Girlfriends

- Season 3

(2002)

Desperate to meet Mr. Right, Joan hosts an unconventional party for her friends' ex-boyfriends; Maya tries to save her marriage.

Maya and Darnell attend marriage counseling. Joan and William compete for a partnership in the law firm.

Toni objects to a party for her upcoming birthday, and inadvertently reveals something that stuns the girls; William falls for a woman who started off as a one-night stand.

Joan and a self-absorbed actor fight over a treadmill at the gym. William's sister asks him for a life-changing favor.

Lynn's parents visit and tell her she must give up her irresponsible ways and get a job to pay back a delinquent loan; Maya tried to hide her marital problems from her mother.

William's friends do not approve of his controlling, opportunist girlfriend. Toni refuses to date a nice plastic surgeon, due to his shortcomings.

Joan is starstuck when Ellis invites her to a Hollywood premiere; and Toni can't shake new pal Laila Ali.

Maya hears upsetting rumors about Darnell and a female coworker; Joan, Toni and Lynn attempt to repair Maya's marriage woes.

Lynn meets her biological mother, Sandy, for the first time; Joan and Maya's living arrangement reaches a breaking point.

Toni thinks she may be falling for Dr. Garrett.

William's power-hungry girlfriend Monica demands he host a business party to advance his career, instead of playing Santa Claus for Maya's son.

Lynn falls for a passionate artist, who's committed to celibacy; a poet exposes Lynn's promiscuity, which inspires her to make an HIV documentary.

William and Joan compete for the firm's senior partner position; Toni nervously waits for HIV test results.

A soon-to-be-divorced Maya finds a kindred spirit in a brassy single mother (Vaughn) whose carefree attitude irritates Joan.

On Valentine's Day, Maya is single for the first time, while her friends have dates; Ellis' ex returns with surprising news; Toni finds Todd's gift offensive; William hides the truth from Monica.

Joan joins an influential book club to impress the new senior partner. Maya flirts with a handsome neighbor. William opens up to Monica.

William and a colleague mix business with pleasure, and he confesses to his girlfriend, Monica, whose reaction stuns him. Toni and Todd take things to the next level.

Toni's upcoming wedding rankles Joan, who tries to burn off her envy by running a marathon.

An already envious Joan is livid when her college rival (Elise) is invited to be a bridesmaid at Toni's wedding.

William makes a bucket list. He fulfills seeing Thelma from Good Times. Maya is sad everyone else has dates so she goes back to her old neighborhood. She runs into Darnell who is with a date.

Joan discovers William is sleeping with someone she despises.

Toni and Todd's families meet for the first time at a dinner party, where drunken rants and family fights are the main course. William thinks Maya dating his friend is a bad idea.

Lynn visits Virginia to see her birth mother about their documentary. A reluctant Toni tags along. Maya wants a job change.

On Toni and Todd's wedding day, the bride-to-be fights with her fiancé and maid of honor, Joan; Maya makes a love connection with Toni's brother.