Speaking to each other in the morning, both brothers insist they don’t remember what happened. But Chloe sure does. She brings it up with Saxon while pressuring him to come to dinner, at Gary’s request. Gary knows she was fooling around with the boys, and for some reason he wants them around when he “deals with something,” presumably with Belinda (if she agrees to come over).

Chloe passes along her boyfriend’s invitation because she does not want to lose access to Gary’s money. Also, even though Chelsea tells Saxon, “I don’t think there’s a drug in my world that would make me get with my brother,” both women are quick to add that they don’t judge, because, as Chloe said, “Everyone has their thing.” (“It’s not a thing!” Saxon protests.)

Chelsea has better things to worry about, namely her “soul-mate,” Rick, who may be about to do something very stupid in Bangkok. Chelsea is not alone in her concern. Frank, too, tries to talk his old friend down from doing something “messy,” adding, “I’m trying to live a different kind of life here, brother.”

Frank’s quiet plea moved me because it turned this episode from one that spins its wheels a bit to one that strikes to the core of White’s fascination with the rich and lost. This idea of trying to improve oneself — to think beyond one’s immediate feelings of need — informs so much of what’s been going in Season 3. It even casts a different light on what is going on with the gal pals, who spend this episode passive-aggressively adjudicating Jaclyn’s early morning rendezvous with Valentin.

Laurie is obviously mad that Jaclyn stole Valentin — although she insists, unconvincingly, that it’s more hilarious and pathetic than enraging. (“I’m laughing! It’s funny! Ha! But also …”) Jaclyn, meanwhile, insists stubbornly that nothing happened with Valentin and acts hurt that her best friends are gossiping about her, knowing how much she hates how the tabloids dig into her personal life. All of this leaves the ladies wondering if people ever really change. “We’re still the same people we were in the 10th grade,” Laurie says with a smirk, pretending not to care.

And yet … Here are Piper and Lochlan at the end of the episode, sitting on the temple floor, listening to Luang Por Teera tell them: “Let’s shut down our monkey mind, yes? Close your eyes. As thoughts emerge, acknowledge them. Say hello, and very gently let them go. Goodbye!”