The Last One at the Wedding

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses sexual content, death, violence, substance use, and addiction.

Frank wakes at four o’clock in the morning with several spiders crawling on his body. Unable to get back to sleep, he begins to mull over his many parenting mistakes. Although he knows that he could have done better, Frank also recalls incidents in which Maggie herself behaved badly. Once, she claimed that UPS had failed to deliver an expensive jacket and Frank helped her to get a refund and replacement. The jacket had in fact been delivered, and she’d sold it to her friend, happy to pocket the ill-gained cash. Frank recalls his outrage but wonders if he should have tempered his reaction. Perhaps holding Maggie accountable as a teenager was part of what drove her away from him.

Abigail has head lice, and Tammy coats her hair in mayonnaise to kill the bugs. Exasperated with both Tammy and Abigail, Frank heads out to go canoeing with Maggie. He tries to talk to Maggie seriously about Aidan, the Gardners, and marriage, but Maggie laughs Frank off and tells him that everything is fine.