Beth Announces (Fake) Pregnancy, Gwen is bitch about it; Sugar Sack Prosthetic Deployed; Charlie Furious About the Wharf; Luis Vows Not to Abandon Her

The bomb drop. The sack. The attack. The vow. The Gazette documents the operational infrastructure of a pregnancy that is not occurring.

Beth dropped what she describes as a major bomb on Luis: she told him she is pregnant. Luis vowed not to abandon her. Beth is certain this scheme will snag him permanently. Sheridan became ill upon learning the news. Antonio offered congratulations and expressed delight that he and Luis will both be fathers now, which is the kind of sentence that only Harmony can produce and only Antonio can deliver without irony. Luis tried to let Sheridan know he had only just found out, while Beth did her best to appear upset about the situation, upset being the correct register for an unmarried woman who has just told a man who doesn't love her that she's carrying his child, in Beth's operational read of the scene.

Beth showed Mrs. Wallace the equipment: a sugar sack she designed to simulate a pregnant abdomen. Mrs. Wallace and Beth were both shocked when a large delivery arrived, items Precious had ordered. The Gazette does not know what Precious ordered. The Gazette notes that Precious has been in the Wallace household for a relatively short time and has already been ordering things independently, which suggests a level of domestic initiative that was perhaps not anticipated in the original nursing hire. It was later disclosed that Precious used Edna's Credit Card.

Charlie, meanwhile, burst into Beth's house in fury. She had been left knocked out on the wharf after her confrontation with Sheridan, and she demanded to know why Beth had abandoned her there. Beth tried to talk her way out of it. Mrs. Wallace, perhaps sensing an opportunity, filled Charlie in on Beth's plans to marry Luis. Charlie attacked Beth for the betrayal. Beth is sure she can control Charlie. The Gazette has noted this assessment before and will note again that Charlie's behaviour to date, proposing to kill a police officer, cornering Sheridan at a wharf, now physically attacking her co-conspirator does not suggest a person who is easily controlled.

Gwen to Sheridan · Filed for the Record Gwen voiced her suspicions about Beth. Sheridan made a decision about what she is going to tell Luis. At the last minute, an emotional Sheridan could not go through with her plan and pushed Luis away instead. Luis fought for the relationship. Sheridan, at the last minute, reversed again. They remain together, technically, and in a state of suspended resolution that has now been the case for approximately always.

Julian and Eve · The Alley Outside the Club

Julian Tells Eve He Built the Blue Note to Remember Boston; Eve Admits She Loved Him; Fox Covers For Them; TC Narrowly Misses the Scene

The alley. The admission. The close moment. The Gazette covers the most significant thirty seconds in the Julian and Eve arc since the tape of her singing.

In the alley outside the Blue Note, Eve asked Julian why he would make the club look like the Blue Note in Boston where they first met. Julian admitted it: he wanted to be reminded of that wonderful time in his life. Eve was touched. They shared a close moment.

Eve admitted she did love him. Julian was thrilled.

TC and Liz were inside searching for Eve. Fox found Eve and Julian in a compromising situation in the alley. TC then came close to discovering them. Julian cowered in the darkness before being seen. Fox covered for both of them without being asked. The Gazette notes that Fox, who arrived in Harmony as a Crane heir with unclear motives and a reputation for never having done an honest day's work, has now covered for Eve and Julian, stood up for Chad against TC, befriended Whitney and bonded with Chad at the recording studio. Something has shifted in Fox's operational profile. The Gazette is monitoring.

Alistair subsequently ordered Julian to sell the Blue Note. Fox realised something is going on between Eve and Julian. Julian had also, separately, demanded answers from Alistair about his and Eve's baby the child they had together before Julian's marriage to Rebecca. Alistair avoided the questions. Julian is determined to find the child and has hired a private investigator. Julian and Eve continued to bond as he shared the new information he has gathered. Julian stood up for Chad. Julian tried to convince Eve that a music career is not such a terrible thing for Whitney and that her fear is rooted in her own history, not Whitney's choices. Eve listened more than she has before. Chad is Attempting to sign a local hip hop group he discovered at the warf.

Custody Resolution Desk

Julian Releases Little Ethan to Theresa; Vows to Be Part of His Son's Life; Theresa Does Not Trust This

Julian gave Theresa permission to leave the Crane estate with Little Ethan, with the condition that he will be a part of his son's life. Theresa was shocked. She does not trust Julian's motives and vowed to keep him from his son regardless. Whitney noted to Theresa that her mother's influence may have had something to do with Julian's change of heart. Eve's relationship with Julian, whatever its current and complicated nature, appears to be producing consequences in directions none of the parties intended.

Lamaze Desk · Obstetric Comedy

Kay Invites Miguel to Lamaze; Charity Also Attends; Tabitha Tags Along and Attempts to Hide Her Own Pregnancy From the Room

Kay, seeking to drive a wedge between Miguel and Charity, asked Miguel to take her to Lamaze class. This was a reasonable request given that he is the father of her child and she is using every available mechanism to keep him near her. The plan went sour when Miguel invited Charity to come along. Tabitha, who has been attending to Kay's pregnancy needs from a position of reluctant supernatural partnership, tagged along to the class and spent the duration attempting to hide the fact that she is also pregnant from a room full of people who are specifically there to discuss pregnancy.

