Alex calls Sonja to meet for lunch as she's still devastated by being thrown out of Sonja's house and wants to set the record straight. Ramona, surprisingly, has been asked to walk in yet another fashion show. She enlists Sonja's help this time as she's determined to redeem herself from last year's embarrassingly wide-eyed walk. Alex is proud to find herself in the throws of a new career as a model. LuAnn's wine exporter boyfriend, Jacques, hosts an evening of wine drinking and speed-dating. Meanwhile, Kelly continues to try to avoid Ramona, only adding to the tension of their already strained relationship.

Marshall awaits his bar exam results; Ted introduces his latest girlfriend to the gang, who all see the flaw that Ted has missed.

As Marshall and Lily prepare to host their first Thanksgiving as husband and wife, Barney eyes Marshall's Slap Bet Countdown Clock website with dread. Marshall has a gift for everyone.

After Bryson returns home from prison, NeNe enlists some unexpected help to straighten him out. Old tensions resurface between Cynthia, Peter, and Mal at the couple's one-year anniversary party. Eager to get her hands on "a real dead body," mortician-in-training Phaedra takes her first embalming class. Meanwhile, Sheree and Lawrence confront Marlo about her use of a gay slur, and Kim nears the end of her rope with her assistant, Sweetie.

The women return and all find themselves dealing with lingering drama from last year. As Vicki finalises her divorce, she's focused on finding happiness, starting with putting the house up for sale and spending time with her new man, Brooks. Busy mum Alexis has a new job as a morning news show correspondent, and after a three-year feud, Tamra and Gretchen meet to bury the hatchet once and for all. Tamra continues to sell real estate and shows a very expensive property to filthy rich Heather Dubrow - a former actress, now mother of four - whom she later invites to a dinner party at Vicki's house. With tensions high and patience low, Peggy and Alexis come face to face for the first time since last year's bombshell revelation that Peggy dated Alexis' husband. Will the dinner party be a recipe for disaster?