Younger | Season 3

 

"A Kiss is Just a Kiss"

Liza drops her daughter Caitlin off at college and meets her roommate and the roommate's parents. Charles invites Liza to dinner who flees when she sees the parents of Caitlin's roommate talking to Charles. Liza then has to help Kelsey who is dealing with a very drunk Diana. Liza later learns that Chad gave Thad's laptop to Kelsey so that she can try to crack Thad's password.

"The Marshmallow Experiment"

Liza's secret is almost exposed. Her therapist has written a book which mentions an unnamed 40-year-old woman posing as 26. Meanwhile, Liza and Kelsey meet with Bryce Reiger, a 20-something tech billionaire who is interested in investing in Empirical. Bryce invites them to his loft party but drama ensues and Thad's true feelings for Kelsey are revealed. Josh makes it clear that he is 100 percent back in his relationship with Liza, but she is hesitant.

"Last Days of Books"

Liza's separate worlds almost collide again when she convinces Bryce to make a significant contribution to keep her favorite bookstore in Paramus, NJ (her home town) from closing, and Charles insists that she come along. As the helicopter approaches the spot for the check presentation Liza states that a secret may be revealed about her but Bryce then abruptly decide to back out and as the helicopter returns to Manhattan, she manages to conceal the truth again. Meanwhile, Kelsey goes out with Lauren who is attracted to a man at the bar and sleeps with him.

"A Night at the Opera"

Liza and Josh go to a charity event at the opera and see Charles with Radha, a new woman he has met. Diana argues vehemently with a construction crew that is making noise in her building at all hours. She confronts one of the men who then seduces her. Meanwhile, Bryce proposes a book deal with two YouTube sensations known as the "Stoopid Girls". Liza meets one of the girls and discovers she is very intelligent and well-read. She suggests that the girl write a book as herself but Bryce refuses. Bryce then mentions he wants to fire the older employees.

"P Is for Pancake"

Kelsey meets a great man named Lucas while Maggie meets a woman named Malkie at a community garden and accepts an invite to a gathering at a woman's boutique. Meanwhile, Bryce suggests that Empirical publish digital rewrites of classic novels such as The Great Gatsby with alternate endings which angers Charles, Diana, and Liza. Eventually Charles hints that Bryce is not right for Empirical. Later Liza and Josh attend a party thrown by medical and he asks Liza if she would consider having another child.

"Me, Myself, and O"

In order to generate needed revenue, Charles tries to convince Edward L.L. Moore to write another novel in the popular Crown of Kings series, but Moore staunchly refuses. At the same time, Empirical chooses to pass on a novel called Me, Myself and O, submitted by unknown author Aubrey Alexis, until Liza realizes from the prose that the book was written by Moore under a pen name. Malkie invites Maggie to a nude bathing experience and Maggie convinces Liza to tag along but, when they arrive, they find it is more of a religious ritual than they thought. Meanwhile, Josh's attempts to have sex with Liza in a public place keep getting shut down.

"Ladies Who Lust"

The mystery of Aubrey Alexis' identity boosts sales of Me, Myself and O. Gwyneth Paltrow offers to read passages of the book at the Ladies Who Lust gathering but backs out leaving Liza to do it. As Liza begins Moore tries to reveal that he is Aubrey Alexis but Kelsey intervenes. Meanwhile, Maggie's relationship with Malkie breaks down after she starts to realize that their relationship includes Malkie's omnipresent Jewish lesbian friends. Elsewhere, Josh is surprised to learn that Liza has only slept with three men in her life while he has been with many women..

"What's Up, Dock?"

Liza accidentally puts her fake birth date on her divorce papers. Diana meets a man outside her office building who encourages her to ride rental bikes with him. She agrees but later learns he is gay and married whereupon she leaves the bike and asks Liza to retrieve it. Liza does so but is hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. Charles hears about the accident and wants to see her but his date Radha tells him if he goes they are finished. He goes anyway but Liza is in a morphine-induced stupor. Liza wakes briefly and groggily expresses her feelings for Charles but her ex-husband David thinks she's talking to him. Meanwhile, Kelsey is disappointed when she starts to get romantic with Colin and he asks her to read his novel.

"Summer Friday"

Liza reads Colin's novel and thinks they should pursue it. Liza and Kelsey get EW to do a story on Empirical with Colin as the featured author but this backfires. Meanwhile, Josh is disappointed with his and Liza's sex life but she let him give her a tattoo while on advice from her therapist, Diana talks to a man named Richard which causes conflict later.

"Pigeons, Parrots & Storks"

Kelsey helps Colin promote his book. Josh tells Liza that he loves her and isn't happy when a pregnancy test turns out to be negative. Liza says she does not want another baby while Josh admits to her that he's been thinking about being a parent. Meanwhile, Richard moves in with Diana and Colin blows off a party to work on his editor's notes for re-writes of his novel.

"A Book Fair to Remember"

Liza is shocked by Josh's confession and thinks of ending things with him. She and Kelsey have to attend the book fair in the Hamptons to promote Millennial. Drama ensues after their colleague, Emily, from Entertainment Weekly tries to blackmail Liza's about her real age. She promises to keep Liza's secret if Millennial publishes her book. Meanwhile, Josh and Maggie go for coffee and he admits he doesn't want to lose her. After the book fair, Charles and Liza go to a concert, dance and share a kiss. Josh sees them and walks away. Liza then discovers that he had planned on proposing to her.

"Get Real"

Kelsey and Liza come back from the Hamptons book fair where Liza suspects that Josh might have seen her kiss Charles. Meanwhile Colin is offered a contract with Netflix to adapt his book and tells Kelsey he doesn't want to move in together. Antonia Stewart, a self-help guru, is supposed to publish a new book with Empirical but only if Kelsey and Liza attend her seminar. Liza admits to Antonia that she really does love Josh, but when she goes to see him he says he can't take any more of her lying and cheating. She goes home and tells Kelsey the truth about herself.