Plot summary
Kirsten's parents, Ellie and Gene, arrive suddenly to spend some time with them. Charlie tells Kirsten that she is like her mother, and she says she's not. Claudia does not like Griffin, so he tries to win her heart. Julia gets jealous and Griffin tells her that he misses having a little sister, while Claudia develops a crush on him. Determined to get into an out-of-state college to escape from his unhappy life, Bailey only gets a 900 on the SAT and his teacher offers him private lessons. He takes it again and gets the same score. Charlie tells him how it was when their parents were still alive, so Bailey decides to apply for college, writing about his mother in his essay.
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