"I want to go home with them!" opens the episode as Cora tries to leave with Ash. People at the scene grab the child and forbid help, insisting Ash must stay. Cora insists she has cared for Ash for three years and that he won't eat or sleep without her. Accused of spoiling him, she is pushed out while others escalate punishment, threatening to withhold access in increasingly severe blocks, one month, then two, then three. The episode ends with Cora expelled and an immediate, unresolved separation looming over her next choice.