Truly Madly Guilty

The rain finally stops. Clementine and Sam go to a first aid course, and Sam cries while he is giving CPR to the dummy. Clementine realizes he has PTSD from the experience at the barbecue, and Sam starts treatment. Feeling better from the treatment, Sam saves a baby about to roll into traffic in its stroller.

Erika and Oliver go over to clean at Sylvia’s house. Sylvia finds a photo of her with Erika and Clementine, taken when the girls skipped school and went on a roller coaster. It was one of those few days where Sylvia was just her mother, and Clementine was a real friend. Then, Erika remembers what she’d forgotten about that night at the barbecue. It was Harry, the next-door neighbor, who’d seen Ruby first. He banged on the window until he got Erika’s attention, and she realized Ruby was in the fountain.

Harry lost his wife and son a long time ago in a fairground accident. He had been attempting to run down the stairs to rescue Ruby when he slipped and fell to his death.

Oliver and Erika discuss fostering kids, and Erika realizes that the experiences that Pam gave her—those tastes of having a normal home and a life, like clean sheets and learning to drive—are ones she could give to another kid who needs them.

Sam and Clementine finally reconnect and choose to work on their marriage with open communication and compromise. Clementine finally has her audition and feels ready and unafraid.

Pam scolded Clementine at the hospital for taking her eyes off Ruby. She thought her daughter was a bad mother for not being alert and paying attention. But when she takes Holly to stay the night, Holly confides in her that she pushed Ruby into the fountain. In case Ruby dies, Pam decides she must assure Holly that Ruby must have slipped on her own and it was just an accident. Afterward, Pam isn’t angry at Clementine anymore.

Erika no longer sees Clementine as an idol and embraces her own life. She and Oliver go on a trip, and Erika sends Clementine the picture of them on the rollercoaster. Clementine remembers that day and wonders who Erika could have been if she’d had a home like Clementine’s. In this moment, Clementine finally sees Erika as an independent person, rather than as an impediment on her life. Erika congratulates her for making the orchestra.