In this week’s installment, Max’s usually appreciated attitude almost gets in the way of her dream. Guest star Gilles Marini plays Chef Nicolas, who runs the Manhattan School of Pastry, an elite culinary school that Max fantasized about getting into. But it took Caroline pushing her into the door for Max to even take a chance.

Gilles was joined by fellow guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub. The “24” star tapped into her comedic roots for a laugh-inducing performance as a former student who’d suffered some kind of mental breakdown. Now, she’s barely holding it together as a secretary. After Max gets rejected by the school and storms in demanding answers, Rajskub’s character, Bebe, tells her that her voice is an anxiety trigger. Caroline, though, has “a very calming presence.”

It was all about passion in the end. Nicolas didn’t see Max’s passion, and so she spelled it out for him. “I act like I don’t want anything because I never got anything I wanted,” Max tells him. “But I do want to go to this school more than I’ve ever wanted anything. It’s my fantasy, my dream, and please stop making me use these horrible, horrible words!” Ultimately, her plea convinced him to give her a chance. And Caroline agreeing to work for the school to help with Max’s tuition sealed the deal.

Marini and Rajskub are both recurring characters, so hopefully Max can tough it out at the school for the duration. Do you think Max will stick with it and accomplish one of her dreams?