Maggie’s tests show nothing physically wrong, pointing to stress. She confides in Mickey about her fatigue, double vision, and weakness, and they agree to face it together. Justin stages a fake airport return to fool Lars about Melissa’s “tour.” Doctors warn her knee isn’t healed and dancing could cause permanent damage, but Melissa insists on rehearsing, terrified Lars won’t love her if she can’t dance.
Kim temporarily moves into Paul’s house to help Andrew eat, hoping to reconcile with Shane. Instead, she finds a nude woman in Shane’s bed and later sees him kissing Gillian on the pier. Believing he’s betrayed her, Kim runs away in tears, unaware both incidents were innocent setups involving Gillian’s lookalike and a harmless goodbye kiss.
