Out of money and unable to go home, Reed finds a relative she can wring a little charity out of: her cousin Cat. Cat is in training as a cop, under the watchful eye of her Dudley-Do Right boyfriend, Billy Griffin, also a cop. Reed gives him the once-over, then proceeds with her sob story. The dump she lived in got condemned, and now she needs a place to stay. Cat says she has no spare room for guests, but by-the-book Officer Griffin points out to her that "Protect and Serve" applies to family as well, so Cat relents, just for one week. "She's always been my favorite cousin!" Reed tells Billy. Cat just smiles weakly.
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That next morning Cat awakens to find Reed wearing her sweater, the one her mother gave her, and sipping her last cup of coffee. Reed offers to make it up to her. She'll do the shopping, cook dinner, clean up the apartment, all in time for dinner. Cat's impressed Reed is so generous towards her. After all, back when they were in high school together, Reed and her friends seemed to ignore her. She always figured Reed didn't think Cat was good enough for her. Reed is stunned to hear this: "We're cousins! Like Patty Duke! Like the King family! Samantha and Serena!" Wait a second, thinks Cat, didn't Serena always make Samantha's life miserable on "Bewitched"?
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Cat comes home that night to find Reed fast asleep on the couch with the radio blaring a heavy metal tune. Of course the place is an even bigger mess than before. Reed wakes up as soon as the music stops. She's obviously having a tough time shaking the Windsor House lifestyle. Where's dinner? Reed points to some leftover pizza on the chair. She grabs some for herself, dribbling sauce on the sweater she borrowed.
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The phone rings. It's for Reed, a collect call from France. "This isn't working! The identical twins routine!" Cat declares. Reed better start looking for a new place in the morning.
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Reed is dutifully packing her bags, subdued and remorseful. This time she really did clean up the place, as well as the sweater, but she knows it's too little, too late. First, her husband throws her out, she says, then her mother, now Cat. There's nowhere else to go. She had always hoped the two of them could sort of be the sisters they never had, just like their moms, always sticking together through thick and thin, but she realizes, with a tear in her throat, that's impossible now. Reed is laying it on so thick Cat feels wretched with guilt, but she's still not going to change her mind.
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