In Adelle's office, Topher's wiping his bloody nose as Adelle wonders if they're looking at another composite event. Ballard, however, says basically what I speculated, that her body overruled her brain, but that still doesn't explain HOW SHE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE. I can buy the instinct to protect her baby still being present, but the ability to execute that instinct? No. Well, not unless she's able to access her memories of her personalities, which I suppose is possible. Still: Hmpf. Topher explicitly tells us he triggered lactation, which I didn't remember but thanks for ruining my joke from the recaplet, and Ballard finally spares us any more science-babble that makes no sense anyway and heads out after Echo.

So Nate has magically gotten over all his issues and now is lovingly taking care of his son despite the fact that he said he was going to go ahead with giving him up for adoption (that's what "I'll get rid of the baby" was all about), which is about as earned as anything else in this subplot but, given how cute the kid is, at least is less difficult to believe. Nate then goes downstairs to fix him a bottle...

...but as he's getting it together, lightning flashes and he sees a figure outside, which then is gone on the next flash, and seriously, show, you can invoke all the slasher conventions you want, but the most exciting thing this subplot's got going for it is that it's almost over. The phone rings, and it's Adelle, warning him to get him and the baby out of the house. The power then cuts out, though, and when he rushes upstairs, the baby's gone. In a panic, he runs all over the house until finally, after another flash of lightning, he sees Echo holding the baby, a big knife in her hand, which: She's supposed to PROTECT THE BABY, which she could do most effectively by LEAVING instead of acting like this is a cross between Fatal Attraction and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. God! This episode would work better as a parody, seriously.

When we return, Echo steps forward and asks why he took away her baby, and he apologizes, asking querulously if he can please have him back. He tells her that she's not really his mother, and he knows she loves him very much but he doesn't belong to her. Echo slashes the air in front of him with the knife, but is immediately appalled at what she just did, and he tells her she's not real -- this scenario isn't real. She asks if he knows what's real, and he tells her he doesn't before apologizing for what he's put her through. "They made you love Jack because I asked them to." Here's where Echo's unusual awareness really kicks in, I think, because she seems to believe him, asking why he did that. He explains that his wife died while having Jack, and he fell apart and blamed his son, and he needed to find someone to love him, like, it's all supposed to be very touching but WE KNOW THIS ALREADY. Heartbreakingly, Echo, with a hopeful smile, asks if she can be Jack's mommy, and I've made my issues with this episode pretty clear but I'm also not made of stone here. Nate, however, is able to tell her she can't, and begs her not to hurt Jack, and then after approximately three years, Ballard and another guy enter, like, NO RUSH. Finally, Echo gives Jack back to Nate, AND THEN STABS HIM IN THE GUT! Well, not really, but I thought I'd pretend something interesting happened for a second. Echo exits...