Maya signs with a literary agent to promote her book, despite Ronnie's help to get it published, so Ronnie demands a payment for his efforts. Elsewhere, Joan pretends to date a shoe salesman to make William jealous.
In the series' 100th episode, Joan gets a surprise visit from her mother, who gives Joan grief about her plans to open a restaurant.
Joan (Tracee Ellis Ross) throws a Bring Your Ex party, while Maya mopes about her separation from Darnell. Also: a bored Toni (Jill Marie Jones) yearns for drama; William wants Lynn to get a job.
Maya's friends accompany her to her first book signing, where the new author runs into an old love. Elsewhere, Joan has trouble dealing with the new phase of her relationship with William.
Jabari, unhappy about his father's remarriage, begins acting out and eventually runs away, hoping to cause his parents to get back together.
