Complete story — includes the ending
In the season final, Shane and Molly talk about their romantic night together the next morning before meeting Molly's mother, Phyllis, and Joyce for breakfast. Phyllis asks Molly if she is taking the internship during the summer that they once talked about, Molly replies that she will spend the summer surfing with Shane, who was unaware of the internship. Shane is later confronted by Phyllis who says that Shane is not worthy of being with Molly and must break up with her. Helena Peabody returns to Los Angeles to visit her dying mother in the hospital and is gifted by her family's wealth once again. After hearing of Kit's loss of The Planet while she was away, Helena brings a mighty tempting proposition to SheBar co-owner Cindi: the chance of escaping Dawn's claws by selling the ownership documents of the bar, which Cindi gladly accepts. Meanwhile, Alice almost kisses Clea Mason, but doesn't end up falling in temptation despite her continuing problems with Tasha. Elsewhere, Bette gives a speech supporting Jodi at her new art exhibition, but later the vindictive Jodi attacks Bette by humiliating her in front of everyone. Filming on Lez Girls finally wraps up as everyone arrives in all the glitz and glamor to the film's celebration wrap party, where Bette reunites with Tina at last. The sociopath Adele tries to ban Jenny from attending and continues to pass off the work as her own while basking in her ill-gotten Hollywood fame and glory. But Jenny, with Tina's help, sneaks into the party and sets the record straight by giving a powerful speech demolishing Adele's character, but also says how thankful she is for the rest of her friends' loyalty and trust, ironically in that same moment, Shane betrays Jenny by seducing Nikki where Jenny walks in on them. Looking towards Shane, Jenny angrily tells Shane that she just broke her heart.
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