- Epigraph: "You can take a road that gets you to the stars. I can take a road that will see me through."—Nick Drake
- Lena decides it's time to paint more olive trees, and that this painting will be a gift for Kostos.
- Tibby is skipping work. Her guinea pig, Mimi, seems to be sleeping more and eating less, and um… not breathing.
- Tibby panics and wraps Mimi in a brown bag, and then… wait for it… she crams her behind a cake in the freezer so her mom doesn't mistake her dead pet for some meatloaf and cook it in the oven at 350 degrees. Okay…
- Meanwhile, Lena writes to Carmen lamenting about her silent breakfasts with her grandfather—she just wants to have a conversation with her Bapi over some cereal.
- Stateside, Carmen finally admits to her mother that she is mad at her father, and her mother isn't surprised since their divorce was difficult.
- It's dinner time at Tibby's house, but she won't join the family for dinner, and her father notices her hair is a greasy mess.
- Her phone rings and she lets the machine pick up—Bailey leaves a message asking Tibby to call her back.
- The cranked up air conditioner makes Tibby's bedroom feel like the freezer Mimi is in.
- It's the day of the big soccer game, and Bridget has lost so much weight that even her cleats are loose. She plays flat, which angers her coach, and then she walks off the field.