On day fifteen of broadcasting, Walter Pine adds a live audience to force engagement. Elizabeth begins as scripted, then tosses yarn and a rubber band ball into the crowd and invites them to take the set décor, clearing the kitchen for work. She announces spinach casserole and starts chopping.

Ignoring cue cards, Elizabeth explains spinach’s oxalic acid and debunks its iron myth, undercutting Popeye. Walter, fearing repercussions and a summons from executive Lebensmal, spirals into panic as she reframes cooking as chemistry and a path to self-change.

During Elizabeth’s closing—urging fearlessness and ending with, “Children, set the table. Your mother needs a moment to herself.”—Walter imagines his own funeral, where he is remembered blandly, and feels unwell.

After the show, Elizabeth and Rosa find Walter slumped, note he hasn’t eaten, and Elizabeth hands him the casserole with heating instructions. He protests that Amanda hates spinach, leaves, then finds the dish on his car. At home he bakes it; Amanda declares it the best thing she’s ever eaten.