Milo is at the police station. Marissa and Peter cry with relief, but the child’s reaction is unsettling: he wants to know where Carrie is — now on the run. Alcaras carefully tries to question him, attempting to understand who released him from captivity. Milo explains that it was a man who put him in the trunk of a car. Just as they begin to get more information, Peter abruptly ends the interview. Marissa notices. Something isn’t right.

She is deeply unsettled by the way Milo was returned: suddenly, without negotiation, without warning.

Back at home — after the awkward, emotionally violent near-reunion — Colin, Lia, and Brian are still there. Peter tries to assert control with a generic line: “What matters most is family.” No one seems convinced.

Greco and Alcaras continue the hunt for Josie/Carrie. Marissa, increasingly uneasy, grows suspicious of her son’s return and becomes fiercely protective. The household routine, however, is disrupted. Milo talks constantly about Carrie, repeats the freedoms she allowed him, and reacts with hostility. The police attempt to interview him again, and he points to a photo of a hotel room. Before leaving, the detectives remark that children are usually returned only after a ransom has been paid. Marissa insists: no one ever contacted them.

Jenny goes to see Marissa and listens to her doubts — especially the disturbing fact that Carrie/Josie took such good care of Milo. Their conversation is interrupted by a fight between Milo and Jacob, fueled by jealousy over Carrie/Josie. The bond she formed with Milo left a lasting impression.

From this point on, the series asks for patience. The story begins to spiral. In the hotel room where Carrie stayed with Milo, there is a dead man. Another one. Everything suggests he was the one who released the child — after all, Josie had said she would never leave him. Marissa is seized by fear. The man has been identified; he was married to the woman who previously denied recognizing Carrie/Josie. And more than that, he was the man Colin gambled with and owed money to.

Peter apologizes to his siblings, still cloaked in gaslighting. While looking for the baby monitor, Marissa finds something decisive: the bag with the ransom money. Another lie is exposed. Peter did receive a ransom demand, but no one ever went to deliver the money.

Elsewhere, Jenny needs to ask Sarah Larsen to look after Jacob because she has a meeting, and Richie claims he can’t take care of their son. Sarah then tells her the truth: Richie lied. He had no commitment at all. Jenny explodes. There wasn’t another woman — just an excuse to be alone. Richie tries to gaslight her, saying he did it so Jenny would stay home more with Jacob. It doesn’t work. The argument once again lays bare the unequal burden of work, motherhood, and guilt. Jenny reaches her breaking point. And asks for a divorce. Finally.

Alcaras and Greco arrive at the address of the murdered man’s ex-wife. She refuses to speak, but is ultimately compelled to. That’s when the final piece falls into place: Carrie is Josie. Her daughter.

As if that weren’t enough, Marissa discovers that Colin stole money from their company to pay off debts. She now believes he may be connected to the kidnapping. In the confrontation, Colin admits the theft but denies any involvement in the crime. There’s one more disturbing detail: the house alarm had been turned off.

And who walks into the house?

Josie.

Armed.