Nice cut to a natty-looking Jack not tripping over a single syllable as he introduces the show and asks Kitty for a timeline for the return of American troops from Iraq. There's a nice, subtle stare of incredulity from Kitty at Jack's efficacy, which is understandable, given that Jack's currently running a blood-alcohol level that would command respect even from W.C. Fields. Warren, however, jumps in to say that Kitty's hesitating because there is no timeline. "This administration believes in pulling out about as much as a high school sophomore." Warren is inordinately pleased with that line, given that it's not overly clever or original, but that would be the reaction of a high school sophomore who just delivered it, so I suppose there's some symmetry there. Meanwhile, Kitty gets way too "Oh, WARREN" about the whole thing.
At the Walker manse, Nora, with Kevin (Eeeee!) and Saul, is pleased with Warren as well, as he's saying all the things she wants to say to Kitty. Saul opines that Nora's enjoyment is unseemly, and that's probably not the last time the Ambiguously Gay Uncle and I are going to see things the same way. Nora asks Kevin why he can't meet a guy like Warren, and when Kevin points out that Warren is straight, Nora offhandedly snarks, "Like that ever stopped you before." I want to see that prequel show, and I want to see it now. Anyway, Saul and Kevin are sitting with Nora so she can sign some company-related papers as Saul explains that they're selling off spare assets: "The company can use as much money as we can raise right now." I don't think those words could be construed as encouraging any way you slice them, so it seems like the ensuing "We've got a secret" cut to Kevin is overkill. Doesn't mean I didn't appreciate it, though. Nora asks about a particular property, a house in Silver Lake, which we of course can guess to be Holly's House of Harlotry. Saul tries to put her off by smoothly spinning some story about how they basically seized the assets of a distributor twenty years ago, one of them being Triple H, but Nora says she loves Silver Lake and wants to see the house the day. I have to admit that I thought Nora knew exactly what she was doing here, but I can at least see where the family wouldn't suspect a thing. Having made her appointment with destiny, Nora goes back to lusting after Warren. I'd question her taste, but we all already know about Professor Coyote.
Sarah is looking at the family finances and absently wondering if she can cancel the membership to the "Pasadena Rec Center," as Paige isn't swimming any more. Let's see -- rather than worry that Paige's refusal to swim has a psychological tie-in to the way her grandfather died, Sarah uses said refusal as an excuse to cut back on spending in a time of financial crisis. There's a reason she's the CEO! I'm not serious -- between her dad's death and the pressure of running the company, I can believe this could get by her. Joe, in that sighing, vaguely condescending voice we all know and hate, says that he's got the kids all day, and they need a place to go. He then, much more gently, clues her in to the idea that maybe there's a reason Paige isn't swimming, and Sarah has a nicely understated moment of realization before managing an "Oh." Sensing that a change of subject is desperately needed, Joe looks at the TV and somewhat snidely notes that Kitty has the hots for a liberal. Sarah regards the TV with a furrowed brow...
...and then Kitty is asking where Canada is in the U.S.'s time of crisis. Same place it always is -- above us in several senses of the word. She and Warren have a disagreement over whether Canada sent troops to Vietnam, Kitty thinking yes. Warren takes the opportunity to bet her a dinner, and even the Grey Goose pulsing through Jack's veins pipes up its objection at the inappropriateness. Kitty takes the wager, though, forcing Canadian-born Jack to tell her that she is mistaken. We see Kitty's death-in-life reaction smile...
...and then she's pausing the playback at home, exasperated. Jonathan calls to give her his particular brand of smarmy shit, saying that his friends saw her make a date with Warren on national TV, and he got calls and emails; moreover, in the five years he's known her, she's never gotten a single factoid wrong. Well, given that she's known you for five years and seems still to be unaware that you're a pompous ass, it seems she is capable of missing a memo or two. More softly, he asks what's going on, but she tells him that it was an honest mistake, and she just lost a bet. He seems to take this at face value, but after they hang up, she does not look pleased.
