She arrives at her destination: a pride parade.
She observes the joyful, passionate attendees, both admiring and overwhelmed by them.
But when a megaphone gets passed to Simone, she panics and flees.
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He says Simone has never truly felt a part of anything.
As he says this, we see Simone in different stages of her life and identity evolution.
Octavio implies Simone wonders if shell always feel alone.
Cut to Simone arriving at her job in an art gallery.
The painting realizes Simone is looking for approval of her self-inflicted solitude.
Simones dreamy conversation is cut short by her boss ordering her to scold a customer.
The customer is Bigfoot.
Simone is ecstatic that the game is resuming.
Bigfoot doesnt speak, but he leaves a clue for her to find.
Simone shows up at Peters job to recruit him for the new adventure.
Peter knows, and the two take off.
We learn Simone was going to get her masters degree in art but had to drop out of school.
However, when Peter asks why, she shuts down.
Its the voice of Clara, the girl theyre searching for.
She says Fishtown is where she grew up.
They figure if they explore the town it will help them find her.
As Simone is about to buy the glasses, she informs the man they know he knows Clara.
The man barks at them to take their change and leave before theyve even paid.
Simone sees theres something special about the change.
Simone thanks the man, praising his performance (since she thinks its still a game).
The coin leads them to a bar where she thinks the bartender might know Clara.
They insert it and enter.
The room is full of strange devices and art.
Simone tells Peter to strap onto her a headpiece thats connected to a bike.
As he complies, the two share a moment.
Breaking the tension, Simone instructs Peter to pedal the bike.
The image is blurry but then Simone dons the special glasses and she can see clearly.
He calls on them to join the resistance to follow the setting sun and find Clara.
They climb the ladder.
Peter says he didnt feel any distinct feelings for a long time before meeting Simone.
He heard music play the second time they saw each other.
Simone cant bring herself to respond.
She sees herself behind Peter saying dont mess this up for me again, and she runs off.
Simone goes home and joins her grandmother Nana on her bed.
Nana asks why Simone seems sad.
She says when people get close to her, she loses confidence about her life.
Nana says meeting people involves an adjustment period, like when Olivia Benson inLaw & Ordergets a new partner.
Simone wonders if she has too many problems to be close to others.
Simone gets a text from the Elsewhere family, and soon after, she meets Janice and Fredwynn.
Peter is missing in action.
Theirs suggests Jejune is philanthropic and noble and Elsewhere is a troublemaker.
They start at the protest.
Fredwynn runs off into the crowd to gather information, and Janice runs after him.
Then she spots Peter walking away from the group.
She grabs a megaphone to call after him.
The protest stops dead in its tracks.
She apologizes for leaving him hanging after he shared his secret.
She asks if they can just be friends for now.
Peter smiles and the crowd cheers.
Then Octavio emerges from the building, walks through the protestors and gets into a limo.
Peter and Simone come together and wonder where Janice is.
The episode ends on Octavio introducing Janice.
