Susan and Mom are at the spa, getting their toenails done. Susan is thinking that maybe it's time for Mom to try and patch things up with Morty. "Why would I want to work things out with a man who abuses me?" Both pedicurists do a shocked intake of air, and Susan assures them that they need not gasp, that her mother just tends to exaggerate. "My daughter," Mom tells the pedicurists, "won't be happy until I have bruises." More importantly, Susan wonders what Mom's going to do if she doesn't return to the man who "allegedly" shoved her once in five years. Mom says brightly that she thought she'd live with Susan! And Susan promptly kicks her pedicurist in the face. The woman wails that her nose is broken, and Susan says no, it's just banged a little. As Susan holds a towel to the woman's face, Mom tries to soothe her with the news that their cohabitation wouldn't be for that long, only a couple years. The receptionist wonders if they should call 911 for the broken-faced girl, but Susan waves her off and continues arguing with her mother, telling her that it's not that she isn't excited, and Mom says she isn't stupid, it's obvious she's not wanted, and with that she wet-nail-hobbles out of the spa. Susan turns to her bleeding pedicurists and says, "We're good, right?" and the woman tells her to just go. Susan is so off-puttingly, selfishly oblivious in this scene. Hi, she kicked a woman in the face, causing BLOOD to SPURT from her nose, and Susan couldn't find it within herself to stop arguing with her mother for just one second, to demonstrate even an ounce of concern? Susan sucks.
Gabby is out jogging and spots Gardener John running down the other side of the street. Gardener John has no shirt on! And let me tell you, that is some fertile soil for ploughing! I mean, fine rows for hoeing! Some attractive leaves for raking? Gabby and GJ stop running, and he takes a step toward her. She warns him away with a wave of her hand and he gestures like, "What?" and steps back up onto his curb. Forlornly, Gabby adjusts her headset and runs back from whence she came. Gardener John looks dejected. Topless and dejected.













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