Triple H. Nora is complimenting Holly on the condition of the house. She goes to take a look in the kitchen, allowing Saul to whisperingly ask Holly if she's okay, but Holly is handling the situation with aplomb. You might want to note the date and time for posterity. Nora returns and keeps up the compliments, but if you know what's coming, you can certainly detect an edge in her voice getting sharper. In answer to Nora's question, Holly says she's lived at Triple H for roughly fifteen years. Nora then notices a movie poster on the wall for Being There and says she loves the film -- in fact, she and her husband saw it recently at the Classic Cinema Series at the library. Holly, unable to resist, says she was in the film, although only in a small role. Nora too-cheerfully says they have a star in their midst, so how can they sell the house? Holly involuntarily looks to Saul as she says she didn't realize that eventuality was in the cards, and he bites out that it's not definite, but they're taking an inventory of William's assets. Nora explains that William is her late husband, and he had "unknown assets." Holly doesn't overplay saying that she's so sorry. Nora thanks her for the tour, which in the language of rich boozy WASPs translates as, "Not half as sorry as you're gonna be, bitch." Saul and Nora leave, and Holly's face is a perfect mixture of apprehension, relief, and curiosity. Credits.
Walker Manse. Nora's still full steam ahead on the I Love Warren Train. A sweaty Justin walks in and drones: "I just mowed the lawn, and then I was stung by a bee, but calm down, I'm fine." Hee. Nora, incredibly naively, makes a big thing about how no one's been in the pool, so Kitty has to reprise Joe's role from the earlier scene, and the laws of television writing dictate that someone's going in that pool before the episode is over. Of course, given that it's about ninety-seven outside right now, that someone just might be me. Sally Field overacts the chagrin as she asks why no one told her about Paige. Kitty: "What we don't tell you, Mom, could fill a Library of Congress." Hee, again. Nora's solution is to throw a pool party, and she ignores Kitty's and Justin's casual snark before asking Justin to drop off some papers at Saul's office on his way home, and also to tell him that she might want to keep that little house in Silver Lake. Justin blanches as Nora goes on that she met the tenant of the house, causing Justin to stutter, "You...you met her? When?" If this is how smooth you are in a crisis, kid, our troops are in even more trouble than I thought. Nora, however, appears to miss Justin's discomfort, breezing that she was going to give the house to Kitty, "but then there are so many interesting people in the neighborhood, I thought you wouldn't feel at home!" Hee, yet again. Snappy, snarky dialogue this scene. Kitty even gives her mom sincere-sounding props for that one, which scores her some points in my book, and then chases out after Justin. She notes that he's shaking, and he asks, "So?" He has a point there, hon. Not an unprecedented event. She follows along with my thought, asking if he's high, but soon he's telling her what's really going on. Kitty doesn't take long to believe him, and advises him not to tell anyone else. Justin: "I didn't even want to tell you."
Ojai. Quick office-related exposition between Sarah and Kevin lets us know that Sarah and Tommy are still fighting, although Kevin soars ever higher in my heart by referencing "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" to describe their dynamic. Tommy barges in all spazzy about how Sarah fired two slacker brother employees; the brothers are the cousins of "the Petersens," the people who print all the company's packaging and marketing material, and they keep them on as a favor to said people. This is boring, so to sum up: Sarah of course takes a hard line, saying she can't afford to rehire them to sit around and do nothing; Tommy thinks they'll lose the Petersens, who save them a ton more money than the brothers cost. Hey, did you guys know that Sarah's appointment as president is causing friction between her and Tommy? Also, Sarah gets pissed at Kevin for staying neutral, not that anyone in his right mind could blame him.
Justin storms into Saul's office and asks what the hell he was thinking. Saul tells him that of course he didn't take Nora to see Holly willingly, but Justin goes on that Nora seems to be taken with Holly now, and by the way, Kitty's in on the secret. Tell me Saul doesn't have a mini-bar in one of his desk drawers for occasions such as these. Justin tries to assuage Saul's misgivings by saying that Kitty's worship of their father will stop her from telling anyone else. You'd think the writers would give Justin a scene or two before proving him wrong, but...
