The Bushels’ Kate Bush cover set drowns out any immediate discussion as Jo, Mitch, Wyn, and Hank stand at the bar processing the bombshell that this will be the Revelry’s last summer. Jo’s chest tightens with oncoming panic while Wyn squeezes Jo’s and Mitch’s hands, saying change can be good; Hank calmly insists the decision is theirs and final. Overwhelmed and angry, Jo asks to talk it over but, receiving only a united front, flees for air.

After the encore, Wyn and Hank go home. Jo sits on the loading dock until the Bushels depart with Mitch driving them, and Gigi closes out the night. Gigi admits she hadn’t known but suspected the closure was coming, offers Jo a ride, and then lends Jo the venue keys when Jo chooses to stay behind a bit longer.

Jo reenters the darkened Revelry, turns on the houselights, and wanders through the silent space, flooded by memories of crowds, sound checks, and her father teaching her to “crowd dive.” She pours whiskey and climbs onto the stage where the Steinway sits ready for the next night’s act. The hall’s stillness makes the place feel alive to her, a repository of her identity and family history.

Sitting at the piano, Jo recalls learning music from Wyn and competing with naturally gifted Mitch. She presses keys and evokes memories of childhood and dances with Hank, but every attempt to play now sounds wrong and bitter. The ongoing loss of Wyn to dementia, combined with the looming closure, intensifies Jo’s sense of powerlessness and deepens her creative silence.

Frustration crescendos as Jo slams the keys, then struggles even to scream. She aches for guidance through her grief and encroaching goodbyes, recognizing there are no songs to teach her how. As she teeters on the edge of breaking down, a gravelly male voice says, “I can hear you,” startling her.

Jo demands to know who is there, but the hall appears empty. The unseen speaker asks if she can hear him and claims she is in his head. Disbelieving and blaming the whiskey and stress, Jo jokes that she must be too old for imaginary friends. The voice retorts that he is not imaginary and that she is. Shaken, Jo replaces the bottle behind the bar and resolves to go home.