Saint spends a week forcing momentum behind Patch's paintings. She makes calls across nearby counties, drags Norma to distant towns, faxes prints from the library, and persuades local reporters to cover the work of the "pirate kid" who has painted the life of a girl who may never have existed. By the night of the show, Saint has helped turn Patch's private obsession into a public event.

Saint arrives early and sees Patch sweeping the gallery while Misty prepares the space with lanterns and Sammy sets up the bar. She waits outside until Norma arrives, then enters a room filling with locals, reporters, and city visitors. Sammy is frustrated because Patch refuses to sell every painting, and Misty's parents are openly pleased that Misty is involved with such a promising artist. Jimmy Walters approaches Saint, awkwardly asks her to prom, and reminds her that Patch has not.

Saint finds Patch alone on the terrace under the stars. Patch admits that working in the mine and making art still feels unreal, and he hesitates to sell the paintings because the images are tied to Grace and the search. Saint argues that sending the paintings out into the world might place Grace's image before the right eyes at the right time. Patch also reveals how unstable his hope has become, confessing that some nights he lies in the dark and can no longer find Grace at all.

Back inside, the show begins to validate Saint's gamble. Norma admires the painting of the white house, and Sammy introduces Patch to Aileen, who buys the street scene for her husband's office, giving Patch his first sale. Saint steps outside and meets Dr. Tooms, apologizes for how she treated him before, and hears him say that Grace deserves to be found; Saint answers that all the girls do. Looking again at the white house, Saint tells Norma it reminds her of the photograph of her mother's childhood home.

As the evening continues, red stickers spread across most of the paintings. Patch still refuses to sell Grace Number One, even when a man from St. Louis offers good money, and later Nix asks about the Callie Montrose painting only to learn that Patch will not price that one either. Saint promises Norma that she will repay her for the white house painting, which they will hang above Saint's piano the next day. Outside at the end of the night, Sammy praises Patch's gift but says Patch is not fully brilliant yet because he keeps revising and does not know when to let go.