The Heaven-Sent Brush of Fortune - Episode 8

When the family inspects their fish pens they find every rare fry floating dead. A town official explains that at 3:00 AM five tons of waste oil were dumped into the river, poisoning the ecosystem; someone tells Mr. Bell, "It's over." The child clings to Daddy while siblings and neighbors mock the ruined river and call Henry worthless, escalating shame and anger. Then an absurd twist: a bird poops on one of them, underscoring their humiliation. The episode ends with the river declared dead and the family stunned, their livelihood unresolved.