Dana rails at an unsuspecting Xander, who’d said she owed him a conversation. She makes it clear that she doesn’t owe him anything. John witnesses this and follows up with Dana at Irene’s. He points out that none of them behaved perfectly during Bronte’s con, so he doesn’t understand why Xander is the only one she’s holding accountable.

Irene holds only herself to blame. She rails at Leah’s suggestion that she should take time off work, and at John’s that she’s only guilty of caring. At home, she implores Dana to give Xander a chance. In a private moment at Salt, Xander gives Dana an earnest apology and questions whether he sees a future for them. She admits that she doesn’t know.

Later, Irene’s at her lowest point when she returns home with a bottle of whisky, and frantically puts in a call to a drug and alcohol support line – she tells them that she’s about one second away from falling off the wagon and she’s hoping they can talk her out of it.

Meanwhile, Rory tries to justify being a River Boy and urges Felicity not to let his past mess things up. He explains that he wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for the boys. When he tells his story, of a rough start in life in foster homes before the River Boys found him, Felicity’s given pause. Rory adds that Cash and Felicity have nothing to worry about.

When Cash crosses with Rory later, he’s confident that his sister would never hang around with someone like him. However, when Eden talks to Felicity, she’s horrified that Felicity is on the fence over whether to pursue things.

By the time Felicity talks to Cash, she’s fed up with him interfering and warns him to get used to seeing a lot more of Rory. At the station, Devlin has another bombshell for Cash – Rory runs the River Boys, so chances are he’s up to his eyeballs in trouble.