Part Three: The Eighties, February 1980, Audrey, December 1982, Kari, and September 1983, Merit Summary

Faith writes a letter to her mother announcing she has gotten an interior decorating degree. Wade takes her out to dinner and Faith tells him a story about her childhood that leaves him angry with her mother. Faith does not like this, feeling as though it is only okay for her to be angry with her mother. When they return home, Faith finds Beau crying in his room. Faith does not know what to do with this and finds herself turning her back on her own child.

Audrey invites all the Angry Housewives to her family's beach house in California to celebrate twelve years of the book club. The weekend gets off to a rocky start because Kari is grieving for her dog...