Blake’s ultrasound is in eight days, and she should return to school in 10. She and Wyatt plan a boat trip to escape their fathers, who keep sneaking off to discuss the baby. In the kitchen, the smell of pancakes triggers nausea and a dull abdominal ache for Blake. Her father worries the boat trip might be dangerous, but her mother tells him to leave Blake alone.

During the boat ride, the ache deepens and radiates to Blake’s back and thigh. While resting afterward, a sudden wave of nausea hits, and when she stands, the room tilts, sharp pain stabs her side, and she faints.

Blake wakes in a hospital to learn she had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and underwent surgery. The doctor explains they performed a salpingostomy to repair her fallopian tube and preserve her fertility, reassuring her that ectopic pregnancies make up approximately 2% of conceptions and that she didn’t bring on a miscarriage. Blake cries.

When Wyatt arrives, Blake tells him the baby is gone and breaks down, saying she realizes she wanted it. Wyatt says he thinks he wanted it too, which triggers anger in Blake. She accuses him of lying and pretending to be supportive, insisting he must be relieved. Wyatt protests that he was at peace with either outcome and wasn’t pretending, but Blake asks him to leave and get her mother instead.

Blake is discharged the next day but barely speaks to Wyatt. The following day, he makes grilled cheese sandwiches for her while his mother, Hannah, reassures him that Blake’s behavior is due to trauma and hormones, and advises him not to take it personally.

Upstairs, Wyatt finds Blake packing to leave early for her grandfather’s house in Hastings. When he tries to talk about the baby, Blake dismissively says there was never a baby and calls their relationship a summer fling, accusing Wyatt of only calling her his girlfriend because of the pregnancy. Wyatt insists he fell in love with her before the pregnancy, but Blake points out he only said it after the positive test. She invokes their original rule that either person could end things without explanation. Wyatt begs her not to walk away; Blake says her emotions are too unstable to give him answers. When Grace enters, Blake turns her back and tells her mother that Wyatt was just leaving. Wyatt exits, heartbroken.

An email to Blake arrives from the Mercer County Records Office, providing a lead in her investigation of the Darlie Gallagher legend: the deed for 1229 Sycamore Lane in Trenton, New Jersey, listing Raymond C. Loughlin and Dolly Gallagher Loughlin as purchasers.

In September, Blake’s emotional state alternates between paralyzing sadness, angry outbursts, and numbness. Living with her Grandpa Tim in Hastings, she has no motivation for her classes, her podcast, or her Darlie Gallagher research. Beau texts asking to meet because he needs reassurance she is alive. When they meet, Beau notes how thin she looks. Blake claims she had the flu and pretends to be fine with the breakup, saying it was always planned to end. She asks about AJ, and Beau reveals they are still not speaking: AJ recently told him their friendship is irreparable, and their hockey coach has noticed the tension on the ice. When Beau says the situation is “unfixable,” the word matches how Blake feels about her own life.

At the end of September, Wyatt travels to Manhattan with his mother to meet producer Tobey Dodson. While there, he plays his song in an empty piano room. Over the intercom, famous musician Mollie May asks who he is and comments on his playing. She enters and surprises Wyatt with her intelligence and business savvy, contrary to her public persona. When she learns he is Hannah Graham’s son, she praises his mother as iconic, then invites him to dinner.

Afterward, Wyatt’s mother teases him that Mollie was flirting. When Hannah asks if he has spoken to Blake, Wyatt says no, adding that he also lost the baby but everyone seems to forget that. He returns to the piano.

In October, Wyatt is back in Boston preparing to record his album when his father, Garrett, joins him on the patio and brings up Wyatt’s earlier comment about his loss being overlooked. Garrett acknowledges that men face pressure to be strong, but that Wyatt is allowed to be sad. Wyatt admits he did not have time to process becoming a father before the possibility was taken away. Garrett advises him not to give up on Blake, suggesting that sometimes people ask for space when they want the opposite.

Wyatt also confesses he has long felt he disappointed Garrett by not pursuing hockey professionally. Garrett assures him that is not true and that he is proud of him as long as he loves what he does. Inspired, Wyatt decides to see Blake. He first stops at the Boston apartment of her ex-boyfriend, Isaac, to retrieve her toaster, Hot Boi, refusing to leave without it.

