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5. Low Self Esteem City

Gloria and Vee face off. Later, Piper receives devastating news about a family member.

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The bathroom that Gloria and her girls use has plumbing problems. Vee is appointed as head of the African-American posse, and they go head-to-head against Gloria's Latinas when they infiltrate the ghetto bathroom. Figueroa refuses to fix the Latina showers due to budget problems, and she limits the shower times to thirty seconds as a solution. Piper is informed by Cal that her grandmother is dying, and she asks Healy for furlough. Boo and Nicky continue their contest over who can score the most points with their sexual conquests; Nicky spends her time trying to bed Fischer, to no avail. As tensions rise between the Black women and the Latinas, Vee and Gloria make a deal in order to calm things down; Red later warns Gloria that Vee has manipulated her. Flashback: Gloria, a victim of domestic violence, is arrested for committing fraud with food stamps traded at the store she ran.

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