After closing the Revelry, Jo finds Sebastian studying his late father’s photo in the lobby. Tense and unsure, she suggests a walk on the beach so they can finally talk in person about their telepathic connection. Their banter reveals lingering attraction and nerves, and Jo challenges Sebastian’s easy charm while he acknowledges he noticed things about her since the LA concert.

Under the pier, they debate possible causes of their link, joking through supernatural explanations before landing on their kiss at Willa’s concert as the likely catalyst. Sebastian asks permission to kiss Jo again “to test it,” and she starts with brief cheek kisses before they share a tentative, then deepening kiss. During the kiss, their mental link surges: thoughts and feelings flood both ways until Jo experiences Sebastian’s emotions as sensory impressions—sweetness, uncertainty, worry—and a flash of a woman’s silhouette and a door, followed by vast emptiness suggesting profound loss.

Overwhelmed, Jo pulls away, shaken by the intimacy and the void she sensed. They both downplay what they perceived, trading jokes to ease the tension, but admit the kiss did not break the connection and agree they should not try again. The moment humanizes Sebastian for Jo; she recognizes vulnerability behind his public persona.

Back on the pier, they simultaneously hear the same “earworm” melody that has haunted them. Comparing notes, they realize the unfinished tune has accompanied key moments since the concert: Jo’s Uber ride, Sebastian’s walk home, breakfast with Willa, Jo’s drives with Gigi, piano lessons, and the first night they heard each other telepathically. The melody exists only between them, looping without resolution.

They infer the solution might be to complete the song. Sebastian is enthusiastic about co-writing—filling in lyrics, verses, instrumentation, and a bridge—while Jo panics internally, fearing failure and the permanence of their link if she can’t write. Sensing her anxiety, Sebastian grounds her, calling her “Bird” and urging her to breathe. He proposes they become partners to finish the song.

Jo, still guarded, accepts on her terms, calling them “associates.” They shake on it, establishing a tentative creative partnership aimed at finishing the shared melody as their best chance to end the telepathic link.