Ellen gets off on the wrong foot with her new neighbors, the Patels, an immigrant couple from India, when a variety of circumstances conspire to make Ellen look like a fool in front of them. After an accident, Spence imagines a parallel Earth in which gays are the norm. Spence rejects Joe's advances because he's straight. Ellen goes to the hospital after getting the news Laurie was in an accident. There, she meets Laurie's ex, Karen (Anne Heche).
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