Vivian is preparing to submit her college application while Isaac and another companion escort her. An interlocutor warns against the National Defense University and promises to take her to Quinby if she gets in. Isaac switches between caring and distance, then blurts "The one I like is Gigi," which unsettles the group. At a photo-studio stop Isaac sits silent in the back. Later someone discovers Vivian listed Quinby as every choice and warns it's too risky because choices are locked before results, offering to help revise her application. The episode ends with that urgent decision looming for Vivian.