How It All Goes Down
Sara, 1996
- At this point, Kate has been in remission for five years.
- Remission is officially over, though, and Kate's starting to bruise again on her birthday.
- She gets a fish for her birthday, and names him Hercules.
- Later, now that Kate is in molecular relapse (ouch, that sounds serious) Sara is back to her old ways: ignoring her other kids and focusing all of her attention on Kate.
- In a fit of rage, Jesse pulls his own braces off with a fork. Yow.
- Sara decides to bring Anna in to donate blood to Kate.
- Kids and needles don't mix, and Anna thrashes and cries when they draw blood.
- One afternoon, Sara knocks over the fishbowl, and Hercules flops out onto the floor; Sara manages to fish him out from under the desk (har har) and drop him back into his bowl.
- He's not moving, and Anna wonders why, but before Kate can answer, a fishy miracle happens: Hercules starts to swim again.
- On another day, Suzanne comes to visit to pour some wine down Sara's throat and get her to take a freaking break from Kate for once. They watch Jerry Springer, laughing and enjoying themselves for the first time in a long time.
- Finally, there's one last dead-fish scare, but again Sara manages to bring Hercules back to life—she wonders if she's used up her life saving miracles on a fish instead of her own daughter.