Blair hates her physical appearance, and Angus still refuses to tell her about his recent appointment. Picking up the phone one night, Blair overhears Angus talking to a woman named Trixie and assumes that she’s a prostitute. When Kirby visits before heading to Martha’s Vineyard, Blair doesn’t tell her about Trixie. She does admit that she feels stuck, and Kirby urges her to stand up for herself. However, when Blair tells Kate that she’s going to leave Angus because he’s having an affair, Kate suggests that his infidelity may be in her imagination and insists that Blair act like a grown-up. After all, Angus has a promising career and can provide for them. She assures Blair that Angus will behave after the baby is born and stresses that turmoil is bad for the baby. During her next doctor’s visit, Blair mourns the loss of her former life as an intellectual single woman. When she learns that she’s pregnant with twins, she weeps.

Joey arrives for a visit. He works in New York and is clean-shaven and attentive—in stark contrast to Angus. When Blair tells him that she thinks Angus is having an affair, he moves to comfort her with a kiss.