Kappa

**Kappa** is the fourth episode of the first season and the fourth overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

After mingling with an exclusive sorority, Leighton gets roped into a date with a boy, while Whitney confides in a teammate about her relationship with Dalton. With Kimberly in tow, Bela speaks her mind at a high-profile Catullan event.

## Full Summary

Leighton picks up an envelope by the door with her name on it. Without opening it, Leighton tells Bela it's an invitation to Kappa's pre-rush brunch. Leighton's surprised that Whitney has also been invited. Kimberly says that sororities have a long history of exclusionary behavior that promotes woman-on-woman warfare, so she'll be abstaining. Bela agrees, but neither of them was invited.

On their way to the brunch, Leighton tells Whitney that Kappa is the most exclusive sorority on campus and suggests that Whitney should go home and change. Whitney thinks she's fine and Leighton should be the one to change, as she thinks Leighton is overdressed.

As they enter the brunch, Whitney realizes she's underdressed.

Bela shows Kimberly a video of a Danny Marawitz sketch. Kimberly doesn't understand the nuance of the humor, but finds the catchphrase he uses funny. Bela says Danny's a Catullan alum and he's going to be at the benefit they're throwing. Bela wants to find him there and asks him to be her mentor. Kimberly is sure he'll agree. She asks if Kimberly wants to go with her. Kimberly accepts, but she only brought one dress to college with her. Bela looks at it and says they'll go shopping.

At the brunch, Leighton points out Quinn Cannon. She went to the same high school as Leighton and now she's president of Kappa. She's who Leighton wants to be in three years. Leighton asks if Whitney is okay on her own so she can go mingle. Whitney says she isn't, but Leighton tells her she'll be fine. Leighton can text her information because she's researched every girl at the brunch.

Leighton talks to Maura. Maura asks if Leighton rehearsed what she planned to say because it felt like she had. Leighton denies that.

Whitney is confused because she just met an Ashley, but this one spells her name Ashlee.

Leighton goes up to Allie VanLandingham and lets on what she knows about her. Allie thinks she's a stalker, but Leighton says it's all public information.

Ashleigh explains to Whitney how she spells her name, as do Ashleye and Ash'lie.

Leighton shows Brittany a video of her and another girl. Leighton says there's a lot of great stuff in the Kappa hashtag. She tries to get Brittany to make a video with her, but Brittany says she has to go. Leighton watches as Brittany joins a group of girls who are fawning over Whitney and asking her about soccer. Whitney excuses herself, saying she has to go catch a team bus.

Kimberly and Bela browse at Gaia's Boutique. Bela asks if she's met up with Nico again and Kimberly says not sign he bailed on her. Bela finds a perfect dress, but Kimberly says it's too expensive. Bela suggests leaving the tag on and returning it.

Whitney watches the other players goofing off outside the bus. Dalton finds her and pulls her to the side to kiss her. He's excited to get out of town with her. She says it must be better than spending another night on his couch. She's sure things must be weird between him and his wife since he told her he was leaving her. He doesn't want to think about that, just the hot hotel sex they're going to have. They go separately to the bus.

Leighton stands around alone at the brunch. She moves to leave, but Quinn stops her. She says everyone there is equally obsessed with Kappa. They're just better at hiding it. She invites Leighton inside to get a drink.

Quinn is surprised that Leighton is majoring in math, but finds it refreshing. She's talked to too many marketing majors. Quinn asks if Leighton knows Cory from Theta. Leighton does because Nico got COVID from him. According to Quinn's boyfriend, Cory likes Leighton. Leighton says she's heard that before and says he's cute. Quinn texts him that she likes him.

On the bus, Willow tells Whitney to eat crackers once they get to the hotel because the team is going out hard. Whitney's surprised because they have a game to play the next day, but Willow says the team they're playing is awful anyway. It's the best team bonding night of the year. Dalton calls everyone's attention to him and says they know there was a lot of sneaking out after curfew last year. He insists that it won't happen again this year. Abbey says she has a question and asks Dalton how he got so fine. He knows they joke about that, but he's their coach and deserves their respect. Jena tells him to take his shirt off. They continue to taunt him until he gives up and sits down.

Bela is excited to see many Catullan alums. Kimberly is excited by the balloon arch and has Bela take a picture of her with it.

Inside, Bela points out Ryan, the nice editor, and Eric, the mean one. She also points out a famous alum. When they spot Danny, Bela asks Kimberly to go mingle with the other plus ones while Bela talks to him. Kimberly sees Lila and Canaan nearby and approaches them. They find it weird that she's a guest there, meaning they're serving her. She avoids having them serve her in any way.

Bela finds Danny looking at old pictures before he had a receding hairline. Bela offers him the hair she waxed off her arms, a joke he finds funny. He wishes her good luck and walks away.

Leighton is reading at the women's center when Alicia comes in. Alicia sees the chair she's sitting in and asks if she bought it. Leighton says she did because she doesn't want to spend her 100 hours there sitting on a couch that's older than she is. Then she tells Alicia the work she's done. Alicia says she can get extra hours by helping with a panel on the ABCs of the LGBTs. Leighton says she can't because she has a date. Alicia guesses Leighton's type and Leighton tells her she's right. She tells Leighton to take some condoms on her way out, but Leighton says she doesn't hook up on the first date.

