After James Walton breaks up a late-night confrontation and escorts Chloe Summers home, they exchange names, a coat, and contact details. Back at James’s circle, colleagues tease him, then a campus flashback and a sudden announcement reveal his parents died in a plane crash; family chaos forces him to prepare the jet and return to claim the Walton Group. Meanwhile Chloe reports that Mr. Lloyd used a room card to enter her room and tried to assault her; her station hesitates to back her. She decides to resign. The episode ends with James leaving and Chloe’s resignation unresolved.