The Gazette notes that Tabitha's attempts to conceal a witch pregnancy in a Lamaze class represent one of the more structurally absurd situations the show has produced in recent months, in a field that includes a sugar sack pregnancy prosthetic, an ape placing home shopping network orders, and a jazz club built as a monument to a lost love. Harmony contains multitudes. Tabitha managed. The class proceeded. Kay's plan did not work. Charity was there. Miguel was with Charity. Kay is infuriated by her mother's words assuring the couple that Kay and the baby will be taken care of. Grace means this kindly. Kay is not grateful.

Precious Procurement Desk

Wallace Residence · Incoming Deliveries · Source: Precious

A significant quantity of goods was delivered to the Wallace household. The orders were placed by Precious, the specially trained ape engaged in a nursing capacity. Beth and Mrs. Wallace were shocked by both the volume and the content of the delivery. The specific items ordered by Precious have not been disclosed in available documentation. The Gazette notes this as an open inquiry and will report further when the contents become known. What is documented is that Precious, within a short period of employment, has established independent procurement authority. The Gazette considers this a development worth watching.

Bennett Desk · Grace Departs

Grace Leaves Harmony With David; Sam Is Left Behind; Ivy Prepares to Make Her Move; Eve Doesn't Want to Leave Sam Alone With Ivy

The decision. The departure. The strategic positioning. The Gazette covers the conclusion of a conspiracy that took two seasons to produce a result.

Grace has left Harmony with David. She struggled with whether she was doing the right thing. David offered to take her home and she refused. Jessica stayed behind to comfort Sam. The Gazette notes that the Ivy-David conspiracy, a manufactured marriage, a planted past, a sustained campaign of emotional manipulation across dozens of episodes, has produced its intended result. Grace is gone. Sam is alone. Ivy is getting ready to make her move.

Eve did not want to leave Sam unattended for fear that Ivy would act. TC told Eve he blames Grace for the situation. This is consistent with TC's pattern of allocating blame, and the Gazette notes that TC is wrong but that his being wrong about this particular thing is less immediately consequential than the fact that Ivy is in the house and Sam is now without the one relationship that has been keeping Ivy at a structural distance.

Sam ordered Ivy to move out. Ivy stopped David in his tracks when he attempted to withdraw from the conspiracy and have Grace sign the annulment papers. The conspiracy is still operational even as it has delivered its primary objective, because Ivy intends to stay in the position the conspiracy created, which is: inside the Bennett house, near Sam, with Grace no longer in the room.

Kay at Tabitha's · Ongoing

Kay Asks Tabitha to Help Break Up Sam and Grace; Tabitha Lets Her in on a Secret

Kay asked Tabitha to use supernatural means to break up Sam and Grace, her parents, a request that arrived around the same time Grace made her own decision to leave. Tabitha let Kay in on a secret, the contents of which are not yet fully documented. The Gazette notes that the secret is likely related to the evil in the basement, the gold diaper babies, or Tabitha's own pregnancy, and that all three of these things have active consequences for what Kay and Tabitha can accomplish together. Their partnership continues to deepen. Kay is learning. The basement is involved.

Sheridan · Luis · Antonio

Antonio Vows to Protect Sheridan; Hank Encourages Her to Put Herself First; Luis and Sheridan Remain Together; Beth Maintains the Perimeter

Antonio vowed to protect Sheridan from the woman who is out to get her, unaware that the woman is Beth, that Beth is currently his brother's announced girlfriend, and that the woman who is out to get Sheridan has been conducting a sustained campaign of violence against her for months. Antonio remains the most generous interpreter of his own circumstances in the show's history. Hank encouraged Sheridan to put herself first and stop worrying about how people will react to the truth. Sheridan considered telling Luis everything. She could not go through with it. Luis fought for the relationship. They remain together. Beth maintains the perimeter. The structure holds, barely, and there were so many clowns.

Whitney and Chad · Final Status Before L.A.

Chad Offered Whitney a Life in L.A.; Whitney Feels Her World Is Falling Apart; Fox Tricks Theresa Into Going to the Studio; Fox Watches Whitney Sing

Chad tried again to get Whitney to come to Los Angeles. Whitney feels like her world is falling apart, her parents are fighting, her sister is devastated, her relationship is secret and complicated, and her mother rushes stages when she sings. Chad comforted her. Fox, separately, tricked Theresa into accompanying him to the recording studio as a pretext to see Whitney. Fox watched Whitney sing. The Gazette notes this is the second time Fox has been arrested by Whitney singing, and notes further that Fox has been told by Alistair to sell the Blue Note, and that selling a club you have just decided you want to run because of a woman you are falling for is a conflict of interest that Harmony will probably resolve in the most dramatic way available.