It's Not the End of the World

Karen wakes up to see her Viking diorama sparkling in the sunlight. She smashes it to pieces, but she doesn’t cry. She accepts the truth that her parents are not getting back together. She realizes that Val was right. Neither of her parents has been honest with her about how they feel about the other. Karen wonders where Jeff is and considers whether he ran away to keep Bill from going to Las Vegas. Ellie comes in to wake Karen up. Bill apologizes to Karen and says that he only slapped her because she was hysterical. Karen responds tersely. Ellie explains that she and Bill didn’t mean any of what they said last night. They just said those things to hurt each other. Karen thinks that they meant what they said. Ellie notices Karen’s broken diorama. Karen asks to stay home and clean up while Ellie goes to the police station to give them a picture of Jeff.

Karen finds photos all over the floor. She picks up a photo of Bill and Ellie laughing at a costume party. She shoves the photos back into the drawers. She vacuums up the glitter from her diorama.