Lemons

While Tobin and Lemonade wait for the film footage to develop, Lemonade cooks supper, and Tobin works on the puzzle. When Charlie returns with the film, Tobin is impatient and hurries through dinner, but Charlie compliments Lemonade’s cooking. Lemonade wonders why Tobin is so intent on being on the news, and Tobin explains that he wants everyone to know he did something that matters. Tobin glues himself to the television screen: The footage is blurry and jumpy, and Lemonade feels motion sickness. Tobin swears he sees something, but it turns out to be a tree stump, and he deflates with disappointment. Tobin decides to go on a real Bigfoot expedition in the woods; Lemonade thinks about her adventurous mother and agrees to go.

On Sunday, Lemonade meets Debbie, Tobin’s mother, who is a nurse. She was friends with Lemonade’s mother in high school. As Charlie and Debbie visit, Lemonade hands them cookies from Mrs. Dickerson, saying she seems to always call about sightings but never actually sees anything. Debbie explains that Mrs. Dickerson’s husband died a decade before and that she is likely lonely. Debbie agrees to the camping trip as long as Charlie chaperones.