Plot summary
Julia meets a Stanford teacher, who is also a writer. They become friends, and she gets inspired to write. She asks for his opinion, and he tells her that she's not good. She is devastated, but after she finds out that her mother only chose music after college, she realizes that it is too soon to decide what to do for the rest of her life. An old violinist colleague of Diana named Avery Baltus introduces himself to Claudia and tries to develop in her Diana's talent with the violin.
Claudia gets overexcited and Charlie tells her not to hurry, that she still has her whole life ahead, but she is stubborn and decides to enter the conservatory. Elsewhere, Bailey has the chicken pox, and Sarah takes care of him, but he does not want to deal with his guilt over cheating on her. They have a fight, but Sarah loves him too much to stay mad at him forever. Note: This is Alexondra Lee's first episode credited as a series regular after recurring for the previous episodes this season.
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