Open Season

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content, animal cruelty and death, graphic violence, pregnancy loss, illness, and death.

Joe sits at the Kensinger’s massive dining table and surveys the unrealistically large house. When Joe arrived, he told Marybeth everything that happened that day, his theories about the Miller’s weasels, and his plan to re-investigate Crazy Woman Creek. Marybeth went to bed without saying anything, but she returns to the dining room after having time to think. She praises Joe’s morality and asserts that his honest character will carry him through this hardship. Joe feels guilty that he assumed Marybeth would be mad, and he doesn’t want to let her down again. Marybeth brings Joe’s hand to her belly to feel the baby, reminding him that he still has a family who loves him.

Joe and Marybeth make love, and in the middle of the night, Joe wakes up and gets disoriented looking for a bathroom. Sheridan calls out to him, and Joe sees she has been crying. Sheridan hugs Joe and sobs, exclaiming that she doesn’t like the strange house. Joe senses there’s more she wants to say, but Sheridan stays silent. Joe soothes her back to bed, and Sheridan tells him she loves him.