..."summit" meeting. Warren advises Kitty to be careful of the gin martinis, but Kitty does the exact opposite of that as she rails against all the barely-legal women in the restaurant with men three times their age. Warren hatefully asks if she's "one of those women" who hate men or sex, and seriously, ass, if you're going to paint yourself as the face of liberalism, try not using a construct that's every bit as sexist as you are self-satisfied. Hate! Kitty patiently tells him that she's only bugged by the way men are driven by sex, prompting Warren to laugh condescendingly and talk about how the sex drive in men is a "fiery deity" and is "ancient" and my God, do you really spend your spare time writing paeans to your dick? Kitty lashes out at him, then takes a moment and confesses the news about her dad's affair. She goes on that she once had a boyfriend that cheated on her, in college. When she found out, she went and told him this: "The world is too fragile for people to be untrue." I see Kitty wasn't a Poetry major. She, slightly unsteadily, goes on that she told him that life is too short for lies, and he was the worst kind of person in the world. And now she's thinking the same thoughts about her dad, even though now she's old enough to understand that that's just what men do. As Sars has mentioned, Kitty has the tendency to go to the self-pitying place, but this scene I can forgive, and Calista Flockhart is acting the pants off it. Warren spouts an insincere platitude about why we love the people we love, and then offers to take her home...
...and then we ironically cut from the overwrought music to the peppy strains of Mocean Worker's "Express Yourself" as Kitty and Warren are making out on their way to doing the Posturepedic Polka. Warren gasps, "God...you...are...so...hot." Apparently the fiery deity gets a little less articulate when boobies are about to come out. As for Kitty, it does seem a little abrupt for her to ditch her Hallmark-expressed beliefs on fidelity, especially with this jackass, but then again, she might consciously (if drunkenly) have chosen to reject those ideals. Also, I have had gin before. Anyway, Kitty thankfully tells Warren to shut up, and just as thankfully, we head into a commercial break.
Ojai. Kitty has apparently just spilled the events of the evening to Sarah, who typically is multitasking. Kitty complains that Warren is a "man-whore" and completely self-satisfied, and probably has already told everyone at The Nation that he nailed her. Sarah, after letting us know that she's been holding for Mr. Petersen for some time, asks Kitty why she did it if she hates Warren. Kitty: "It was the gin. The gin slept with him." I hope that doesn't mean there's a little gin on the way. Wow, that's got to be the first time I've ever said that. Sarah playfully says they had the gin talk five years ago, and they in unison utter their ostensible mantra that it's the "devil's drink." Tommy enters to tell Sarah that he just talked to Petersen, who's suing them because he had a "binding verbal agreement" with William about the stupid slacker brothers. I'd protest, but no one cares, so let's move on to the part where Tommy shit-eatingly guesses that Kitty got laid the night before, as that's the only reason she would have come in to see Sarah on a work day. When he's gone, Sarah bitches about him for a moment before asking Kitty if she's going to tell Jonathan. Kitty's all, "Jonathan! Oh my God, Jonathan!" like she'd blissfully forgotten about him for a while. I can relate. Sarah asks what's going on, as her "good little Republican sister" doesn't have one-night stands. You know, the writing may be lazy sometimes, but I do like the fact that the show doesn't hit us over the head with PSAs about the evils of stuff like casual sex and excessive drinking; in the first place, it would ring completely false on a show about a rich WASP-y family, and furthermore, it's far more effective dramatically to let the viewing audience make up its own mind. This, of course, is the open door for Kitty to tell Sarah about William and Holly, although we don't see the actual moment...
...because we're too busy cutting to an unsurprised Kevin, on to whom Sarah has just passed the news about William and Holly. Kevin thinks the infidelity was generationally par for the course, and then gleefully says how much more shocked he is at Kitty's behavior, prompting Sarah to beg him not to tell her she told him. He then gets a page saying that Scotty is there, and Kevin asks for thirty seconds as Sarah typically Blackberrys or whatever away. Kevin escorts Sarah to the door, on the way telling her the "binding verbal agreement" actually might not be bullshit if it's been in place for more than a year, and as a lawsuit could be expensive, she should just sack up and rehire the brothers. Scotty arrives on the scene, and he and Sarah recall their earlier meeting. He tells her that her "older brother" is a peach, and Kevin corrects him about their relative ages. Sarah thanks Scotty for the compliment. Kevin: "It's not a compliment to you; it's an insult to me." Oh, lawyers. Always so technical. Scotty denies that, saying he likes older guys, and Sarah's amusement grows in direct proportion to Kevin's discomfort. She then, with the idea of getting Kevin back for his neutrality in the Tommy situation, awesomely invites Scotty to Nora's party that night, even taking his email address down in her Blackberry. Kevin hisses, "Bitch!" Sarah smiles, "No, but payback is." Ha!
