Tina was a mess barely speaking to any of them. She made herself more guarded. She kept things secret that would normally be given into the group without hesitation. Now there was hesitation.

Shane was Shane but she was hurt deepest of all by the separation. She believed in true love, she believed she could find true because of what Bette and Tina had had. They were her one hope love could survive. Now it was seemingly gone for good. Bette and Tina’s relationship was something Shane secretly longed. She had an inherent fear of falling in love. She was afraid of the anguish. What would happen if it can’t be salvaged? What hope will she have then?

Alice and Dana were igniting a relationship no one expected expect Shane knew about. They kept it under wraps to protect the group dynamic and Dana’s would be fiance, Tonya. Bette wasn’t there to stop it. Bette would have been the one who would have immediately set the record straight with that woman and Alice would have gotten her $17.50 back even if it had to shaken of her. But Bette wasn’t there and from that point on she had drifted farther from all of them including Alice.

This has to be the turning point. Bette was the one, at least in her mind, that fucked up and didn’t deserve to be forgiven her digressions. In her mind she was hated but it was actually more of a self loathing. When her life spun out of control the whole group went with her to some degree or another. Although she was currently unaware of it she has been forgiven. With that forgiveness the group dynamic was mending itself. Shane was finding love and accepting the fact that it could indeed happen to her. Alice and Dana came out to gang as a very and extremely happy couple. Tonya was ditched. Tina was finding it possible to allow Bette entrance into her heart once again. Kit was able to buy The Planet with a superb grand reopening. Jenny although, new to group, found the acceptance she desperately needed.