Rocky wakes to her father Mort cursing at the Nespresso machine and toaster oven, while her mother Alice tries to manage him. Rocky sends Jamie and Maya to sleep in the grandparents' bed. Willa, who mysteriously didn't meet her friend the night before, sleeps on an inflatable mattress beside Rocky's bed with Chicken the cat. Rocky reflects on Willa's childhood habit of crawling into bed with them, and on her own aging body.

Downstairs, Maya rushes to the bathroom with morning sickness. Rocky covers for her, telling Alice it's gastric issues to be checked in New York. Nick fetches a newspaper and the four adults read on the deck, banter about politics and Wordle. Mort tries to needle Nick by bringing up Rocky's old boyfriend Luca, with whom Nick plays online Scrabble, but Nick's good nature deflects the provocation.

Rocky reflects on Nick's difficult parents in Florida—his pill-addicted mother who sends generic, mistimed cards, and his father who mails cash. Willa once accused Rocky of classism for disliking visits, but admitted Nick's parents' homophobia, evidenced by a graduation gift of a beige purse and pantyhose.

The kids wake and eat cereal while Rocky takes sandwich orders for a beach lunch, fielding Mort's fussy requests. Alice picks up what she thinks is a hairband but is actually Maya's mauve thong, and Willa dissolves in laughter. As Rocky prepares for the beach, Willa exposes that Rocky's tinted sunscreen is actually foundation makeup, humiliating Rocky's self-image as someone who doesn't wear makeup. Rocky privately reflects that many ideas she has held about herself have been ruined.