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Air Date: 06/16/09

James and Hope are still sleeping together, and boy, does Hope know it's a bad idea.

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Air Date: 06/09/09

Katie's jerk of an ex, Ben, invites her to a Trash 'n' Treasures party.

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Air Date: 06/02/09

James's mom, Melinda, is coming to visit, and James has pulled out all the stops.

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Air Date: 05/26/09

Mark, Thom, and James are at the apartment waiting for Katie to come back from Chicago.

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Air Date: 05/19/09

The roommates are hanging out at their fave bar, and James wants Mark to be his wingman while he makes a move on a hot chick.

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Air Date: 05/12/09

It's morning as usual for Katie and Mark: They're all dressed up for work, and, sadly, Hope's still jobless out on the couch.

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Air Date: 04/27/09

Katie drops in to the coffee shop to see Hope, whose jerk of a boss is on her case as always.

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season one episode 7

Katie drops in to the coffee shop to see Hope, whose jerk of a boss is on her case as always. Katie tells her to stand up for herself and stop taking his crap, so she does: Hope stuffs the manager's face into a giant cake and quits! But the next morning, she's already regretful, especially because even Mark's got himself a new job: He's temping for a new media bigwig. With a little needling from Katie, the two girls convince him to try to talk the boss guy, David Schick, into giving Hope a job.

At Mark's first day, David says he's thinking about hiring a permanent assistant. And since Mark's technically an "actor" and can't tie himself down to a permanent gig, he graciously suggests David consider hiring Hope. After talking her up a bit, Mark convinces David to meet her -- back at the apartment that evening! But, uh, David also mentions he may be looking for a little play in addition to the assistant scouting. So is it a job interview or a booty call?

But when Mark reveals this fact to Hope and Katie, the girls don't seem too shocked, or even to mind. Hope claims she may try to use that to her advantage. Let's just hope Hope doesn't come on too strong.

When David shows up, not only is Hope having a hard time playing it cool, but David starts gravitating more toward Katie. Hope freaks out, pulls Mark into the next room, and starts crying uncontrollably. Can't blame a girl -- she needs a job! Hope tries to pull herself together for David, but he's really more into someone who's "real" and "down-to-earth" and not into wanting something from him ... he's into someone like Katie.

Meanwhile, Thom is watching all this and freaking out, because he doesn't want David to get interested in Hope romantically. Remember, Thom has a major crush on HER. But no worries, dude.

Turns out Katie's playing "hard to get" (aka, really not interested) really turns David on. But when he tries to proposition her to go somewhere quieter, Mark jumps to her defense and pretends to be her boyfriend. Despite his intense emotional speech proclaiming his love for her (Katie thinks he's acting, but, uh, he's not), David doesn't buy it. He not only calls Mark out on being in love with her but also tries to make a further play for her by offering her the job as his assistant. She takes it, mainly because of the stellar salary, but warns David not to hit on her. Wonder how that'll work out?

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Air Date: 04/26/09

Mark and James are at their regular bar, discussing Mark's obsession with Katie and when he's finally going to ask her out.

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Air Date: 04/20/09

Hope and Katie vow to set Mark up with the right girl.

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Air Date: 04/13/09

Hope's dad, who's in town unexpectedly, drops by to surprise her at the coffee shop.

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Air Date: 04/06/09

It's just another morning at the coffee shop for Hope ... until Katie walks in.

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Air Date: 03/30/09

To help Katie through the breakup, Hope takes her lovelorn roommate to a fortune-teller.

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Air Date: 03/23/09

Mark Fletcher's on his way to yet another temp job when -- BOOM. He sees Katie Bowman in the elevator. Katie Bowman!