After her departure, Cain deposits a microphone in Andrea's room. He then hears her phone her boss. Pearl offers Rita to work as a waitress in Johnny's. Mason tries to ease the game with Victoria, but she continues to search for confrontation. Gina surprises Ed Thompson to threaten Sophia. She offers to help her to get out of his hold. As Sophia refuses, Gina goes to Pamela and reveals to her, with some money, that Sophia is the instigator of the explosion of her rig. Pamela meets Ed in the Orient-Express and asks him to sign admissions implicating Sophia, and to give them to C.C. for 100 000 dollars and a ticket for Brazil. Ed complies and C.C. throws a glass of water at his face and asks him to disappear. C.C. comes back home and confronts Sophia, who is ready to tell him the truth before he meets Ed. Without brightness, Scott breaks up with Gina for good. Andrea finds Cain on the beach, drunk and with a weapon in his hand. In his view, Cain points his gun at Andrea... Last appearance in the series of Ed Thompson.
—Johnny Quick