Heather had no intention of celebrating the fact of her graduating let alone tell anyone of graduating itself, except for those in her life that would know out of circumstance, namely fellow graduate Timmy, and of course Ed as the department head and her current bedmate. But both of those issues go out the window when Ed tells her, immediately after she telling him these two items, that he has already invited among others Timmy, Colin, her housemates and their natural plus ones to a celebratory party at his house immediately before the actual graduation ceremony, he unable to rescind the invitations now that the cat is out of the bag. In addition to affecting Heather and Ed's relationship, it also has unexpected repercussions on Ainsley with regard to work, and on Ben who wants to invite Mia in having Heather as inspiration in Mia having issues with school herself, and as he has yet to tell Mia of a new woman in his life regardless of what Mel actually means to him emotionally. One person unable to attend is Liz, who has a counseling session with Stuart at the time, that session which is illuminating in many different ways. Elsewhere, Harry, in filling in for another dermatologist, has an unexpected patient, which leads to him questioning their relationship as he did the first time they met.
—Huggo