Episodes: 12 | Released: 2007 | Certificate: 18 | Genre: Drama | Director: Bronwen Hughes
Actors: Holland Taylor
, Guinevere Turner
, Tammy Lynn Michaels
, Mia Kirshner
, Eric Mabius
, Jennifer Beals
, Laurel Holloman
, Erin Daniels
, Leisha Hailey
, Katherine Moennig
, Karina Lombard
(The fourth season premiere) Bette kidnaps baby Angelica until a custody agreement can be brokered with Tina; Shane jilts Carmen at the altar and spirals out of control; Jenny is reunited with Marina; Helena’s mother cuts her off.
Bette adjusts to her new job in academia for a formidable new boss (Cybil Shepherd); Jenny's book receives a scathing review; Tina must fire Helena from the studio, leaving her no option but to accept a roommate offer from Alice.
Bette embarks on a ill-advised affair with a teaching assistant, and her boss Phyllis comes out; Jenny tries to dig up dirt on the journalist that panned her book; Tina throws a party.
Bette deals with an artist (Marlee Matlin) whose work is politically incendiary, and fears the potential for disaster in the relationship between Phyllis and Alice; Tina is rejected by her friends at a basketball game.
The tryst between Bette and her T.A. threatens her new career; Alice breaks up with Phyllis after meeting her husband; Tina discovers Angus with her au pair hazel; Jenny publishes a short story in 'The New Yorker' that infuriates Alice.
Bette enjoys a new romance even as she clashes with Tina over the baby's preschool and weathers the emotional fallout of Alice’s split with Phyllis; Helena, Shane and Alice learn how to play poker.
Jenny's short story about her friends sparks interest from Hollywood; Helena struggles to pay back her poker debt; Alice’s new girlfriend Tasha experiences flashbacks from the war in Iraq; Bette and her new girlfriend console Phyllis.
Jenny's revenge on her critic backfires in front of her agents; Alice and Tasha disagree over the war in Iraq but find common ground romantically; Tina meets Bette’s new girlfriend Jodi; Kit unloads publicly on cheating Angus.
Tina and Jenny have creative differences over the development of their movie; Alice and her friends console Phyllis’s heartbroken husband; Bette and Jodi’s relationship might go to the next level if Bette can curb her type-A personality.
Kit binge-drinks while Angus tries to apologize for his infidelity; Alice finds investors in her blog, but with strings attached that involve Jenny, who finds the perfect director for her movie; Bette's control issues get on Jodi's nerves.
Bette finds out that Jodi's been offered a job at an art center on the East Coast. Tasha's memories of the war continue to haunt her, and she's ordered to keep her sexual orientation a secret. Hane plans a surprise for Paige. Helena is kicked out of the hotel. Max comes to a decision regarding his job.
Paige decides it's time to confess the truth to Jared about her relationship with Shane, which leads Shane to consider a more permanent solution. Alice has a hard time accepting that Tasha is heading back to Iraq. Helena looks for a way out from Cat.
