While in the house next door, Tara has memories of her childhood playing with Charmaine; a woman named Mimi scolds them for playing in the rain. Max has a difficult time coping with Buck's affair, and he is angry that Tara lied to him about the alters returning. After Kate's car breaks down outside Lynda's studio, Tara and Max arrive and meet Lynda in the process. Charmaine reveals that she's pregnant, and Nick expresses interest in buying the dead neighbor's house next door. Marshall has sex with Courtney, but appears dissatisfied by it. Realizing he is uninterested in Courtney, Marshall officially comes out of the closet to Max. After being urged by Max to seek help, Tara begins looking for a new therapist; Ted refers Tara to a book written by Shoshana Schoenbaum, his old therapist from New York. After reading Shoshana's book, Tara develops a new alter of the author.