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The L.A. Complex Ep. 8: Stay

September 3rd, 2012

Connor loses a family and gains a stalker, Raquel makes a gut decision, Beth reaches out to her father, Kaldrick meets his match, Nick gets a boost for his comedy and Abby meets a nice guy. Find out what happened on tonight’s brand new episode of The L.A. Complex after the jump!

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Kaldrick wakes up on Chris’ couch in his office and overhears him on the phone. It sounds like Chris, unlike Kal, isn’t hiding his sexuality.

Kaldrick and Chris get breakfast together, but Kaldrick isn’t opening up about anything. Chris begins asking about Tariq after hearing Kaldrick say his ex’s name in his sleep, and Kaldrick jumps up and leaves.

After finding his address in Chris’ office, Kaldrick waits for Inifinite Jest outside his house and grabs him, telling Jest that they’re even and to stay away. Jest keeps talking about Kal’s secret, but I can’t figure out whether he knows Kal is gay or isn’t ‘street’ anymore.

Kaldrick goes to Chris’ house looking for a booty call, but Chris throws Kaldrick out when he refuses to talk to him, saying he’s done dating self-haters.

Sabrina and Nick are working on their sets for Just For Laughs and Sabrina suggests that Nick try an all new set. Nick doesn’t think he’ll have time to get any inspiration for his act with working all week, so Sabrina suggests the internet. Nick does and ends up answering an ad for a widow looking for bridge partner.

Eleanor does an excellent job teaching Nick how to play bridge, but she’s interested in teaching him more than that. She wants to teach him…THAT. Nick gets out of the house as fast as possible, running off with material for his show that night.

Nick answers a second ad for a man who wants his garage cleaned. Seems like a good gig, but the guy opens the garage to show an American Psycho-like setting.

Nick realizes the man is filming him while he cleans and tries to leave, but not before the man trashes his garage. Stay off the internet, kids.

Nick and Sabrina both kill at the comedy club, with Nick beginning his set and ending Sabrina’s with a kiss.

Abby calls her agent Ron and apologizes for the orgy debacle and asks him for another job, but the only thing he has is background work. Desperate, Abby takes the work.

Abby gets to the beach for her background work and finds company in her manager Ron, who is impressively ripped. Faced with the possibility of having to pretend she’s a in a relationship with Ron for the 12 hour shoot, Abby grabs a cute guy and declares him her fake boyfriend for the day.

Fake boyfriend is named Grey and wants to ditch the gig, convincing Abby to ditch with him by paying her $200 to show him around LA. Guess she didn’t mention that she’s from Canada and has been there for five minutes.

Grey takes Abby to a restaurant where the bill comes to more than Abby’s rent for a year at The Lux. He finally admits that he’s in the Air Force and likes to spend his money when he gets time off.

Abby takes Grey to The Lux, completing her tour and refusing his money. Grey agrees to save the money for their second date. Grey promises to call Abby when he gets back and I think he will. Well, I hope he will. He’s cute.

Raquel tries apologizing to Ricky for manipulating him into attacking Zack, but Ricky doesn’t believe her. Raquel finally comes clean about her debt and admits that it’s the only reason she’s on the show.

Their conversation is cut short when Zack makes his return from the hospital, summoning up the energy to give Raquel death stares.

Raquel visits Zack in his room, this time without a camera crew. She apologizes for betraying Zack’s trust and tells him that he needs real help, not a TV show. But the producer told Zack she would make his storyline the focus of the show and now he feels like he can’t leave.

Raquel confronts the show’s producer about letting Zack leave, but she won’t listen to Raquel and threatens to sue her if she leaves the show. Still determined to get Zack help, Raquel makes a scene in group therapy, but Zack won’t leave with her so she leaves, knowing she’s in breach of contract. Time to anxiously await lawsuit number two.

Eddie, Cam and Kevin have been up all night trying to help Beth find Simon. Eddie is ready to call the police, but Beth pleads with him, saying that if the police find Simon they’ll discover she’s not his legal guardian and take him away. Eddie agrees to give them a few more hours before he calls the authorities.

Beth and Cam go back to the lookout point where Beth and Simon went when they first got to LA, hoping he may have gone back. Cam suggests that Beth call her dad and she rips his head off for the suggestion. I think a simple ‘no’ would have sufficed.

Cam and Beth head back to The Lux to look for Simon and Cam convinces Beth to sit tight and wait for him to come home. Beth finally decides to call her father, hoping he’ll help find Simon.

There’s a new blond in town and she’s looking for Connor. Is she an over-zealous fan or has she been hired to trail him as part of the investigation into his house fire?

Connor comes back from his run to find Jennifer and Eric in bed together, surprising all three of them. Instead of being upset, Connor looks please that his plan to make them a family is coming together.

Jennifer and Eric tell Connor that after hearing that her publicist held a focus group (WHAT?) and learned that fans want them back together, there’s going to be a Jennifer and Eric reunion. Connor is ecstatic, but Jennifer tells him that because Eric and Jennifer are getting back together, Connor is out.

Connor leaves his ‘family home’, with the blonde following him, and moves back in lux. Simon is hiding in Connor’s new room, and the two introduce themselves, providing advice for each other’s situations. Simon finally decides to go back to Beth, who almost passes out with relief.

To celebrate his return to The Lux, Connor throws a pizza party with the whole gang showing up, even Raquel. Eddie and Connor notice the blond that’s been following Connor all day, and he decides to introduce himself, thinking the woman looks familiar.