Forget-Me-Nots: Favorite Episodes And Moments From “Girlfriends”

“Party Over Here”

In the later seasons, Joan has quit her job as a lawyer and has become a restauranteur as co-owner (along with William) of The J Spot.  Well, she’s finally “arrived” as an important person in Los Angeles and she’s decided to live it up by going to all A-list parties.  She and Toni, who is now a mother on the verge of losing custody of her child in a divorce battle with Todd, have been having a terrible keeping their friendship but Joan continues to show her a$$.”  She goes to a party “in the hills” where she realizes she’s overdressed and people are clearly judging her choice in outfit. To deal with being uncomfortable, she gets wasted and winds up vomiting and then sleep on the lawn. She runs into a writer she briefly dated (and slept with for a cover of a magazine) and when she finds herself needing him for a ride, he calls her pathetic and steps over her to get to the party. She wakes up the next day at the party and tries to get back to town quickly to speak up in Toni’s defense in her custody hearing. She not only misses the appointment but the camel’s back finally breaks in their friendship.  This is also the last time we see Jill Marie Jones on the show.