Kitty enters the back yard and is horrified to find an elaborate party set-up in progress. A caterer asks her for her opinion about something involving taquitos, and she takes the opportunity to say he should keep things as casual as possible, so the thing doesn't start looking like "some sort of Mexican bar mitzvah." Oy, papi. Her phone then rings, and it's Warren.
Cut to Kitty finding a more secluded spot to chat, as Warren tells her he'd hoped to talk with her that morning to "assess the situation." Kitty tells him there's no situation, and what happened the night before was nothing. This is Jonathan's cue to come out of nowhere and surprise her. She of course freaks at seeing him, and "Oh, Alice"-edly falls backward into the pool. That makes some thematic sense, given the metaphorical heart attack she just had. And of course it had the added bonus of cutting Warren off.
Inside, Jonathan is telling Kitty that "the phone thing" was "too insufficient," so he flew out to "connect with [his] girl." God, I don't know which one of the two guys in Kitty's life I hate more. Did the writers really think Rob Lowe was going to need help in looking great by comparison? He tells her she's getting good on the show, and he was wrong not to support her; it was unfair to give her an ultimatum, and he's ready to move out there. God. Even when he's trying to make things right, he sounds so damned unilateral, and the fact that he's making it sound like Kitty had to be successful in this endeavor for him to take her seriously isn't helping. Also, it's interesting that he chooses the immediate aftermath of her gaffe involving the Canadian troops to tell her she's "getting good." Well, it's not really that interesting, but if he can be completely insincere, so can I. And speaking of insincere, check out Kitty's smile at this news.
Random kids (Whose? Exactly) jump into the Pool of DEATH DEATH DEATH, and Sarah encourages Paige to do the same. Joe swigs a beer and has to countermand her in his role as The Good Parent; I don't hate him like I do Jonathan and Warren, but he's certainly not my favorite either. (That's Kevin, if you didn't know!) Paige says she doesn't want to go in while scrunching up her face as if Joe just cut one. Which I could completely believe. Sarah says that's fine, but then as she gets up, she stage-whispers to Joe, "She's going in." Hee. And she's not even wearing pants today. Elsewhere, Justin is telling Kevin that people are his gateway to alcohol, and Kevin, no doubt with Scotty on his mind, is already half in the bag as he concurs. And as if there was any doubt Justin was going to start chasing after him soon, Holly shows up. From the stunned look on Justin's face, Kevin quickly realizes who she is, and Justin grabs Kevin's drink and takes a swig. That took less time than even I thought. Nora then comes out of the house and greets Holly warmly, and tells a gaping Saul, "I invited her for you!" The "hee" will make a lot more sense in a few minutes. As Nora and Holly exchange pleasantries, the Trumpets Of Male Walkers' Chins Hitting The Floor reach a crescendo in advance of the commercial break.
In one of the Walker Manse's many, many rooms, Justin is yelling at Kitty through the bathroom door for having spilled the beans about Holly. Kitty is unfazed until Justin tells her Holly's there; she opens the door and asks what Justin means. Justin: "I mean, she's out there drinkin' mojitos and...wearing big jewelry!" Hee. It's moments like these that I love Dave Annable; not everyone could make sporting hoop earrings sound like an international crime. Justin then reveals that he's in on the Warren secret (calling Warren "Cheesefest" in the process, making me permanently love him), and by now I think we've established that all the Walker kids know everything there is to know this episode. It's a good thing they've still got Nora in the dark! Anyway, Jonathan shows up, prompting Justin to make a hasty exit while throwing Kitty a hilarious grimace.
Saul is softly but firmly asking Holly what the hell she was thinking showing up there, but Holly says Nora invited her for some reason, so "let's go with it." I'd say I've heard worse plans, but I've already used up my quota of Republican jokes this recap. Then again, they have taught us that borrowing heavily against the future is perfectly acceptable. Nora appears with drinks for Holly and Saul, and Holly, seemingly sincerely, compliments Nora on how "full of life" the place is. One hopes she wasn't looking directly at the pool. Saul looks like he just ate a bee as Nora somewhat bemusedly agrees.