Kimberly tells Canaan she was being weird for a different reason earlier. She orders a sprite and overtips for it. Canaan tells her not to worry about it and to keep her money. No one else is tipping anyway. Kimberly has an idea of how to fix that. She loudly talks about Canaan being on scholarship and puts a $20 bill in the tip jar. She quietly tells Canaan that when people know they're broke students, they tip better. Canaan doesn't believe that'll work, but a man comes up with a $5 and orders a martini.

Leighton tells Cory about Kappa as they walk around. Cory is confused by Leighton because she says she's really into him, but then avoids him. Something seems off to him. She says she really likes him, but he doesn't believe that. She leans in to kiss him and suggests they go back to his place.

Bela happily tells Kimberly that she's networking. Danny calls everyone's attention to himself. He talks about The Catullan changing his life. There's no better place to launch a comedy career. He tells the hopefuls they'll soon be in writers' rooms with funny guys and their marginally funny nepotism hire girlfriends. He thinks it's great there are some female writers now. He gestures toward Bela and says people like her are the future of comedy. Soon, she'll be the only one of them, as an Indian woman, who can sell a comedy show.

At the Eastern Pine Inn, the soccer players party. Then they head to a mini-golf course that's next to a McDonald's.

At the mini-golf course, they use their feet to kick the golf balls into the holes and play around on the course. Whitney takes a picture of Willow humping a dinosaur and show it to her. When she flips back through her pictures, Willow sees a shirtless picture of Dalton. She realizes he and Whitney are hooking up.

Kimberly tells Bela that Danny was being a jerk. Danny comes up to Bela and thanks her for being a good sport. She tells him he's an asshole. She can't even remember why she used to look up to him. He hasn't worked in ten years because he's not funny anymore. Offended, Danny turns around and tells Eric, Ryan, and Evangeline they can forget about his donation check. Eric chases him out. Bela says they didn't need his money anyway, but when she sees Evangeline and Ryan's faces, she realizes they do.

Willow asks Whitney about her and Dalton. Whitney knows it's insane, but she can't help herself. She thinks he loves him. She says no one can know. Willow says the team is full of secrets and she never shares them. Last spring, Jena ran over a dog. Whitney points out that she just shared a secret. Whitney begs Willow not to say anything, because it could ruin Dalton's career and her mom being a senator would make it a huge thing. She can't say anything. Jena overhears Whitney saying that and asks what they're talking about. Willow tells her to mind her own business and she walks away. Whitney asks if they can leave and Willow agrees once Whitney says they can stop at the McDonald's on their way home. Jena watches them go and deduces that Willow and Whitney are sleeping together.

Leighton and Cory kiss and undress each other. He asks if she's down and she says she's okay. They have sex and Leighton pretends she's into it.

Eric thinks Bela overreacted. He says Danny can't be sexist because he only hires female assistants. Evangeline thinks Bela is right, though, because when Evangeline told him her name, he said he'd just call her Ali Wong. She's glad Bela said something. Ryan says it'll be okay. Bela tells Kimberly they should go and Kimberly goes to get their coats. Thomas approaches them and thanks her for what she said to Danny. Danny's always been awful. They were in the same year and Danny's favorite joke was to call Thomas gay, which sucked for him. Danny made The Catullan a living hell for everyone, but no one ever went against him until Bela. He says he'll write a check to replace Danny's donation. When Eric says he was donating $20,000, Thomas amends his pledge to replace half Danny's donation.

Kimberly gets the coats back and Lila and Canaan approach her. They give her some cash. It's all her fake tips plus a cut of the tips she helped them get. The coat checker clears his throat and Kimberly goes to tip him, but Canaan and Lila stop her and tell her help doesn't tip help.

Whitney checks again to make sure Willow won't tell anyone. Willow promises she can keep a secret. She sends Whitney off to have sex with Dalton and tells her not to be loud when she comes back. Whitney tells her she's a good friend and to drink water.

Whitney rubs an ice cube under her eyes then slips into Dalton's room. She apologizes for being late. They start kissing.

Kimberly carefully folds up the dress she was wearing. She gets a notification on her phone that Nico left a comment on her post reading, "That dress tho." She pulls the tag off.

Leighton runs into Alicia while walking home in the morning. Leighton awkwardly adjusts her clothes.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pauline Chalamet as Kimberly Finkle
* Amrit Kaur as Bela Malhotra
* Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray
* Alyah Chanelle Scott as Whitney Chase
* Midori Francis as Alicia
* Chris Meyer as Canaan Greene
* Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Lila Flores
* Renika Williams as Willow

### Guest Starring

* Dan Bucatinsky as Danny Marawitz
* Jack Plotnick as Thomas
* James Morosini as Dalton
* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Conor Donnally as Ryan Hutton
* Jillian Armenante as Coach Gertrude Woods
* Francesca Xuereb as Quinn Cannon
* Colby Strong as Cory
* Sierra Katow as Evangeline Hashima
* Maya Rose as Jena

### Co-Starring

* Kylie Contreary as Abbey
* Bailey Humiston as Maura
* Christy St. John as Allie
* Chandler Lovelle as Ashlee
* Dana Donnelly as Ashleigh
* Ashley Mei as Ashleye
* Kathleen Kenny as Ash'lie
* Layla Mohammadi as Brittany
* Lauren Bray as Bonnie
* Courtney Cummings as Jennifer
* Joseph Will as Man