At Sunday dinner, Walter announces Life magazine wants a cover story on Elizabeth. She refuses, wary of invasive personal questions, and leaves after learning Chemistry Today dismissed her as a TV cook. Walter, desperate for positive coverage after recent controversies, asks Harriet to help persuade Elizabeth.

Outside, Harriet counsels Walter to set boundaries with the writer and keep the focus on Elizabeth’s accomplishments, while Walter privately recognizes his growing feelings for her. Harriet agrees to speak with Elizabeth.

Reporter Franklin Roth attends a taping of Supper at Six, observing the audience’s studious engagement and their appreciation for being taken seriously. Backstage, Roth’s small talk about Elizabeth’s clothes and hair backfires; he aborts the interview, but Seymour Browne stops him as Elizabeth reconsiders.

Elizabeth drives Roth and the photographer to her home “lab,” demonstrating equipment, brewing remarkable coffee, and showing how Six-Thirty helps with safety. She explains her past research into abiogenesis and insists she is a chemist first, not a TV host, though she is no longer pursuing that project.

Despite warnings, Roth asks about Calvin Evans. Elizabeth is disappointed and the conversation stalls. After a long silence broken by a passing siren, she reopens his notebook and resolves to tell him the bare, unvarnished truth about her relationship with Calvin.