Kitty is talking relationship logistics as, having heard the doorbell, she and Jonathan head to the front door. She opens the door, says Warren's name, and goes right back to talking about the relationship plans as she closes the door in his face. Hee. But even Jonathan isn't so rude that he doesn't notice what just happened, so Kitty opens the door again and invites Warren in. She covers by wink-winkingly (but not glaringly obviously, so nice work there) suggesting that Nora must have invited Warren, and Warren clues in and agrees. Of course, Jonathan knows about their little bet, so cover story or no, this is going to be awkward with a side of Un!Comfortable! Kitty says she needs a drink, and leaves the men to regard each other.
Boring Sarah and Tommy subplot; she's conceding that they have to rehire the stupid brothers; he's bent out of shape that she didn't listen to him in the first place. He sad-sacks that he'll take care of the situation, but he knows she doesn't respect him, and I'd be more in his corner if he'd ever shown the slightest inclination toward working with her in any capacity rather than using her as a blaming board for the fact that their dad respected her business ability more than his. I love Balthazar Getty, but seriously: Shut up, Tommy.
Kevin answers the door to find Scotty bearing a plate of "Red Velvet Cupcakes." He may be a little irritating with the "you're not as gay as I am" stuff, Kevin, but good baking skills make up for a lot. Kevin, however, feels compelled to tell Scotty that Sarah only invited him there to get back at him. Scotty: "For what? Being so cute?" In a word, Scotty? Yes. Kevin, however, says that it's because he wouldn't take Sarah's side against Tommy, and this is threatening to be boring, so Kevin goes on that it's "wildly unprofessional" for him to have Scotty there. Also wildly unprofessional, at least for Kevin, is that his shirt is half-unbuttoned. That is not a complaint.
Somehow, Jonathan is nowhere to be found as Kitty is telling Warren that she actually doesn't think he's that bad, but his timing could use some work. Warren chooses this moment to tell her how smitten he is with her, prompting her to tell him: "We're not in the last ten minutes of a Julia Roberts movie." Heh. She asks to leave the deep talks until after the party, and then Jonathan appears and nauseatingly squires his "girl" away. God, until I met these two, I had forgotten all about avoidance-avoidance dilemmas.
Tom Skerritt apparently consented to sit for a portrait session at the local mall, because Scotty is admiring his picture as he and Kevin stand on the stairs. It's hard to believe that there wouldn't have been any gay men at this party for Kevin if not for Sarah's intervention. (And don't bring up Saul -- poor Ron Rifkin's been called "Uncle Inappropriate" enough times in this life already.) Scotty speculates that William was a "leader of men," but Kevin demurs, saying he was just a man, and one who's still causing them a great deal of trouble at that. He echoes Kitty's comment that cheating is just what men do, and adds that "as a gay one," he's never been able to master being faithful. Scotty says it's hard to be faithful to anything "until you know why you should." Thanks for that pearl of wisdom, my super-gay fortune cookie.
Sitting to Julia (...who's not strictly necessary in this episode, I'd say) Paige is still wearing her "Dad ate burritos" face as homeless kids continue to frolic in the pool. Tommy sits down with her and talks to her about the pool; she's not afraid of dying in it like William did, but it makes her sad. Tommy hands Julia his watch and wallet, and unceremoniously jumps in. When he surfaces, Paige brightens and asks how it is, and he invites her to come in and find out. She screws up her courage, jumps in, and then puts her arms around Tommy. Cute scene, and Paige is an uncharacteristic child character in that she doesn't annoy me, but the scene is marred by the blaring of "Ice Age." It's not that I don't love Pete Yorn, because I do, but this show consistently blasts music to the point of distraction, and it's irritating. Try to be more judicious, please.
Nora is sitting in a little garden area with Saul and Holly, saying that she programmed her DVR with Holly's name and caught an episode of Charlie's Angels Holly was on. Holly is equal parts embarrassed and gratified, while Saul is equal parts irritated and irritated. Nora keeps up the compliments for a minute, and then leaves. Holly looks like she's enjoying herself, and I don't think it's sadistic in any way. She is an intriguing character, that is for sure.
Kevin, Sarah, and Kitty, in front of Scotty (who basically knows about it already) and the caterers (!), have a brief argument over whether they should tell Nora about Holly before Nora enters and shoos them all outside...
