A visiting reporter highlights the disparity between women's and men's salaries at Victory Munitions, leaving Lorna with a tough decision to make. Gladys learns more about the shadow world of intelligence from Clifford, who also surprises her with facts she didn't know about her father.

After trying a new class, Lorna finds herself smitten by dancing-and possibly by her dance teacher, too. Clifford encourages Gladys to keep tabs on her friends, but Vera misconstrues Gladys's newfound interest in Marco as something else. He, meanwhile, continues to question his true allegiances and to keep company with the wrong sort of people.

Believing Marco to be innocent, if misguided, Gladys is torn between her patriotic duty and loyalty to her friends. Marco is similarly conflicted but may now be in too deep to turn back. Struggling with her family's changing dynamics, Lorna enlists husband Bob in her ongoing dispute with Sheila.