BWW Recap: Liza Faces Bedbugs, Toilet Paper & THE SCARF on This Week's YOUNGER

Hey, all your YOUNGER fans! Ready to dive in to this week's episode? So am I, but don't dive too deep... there may be some bedbugs you didn't know about lying in your covers. That was the case for Liza this week. Yep, her building became infested with bedbugs. But lest you think that was the worst of her problems (you could not be more wrong!), I advise you to read on... and proceed with caution.

We open with Maggie, Josh and Liza clearing the apartment of the girls' mattress - yes, there was a case of bedbugs in the building, and though it wasn't directly in their apartment, Maggie and Liza are clearing out just to be safe. While Maggie hightails it to her cousin's, Liza's - you guessed it - temporary living with Josh. Cue the foreplay and sexual innuendo... and there sure is a lot of it.

In our B-plot, Liza arrives to work to find packages flooding her desk - it's all in support of THE SCARF, you know, the book Liza wanted to publish last week? (Toldja that plot would come back, and I'm happy it did!) Kelsey brings up all the SCARF hullabaloo to Charles at their morning meeting, and Charles, of course, is impressed. I'll admit I kinda feel bad for Diana, who's desperately drowning and gasping for air, as Charles pushes her to the side in favor of congratulating Liza, but like I said, karma's a b*tch. Never underestimate the 26-year-old. Err... 40-year-old-pretending-to-be-26. (Still, she's totally threatened and not afraid to lash out at Liza. Yikes!)

So, to celebrate Liza's achievement, Kelsey suggests she and Thad (ooh, he's finally back, is he?) double date with Liza and Josh at a restaurant nearby. While on the double date, Kelsey notices - pretty conveniently, I might add - that the "placemats list the relationship compatibility of all the signs on the Chinese Zodiac." Relationship compatibility, huh? I think I know where this is going.

Fortunately, the moment doesn't come without one more of Liza's LOL cover-ups: "I'm the year of the Ty-phoid Scare of 1988", she says when she discovers she and Josh are compatible as a couple... based on her real age. The bad news is - yep - she's not a good match with Josh at the age he thinks she is (and that's the year of the dragon, which I'm telling you 'cause it'll be important later). Yeah... this could complicate things.

When she and Josh get back to his place, Liza introduces herself to Josh's friends, in visiting from Philly and, like his roommates, can't hold back on their obsession for video games. One of them asks if Liza's Josh's new girlfriend. And he responds.... by stuttering, and responding, "We're hanging out."

Ouch. I told you this could not be good. Yep. Gonna be a tough one to recover from. And it doesn't look like Liza's making it any easier, as she peaces out the next morning before Josh even wakes up. :-(

Back at the office, Liza (after a sleepless night) meets up with Kelsey, who tells her she can catch up on sleep by rooming with her and Lauren for the remainder of the evacuation. Oh, and Charles gives the girls the go-ahead to contact THE SCARF's author. So, things are looking up for Liza (!!)

Cut to the classroom where the author's teaching ('cause she presumably couldn't get a book published). She's writing on the board, before she turns around and we see it's... Broadway and SNL superstar Ana Gasteyer!! OMG!! She gets a call from Liza and Kelsey, which leads to a meeting in their office.

Kelsey promises her she'll be the next Kathryn Stockett, and with that, the deal's done. Liza leaves work happy, buzzed about her new partnership with Meredith, and ready to head into her new living quarters.... until she arrives to find out Kelsey and Lauren also live with Lauren's parents. #fail (Though her mother, Denise, is played by Kathy Najimy, so that's a plus! Najimy also had a short stint on Broadway in '00-'01 so... double win!)

Anyway, during a pow-wow with the ladies, the subject of Josh is brought up and Liza finally acknowledges her relationship for what it is: "They're hanging out." But Kelsey and Lauren disagree... and tell her she should lock it down with him. Liza sets the record straight: "she's got no interest in pressuring Josh." And despite protests from the ladies, she seems pretty locked down with that answer. We shall see...

Meanwhile, back at work, Diana calls everyone to a meeting with Meredith, where Trout Pout pulls out THE BABUSHKA and reveals the author completely plagiarized her harrowing tale, down to the exact words of the opening sentence. Needless to say, this totally makes Liza look bad, and certainly changes Charles' perception of her. And - also needless to say - Diana's re-asserted her power... and Charles is "thankful." Awww... damn. Poor Liza. As Charles tells her, "Better luck next time." :-(

However, I do think it's worth mentioning, that before Meredith leaves, she and Liza share a moment, wherein Meredith tells her: "You start to lie, and then slowly but surely, it takes on a life of its own. It's like you almost begin to believe it." Pretty important words, aren't they, Liza? I guess with this blow to her work confidence, it's also gonna be that much more difficult to come clean to Diana, because with the epic failure of THE SCARF, she's lost the victory lap I predicted last week. Don't know how it's gonna happen, but it's not looking good.

After yet another honest girl talk with Maggie, Liza meets Josh at the bar, who gives her a hug and says, "Sorry you got lied to. [That] totally sucks" - more foreshadowing, hmmm??

Fed up with living life as a fraud, Liza turns to him, ready to face her fears and tell Josh the complete truth, before he lifts up his shirt and reveals his dragon tattoo - which he got to match (what he thinks is) her birth year, proving, as he says in his apology, that they're indeed "doing a little bit more than just hanging out." As he grabs her in an embrace, we see the look in her face -- and we can totally tell she knows she has to give it up. Or things could get really bad. Like, really bad. Really fast.

But, of course, she says nothing, so she lives as YOUNGER for another week. But judging from the look of the new promo for next week, it's likely that heads will roll soon enough. Just watch the last eight seconds with Charles at the end - it ain't lookin' pretty!

We've got just two episodes left, folks! Will Liza succeed, or will her plan totally bomb? What do y'all think? Comment below, and 'til next time, stay YOUNGER... even if doesn't look like Liza can for much longer. Yikes!! See ya next week!

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