- Epigraph: "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that?"—Coach Brevin
- Lena is at the health clinic with both her grandfather and Kostos's. She accidentally got blood on the Pants—whoops.
- Her grandparents believe Kostos hurt her, and she knows now that she over-reacted, so she feels guilty and knows she needs to come clean.
- Bee writes to Lena, confessing she was a try-hard during the soccer game, and she still wants Eric in a big way.
- Bailey shows up at Tibby's house unannounced—she wants in on the movie, and is apparently willing to play the leukemia card to convince her new friend.
- Bailey asks Tibby about her family, and Tibby explains that her parents had her when her mother was nineteen. She was like the guinea pig, the experiment, and now her parents have started a whole other family with her younger siblings. It's weird.
- Lena writes to Tibby, unloading about her Kostos conundrum—she also sends her the Pants, and hopes Tibby's experience is more magical.
- Carmen's dad and Lydia are out again. Bored, Carmen decides to finish Krista's geometry homework left on the table. Paul catches her.
- Krista asks Paul if he did her homework, but Paul doesn't throw Carmen under the bus; he leaves.
- Carmen asks where Paul is going, and Lydia and Krista hesitantly say he's off to see a friend. Why so secretive?
- Giddy with excitement, Lydia announces the wedding will take place in a tent in their backyard.
- Albert explains to Carmen that Paul is visiting his alcoholic father at a treatment center, and that she better keep her mouth shut about it.
- Upon hearing this, Carmen cries—she knows what it feels like to be abandoned by your family.
- Bailey calls Tibby and is super excited because she has arranged for their first suckumentary interview—the highest scoring video gamer at the Seven-Eleven. Score.