At a disappointing worlds for USA Diving, Scarlett places ninth on platform. Media questions spotlight her underperformance; she repeats media-trained lines but feels furious and defeated. Back at the hotel, she and teammate Akane watch diving fails to numb the sting before Scarlett heads to Lukas’s room.

Lukas immediately notices bruises from a botched warm-up and insists on treating them. As he applies lotion, Scarlett cries, admitting confusion at her own anger. Lukas explains she’s moved from survival to striving and encourages using that anger as fuel. He shares his own failures—strokes he couldn’t qualify in, a rejected school application, a weak model, a breakup—leveling the ground between them.

On the balcony, they cuddle and joke about swim strokes until Scarlett admits she’d like them to end up in med school together. The confession makes her realize she may be in love. Lukas kisses her, then clarifies he isn’t deferring med school; he will start this fall.

Lukas further reveals these Olympics will be his last, as he no longer finds meaning in chasing endless marginal gains. He outlines new goals—commit fully to medicine, travel beyond pools, see family, and build a life with someone he loves—implicitly Scarlett. Overwhelmed, Scarlett cries, and Lukas holds her, their bond solidifying around shared vulnerability and a possible future together.