Marie and Sean erupt into a public scuffle when another woman claims Sean; Marie slaps her and bystanders threaten escalation until a protector warns, "Hit him again and I'll break your leg." They go into a boutique hoping to shop, but the shopkeeper loudly brands Marie a "mistress," refuses service and orders them out. A coworker later admits she told the boss to blacklist them and agreed to lose commission to force the ban. The episode ends with Marie and Sean humiliated and barred from the designer, their social standing immediately threatened by the deliberate boycott.