Jo woke to Wyn and Hank doing a crossword, acting as if Wyn’s severe memory episode the night before had never happened. Their light banter and affectionate joking contrasted sharply with Jo’s anxiety about Wyn’s decline, which was evident in the household’s many reminder notes. As Jo tried to keep her thoughts steady, the unfinished melody—their shared earworm—returned, along with faint impressions of Sasha arguing about a birthday or anniversary.

Feeling restless, Jo decided to go to the beach after Wyn declined her offer to help at the Revelry, insisting Jo needed some ocean time. On the beach, Jo found momentary peace until Sasha reentered her thoughts and announced he had booked a flight and was already heading to the airport to visit Vienna Shores. Jo warned that she had to work that night at her family’s small, eclectic venue, where a Bette Midler drag cover band, Sexy Beaches, would perform, and Sasha enthusiastically agreed to come.

That evening, the Revelry was busier than Jo had seen it in a while. She bartended through a stream of themed cocktails, restocked snacks, and tried to keep Hank from overexerting himself while Mitch ran out for supplies. Jo kept checking for Sasha’s arrival, but their link stayed quiet beneath the dominant earworm.

Near the end of the set, Sasha told Jo he had arrived. As she headed into the lobby, Jo discovered a crowd clustered around a celebrity guest: Sebastian Fell, posing for photos and signing autographs beneath a photo of his father, Roman Fell. Seeing him brought back the memory of their tense encounter at Willa Grey’s concert and a visceral pull heightened by the loud, insistent song in Jo’s head.

Jo ushered Sebastian to an old, private balcony to avoid the crowd. His voice and demeanor felt strangely familiar, but Jo tried to keep the interaction brisk so she could go find Sasha. When Sebastian suggested she did not recognize him, Jo deflected and prepared to leave him there to meet her mysterious visitor.

As Jo tried to depart, the truth surfaced. Sebastian said, “I’m here,” and repeated it inside Jo’s mind without moving his mouth. In that moment, both recognized the connection: Sebastian Fell was Sasha—the man sharing Jo’s telepathic link and the other half of the melody that had threaded through her days.