Jack's Old Partner (EP20)
Résumé de l'épisode 20
As Nina faces the grim prospect of an income tax audit, Jack is suffering from a case of writer's block that's keeping him from completing his memoirs. Pressed by Maya, Jack reveals that he's stuck at the point where he and the magazine's founding partner parted ways. And that's when Maya discovers that her dad is guilty of pushing Herb aside after they launched the first issue of Blush. Meanwhile, Nina asks Elliott for help by taking IRS auditor Janet Hansen on a date. Realizing that Maya is right, Jack tracks down Herb at the Connecticut toy shop he opened after leaving the magazine, and finds that he still holds a grudge after thirty years. To make good for having forced him out, Jack then hires him as the magazine's new managing editor. But on his first day at work, Herb can't seem to make up his mind about anything. Meanwhile, Elliott's lack of interest in Janet jeopardizes Nina's chances at surviving her audit unscathed. As the delays risk bringing the magazine to a halt. Maya realizes just why her dad dumped Herb thirty years ago. Though Jack is still determined to make things right by his old partner, Maya asks that he be fired. As a result, Jack assigns him a project that takes him back to his toy shop. And even though Herb realizes that he's being gently pushed aside once again, he's more than willing to leave it all behind. Finally, after falling in love with Elliott, Janet agrees to go easy on Nina. But Elliott is in for a surprise when he tries getting out of their fledgling romance by claiming to be gay.