Cloud tells her father that she is pregnant and has been living with her boyfriend, who is not the father. She begs him to come and take care of the baby, but he says he cannot do that because he would be sullying his family name. Cloud finds a letter from her dad that explains why he left and offers to send money so she can stay away and keep the baby safe. ..

They investigate what happened to him and discover he changed his name after coming back from Europe and distanced himself from his family. They head to Orcas Island to meet him but the man died six weeks ago.

Cloud’s wife tells Tully and Cloud that her husband never left a letter for Cloud. Their whole breakup was planned by Cloud’s dad and Benedict. None of them realized the truth until that day.

The wife tells Tully that she met her dad when she visited the restaurant looking for dirt on Benedict Binswanger. He treated the burn on her hand when she spilt hot coffee and even gave her his aloe plant.

Tully leaves brokenhearted and confronts Benedict Binswanger about his hand in ruining the life of her mother. Being the narcissistic prick he is, Benedict refuses to own up to his mistakes and tells her that Cloud should thank him. Tully calls him a pathetic lonely -one-term governor who lost his brother because of greed.

In the meantime, Johnny gets an apartment and Kate visits, bringing a housewarming plant for him. He tells her that he is in therapy and working to get better. Charlie shows up and informs Kate that she is working on a book with Johnny. Kate leaves them and heads over to see Tully.

Charlie and Johnny work on their book until late at night. Charlie is hoping to stay over but Johnny sees the housewarming gift Kate brought so he lets her down easy and says he wishes to sleep. He rushes over to Kate’s place and sees her having drinks with Calvin through the kitchen window. ..

1980

Tully met her dad in 1980, when she was working to get dirt on Benedict Binswanger. She found a receipt from a restaurant on Orcas Island and thinks that Benedict Binswanger is hiding a mistress there. Tully shares her theory with Dan and plans to visit the island later. ..

Dan decides to try and follow up on the story immediately but Tully is torn because she wants to stay back and watch over Kate and Johnny who accidentally took ecstasy thinking it is aspirin. Johnny is already on a high but Kate tells her to go chase the story and Mutt can watch over them.

After spending a day on the Island, Dan and Tully find out that Benedict Binswanger is not hiding anything important on the Island. Everyone they speak to seems unwilling to talk to them, so Tully meets her father and spends the night with Dan. ..

In the office, Kate and Johnny do some weird things while high on ecstasy. They even rewrite the news script to make it mellow instead of sad. Johnny asks Kate to move in with him and they end the day being in love with love.

Johnny tries to smooth things over with the bosses the next day after he and Kate had a disagreement while high. Kate is worried that he didn’t actually mean what he said when they were high, and Johnny asks her to move in with him. ..

1970

Kate is looking forward to going on a double date with Eugene and Brad. Kate really likes Eugene and is hoping to get her first kiss while they look at the stars. They come up with gestures to let the other know when they want privacy and read an article on how to get a guy hooked. Tully even practices with Sean what she has learned from the article. ..

The date goes poorly for Kate as she is nervous and unable to flirt smoothly. Brad and Tully vibe well and Tully asks for some privacy so Kate and Eugene leave to get ice cream. The kissing triggers Tully’s memory of when Pat raped her so she runs back home.

Sean sees her crying and checks on her. She tells him that Brad didn’t hurt her, but she wishes she could be more comfortable about being intimate. Later, we see her and Sean getting busy, and someone spots them. ..

The Episode Review

Benedict Binswanger is the villain of the story, but what will he do now that his secret is about to be exposed? Does he have something to do with that mysterious accident Tully has? ..

At this point, I am so done with Johnny changing his mind every time. Does he still want to be with Kate or not? He is always doing this and it is confusing. It seems like he thinks she will always be there, waiting for him to choose her. I know they have history but sometimes, you just gotta close the book!