Jackson drives to Dallas alone, planning to spend a few days recuperating from the confrontation with Ethan. He also wants to ask around about Ethan—who formerly lived in Dallas—and see if he can find information about Ethan’s previous romantic or sexual relationships.

Jane arrives at the swimming hole and finds Luke already there, talking to Nellie. She immediately begins flirting with Tommy, Blair’s boyfriend, provoking both Blair and Luke.

Blair climbs up onto the roof of the boathouse to dive off, and Jane speculates that Blair is trying to refocus attention on herself. However, once Blair is diving towards the water, she screams: An old metal canoe is suddenly directly in her path. Blair strikes her head on the canoe as she hits the water.

The day after the party, Charleigh is at home alone. Alexander has gone shooting; Nellie, still upset about Luke, has gone to the swimming hole, and Charleigh has received Jackson’s message about his impromptu trip to Dallas.

Suddenly, Nellie barges into the house, dripping wet and with bloodstains on her t-shirt. Between sobs, Nellie tells her mother that the blood belongs to Blair, and Charleigh fears that her daughter has harmed the other girl.

Nellie recalls the events at the swimming hole leading up to Blair’s injury. She arrived before the other teens and sat by herself in a secluded area, brooding over recent events. When Luke arrived, he approached her, but she ignored him.

Nellie surmises that the canoe must have drifted out of the boathouse just as Blair dove, but she didn’t see this happen because of where she was sitting. Blair hit the canoe hard, and Nellie, along with some other teens, dragged her from the water. The police and ambulance arrived and asked questions about what happened. Everyone seemed very distressed.

After Nellie comes home and tells Charleigh about what happened, Charleigh rushes to the hospital. She forbids Nellie from coming with her.

Jane is haunted by the sight of Blair’s blood and unconscious body. Immediately after the accident, she noticed that the door to the boathouse was slightly ajar, leaving enough room for the canoe to drift out. Luke drives Jane home, and both are extremely tense and worried.

In Dallas, Jackson goes to a few gay bars and asks about Ethan. No one has ever heard of him.

Back at the hotel, the front desk tells Jackson that Charleigh has been trying to get in touch, but Jackson does not return the calls. Although he has been informed that Charleigh said it was an emergency, he thinks she is being dramatic.

Charleigh arrives at the emergency room and questions Kathleen, one of her friends who is there to support Blair’s parents. Kathleen says that Blair is in a coma due to the head injury. Kathleen explains that the loose canoe floated out of the boathouse just as Blair was diving into the water.

Charleigh is relieved, because it seems like the incident was a freak accident. She does wonder how the canoe came untied and notices with relief that Kathleen doesn’t seem to have wondered about this. Charleigh leaves hastily, comforted that there seems to be no reason anyone will think Nellie was involved in the incident.

Charleigh returns home and tells Nellie that Blair is in a coma but hopefully will survive. Charleigh is disturbed when Nellie does not seem to show much emotion about this news. Nellie argues that she doesn’t want to think about the disturbing event and is just trying to return to normalcy.

Nellie also becomes defensive when Charleigh asks her what aspects of the accident she witnessed and if anyone knows how the canoe became loose.

On the Swift family farm, Ethan leads the family in a special prayer service for Blair’s recovery. However, Ethan has been drinking and behaves erratically. He upsets Abigail by sarcastically referencing a Bible passage about good wives. Abigail storms off.

Jane longs for time alone with Luke, but after Blair’s accident, she does not want to risk drawing attention to their secret relationship.

Jackson, still in Dallas, returns Charleigh’s call. She tells him about Blair’s injury at the swimming hole. Jackson initially suspects that Nellie might have caused the accident. Then he wonders if Charleigh herself could have caused the accident to remove Blair as an obstacle to Nellie’s relationship with Luke. Jackson does not articulate these suspicions.

Late at night, Jane tries to sneak out of her room to see Luke. She overhears her parents arguing: Ethan is confronting Abigail about her sexual relationship with Alexander Andersen. She watches, confused, as their confrontation turns into passionate kissing. Jane slips back to her room.

On the day after Blair’s accident, Charleigh drives to the hospital very early in the morning. She is alarmed when she sees a police officer sitting outside of Blair’s room. Inside the room, Blair’s parents, Chip and Monica, are sitting with their unconscious daughter, accompanied by Detective Roy Walker. Charleigh briefly comforts Monica, and then Chip accompanies her out.

Charleigh takes the opportunity to ask, seemingly casually, about the police presence. Chip explains that the police noticed the open door to the boathouse and that they seem suspicious about the accident. He explains that police have requested to be contacted immediately if Blair awakens. Charleigh returns home, now worried again about whether Nellie could have been involved in the accident. She arrives just as Alexander and Nellie are leaving to go to the shooting range, and tells them about Blair, the police, and the possibility of foul play. She can’t gauge whether Nellie seems worried or not.

During the drive, Alexander asks if Nellie wants to talk, but she brushes him off. She is frustrated that everyone is so worried about Blair.

As they practice target shooting, Nellie becomes angrier with her father now that she knows about his adultery. Impulsively, she removes the safety from her gun and points it at him.

Jackson goes to another gay bar in Dallas and chats with the bartender. He asks about Ethan Swift; the bartender recognizes the description and unusual behavior of bringing a Bible to the bar. The bartender, however, explains that Ethan used the name “Charles.”