9. Grinding the Corn

Lawrence Tuttle, 35, an avid comic book collector, is crushed to death by hundreds of his own comics. Keith tells David about Celeste. Edie refuses to speak to Claire. Nate and Brenda continue having sex but are conflicted about their relationship. Ruth and Bettina travel to Mexico and Ruth faces down a rude motel worker. Billy takes over Claire's and Russell's class. Lawrence's friends try to steal a comic from his coffin. George seems indifferent to Ruth's absence, but later starts showing signs of severe depression. Brenda almost slips into old habits; later she attends a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting. Claire experiences her first orgasm with the help of classmate Jimmy using the coital alignment technique.