Blake is jolted awake by Krista’s screams on a Saturday morning. He rushes downstairs to find Krista sobbing over their goldfish, Goldy, who is floating belly-up. He comforts Krista as she grieves the loss, noting how attached she was to their first pet as a couple. They decide to bury the fish rather than flush it.

As Blake prepares to remove Goldy from the bowl, he smells a strong bleach odor in the water and tells Krista that someone put bleach in the fishbowl. Krista says she cannot smell it and questions the conclusion. Blake insists it is bleach and immediately suspects Whitney, claiming Whitney is dangerous and should be asked to leave despite their financial dependence on her rent.

Krista resists the accusation, pointing out Whitney has been sweet to her and reminding Blake of their mortgage concerns. She also gently suggests Blake might be imagining some of Whitney’s alleged misdeeds. Blake is stunned to learn Krista recently had lunch with Whitney and doubles down that Whitney hates him and likely did this to retaliate.

Pressed to explain what Whitney would be retaliating for, Blake confesses he dumped rotting, maggot-filled fruit into Whitney’s bed after discovering a bag of decaying fruit on a high kitchen shelf that he believes she planted, which had fueled their fruit fly infestation. Krista is horrified by Blake’s admission and challenges his assumption that Whitney was responsible for the fruit, noting Blake often eats apples and questioning his use of a wobbly stool.

The argument escalates as Krista points out that killing the fish would hurt her, not Blake, since she loved Goldy most. Blake tries to de-escalate, apologizing and agreeing to hold a funeral. Krista does not accept the bleach claim, and Blake briefly doubts the strength of the smell before reaffirming his certainty that Whitney killed the fish. He fears this is only the beginning of worse acts to come.