The Irish Goodbye

Isabel confronts Maggie about ignoring her all evening. Maggie apologizes but cannot reveal to Isabel that she is distracted because she fears that Sarah’s husband, Frank, may have told Headmaster Cunningham about their affair, potentially jeopardizing her job. Maggie has deleted her entire text thread with Sarah and is waiting to hear back from her on the Frank situation. When Isabel and Maggie’s argument escalates and Isabel suggests leaving for her cousin’s the next day, Maggie ends the conversation by retreating to the bathroom.

Maggie remembers visiting Sarah at her Boston brownstone the previous weekend. After Sarah kissed her, Frank unexpectedly returned home, catching them and escorting Maggie out. In the present, Maggie returns to her room and finds Isabel gone, having left a note saying that she’s in the cottage. Unable to sleep, Maggie reads Anna Karenina until dawn.

At first light, Maggie sneaks to the cottage and reconciles with Isabel. To repair the damage, she shares how her mother discovered she was gay by catching her with Julia Graham in Maggie’s room. Maggie had been in high school. Nora called Julia’s parents, removed Maggie’s phone line, and sent her to Father Kelly for spiritual counseling.