Golden Girl

Content Warning: This section of the guide mentions miscarriage, substance use, addiction, and suicide.

On Saturday night, Carson drops and breaks plates and glasses multiple times at the Oystercatcher, and her boss asks to see her after service. Willa and Pamela come in for drinks, to Carson’s surprise, and she manages to get them seated at a good table. After work, George, Carson’s boss, asks her if she is on drugs; multiple people on the staff think she is. Carson denies it completely, but George tells her that if she is lying or has a bad night again, she will lose her job.

A livid Carson does cocaine in her car before texting Zach to meet, but he doesn’t respond. She heads to the Chicken Box, a local bar, where she runs into Marshall again. He is with another girl, though, so Carson leaves and decides to drive by Zach’s house. She parks outside the Bridgemans’ home and reflects on how their affair began.

The previous November, Carson and Zach were both on the same flight to Boston, where she was attending a bartending course, and he was attending a conference. They were both shaken up after a particularly bad bout of turbulence during the flight, and Zach invited Carson to his hotel for a drink afterward.