Marcus’s Big Brother application is approved, but Jesse is arrested after assaulting a cop during a drug incident with Carrie. Marcus warns the program is his only chance, but Jesse refuses help.
Jack becomes convinced he has six months to live. Obsessed with providing for Jennifer and the baby, he grows bitter and erupts on live TV, wounding Jennifer. Haunted by devil versions of his fathers, he realizes he’s lived selfishly and that Jennifer doesn’t know his secret. He vows to change and stop hurting her.
John reveals his matching locket to Lawrence, who is stunned—the halves mirror one Lawrence’s mother gave him. Vivian suggests John may be Lawrence’s supposedly drowned brother Forrest, shaking Lawrence’s long‑held trauma.
