Rea, with her freshly minted MFA, heads off to work on her first day as a dog-grooming assistant at the Beverly Hills Sunshine Animal Hospital.

Bring your dog in for a shot, get a free flea-dip. Sounds fun, right? Oh, add in Dr. Hamada's after-hours Latvian (?) prostitute and her passion for 'scissoring' all the dogs with her wild sheering skills as Gabi the Groomer's assistant and things aren't so easy breezy.

It's Marisol's birthday - you know, that awful woman that helms her throne at reception? Rea chooses to take the brown-nosed road less-traveled, and that makes all the difference.

Why does everything die? Why can't we all have feelings about it?! Rea learns to cope with the everyday goodbyes that come from working at an animal hospital.

Poppy is arrested for stealing credit card information; now Rea's gotta man the front desk. Knowing absolutely nothing about popular culture puts her at a disadvantage in casually dealing with the fragile egos of the hospital's celebrity clientele.

Rea's living nightmare reaches a thrilling conclusion! She's up for an artist residency in the Caribbean - she's also got a date with destiny-in-a-gold-chain, AKA assisting Dr. Tsadness, the Ultrasound Specialist of her wildest dreams.