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The great outdoors — Bette is done with the retreat. A monk looks on disapprovingly as she leaves, so apparently she's not exactly supposed to be retreating from the retreat. As Bette walks down a snowy path (Bette and snow?? I may swoon), she lets out a few whoops. Not just whoops: really good fucking whoo-hoo-whoop-whoop-whoops.

The flophouse — Carmen is putting stuff on Dana's iPod. Shane says she didn't know Carmen liked classical music.

Carmen: "Well, there are a lot of little things you don't know about me."
Shane: "Oh yeah? I bet there is. Like what?"
Carmen: "Um, like... I shot a gun once. It was my cousin's and it was very loud."
Shane: "I know what you mean. I shot one once too. All right, go on: tell me some more."
Carmen: "I cheated on you."
Shane: [silence]
Carmen: "I said I cheated—"
Shane: "I heard you." [more silence] "When?"
Carmen: "After you fucked Cherie Jaffe."

A parking lot — Jenny and Max are walking determinedly, holding hands. They're meeting Tim. Yes, I said Tim, as in Jenny's ex-husband. He looks pretty much the same. As he and Jenny hug, Max hangs back and squeezes his own arm, apparently thinking "I wish I had Tim's biceps." Yeah, I know we're all self-involved when we're in the midst of big personal changes, but are you really thinking about your muscles while your girlfriend and her ex are having what must be a rather awkward moment?

Tim's wife, Becky, shows up. She's pregnant. Max says "right on," even though nobody's really talking to him.

Tim introduces himself to Max, and Jenny says "This is Max, my boyfriend." Tim looks a little confused. Tim and Randy (that other coach who was always fairly amusing) go off to check on their teams.

Randy [to Tim]: "Hey, not that you're asking me, but I think you should be happy you got out when you did."

Max puts his hand on Becky's belly and asks when she's due. I don't intend to ever get pregnant, but if I do, I will be slapping away uninvited belly-feeling hands.

Mediating — Helena and her lawyer meet with Dylan and her man and their lawyer. Helena doesn't want to go into the meeting room, but her lawyer tells her that if she doesn't, it's going to look like "an admonition of guilt." An admonition? I hope your legal skills are better than your vocabulary. Way, way better.

Never mind: guess who's coming to the rescue? Peggy Peabody, in the glorious flesh.

Helena: "Mother, what are you doing here?"
Peggy: "What does it look like I'm doing? Taking care of my company."

Peggy. Marry me. Please. Or if you won't do that, could you please take the helm of this show and fix everything?

Chit-chat — Max and Tim talk. Well, Max talks, about his swimming days, and Tim gets a little confused when Max talks about his best time. Tim asks, "For the men's 400 freestyle?"

Jenny: "He's transitioning. He's a pre-op transsexual and he was talking about the women's swim team time."

Tim laughs and walks away. Becky's not impressed; when she gets to the car, she scolds Tim for his attitude.

Tim: "Becky, the next time we see Jenny, she might be with a German shepherd. Just brace yourself."
Becky: "What are you even talking about?"
Tim: "Jenny. This is classic Jenny bullshit. It's not enough for her to be gay; she's gotta have a girlfriend who's a boyfriend. It's just too fucking much."

Tim, it's kind of cool that you don't just let Jenny get away with her passive-aggressive crap, but you're still kind of being a jerk by essentially comparing Max to a dog. And Becky, may I borrow your line? I could say "What are you even talking about?" at least five times per episode.

Jenny tries to rejoin her boyfriend, but Max doesn't want to unlock the door of the pickup. I can't say I really blame him. Becky and Tim sort of watch the scene from their car:

Becky: "I guess he doesn't like it when Jenny tells people."
Tim: "As if it wasn't obvious."
Becky: "Well, I'm sorry, but it wasn't obvious to me."

Becky. Please join Peggy in the boardroom and fix the show.

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