With Cecelia gone, the house is quieter and Nina seems oddly cheerful. Millie and Andrew avoid each other until a spilled glass forces an interaction; Andrew helps clean, their attraction flares, and he whispers they should talk later, signaling unresolved feelings.

At dinner, Nina smiles through smeared lipstick and suddenly outs Millie’s incarceration, pressing, "What’s prison food like?" Andrew is blindsided and stunned. Nina makes Millie fetch salt and pepper from a few steps away, reasserting dominance and humiliating her in front of Andrew.

Shaken, Millie retreats upstairs, questioning how long Nina has known about her past and realizing Nina may have hired her precisely to exploit it. Millie struggles with the fear of losing her job and Andrew’s likely changed perception.

Millie then spots the Showdown playbill on her nightstand, though she kept it in her purse. She concludes Nina entered her locked room and planted it, proving Nina knows about the Manhattan outing—and likely their late-night absence. Millie recognizes Nina as a dangerous enemy and that the stakes have sharply risen.