Hugo meets Christina Agapitos while auditioning singers at the club. She's dreadful as a singer and after being given a job at the club, proves to be even worse as a waitress. Esme fears her good reputation has been ruined by the gossip surrounding her trip to France with Perce. Tom intercedes between two neighbours who are feuding over their pets. Billy's preoccupation with guns and violence ever since Tom's shooting prompts Tom to give Billy a lecture on violence. The message finally sinks in when Billy looks on as Anna fails to save a dog that had been accidentally shot by it's owner. When Rosemary gets a goldfish to replace Simone, her friends try to find her a more suitable pet. After trying to drive off Christina, Hugo chases down her bus on a "borrowed" bicycle to ask her to stay. Perce's prostate troubles have Esme concerned about his sudden antisocial behaviour. When Hugo finds Christina vomiting blood, he rushes her to hospital where she reveals that she ran away from home after being diagnosed with leukemia.