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5. Road Trip

While Jarod befriends a woman on the run, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots embark on a movie-inspired expedition.

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Jarod befriends a woman named Zoe ( Lisa Cerasoli ) on the run. During the trip, Jarod becomes a policeman and an aerospace engineer to help Zoe escape her abusive ex-boyfriend. In the process, the two fall heavily for each other. Having followed Jarod to his last pretend in Kansas, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow clues set up by Jarod in a Wizard of Oz -themed maze that lead them to childhood memories. For Broots, when he was almost killed by measles as a child; for Sydney, when he and Jacob returned to the ruins of their home after being liberated from the concentration camp; and for Miss Parker, a rare happy childhood memory when a snowstorm forced her family to be trapped together and bond.

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