[Gemma packing Cady and Sophie's things off down the house, suddenly she hears Cady crying; her sadness grows; time skip, Cady and Sophie watching TV together, Gemma talking to Tess by their phones]
Gemma: I can't believe this is happening. I'm not equipped to handle this. I don't even take care of my own plants.
Tess: Have you heard from Ryan's parents?
Gemma: Yeah, they called and offered to help, but, like, they live in Florida. They're kinda weird. I don't know what their deal is. I don't... I'm just trying to figure out a way to do this without getting fired. David's gonna shit blood when I ask for more time off.
Tess: Yeah, I know, but, Jesus, Gem, you just lost your sister.
Gemma: And we spent $100,000 of company funds on a product that he didn't even ask for. If we don't get this Petz prototype to him soon, he's going to sue us.
Tess: Okay, I don't think you can be worrying about work right now, Gem. Right now, I think you just need to focus on Sophie and Cady.
[bell rings]
Gemma: Hold on.
[Gemma comes to the door and openes them; Lydia standing in front of Gemma]
Lydia: Hi.
Gemma: Hi.
Lydia: I'm Lydia.
Gemma: Oh. The therapist? Sorry, yeah. Please, come in.
[Lydia and Gemma coming in; Lydia sees Sophie and Cady watching TV]
Lydia: And you both must be Cady and Sophie. Hi, look at you. Still on your pyjamas.
Gemma: Yeah, they were just watching TV.
Lydia: I see that.
Gemma: So, how does this work?
Lydia: I just need to observe the three of you together for half an hour, 40 minutes, or so.
Gemma: Oh, okay. Doing what exactly?
Lydia: Oh, just hanging out. Maybe playing with some toys or playing a game. Hey, Cady, Sophie, do you want to run and grab some toys to play with?
Sophie: We don't have any toys here.
Gemma: I just unpacked a bunch this morning. I think they're just old. I don't think they play with them anymore.
Lydia: What about these ones up here?
Cady: Those aren't toys. They're Aunt Gemma's collectibles. You're not supposed to play with them.
Gemma: That's okay. We can play with them. We can totally play with them. Do you want to play with them? You want to play... yeah. Play with it. No big deal.
[Gemma opening one of toys and throwing it to the girls, Sophie catching it, Sophie and Cady rolling it to each other]
Gemma: There's a level you have to pull on the bottom.
Lydia: Maybe, Gemma, for the sake of the exercise, we might let the girls lead.
Gemma: Yeah, I'm just explaining how it works.
Lydia: Well, it's a toy. I'm sure it's not that complicated. That's great, girls. Do you want to roll it also to Aunt Gemma?
[Cady rolls the toy]
Gemma: It's just that this is not what it was designed to do. It does other things. But yeah, totally. Let's just roll it on the ground like a tennis ball. Let's do that instead.
[Gemma, Sophie and Cady rolling a ball to each other; time skip, Lydia and Gemma coming out of the house]
Lydia: Uh, we'll do more sessions with the girls initially, but that can happen at your office or school.
Gemma: Oh, yeah. I haven't had time to look into that yet. Nicole was homeschooling them, but, yeah, it's on my list.
Lydia: Sorry, can I just ask, how close were you and your sister?
Gemma: Oh. I don't know.
Lydia: But you wanted this, right? To take custody?
Gemma: Yeah, of course.
Lydia: Okay, because the father's parents have said they're willing to take them, if you feel it's too much.
Gemma: Wait, did they contact you?
Lydia: It's no big deal, Gemma. They're just trying to be supportive.
Gemma: If Nicole wanted Cady and Sophie to go to Jacksonville, she would have said so.
Lydia: But even so, I need to make my own recommendations to the court as whether or not this is a safe space, so you're gonna need to make one or two adjustments in order for this to work.
Gemma: Okay.
[Lydia leaving; Gemma thinking]