Jennette achieves a difficult milestone in her recovery, managing to make it through an entire day without purging. However, when Laura begins probing into her childhood, Jennette becomes defensive. She is particularly irritated by Laura’s questions about her relationship with her mother. Jennette tries to frame her mother as “perfect,” framing her experiences in a way that portrays Debra as a selfless woman who only wanted her daughter to take up acting so that she could have a better life.

Laura asks when Jennette first began fixating on her weight. When Jennette admits that her mother is the one who introduced her to “calorie restriction,” Laura calls that behavior “abusive.” Jennette reacts negatively and leaves the session. She reflects on the fact that she has always clung to the narrative that her mother only wanted what was best for her. If she accepts the charge that Debra was actually abusive, then the entire foundation upon which Jennette has built her life will fall apart. Jennette is overwhelmed by these implications, so she emails Laura to tell her that she will no longer be attending sessions. She then proceeds to make herself throw up until she bleeds.

Steven is back in Los Angeles for a project, and Jennette is nervous to tell him that she has quit therapy. However, when he arrives, he is energetic and tells Jennette that he has had a spiritual awakening after watching a Christian film on Netflix. He wants Jennette to start attending church with him. A stunned Jennette questions this newfound fervor, as Steven used to believe that religion held people back in life. When she tells him that she has quit therapy, he reassures her that it is fine because she will not need therapy if she has Jesus.

Steven takes Jennette to four different church services as he attempts to find the congregation that feels right to him. Jennette is less enthusiastic, but she is willing to humor what she assumes will be a short-lived phase if it means she does not have to go back to therapy.

However, Jennette is frustrated and annoyed when the newly-devout Steven announces that they cannot have sex anymore, as premarital sex is considered “a sin.” She seduces him into letting her perform oral sex, hoping to convince him that celibacy is the wrong choice. However, after they are done, Steven is even more adamant that they must commit to a more chaste relationship.

Jennette’s father, Mark, asks her to meet with him to “talk about things.” Since Debra’s death, he has gotten involved with a new girlfriend named Karen; Jennette is irritated by how happy he seems. She has never felt particularly close with her father, but he seems to be making more of an effort to reach out to his children since Debra’s death.

Jennette attempts to ask Mark whether his relationship with Debra was ever positive or whether it was always as strained as she remembers. He admits that it was so long ago that he does not really remember. He then tells Jennette that he has important information to give her: he is not her biological father. Jennette and two of her three brothers, Dustin and Scott, were the result of an affair on Debra’s part.

Jennette is shocked and distressed by the news, wondering why her mother never told her. However, she is also intrigued as to who her biological father is and whether she might feel more connected to him than she does to Mark.

Jennette struggles with the revelation regarding her paternity, and Mark proves generally unhelpful. He confirms that...