Dorothy sees an old flame (Jerry Orbach); Blanche and Sophia fall prey to con artists.

Blanche supplies a date for wedding-bound Dorothy; Sophia puts a curse on the newlyweds.

Dorothy's gambling problem re-surfaces after a visit to the race track and quickly begins falling in to debt and gaining an apathy to her job. Meanwhile, Rose takes up painting and Blanche is insulted after a man she works with rejects her advances.