After losing his hotel room, Royal claims he has only weeks to live so he can move back in with his estranged family; as the truth unravels, he must find a way to be useful and earn a place in their lives.
- Scenes 1–39
Royal is absent from the children’s adult lives, and their family remains shaped by his betrayals and abandonment.
- Scenes 40–47
Royal wants a path back to Etheline and the children, and claims impending death will give him one.
- Scenes 48–50
He returns to the house and openly asks his children for a chance to make things right.
- Just before
- Scene 61
Richie visits Eli, who admits to sharing Richie’s private letter with Margot.
- Scene 62
Richie meets Eli’s wife Sabrina and their children in her studio, where Eli’s unsettled household is on display.
- Scene 63
Eli admits to Richie that he is taking mescaline and raises concern about Richie’s love for his married adopted sister.
- Scene 64
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