Fallon has to tear herself away from shirtless Liam to go to work. At the office, Jeff announces he's leaving MorellCorp, and Fallon is genuinely disappointed....but then starts looking for replacements. Due to a misunderstanding, Fallon soon thinks Jeff is going to work for a pharmaceutical company. She barges into a meeting Jeff called with a pharma manufacturer, only to find out the "meeting" was Jeff trying to get a job with the company and dig up dirt on them. They are the company that produces the neurotoxicity drugs that his dead friend wanted, but could not afford. He wants the formula for that drug, I assume so he can give it away? Whatever the case, Fallon goes through their meeting like a bull in a china shop.
Blake is upset that his construction loans are hard to come by, so attending his Yale reunion might be a chance to network. Sonya Jackson turns up at the reunion, an "old friend" of Blake's. (The reunion is being held in Atlanta rather than New Haven for some reason). Sonya is married to a noticeably younger man, but is low-key flirting with Blake right in front of Cristal.
She then suggests Blake and Cristal join her and her husband in their room that night. Blake and Cristal actually debate the invitation, eventually coming down on the side of accepting the invitation, worried that turning the invitation down might make them look old-fashioned.
Alexis insists (once again) that nothing can possibly go wrong with the launch of Alexum. Obviously she hasn't watched a single episode of this show. A shipment of the cream ends up at the bottom of the Chatahoochee River, which might put a crimp in the launch party. Sam gives Alexis a crash course on "influencers" and how they advertise things in modern times---hoping to get some free samples of Alexum for some forehead wrinkles that have been bugging him. Maybe if he had some SCUBA gear? At the party, Sam points out that if she doesn't start handing out the free stuff, there will be a riot on their hands. (I think Sam is wearing too much eye makeup, as in "yes, he's wearing eye makeup"). So Alexis hands out empty Alexum bottles, claiming it's part of a contest. The party descends into chaos when people are trying to find the (empty) jar with a green inner lid, which supposedly will win someone $1 million. Sam's influencers take down all their postings, making Alexis think the launch party a failure. Instead, Adam points out people are clamoring for the cream
because they can't get it. Why wasn't Dex by her side in all this?
Culhane tells Amanda about Kirby's agent possibly being shady, and Amanda (being a lawyer) confronts Charlie. Kirby, fearing being dumped by her agent, takes Charlie's side and Amanda leaves. Amanda learns that Charlie will be at the Alexum launch party, so she enlists Culhane to help her steal Charlie's phone to get a look at Kirby's contract. Amanda is digging through the phone when Kirby shows up. Then Charlie shows up and raises a big stink. Kirby announces she
does read her contracts and tells Amanda to basically go jump in a lake.
Fallon is uncharacteristically bothered by the situation with Jeff, or at least
she says that's what is bugging her. Liam, still polishing up the script, doesn't question it too deeply, though he does seem pleased that she is showing any concern for anyone else's problems. She lures an employee of that pharma company (TJ) to the launch party and aims Jeff in her direction. TJ says she is scared of the people she works for and can't help them. Fallon even tries to get TJ on their side by saying she just found out she's pregnant, but TJ is unmoved. Back at the office, Fallon confesses she really isn't, just wishing she was. TJ then calls Fallon's phone.
Blake and Cristal keep trying to talk the other out of "swinging with a strange couple," and eventually chicken out. Actually, they RUN out when Sonya is in the other room. Later (in bed) (at the manor) (just the two of them), Blake confesses he fears he will get "old and boring", but Cristal says he will never be either of those.
Kirby is on her way out the door to a photo shoot in Milan. Amanda confesses she wanted to help Kirby because she cares for her. She wanted to prove Charlie was shady because she was jealous of the relationship Kirby has with Charlie. Kirby kisses her and then hops in the car to head off to the airport, leaving Amanda thunderstruck.