Sydney and Mo unexpectedly fall in love and start dating. Sydney presents Mo to her mother and Alzheimer-suffering father. Five years laters, in 2000, Lois starts dating single mom Jasmine, who is the single mother of gender-non-conforming teen Jonas. Ginger has a new conservative and homophobic student who is studying to become a CIA intern. In the meantime, she meets Samia, a Syrian lesbian woman who is in a "lavender marriage" to a man. Madwimmin Bookstore finally closes.