On Friday, Irina goes out with Flo’s friends and Finch, consuming significant quantities of cocaine and alcohol and boasting about her upcoming exhibition. The evening ends around nine the next morning with her vomiting and taking a sedative while Flo monitors her.

On Wednesday, Irina’s 29th birthday, Finch and Flo throw her a small celebration. Nigel sends money, but Yvonne refuses contact, still angry over Irina quitting her bar job. Flo bakes a cake. When Flo kisses Irina, Irina considers a relationship but feels nothing and rejects her.

The next day, Irina takes the train to London and meets Sera Pattison, a former art school friend now living in New York and producing work under the name Serotonin, for a meal. Sera reveals that she recommended Irina for the exhibition after seeing her work, contradicting Jamie’s claim that she and Irina previously met. Sera frames this as helping working-class talent, which enrages Irina. Irina goes to the bathroom, violently hits her head and face, then composes herself and threatens to kill Sera if she ever reveals that she facilitated the opportunity.

At the gallery, Jamie shows Irina her film and explains the exhibition layout. Downstairs, Irina meets Remy Hart, an emerging young artist, who complains loudly about Irina having more wall space and a film screening. When Remy’s uncle, Stephen, fails to intervene by phone, Remy throws his iPhone at Irina’s framed photograph, shattering the glass. Uncle Stephen arrives, makes Remy apologize, pays for a replacement frame, and purchases all six of Irina’s photographs for 3,000 pounds each. He invites Irina to dinner on Saturday.

Eddie sends Irina an apologetic email before the private viewing, saying he misses her and hopes she will respond.

The morning of the private viewing, Irina visits the gallery and directs the staff to rearrange her photographs in a specific sequence that creates a narrative. She then goes to Selfridges, where she purchases two expensive dresses, accessories, and lingerie.

That evening, Irina arrives at the private viewing intoxicated and wearing a revealing plum-colored dress. Uncle Stephen introduces her to collectors and gallery owners, and she distributes business cards to each of them. She propositions Laurie Hirsch, a married lesbian artist, and becomes increasingly drunk. An older critic tells her the film demonstrates bold engagement with consent and discomfort.

While watching Irina’s film, Remy approaches and touches her inappropriately. She gives him her hotel information. At the hotel, she ties Remy to the bed, gags him with socks, and uses a letter opener to cut and prod him while taking cocaine from his wallet. She photographs the injuries on her phone. When she goes to the bathroom to vomit, Remy escapes. After cleaning herself up, she goes to a nearby Tesco, where she mistakes a cashier for Eddie and alludes to their violent encounter.

The next day, Remy texts her casually, mentioning he went to the emergency room but did not need stitches, making light of the encounter. Irina is disturbed that he treats the violent assault as sexual rough play. She also discovers she sent Eddie photographs of Remy’s injuries the previous night while drunk. Eddie responds by calling her a “reptile” and asking her not to contact him again. Irina becomes frustrated that her violent actions seem to leave no lasting consequences or recognition of danger.

Irina spends an entire day in her hotel room, experiencing auditory hallucinations of bells and breaking glass. Irina has brunch alone, then calls Flo and asks whether the things she does actually happen and persist. Flo says she sounds unstable and reveals she has reconciled with her ex-boyfriend.

That evening, Uncle Stephen takes Irina to an expensive Japanese restaurant in Chelsea. Irina wears her transparent dress, which makes other diners uncomfortable. During the meal, Uncle Stephen dominates the conversation with questions about northern England and monologues about his professional life. When Irina tells him she killed a boy, he dismisses it as dark northern humor. She continues to experience visual distortions throughout dinner, as Uncle Stephen’s face transforms into those of her previous victims and models.

Irina crushes a champagne flute in her hand, but finds her hand and the glass are both intact a moment later. She then smashes the champagne flute into Uncle Stephen’s head, injuring her own hand and causing him to bleed and scream. The restaurant staff tend to him while she walks out. She texts Flo that she believes she assaulted her date.

Walking barefoot through London, Irina encounters a distressed man on a park bench in Battersea. She sits with him, touches his face with her bloody hand, and tells him that nothing matters or lasts. She asks if he has ever modeled, puts her business card in his mouth, and trips him when he tries to leave. She then walks to a pond, removes her clothing, and enters the water hoping to find the skull of the boy she killed years ago. She finds only garbage, confirming once again that physical evidence of her actions always disappear.