Four months later, Emma's still in Seattle, climbing her way to the top of the Pinnacle ladder alongside an old flame rekindled. Jack and Izzy settle into blissful monogamy in their newly finished loft. The upcoming divorce mediation and an uncomfortable reunion hangs over all of them. Carmen and new neighbor Hannah start a lifestyle magazine.
Jack and Emma are forced to spend an afternoon together divvying up their stuff. Someone very important from Izzy's past shows up at precisely the wrong time. With Shaun's help, Nina turns her vitriol towards Andy into an inventive doctoral thesis.
Reeling from a huge mistake, Emma seeks solace in Carmen. Izzy tries to focus on completing her doctorate by volunteering at a Homeless Youth Center. Jack decides the time is right for a deeper commitment to his relationship with Izzy.
Emma hides two very big secrets from Kylie. Izzy's father Ben wants to be part of her life again. Pulling his weight on the childcare front turns out harder than Dave imagined. Jack wonders if Izzy has cooled on both marriage and motherhood.
Izzy grows ever more suspicious of Emma's return to Portland and Jack's increasingly odd behavior. Just as they're edging their way into a surprising new relationship, Nina lashes out at Shaun. Emma makes the biggest decision of her life.
Jack and Ben finally meet but Jack's got a more pressing issue on his mind. Emma tries to apologize to Izzy but it falls on deaf ears. Carmen and Hannah plan a magazine launch party. Izzy tries to reconnect Sasha with her grandmother.
At Carmen and Hannah's magazine launch party, Emma corners Izzy in a Hail Mary attempt to get her back. Nina gets stood up so Shaun offers to be her replacement "thesis date. Good news for Carmen's magazine means bad news for Dave.
Nina's emerging feelings for Shaun are complicated when Andy pops back up with one hell of a story. Ben plants seeds of doubt about how Izzy could fit into the Trakarskys' new life.
Jack and Emma pressure Izzy to give Seattle a chance, and she volleys back an ultimatum. As Carmen's dreams come true, the Amaris come to a stunning resolution to their career/childcare dilemma. Nina is stuck between a Shaun and an Andy place.
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