That evening, Blake opens her grandfather’s door to find Wyatt holding Hot Boi. Amused, she invites him in. Wyatt tells her his feelings have not changed and he is waiting for her to say she wants to be with him. Blake says her emotions are still unstable but, when he asks her to tell him to leave, she says she does not want him to go. They kiss and go to her bedroom.

Afterward, Wyatt cries and says they lost their baby. Blake’s is sad for him, but she feels she cannot handle his grief on top of her own. She tells him he has not processed his own grief and that she cannot carry it for both of them. Wyatt gets dressed and leaves.

In November, Wyatt attends a charity gala where Mollie May reveals she has been listening to his album tracks constantly and wants him as her opening act on tour. Wyatt is stunned by her acoustic performance and realizes he was wrong to dismiss her talent.

Later, Mollie has the ballroom cleared so they can be alone. They play piano and sing together. She kisses Wyatt and he kisses her back, but when she pulls him closer, he realizes he is not aroused. He stops her, apologizes, and explains he is in love with someone else. Mollie is unfazed and says the tour offer still stands, adding that significant others are welcome.

A tabloid article follows reporting that Mollie was spotted with a mystery man at the gala and that her staff cleared the ballroom for their privacy.

Blake attends a Briar hockey game, distracted by tabloid photos of Wyatt and Mollie that have circulated all day. She knows he is the mystery man and feels she has no right to be angry since she pushed him away. After the game, at a sports bar with friends, she pretends to be fine when others discuss Wyatt’s rising fame and speculate about his relationship with Mollie.

Later, a drunk AJ pulls Blake into his booth. She tries to convince him to make up with Beau, but AJ says there is no coming back from the betrayal. He makes crude advances, which Blake rebuffs. When she rejects him again, he pulls out a hookup app in front of her.

Blake travels to Trenton, New Jersey, to investigate the address for Dolly and Raymond Loughlin. An elderly woman answers the door and confirms she is Dolly Gallagher Loughlin. Over tea, Dolly good-naturedly debunks the ghost legend: Darlie died of a brain tumor at home, surrounded by family and still engaged to Raymond. After Darlie’s death, Dolly and Raymond fell in love while grieving and moved east to escape painful memories. Dolly says Darlie would have loved the dramatic legend.

Blake feels validated in her passion for research and decides not to record a follow-up podcast, choosing to let the legend live on. As she is leaving, she hears her name and turns to find Wyatt standing on the sidewalk.

Blake and Wyatt are shocked to see each other. It is a coincidence: Wyatt is visiting the mother of his best friend, Cole Tanner, who lives two doors down. They joke that it must be fate or Darlie’s ghost. Wyatt tells Blake he has accepted Mollie May’s offer to be her opening act. Blake brings up the tabloid photos, and Wyatt admits Mollie May kissed him and he kissed her back, but he stopped it because he is in love with Blake. He asks Blake to come on tour with him, saying she could graduate early and that her parents would support her. Blake, overwhelmed by insecurity, tells him to go live his dream and leaves without answering.

That weekend, she confides in her father, John, who says he only cares that she is happy. Blake admits she is scared Wyatt does not truly love her. John says life is about who makes things feel easier, not what makes sense on paper, and advises her to grovel rather than let pride cost her something good. He confides he once wrote a poem to win Grace back.

Four days before the tour begins, Wyatt does a live radio interview in Boston. When the hosts ask if his song is about a real girl, he confirms it is and admits he and his muse are not currently together. The hosts are alerted that someone claiming to be the muse is on the phone. Blake’s voice comes through. She tells Wyatt she is calling to grovel, admits she messed up by pushing him away, and says for the first time that she loves him. She says she was wrong to tell herself she was not special and reveals she is waiting in the lobby.

Wyatt runs down and finds Blake wearing his old band hoodie. They embrace, and he tells her he was never angry and was waiting for her. She confesses she is afraid of how much she loves him and fears someone else could make him happier. Wyatt says that is impossible. He asks if she is coming on tour. Blake says yes: She is graduating early and will do her podcast remotely. There is nowhere else she would rather be.

The following summer, two months after the tour has ended, group chats reveal the state of various relationships. In “Dean’s Friends,” Allie worries that AJ and Beau are still not speaking after nearly a year. In the “GOLDEN BOYS” chat, AJ curtly says he is not coming to Tahoe and tells the group to use the chat only for emergencies. In a private exchange, Garrett Graham and John Logan joke that if their children marry, they will finally be related.