Inside the bunker, the children have successfully stacked the mattresses, and Sage has climbed to the top. However, she has dozed off atop the mattresses, and she awakens to the sound of a car door closing. Andy is preparing to leave the quarry. He and Ted discuss whether to check on the children. Fortunately, they decide not to. They also discuss simply leaving the hostages in the bunker. Sage listens to the sound of a vehicle driving away and surmises that Ted is still present, but inside the other van.

Sage tries to stand upright on the mattress pile but is unable due to the unsteady surface. She tells Jessa about what she overheard, and Jessa begins to make suggestions for how Sage might be able to stand atop the mattresses. Jessa offers to hold the mattresses steady, and Sage is alarmed that Jessa is now cooperating.

Jessa is now convinced that it is more dangerous to remain passive in the bunker. She urges Sage to try standing upright to see if she can reach the ceiling, but Sage is now the one who hesitates and suggests that they should obey their captors.

Jessa reflects on how she tried to comfort Sophie when Matt became angry and violent. She would often hide with her daughter inside Sophie’s locked room while Matt lurked outside. Jessa recalls how one night, Matt broke the lock and opened the door a crack; Jessa knew this foretold him becoming even more violent and potentially harming Sophie (which he had never previously done). She recalls rushing out of the bedroom and noticing a fireplace poker.

Jessa’s attention returns to the present when Sage agrees to attempt to stand up. With help from the children, she steadies the mattress, and when Sage stands upright, she is able to touch the ceiling of the bunker.

Sage touches the plywood that covers the hole in the ceiling. She experiments with tearing at the plywood, realizing that she might potentially be able to create a hole and climb through it. She asks if there is anything else she can stand on, and one of the children suggests the buckets that were provided as toilets. To Sage’s surprise, Jessa agrees to the plan. Bonnie climbs to the top of the pile and holds the bucket steady for her sister, enabling Sage to climb atop the overturned bucket. She is now much better positioned to tear and scrape at the plywood. Jessa also takes off her belt and gives it to Sage so that she can use the metal buckle to scrape at the wood. Sage hastily begins her task, knowing it will be lengthy, painful, and arduous.

Sage persistently scrapes at the plywood; no one can help her since she is the only one tall enough to reach. In the same moment, Sage hears the sound of a vehicle arriving and also manages to break through the plywood, creating a hole large enough for her fist. She freezes as she hears Andy telling Ted not to freak out; this time, when Ted speaks, Sage recognizes him as the former bus driver. She wonders if he has kidnapped them because he is angry about having lost his job.

Ted was asleep in the grey van when a vehicle pulled up; he was confused as to why Andy was now driving a Honda Civic rather than the white airport shuttle. Some of the passengers Andy had picked up had complained about the van being dirty; they had even noticed the discarded pantyhose. When Andy’s boss rebuked him, Andy was belligerent since he assumed he was about to get rich and no longer needed the job. Andy was fired on the spot, which is why he no longer has access to the shuttle van and is driving a different vehicle.

Ted is very upset and worried when he hears this news, but Andy reassures him that everything is fine. The children are still secure, and no one knows their location. Ted and Andy decide to get some sleep, and Ted climbs into the grey van.

Sage hears the sound of car doors shutting and concludes Ted and Andy have climbed into the vehicles to sleep. It has also started to rain, which will muffle any sounds of her scraping at plywood. However, Bonnie is exhausted from steadying the bucket, and Sage suggests they both rest.

Sage wonders if she should tell anyone that she has now recognized Ted as the former bus driver. She is less afraid of Ted than of Andy. Bonnie and Sage climb down from atop the mattresses, and Bonnie immediately falls asleep. Jessa urges Sage to sleep as well, promising to wake her up in a few hours. Sage falls asleep leaning on Jessa’s shoulder.

As the children sleep, Jessa thinks back to the night when Matt opened the door to Sophie’s bedroom. After she swiftly exited the bedroom, he began pulling her towards the stairs. Sophie woke up and came to the doorway of her bedroom, asking what was happening. Jessa reassured her daughter and told her to go back to sleep. These hollow promises of reassurance now echo back in her memory.

Jessa begins weeping, wondering what to do. Last time she fought back against a violent man, she lost everything. Jessa remembers how Matt began dragging her down the stairs; she kicked him, angering him further. He threatened to kill her. Terrified, Jessa struck Matt with the fireplace poker and accidentally killed him. She was horrified to realize that Sophie had witnessed this act of violence.

Jessa spent three years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Sophie is living with Jessa’s sister Lisa. While Jessa is grateful Sophie did not have to go into foster care, she resents the closeness between Lisa and Sophie; despite Jessa’s efforts to regain custody of her daughter, Sophie seems upset by the idea of returning to live with her mother.

Sheena arrives at the first bank before it opens. To avoid arousing suspicion, she is going to withdraw slightly less than the stipulated $10,000 at each bank location; she has carefully set up documents to make it appear that she is making each of the withdrawals for official municipal projects. The withdrawals will not add up to the required $50,000. Sheena plans to make up some of the shortfall with her own savings and hope for the best. The first withdrawal goes smoothly and Sheena leaves with the cash.

Ted startles awake when he hears a car approaching. He wakes up Andy. They watch as Paul, another employee of the quarry, pulls up. Paul is surprised but not alarmed to see them. Andy claims they were drinking and hunting woodchucks the night before and passed out. Paul is amused and drives away without suspecting anything.

Ted and Andy have the entire day to pass before the designated time when Sheena will drop off the cash at the nearby trailhead. Ted can’t wait for the whole ordeal to be over.

As soon as Sage wakes up, she climbs back atop the mattresses and begins scraping at the plywood. She hears Ted and Andy speaking to Paul and considers calling for help, but is unsure whether Paul is an accomplice.

Sage valiantly continues scraping at the wood, but some of the other children become upset and exhausted. Sage is grateful when Jessa takes charge and comforts the children with a game. Eventually, Sage creates a hole large enough to poke her hand through the plywood. This allows her to tear at the wood and make faster progress. Sage is determined to keep working because she wants to create a chance for escape as quickly as possible.