Whitney finally airs out her frustration with her mom, Evette, who comes to campus to check on her after the Dalton news breaks. Kimberly quickly prepares herself for an Ocean’s Eight-esque heist and plans to nab the whole stash at the “Anything But Clothes” party later that night. Although Kimberly initially intends to deliver a personal statement that is “compelling, thoughtful, and at times humorous,” Lila suggests a better idea - give up Nico’s frat and the secret test pile that lies within it. She tells her roommates and her dad, who, at first furious at the “bad girl” (Whitney’s words) his little Kimmy from Arizona has become, ultimately assures her that he loves her and that no one is perfect. It turns out Kimberly’s punishment was not just to somberly return to her dorm but to present her case in front of Essex’s honor board and hopefully avoid expulsion. So, crack open your worst beer while we get into it for the last time … for now! It’s a bit of an unconventional finale, providing mellow answers to last episode’s full-throttle questions, but it ties most loose ends with a bow and sets the stage for the series’s just-announced second season. So soon into their college life, the four girls of Sex Lives have tripped into several pickles, and this finale episode solidifies that, although often excruciating, a hard-won battle isn’t always an impossible one. Then there’s everyone else, the bunch of us who this show is made for, the freshman who trudge to class in weary acceptance of two core beliefs: Nothing comes easy, and no one knows what the fuck they’re doing. There are undoubtedly a golden few who manage the transition from “high-school baby” to “slightly older baby with debt” easily, allowing no tears to fall when their family drives away, quickly finding friends, and leisurely cracking open a textbook days before the test, not haggardly the morning of. Making it past midterms during your freshman year of college feels like a Herculean effort.
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