kaleidoscope of Life.' The book will be published in the fall, but it will be on a tough schedule because the translation needs a lot of work. That night, Liza, Lauren and Kelsey drink at the bar to celebrate. Kelsey tells Liza not to let her drink too much because she needs to be sharp for her meeting in the morning, but when Thad arrives he orders shots and pressures Kelsey into doing shots. Kelsey does so many shots, and gets very messy very quickly. She ends up dancing in the booth, falling all over the place and then makes out with Thad. Kelsey suggests they go to Brooklyn to get tattoos with Josh, Thad refuses to go but Kelsey drags Liza there. Kelsey drunk texts Bjornberg. The tattoo studio is closed, so Kelsey throws a rock throgh his window. When Josh goes to the window, he isn't alone. Liza puts Kelsey in a cab and gets out of there.

The next morning, Liza tells Maggie everything and Kelsey ignores her alarm, missing her meeting with Bjornberg. Liza lies to Diana about why Kelsey isn't there, telling her she had given her something to help her calm down because she was stressed about the meeting. Diana tries to talk to him about marketing but this makes him get up and leave. Just after he leaves Kelsey shows up and blames Liza for letting her get too drunk last night, Liza stands up for herself telling her it was her own fault and that she needs to take responsibility for her own actions. Kelsey heads to Bjornbergs place to try to get him back, she explains everything that had happened the night before. He asks her if she will drunk text her again, she says it won't and then he kisses her.

Liza runs into Josh. Josh explains that the girl she saw him with last night was an old fling that had just showed up unannounced. Josh asks for another chance and Liza accepts, they kiss.

## Cast

STARRING

* Sutton Foster as Liza Miller
* Nico Tortorella as Josh
* Jon Gabrus as Gabe
* Debi Mazar as Maggie Amato
* Hilary Duff as Kelsey Peters
* Miriam Shor as Diana Trout
* Molly Bernard as Lauren Heller
* Dan Amboyer as Thad Steadman
* Thorbjorn Harr as Anton Bjornberg

## QUOTES

**Liza** - "You know that thing that people describe when they are having a near death experience, where they're floating about their bodies and can see themselves on the operating table? I had that. Except instead of watchign someone give me CPR, I was watching myself in sexual positions I thought were only theoretical."

**Liza** - "News flash: I tried my best to stop you. But you started doing shots like a Lohan once Thad showed up."

**Josh** - "Seriously, we broke the bed in three different places."

**Liza** - "Doesn't his penis ever need a break?"

## REFERENCES

* Gilmore Girls (2000)
* Lindsay Lohan