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On the day Cleo is released from her seven-day stay in the psychiatric ward, Frank takes her to the countryside. Their awkwardness quickly escalates into a fight. Cleo resents Frank for his drinking and never curbing it when she’s asked him to. Frank doesn’t believe he has a problem compared with his mother. Frank says that Cleo has always been broken. Cleo pushes Frank, nearly hurting his head. Cleo wants to break up. She nearly tells him about Anders, but stops herself, and Frank can tell that there’s some secret she’s not telling him.
Zoe has lost her job at the boutique and is now in thousands of dollars of credit card debt. Zoe has a hard time keeping up with her other friends, whose trust funds and wealthy parents foot the bill for their expensive New York City lifestyle. She asks Frank to meet with her, hoping she can ask him for money. Frank and Cleo have broken up, and Zoe notes that Frank is trying to hide his sadness.
Cleo and Zoe still talk. Santiago, who has lost a lot of weight and has a new girlfriend, joins them when he hears they’re in his restaurant.
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