The exam hall is closing and Vivian arrives late; Mr. Wright hustles her in to avoid disqualification. Isaac is then berated for not escorting her—an elder reminds him he once brought Vivian back from a war grave and vowed to care for her. Vivian wakes in the hospital where Isaac tends her, but Gigi Smith appears, introduces herself as Isaac’s future wife and presses Vivian to give up her feelings. Hurt, Vivian vows to erase her past love. The episode ends with her staring at a National Defense University prospectus, facing an unresolved decision about her next path.