Nicky travels to an isolated town in British Columbia, where her aunt Mei-Xue was last seen, accompanied by Evan and Henry. While there, she finally finds answers about what her aunt had been doing all the time she disappeared. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to figure out how to spend a day without Joe, while Althea confronts the issues regarding her rape by Chase Matheson.
Tropes featured in this episode:
- Abusive Parents: Kerwin Tan was emotionally abused by his father to become the best. It's when he experienced a car accident that made him realize he didn't need to win his approval to gain success.
- Bar Brawl: Nicky, Evan, and Henry end up having to win over a bar brawl against Hank's goons to obtain Duke's address.
- Cock Fight: Henry and Evan start out doing this in the beginning of the trip, insisting to accompany Nicky and generally trying to outdo each other. But throughout the trip, they end up befriending each other, and agree that whatever they do, it's ultimately Nicky's decision whether to choose either of them.
- Dying Town: There's been fewer and fewer tourists who come to Nash Creek, and for this reason the town is slowly dying out.
- Flower Motifs: Mei-Li mentions that Mei-Xue liked plum blossoms. It's later shown that Mei-Xue planted a plum tree in the backyard of her cabin.
- The Hermit: Mei-Xue isolated herself in a cabin in the mountains of British Columbia for the past twenty years.
- Killed Offscreen: Mei-Xue died a while back, and someone buried her in the backyard of her cabin.
- Misplaced Wildlife: Red pandas don't live in Canada. It makes Nicky realize the statuette her aunt sent originated from a town that made it a tourism ploy.
- Not What It Looks Like: Evan's response when Nicky finds him and Henry sleeping side-by-side in the back of the car.
- Offscreen Breakup: Evan broke with up with Sabine, hence why he is free to go with Nicky to find Mei-Xue.
- Rescue Romance: Duke fell in love with Mei-Xue after she saved him from a hiking accident.
- Survivor Guilt: Althea is guilty when she fails to prevent Courtney from becoming Chase's potential rape victim.
- This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: Nicky goes to find Mei-Xue alone because Duke warns her if her aunt sees her friends, she'll probably bail out.
- Tragic Monster: The wolf who hunts Nicky was ensnared in a trap. After she frees it, it leaves her alone.
- Unholy Matrimony: Zhilan and Kerwin Tan form an affair while locating the sacred weapons.
