Claire tells her mother she’ll not go to NY to take care of her. Ruth says no way, I won’t let you make the same mistake. Go to NY, Ruth tells Claire, adding that she’ll unfreeze her trust fund. Ruth says she’s moving in with her sister.
Brenda wakes up in the night to a baby’s cries. “Maya, are you OK?”
Brenda looks in on Maya, then in on the baby. Nate and Nate’s dad are holding the baby at the crib. Nate tells Brenda he loves her, he always will. He hands Brenda the baby and kisses her. Then Brenda wakes up.
She, too, has banished her demons.
“Ted’s Deeply Unhip Mix” is the name of the package Claire unwraps as she and Ted say goodbye. Claire is going to NY. Claire wants Ted to promise that he will move to Canada if the war mongers decide to invade Iran and reinstate the draft. “You’re too smart and too good. Don’t waste that,” she tells him. He promises.
Ruth and her girls are having fun over wine and oldies. They’re talking about wild money-making schemes. They decide they have to become hookers. Ruth says she wants to start a doggie daycare. Everyone laughs, but she’s serious.
George pulls up to visit.
Claire gets a call that says the company she was going to work for in NY has been bought out by another company. Nate tells Claire to move to NY anyway. Nate tells her he spent his whole life being scared. Claire wonders what to tell everyone. Nate says to say nothing, that Claire can’t stay at home.