Ep 17. Nina's Bikini

Nina's Bikini is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the TV show Just Shoot Me. The episode centers around Nina Van Horn, a former supermodel and current fashion editor for the fictional magazine Blush.

At the beginning of the episode, Nina is excited to receive a new bikini in the mail, which she plans to wear on her upcoming vacation to Hawaii. However, when she tries on the bikini, she becomes self-conscious about her body and decides to go on a crash diet to lose weight before her trip.

Meanwhile, Maya Gallo, a staff writer at Blush, is struggling to come up with an idea for her latest column. Nina suggests that Maya write about her experience trying the Atkins diet, which she claims to have had great success with in the past. Maya is skeptical, but Nina insists that the diet is the key to looking and feeling great.

Maya reluctantly agrees to give the Atkins diet a try and quickly becomes obsessed with it. She starts bringing bacon and eggs to work for breakfast and snacking on cheese all day, much to the disgust of her coworkers. Despite her dedication to the diet, Maya doesn't see any significant weight loss and begins to feel discouraged.

Meanwhile, Nina's crash diet takes a toll on her physical and emotional health. She becomes irritable and weak, and her coworkers notice that she's not herself. Elliott DiMauro, the photographer for Blush, takes Nina aside and encourages her to eat a sandwich, reminding her that she's beautiful just the way she is.

Eventually, Maya and Nina's dieting antics come to a head when they both end up in the hospital - Maya for exhaustion and Nina for malnutrition. While they recover, the rest of the staff at Blush learn a valuable lesson about self-acceptance and the dangers of extreme dieting.

In the end, Maya decides to abandon the Atkins diet and embrace a healthier, more balanced approach to eating. Nina realizes that she doesn't need to conform to society's beauty standards and learns to love her body just the way it is.

Nina's Bikini is a humorous take on the pressures that women face to conform to narrow beauty standards, and the dangers that can come with extreme dieting. It also highlights the importance of self-acceptance and taking care of one's physical and emotional health.