Episode #221 "When You’re Hot, You’re Hot"

  Cybill is pre-menopausal and experiencing hot and cold flashes. Not wanting to take hormones to relieve her symptoms, she decides to take the herbal approach. She and Maryann go to an herbalist, a stunning Chinese woman. She claims the herb works, but they also discover she’s had plastic surgery. During one of her hot flashes, Cybill discovers a horse has wandered onto her patio. She buys it to save it from becoming 2,000 lbs. of dog food. Relating to the horse’s plight and considering plastic surgery before she’s put out to pasture, Cybill discusses her menopausal concerns with Nonee, Ira’s mother. Nonee confides that menopause has given her the freedom to become the woman she has always wanted to be, a khaki-wearing, pot-smoking adventurer. Instead of plastic surgery, Cybill decides to get a tattoo. Meanwhile, Ira’s mother gives Zoey a pink Cadillac and is uncharacteristically uncritical of her son. Ira isn’t sure what to make of this. After much discussion, Ira learns to accept his mother and lets Zoey accept her gift.