Lotus

Sydney throws up and blames herself for not discerning the signs that Clem was the victim of abuse. Sydney diagnoses Oliver with PTSD, which explains why he “repressed” the memory of Travis and Clem. Sydney drives to her parents’ house and confronts Clem in a spare bedroom. She tells Clem about Oliver and the comics. Clem cries and admits she was a “terrified” 10-year-old. She claims Bradford was the abuser, which explains his abduction of Oliver.

Oliver and Sydney spend Christmas together, and Sydney doesn’t tell him that Bradford is Clem’s abuser; she doesn’t want to mar the holiday. With Gabe, they exchange gifts, and Oliver, aware of Sydney’s pornography preferences, gives Sydney Playboy magazines from 2003 (he had them in the cell). Gabe gives Oliver a harness for Athena before they eat, and Travis appears. Oliver tells Travis he’s having sex with Sydney and can’t live at Travis’s home. Travis sighs.

Oliver and Sydney exchange sexual banter. Before they return to Sydney’s home, Sydney hugs Gabe goodbye, and the smell of his gum reminds her of the attacker and his threats. Sydney openly accuses Gabe of being the attacker.