Essence By Emily

Starring Jean Smart as Emily Monroe, a successful entrepreneur of a high-class Chicago beauty salon, as well as an excellent wife and mom. Emily owns and runs "Essence By Emily". Emily's fellow employees are: the quick-witted, sassy fashionista- Sheila Daniels (Niecy Nash), the cute and flaky former teen mom- Andrea Johnson (A.J. Langer), the rich, uppidity former celebrity stylist- Donna Woods (Morgan Fairchild), the fellow working-class mother/Emily's best friend- Vicki Williams (Kim Coles), the smart, sophiscated yet unlucky in love- Cassie Bridges (Kadee Strickland), and the young, naive newbie- Shannon Atkins (Megan Fox). This show focuses on the seven beautiful women working in the beauty salon, and their personal lives outside of the salon too. Topics will be discussed, include: marriage, dating, children, family, friendships, work, money, sex, pregnancies, men, and of course- gossip!

Cast:
Jean Smart as Emily Monroe
Kim Coles as Vicki Williams
A.J. Langer as Andrea Johnson
Niecy Nash as Sheila Daniels
Morgan Fairchild as Donna Woods
Kadee Strickland as Cassie Bridges
Megan Fox as Shannon Atkins

Episodes

Ep1: Pilot Episode:
Emily takes the women out for a "ladies-only" night to celebrate their second year in business, and just for the heck of it. While out at the most popular bar in town, Sheila and Donna compete to see who can get the most phone numbers from potential guys (without asking), after Donna comments that a guy was checking her out and not Sheila. Meanwhile, a recently-dumped Cassie and a stressed-out single mom, Andrea drown their sorrows in liquor shots. An almost of-age Shannon ends up teaching Emily and Vicki the latest dance moves and ends up giving them both makeovers to look younger.

Ep2: Vicki's Husband:
Vicki becomes jealous of how much the other women are attracted and fawn over Vicki's studly, slightly younger hubby, Tim (Blair Underwood). Meanwhile, Shannon is mesmerized by the fact that Donna used to be the hairstylist for her idol - Jennifer Aniston. As where, the rest of the girls are sick of listening to Donna brag on and on about her days of being a hairstylist to the rich and famous, and how she gave it all up to come back to her hometown to take care of her ailing mother.

Ep3: The Client From Hell:
Andrea dreadfully accepts to take "the client from Hell" for Cassie-who can't stand her anymore. Andrea learns firsthand that Ellen Richards (Susan Sullivan) is a snotty, condescending witch within the first five minutes of having Ellen in her chair. Emilly, Sheila, and Shannon help a blushing bride (Eva Longeria) decide which hairstyle she wants for her wedding, yet turns out that Shannon makes the mistake of dissing a certain hairstyle (that Emily wore to her own wedding and thought was pretty). Emily claims it was an "honest mistake" and thinks nothing of it, yet Shannon profusely apologizes until she is blue in the face.

Ep4: Raising My Boy:
After witnessing how stressed Andrea has been lately, Sheila, Shannon, and Cassie offer to take her out for a girls night out. Everything turns out great, until Andrea's sitter cancels-leaving Andrea in a dilemma with no one to watch her son, Brady. Until Emily offers to watch him for the night, Brady ends up hitting it off great with Emily's son, Tyler. Meanwhile out with the girls, Shannon bump into her ex-boyfriend, Jeff (Chad Michael Murray) and his current girlfriend, Amy (Shannon Lucio)-who is very bright and intelligent (compared to semi-ditzy, fashion maven Shannon). Sheila and Cassie are there for Andrea (who's thrilled about being out with adults for once) and Shannon (who's feeling replaced so soon after her and Jeff split up).