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After her late-night escapade, Miriam comes downstairs for breakfast. At first, she cannot remember where the egg-sized lump on the back of her head came from. Saul is surprised to see his wife in anything other than work clothes and greets Miriam affectionately, mostly for Eliza's benefit. Moments later, Miriam bolts from the kitchen. Eliza finally realizes that Saul and Miriam are no longer sleeping in the same bed.

Aaron tells Chali that he wants to live at the ISKCON temple. Chali seems pleased, telling Aaron that not everyone feels so strongly after their first weekend. Aaron wants to undergo devotee training and vows to have a new spiritual name by his eighteenth birthday.

While Miriam is in the shower, Saul knocks and asks his wife if she needs ice for the bump on the back of her head...