At the village clinic, Dr. Cheney delays opening, claiming he can run the only clinic on his own schedule. Parents arrive not for treatment but to return unused medicine: their children stopped coughing after taking a cough-relieving soup sold by Blaire, Dr. Cheney’s ex-wife. The crowd praises Blaire and abandons the clinic, undermining Cheney’s bid—his father had promised investment if he cured the outbreak. The episode pivots when a bystander accuses Blaire of vending illegally and someone confronts her with, “Come with us,” leaving her praised recovery suddenly threatened and the clinic’s future in question.