Think what you want, but the Nancy Reagan tea at the start of the episode is worth the cost of this podcast.

The characters of Melrose Place are converging, so there are just three main story lines.

Hostile Take Over! Amanda is now the President of D&D, and she promotes Billy in his acid wash jeans to Vice President of Accounts.  Billy, who two years ago, was dating comedians in his taxi.  I wonder if his step son Martin would be proud of him now.  Bruce hangs himself in Amanda's office, leaving a handwritten note behind.  And Alison is in trouble, because when it looked like Amanda was out, Alison let her have it.  Now, Amanda ordered Billy to fire her, but he instead takes Matt's advice and gets Alison into treatment for alcoholism so she can't be fired.  #sneaky

Hostile Taking!  Chris had previously nabbed Sydney off the streets of LA, and now she is the most comfortable kidnapping victim you ever did see.  She is getting massages, drinks with umbrellas, ordering room service, and much to Mary's delight: booking hot air balloon breakfasts.  She calls Jake for help, who remarks that she is the best looking hostage victim he's ever seen.  Coming with Jake for the rescue is Jane and Michael, who have sex in the room since they already paid for it.

Hostile Baby Napping!  Jo is going nuts.  She is yelling down the hallways of a hospital that her baby is alive and it's the doctors who are crazy.  She breaks into Kimberly's house and steals her own baby back, only to be confronted by the police who take Jo's baby away and give it to Kimberly again.  Of course, this baby still has no documents, Kimberly cannot prove to be a parent, and even Michael said, "explain to me again where the little monster came from."

What is even happening?