Eric has his eye on a junior exec at the investment banking firm where he sorts the mail.
Donny's photography career gets a bit of a boost when his new rep - Eric - exhibits his work in the apartment house laundry room.
The guys both have Halloween dates. Eric's is only a "pre-date" with Maria, but Donny has another chance with "trainer girl" Reni and, as she puts it, "I need intimacy".
Eric has the same old problem: he can't get Maria to take him seriously. He's also mad at Donny, whose new buddy is "temporarily" dating her.
Donny is ambivalent when a supermodel takes a shine to him; Evelyn has a fit because she wants the woman to model a blouse she's designed.
Donny comes to a disturbing realization when his visiting mother meets his new girlfriend Jennifer: he has a girl just like the girl who married dear old dad.
While Maria schemes to get a glimpse of the Pope, who's visiting New York, Eric's literary career takes an unexpected turn - thanks in part to His Holiness.
Eric and Donny want to save their local baseball field from a highway. Donny winds up becoming a candidate for parks commissioner.
Donny and Eric wait for the cable guy; later they go see Woody Allen perform at a club. Scott, Maria and Evelyn interview prospective roommates for their summer beach house.