At CL’s, Devon’s excited about building his ‘Neil Winters school’. Although Lily misses him and Nate, she feels she’s handling the company OK by herself. Yes, there’s new developments in the Billy-Chancellor matter but she wants to focus on Nate’s surgery today.
When Stephanie comes to pick him up, Nate’s reading an article online about new surgical tech. He has a lot to catch up on. Time to go – Stephanie wants to make a stop on their way to Memorial.
Back at the hotel room with Jack, Diane’s brought in a literal message in a bottle that washed up on the beach.
Marie finds Nick having ‘one of those days’. He’s eager to get to a meeting but not going anywhere til he finds out what’s bothering Marie. I’m really scared, she admits.
Lily tells Devon that Billy ‘called off the dogs’ because Sally had a pregnancy scare (but is likely to pursue it after the baby’s born) You and Cane have more time to prepare, Devon’s rooting for her from the sidelines. If you’re really on my team, prove it, Lily challenges.
Not willing to break the bottle, Diane convinces Jack to remove the cork.
Nick knows Marie’s not scared of spiders – you’re scared of drugs, like me. Let’s go to the meeting. Marie confides that she’s freaked out about her husband’s coming to discuss the divorce. Logan insists he see her face to face. You have demons of your own to deal with, Marie declines Nick’s offer to meet him in her place.
Unable to get the note out, Diane removes her diamond ring to give it a try. Uh oh. To Jack’s amusement, her finger’s stuck in the bottle.
Feeling agitated and trapped, Marie wants a hit so bad she’s tempted to ask Nick to score for her. She won’t let Logan win, and Nick won’t let Marie give up on herself. We’re going to that meeting together – we’ll beat this together, he asserts as Logan walks in.