Portia, returned to her birth family, is scorned as a useless cripple and treated like a blood donor by her sister Sabine and their mother. They plot to drain her blood and kick her out. When Portia vanishes, the household stages a burial; the mother accuses them—"You killed my daughter!"—and chaos erupts as ashes and accusations are exchanged. In the episode's key turn Portia suddenly wakes: her legs work and she finds herself in the McCalls' room, leaving her survival and the family's guilt unresolved.