Over at Finn’s, Tracy gets off the phone with Brook Lynn just as Finn comes striding in, demanding to know where his daughter is. “Do you have any idea what she saw when she walked in here?” She shows him a photo of him passed out and Tracy lays into him.
Violet called Tracy and thought her dad died, she stayed with him while the paramedics came and this was a situation FINN and only Finn caused.
He apologizes to Tracy and tells her this is the wakeup call he needs, he’s going to get some coffee and go get his daughter. “No,” she tells him. “You can not care for your daughter until you prove that you can care for yourself, Finn.”
He tells her he just passed out and Tracy throws it back in his face, “First it was a wakeup call, now it was nothing?” He demands to know where Violet is and she just tells him she’s with “people who love her.” Then tells him she has a reservation for him at Sky Meadow Lodge — it’s a 90 day minimum stay.
“You are way overstepping, my friend,” he warns her. Tracy says even before this happened, she would have said he needed it. He says he’ll go to meetings and she says it’s not enough anymore. He realizes suddenly that Violet is at the mansion and says he’s getting her and no one will stop her.
Tracy tells him he can call the cops, but they probably won’t be much help seeing those pictures. He fights back tears and says taking his daughter isn’t the way to help him.
He says he’ll do whatever she wants — testing, double meetings — but she says it’s not a negotiation. He either commits himself fully to sobriety or she uses all her resources to give Chase and Brook Lynn custody.
He asks why she’s doing this to him and she makes crystal clear: “This is about Violet! Violet! And until you understand that, there’s nothing left to say!” Then walks out.
Meanwhile, at the Quartermaine mansion, Brook Lynn arrives with Violet and Chase for a “sleepover” with Lois. Chase tells Yuri to lock the front and keep Finn off the premises.
Brook Lynn takes Violet off to the bathroom and Lois and Chase talk about how much she’s been through and finding her dad on the floor unconscious and bleeding. Lois reassures Chase that they’ll get her through this.
He makes a call to someone and says he needs help. Violet and Brook Lynn get back as he finishes up. They talk about Violet and she worries that her dad is sick and she needs to take care of him, and if she doesn’t, he might not think she loves him anymore. Chase assures her that’s not true and hugs his niece.
They move into the living room and Brook Lynn and Chase tell Violet she’s so brave and did the right thing calling for help. Lois runs in and offers to show Violet her room — complete with a beautiful view of the lake and comfy pajamas courtesy of Scout. She goes up and Chase and BLQ talk about how tough the whole situation is.
They’ll get through it together, she tells him. They’ve got it. Yuri brings Diane and she wanders what’s so important that she was met at the gate. They tell her about Finn and Violet finding him. “Tell me what you need,” Diane says immediately.
After discussing, Diane says it’s an uphill battle, but they can preempt Finn with an emergency custody order. Tracy shows up, telling Diane they’re also going to need a restraining order.
