All starts well for the siblings, Charlie asks Kirsten to spend the night in the house and she accepts, Bailey is also having a good time with Kate and Julia is happy singing at the club with musicians. Only Claudia is a little angry because Bailey is always with Kate.
The night of the eclipse, Charlie gives Kirsten a ride home and in the road, she finds lipstick in the sit of the truck (i can't believe Charlie didn't notice that before, he has to clean the truck!). As she noticed Charlie's absence in the episode All's fair, she realizes what he did and storms off the vehicle. In the house, Claudia waited hours for Bailey, who was going to take her to see the eclipse. Then, Charlie finds Julia at the nightclub but cannot take her away. The day after the eclipse, Charlie confess his crime to Kirsten, who showed at the house only because she cares about Owen (the only one that cannot hurt her). Although the older brother regrets it, explains how he screw up himself and he means well, the crime can't be taken back. On the other hand, Claudia gets revenge at Bailey by ruining his date. Then, Charlie is forced to tell that Kirsten will leave them and Julia (who already knew what happened) tells the others about the crime. For the second time, there's no family dinner, only Claudia and Ross goes.
And i could say that the eclipse also "caused" Owen's illness. Kirsten takes him to the hospital and answers all the questions to his medical history (clearly no one has taken care of Owen better than her). All fighting stops because health is always the most important and is the only thing that can get over everything. Finally, everyone reunites in the hospital, even Claudia (who initially can't because their parents death at that same place) and Owen is healed. During this time, there are emotional scenes: Charlie tells Kirsten how Diana announced to him her last pregnancy and that Owen was born in that same hospital, the talks between Charlie-Julia, Bailey-Julia, Charlie asking Kirsten to stay the night at the hospital with them, Julia trying to convince her not to leave. And of course, every scene Claudia has is outstanding, Lacey did a wonderful job. When she tells Charlie to stop hurting the family, the scenes with Bailey and Ross, her sadness outside the hospital and the final scene with Owen, are all great.
This episode is simply perfect, is sad and emotional, but is perfect. Overall, you can't get relaxed not even one minute, all the episode is worth it, almost every line is well written. And sadly yes, Kirsten leaves, but it is showed that when comes to health problems, the rest of the things doesn't matter that much, this applies even in Julia and Bailey's cases. What matters is that they care about each other and they love each other. This is the first time the six characters are together as a family (and won't be the last), although they have personal problems. Also, i highlight Ross, who is always willing to help when the Salingers need it. And to finish, Claudia is right, sex messes up things many times in life.
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