Calvin is told to check on Quincy after bosses insist her punishment for a company loss is justified; they say she has no right to be upset. The episode shifts to a tense household: a man returns early to pack while his father is away. At a birthday, Dora’s mother gives her a brooch, saying it will let Dora "survive even without my blood every day" and orders her to keep it until eighteen. When relatives notice the mother seems off, Yale shows up saying, "I want to come home," leaving the household tense and Quincy's punishment unresolved.