...and then everyone's having dinner at a long table in the yard. Nora is bending Warren's ear about something that sounds Bush-related, and then Scotty asks for the mango peach salsa. It seems odd that everyone acts like his request is tantamount to asking people to pass the dismembered babies, but I will give points for the fact that actual crickets are chirping to drive home the point. Warren asks Nora why they're the only ones talking, giving Nora the opportunity to announce that everyone thinks she doesn't know that William had a long affair with "that woman Holly," complete with "a cunning little cottage built for two." Holly looks mortified as Nora conversationally goes on that everyone thinks she's living in the dark, and they're terrified she's going to figure things out. And given the subtle, tactful way she's handling the news, their fears were obviously completely unjustified! Nora stares daggers at Holly, who leaves without a word. Nora: "Would someone please pass the mango peach salsa to Scotty!" Terrified reaction shots of Saul and the Walker children are cut with Scotty happily accepting the salsa from Kevin. Hee.
Triple H. Saul has come to check on Holly, who's distraught; seeing herself in Nora's eyes was a dreadful eye-opener. "It is time that I become a person. I won't be invisible any longer." I'm betting she won't be inaudible, either.
In the living room, I think, Nora's looking no happier than Holly as Kitty comes in and commiserates about how miserable the dinner was. Nora apologizes, but Kitty says the explosion was necessary, and I like that Kitty is the one comforting Nora here; their adversarial status makes her comfort mean more than Sarah's, and the boys are out of the question in this particular situation. Nora tells Kitty that she found out about William's affair fifteen years earlier; she caught him in a lie, and he confessed but said it was over already, only to turn around and buy Holly a house. She goes on that he lied and lied, and Kitty feebly protests that William did love her, but Nora bites out that he didn't give up anything to do it. She adds that when she saw the deed, she knew it had never ended (this seems like some license, because "house in Silver Lake" doesn't immediately translate to "affair," but I can believe that it got her suspicions going) and she wanted Holly to feel as small and stupid as she did. Mission accomplished, and I don't throw that phrase around as lightly as some people do. Nora says she's ashamed of herself, but that it felt good. She then completes the secret-symmetry as she tells Kitty she has to tell Jonathan she slept with Warren. Kitty: "Who told you?" Hee.
Back at home, Sarah's having a teary moment in the kitchen when Joe enters and asks if she's okay. She tells him that when he looks at her, she hopes he sees someone more like her mother than her father. Perhaps pleased by her show of vulnerability, he tells her that he doesn't see either -- he sees the woman he loves. She can't help but like this even as she tells him she's a mess, and he puts his arms around her from behind and they share some happy banter. It's a much-needed nice moment for the two of them, because it's easy to wonder later on how they ever liked each other at all, so I'm going to forgive the fact that the end of the scene comes uncomfortably close to suggesting that they end up doing it right on the center island there.
Jonathan is sipping a highball as Kitty uncertainly enters and says she has to tell him something. Jonathan isn't quite as oblivious as I would have guessed, immediately "asking" if she slept with Warren. She cops to it, and starts to explain why, but he tells her there's no excuse that matters. She begs him to reconsider, but at his hangdog look, says, "I just lost you forever, didn't I?" Don't get my hopes up like that, honey. Jonathan agrees that that is the case, kisses her on the temple, and walks out. Here's where I would have loved to get the peppy music again.
Ojai. Nora comes to see Saul, who tells her he was trying to spare her more pain. Nora sincerely says she knows, and produces some papers, saying she signed the deed, and Saul should sell Holly the house at a reasonable price. Saul presses the point, forcing Nora to reiterate that she's not mad. However, she cryptically says that while Saul "lost [his] way," there's nothing he could do that would make her stop loving him. She does ask him, though, to promise there's nothing else he's not telling her. Torn between uttering "William embezzled fifteen million" and "I'm gay," he goes for the third option of promising that that's in fact the case. Oh, Alice.
Back on the show, Warren is making the point that burying secrets comes back to haunt people. Not very subtle, but what do you expect from the fiery deity?
Musical montage (ugh) of people watching Kitty's show. Nora, wrapped up in a blanket. Justin, slipping back into his drug habit, along with his girlfriend. The Whedon family, putting on a puppet show and looking happy for one of the only times on this show. Kevin, sitting alone but munching on one of Scotty's cupcakes. Aw! Then we get Tommy, who's working away at the office, presumably not watching the show. And finally, a tearful Nora tentatively approaches the pool, casts off her outer robe, and, wearing only her nightgown, dives in. She resurfaces, takes in what she just did, and swims for the side as we cut to black.